Bøger af Roger G. Kennedy

Internationally known historian Roger G. Kennedy details the wonderful story of the evolution of architectural styles of Minnesota from 1830 to 1914.

This sweeping work of history explains the westward spread of cotton agriculture and slave labour across the South and into Texas during the decades before the Civil War. In arguing that the US acquisition of Texas originated with planters' need for new lands to devote to cotton cultivation, Roger Kennedy takes a long view.

Robert Kennedy, director of the National Park Service, analyzes the discovery of North America and the loss of ancient civilization, from the cities, roads, and commerce of the past as the nation evolved into present day. In Hidden Cities, Robert Kennedy sets out on the bold quest of recovering the rich heritage of the North American peoples through a reimagination of the true relations of their modern-day successors and neighbors. From the Spanish and French explorers that discovered the land that would one day make up the United States to present day in the country, very few Euro-Americans have paid attention to the evidence and meaning of the nation's heritage. As Kennedy shows the magnificence of the mound-building cultures through the sometimes prejudiced eyes of the founding generation, he reveals the astounding history of the North American continent in a way that sheds important light on the credit Native American predecessors deserve but many refuse to give.

This text aims to restore Aaron Burr to his place as a central figure in the founding of the American Republic. While the book does not sentimentalize its three protagonists, neither does it derogate their extraordinary qualities, arguing instead that they were all great men and all flawed.