日本で最も人気のある本のリスト●南北アメリカ

国際社会をリードする「唯一の超大国」アメリカ.そのアメリカを率い,世界に強い影響力を及ぼすアメリカ大統領はどのような指導力を発揮してきたのか.「建国の父」と呼ばれる初代ワシントンから,リンカーン,ルーズベルト,レーガン,ブッシュ,そして初の黒人大統領オバマまで,歴代大統領の足跡を辿りながら描くアメリカ史.

発売日: 2012-09-20 ¥1,000

1941年12月8日、日本軍の真珠湾攻撃から始まった太平洋戦争。長い間、日本の「騙し討ち」とされていたが、その裏にはルーズベルト米大統領の驚くべき陰謀が潜んでいた。歴史教育の専門家が、いま日本人が知っておくべき歴史的事実を白日の下に晒す。※本コンテンツは月刊誌『Voice』2014年1月号掲載記事を電子化したものです。

発売日: 2014-03-07 ¥100

アメリカ合衆国は「移民の国」──誰もが口にするこの国のかたちは、いかに形成され、どう変貌してきたのか。移民を近代世界のグローバルな人流のなかに位置づけ、また日本や中国などアジア系移民の歴史経験に着目して、アメリカ史をとらえなおす。トランプ政権下で揺れ動く〈いま〉を考えるためにも求められる、歴史的視座。

発売日: 2018-10-19 ¥950

In this classic text, Jane Jacobs set out to produce an attack on current city planning and rebuilding and to introduce new principles by which these should be governed. The result is one of the most stimulating books on cities ever written. Throughout the post-war period, planners temperamentally unsympathetic to cities have been let loose on our urban environment. Inspired by the ideals of the Garden City or Le Corbusier's Radiant City, they have dreamt up ambitious projects based on self-cont...

発売日: 2016-11-17 ジャンル:歴史 ¥1,900

New York Times Bestseller Now part of the HBO docuseries "Exterminate All the Brutes," written and directed by Raoul Peck Recipient of the American Book Award The first history of the United States told from the perspective of indigenous peoples   Today in the United States, there are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people, descendants of the fifteen million Native people who once inhabited this land. The centuries-long genocida...

発売日: 2014-09-16 ¥1,700

Nathaniel Philbrick, bestselling author of ‘In the Heart of the Sea’, reveals the darker side of the Pilgrim fathers’ settlement in the New World, which ultimately erupted in bloody battle some fifty years after they first landed on American soil. Behind the quaint and pious version of the Mayflower story usually taught in American primary schools is a tumultuous and largely untold tale of violence, subterfuge and epic drama. For amidst the friendships and co-operation that sprang up betwe...

発売日: 2014-03-27 ジャンル:歴史 ¥300

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492—from “a remarkably engaging writer” ( The New York Times Book Review).   Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of Indians who actively molded and influenced the land around them. The asto...

発売日: 2005-08-09 ¥1,400

*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award* *A New York Times Notable Book* *Winner of the Texas Book Award and the Oklahoma Book Award* This New York Times bestseller and stunning historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West “is nothing short of a revelation…will leave dust and blood on your jeans” ( The New York Times Book Review ). Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing ...

発売日: 2010-05-25 ¥1,800

'History at its scintillating best ... hard-hitting, revelatory and superbly researched' Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny 'A rare achievement ... sure to become an instant classic' John Lewis Gaddis, Yale University This gripping book dramatizes the extraordinarily compressed and terrifying period between the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and Hitler's declaration of war on the United States. These five days transformed much of the world and have shaped our own...

発売日: 2021-10-28 ジャンル:歴史 ¥1,400

The latest installment of the multimillion-selling Killing series is a gripping journey through the American West and the historic clashes between Native Americans and settlers. The bloody Battle of Tippecanoe was only the beginning. It’s 1811 and President James Madison has ordered the destruction of Shawnee warrior chief Tecumseh’s alliance of tribes in the Great Lakes region. But while General William Henry Harrison would win this fight, the armed conflict between Native Americans and the...

発売日: 2020-09-08 ¥1,400

BnF collection ebooks - "Qu'on le relise : on y rencontrera à chaque page un avertissement solennel qui rappelle aux hommes que la société change de formes, l'humanité de condition, et que de nouvelles destinées s'approchent."

発売日: 2018-06-04 ¥500

Stamped from the Beginning is a redefining history of anti-Black racist ideas that dramatically changes our understanding of the causes and extent of racist thinking itself. ** Winner of the US National Book Award** Its deeply researched and fast-moving narrative chronicles the journey of racist ideas from fifteenth-century Europe to present-day America through the lives of five major intellectuals - Puritan minister Cotton Mather, President Thomas Jefferson, fiery abolitionist William Lloyd Gar...

発売日: 2017-07-06 ジャンル:歴史 ¥1,600

It was about 13,000 years ago that the First Americans, people who came from Asia, worked their way past the melting glaciers of the last Ice Age and began spreading across North, Central, and South America - lands previously unscarred by humans and teeming with mammoths, giant bison, saber-toothed tigers, and beavers the size of a cow. But it's only recently that scientists have pieced together the elusive, compelling saga of that epic migration. And the more we learn about them, the more we mu...

発売日: 2016-12-17 ¥1,100

As the threat of another Quebec referendum on independence looms, this book becomes important for every Canadian — especially as language remains both a barrier and a bridge in our divided country Canada’s language policy is the only connection between two largely unilingual societies — English-speaking Canada and French-speaking Quebec. The country’s success in staying together depends on making it work. How well is it working? Graham Fraser, an English-speaking Canadian who became bili...

発売日: 2006-03-14 ¥1,700

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A deeply engaging history of how European settlements in the post-Colombian Americas shaped the world—from the highly acclaimed author of 1491 . • "Fascinating...Lively...A convincing explanation of why our world is the way it is." — The New York Times Book Review Presenting the latest research by biologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians, Mann shows how the post-Columbian network of ecological and economic exchange fostered the rise of Europe...

発売日: 2011-08-09 ¥540

“Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. ”   Long before his conservative manifesto Liberty and Tyranny became a #1 New York Times bestseller, Mark R. Levin’s love for his country was instilled in him by his father, Jack E. Levin. At family dinners, Jack would share his bountiful knowledge of American history and, especially, the inspiration of Abraham ...

発売日: 2012-11-27 ジャンル:歴史 ¥1,700

A Times History Book of the Year 2022 From Sunday Times bestselling historian Saul David, the dramatic tale of the first American troops to take the fight to the enemy in the Second World War, and also the last. The ‘Devil Dogs’ of K Company, 3/5 Marines, were part of the legendary first Marine Division. They landed on the beaches of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in 1942 – the first US ground offensive of the war – and were present when Okinawa, Japan’s most southerly prefecture, ...

発売日: 2022-09-15 ジャンル:歴史 ¥2,000

Winner of the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction Anti-Intellectualism in American Life is a book which throws light on many features of the American character. Its concern is not merely to portray the scorners of intellect in American life, but to say something about what the intellectual is, and can be, as a force in a democratic society. "As Mr. Hofstadter unfolds the fascinating story, it is no crude battle of eggheads and fatheads. It is a rich, complex, shifting picture of the life of the mi...

発売日: 2018-01-04 ¥1,100

The first memoir of the Vietnam War and an all-time classic of war literature |40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION| In March 1965, Marine Lieutenant Philip J. Caputo landed in Danang with the first ground combat unit committed to fight in Vietnam. Sixteen months later, having served on the line in one of modern history's ugliest wars, he returned home - physically whole but emotionally destroyed, his youthful idealism shattered. A decade later, having reported first-hand the very final hours of the war, Ca...

発売日: 2020-10-08 ¥1,600

A bold and entertaining exploration of the epic struggles of yesterday and today. Blackshirts & Reds explores some of the big issues of our time: fascism, capitalism, communism, revolution, democracy, and ecology. These terms are often bandied about, but seldom explored in the original and exciting way that has become Michael Parenti's trademark. Parenti shows how "rational fascism" renders service to capitalism, how corporate power undermines democracy, and how revolutions are a mass empowe...

発売日: 2020-09-09 ジャンル:歴史 ¥1,200

Anti-intellectualism in American Life was awarded the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in Non-Fiction. It is a book which throws light on many features of the American character. Its concern is not merely to portray the scorners of intellect in American life, but to say something about what the intellectual is, and can be, as a force in a democratic society. Hofstadter set out to trace the social movements that altered the role of intellect in American society from a virtue to a vice. In so doing, he explore...

発売日: 2015-09-10 ¥850

"In North America, as a whole, anthropologists usually recognize from ten to eleven more or less clearly defined culture areas, the approximate borders of which are indicated on the accompanying map. Yet, in most cases these divisions are not absolute, but relative, for rarely can a group of Indians be found anywhere, however small, that does not show some of the cultural traits of all its immediate neighbors. One of the most striking characteristics of culture distribution is the constant inter...

発売日: 2018-04-12 ¥250

Since its creation in 1876, the Indian Act has dictated and constrained the lives and opportunities of Indigenous Peoples, and is at the root of many enduring stereotypes. Bob Joseph’s book comes at a key time in the reconciliation process, when awareness from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities is at a crescendo. Joseph examines how Indigenous Peoples can return to self-government, self-determination, and self-reliance—and why doing so would result in a better country for every C...

発売日: 2018-04-10 ¥880

Protoolsについての疑問が解消される本です。Protoolsって一体なんなの?と言う問いに答えています。 この一冊でプロツールスとは何かが理解できます。

発売日: 2017-10-28 ¥500

William H. Prescott published his History of the Conquest of Mexico in 1843 and The New York Times stated that it “has remained surprisingly unsurpassed since its publication.” Prescott was one of the most eminent historians of the 19th century. The Aztec Empire was one of the most remarkable civilizations to have ever existed. The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was one of the most significant events in the Spanish colonization of the Americas.  The Spanish campaign began in Febru...

発売日: 2017-04-18 ¥100

An illustrated edition of the award-winning, bestselling Canadian classic, featuring over 150 images that add colour and context to this extraordinary work . "Every Canadian should read [this] book." — Toronto Star Since its publication in 2012, The Inconvenient Indian has become an award-winning bestseller and a modern classic. In its pages, Thomas King tells the curiously circular tale of the relationship between non-Native and Indigenous people in the centuries since the two first encounter...

発売日: 2017-10-17 ¥2,000

From a Bancroft Prize-winning historian, the "gripping" tale of a shipwrecked Spaniard who walked across America in the sixteenth century ( Financial Times) In 1528, a mission set out from Spain to colonize Florida. But the expedition went horribly wrong: Delayed by a hurricane, knocked off course by a colossal error of navigation, and ultimately doomed by a disastrous decision to separate the men from their ships, the mission quickly became a desperate journey of survival. Of the four hundred m...

発売日: 2007-11-20 ジャンル:歴史 ¥1,800

The definitive biography of the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture, leader of the only successful slave revolt in world history Toussaint Louverture's life was one of hardship, triumph, and contradiction. Born into bondage in Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti), the richest colony in the Western Hemisphere, he witnessed first-hand the torture of the enslaved population. Yet he managed to secure his freedom and establish himself as a small-scale planter. He even purchased slaves of his own...

発売日: 2016-11-22 ジャンル:歴史 ¥2,800

Most of us know bits and pieces of our history but would like to be more sure of how it all fits together. The trick is to find a history that is so absorbing you will want to read it from beginning to end. With this book, Desmond Morton, one of Canada’s most noted and highly respected historians, shows how the choices we can make at the dawn of the 21st century have been shaped by history. Morton is keenly aware of the links connecting our present, our past, and our future, and in one compact...

発売日: 2017-08-29 ¥2,000

" BACK IN PRINT WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION The turn of the last century saw a great wave of moral fervour among Protestant social reformers in English Canada. Their targets for moral reform were various: sex hygiene, immigration policy, slum clearance, prostitution, and “white slavery.” Mariana Valverde's groundbreaking The Age of Light, Soap, and Water examines the work and the ideas of moralist clergy, social workers, politicians, and bureaucrats who sought to maintain - or create - a white P...

発売日: 2008-06-28 ¥2,800

This popular textbook offers a thorough and accessible approach to Canadian Studies through comparative analyses of Canada and the United States, their histories, geographies, political systems, economies, and cultures. Students and professors alike acknowledge it as an ideal tool for understanding the close relationship between the two countries, their shared experiences, and their differing views on a range of issues. Fully revised and updated, the second edition of Canadian Studies in the New...

発売日: 2013-05-04 ¥3,600

In the tradition of Empire of the Summer Moon, a stunningly vivid historical account of the manhunt for Geronimo and the 25-year Apache struggle for their homeland.   They called him Mickey Free. His kidnapping started the longest war in American history, and both sides--the Apaches and the white invaders—blamed him for it. A mixed-blood warrior who moved uneasily between the worlds of the Apaches and the American soldiers, he was never trusted by either but desperately needed by both. He...

発売日: 2016-05-03 ¥540

Dr. Benjamin Spock will always be remembered by many as the pediatrician who changed the way parents reared their children, by many others as a Vietnam era anti-war activist, and by his wife as a brilliant storyteller whose parenting advice did not carry over to his own life. Few people realize the lengths to which Benjamin Spock went to protest the Vietnam War, including running for President of the United States in 1972, how iconic a figure he was in the antiwar movement, or how critical his w...

発売日: 2015-05-23 ¥150

A radical reinterpretation of early American history from a native point of view In Masters of Empire , the historian Michael McDonnell reveals the pivotal role played by the native peoples of the Great Lakes in the history of North America. Though less well known than the Iroquois or Sioux, the Anishinaabeg who lived along Lakes Michigan and Huron were equally influential. McDonnell charts their story, and argues that the Anishinaabeg have been relegated to the edges of history for too long. Th...

発売日: 2015-12-08 ¥1,400

American history is a class taught by most schools during ones’ adolescence.  Filled with hundreds of years of dates, events, and people of notoriety, it is a dense subject that can be overwhelming and exhausting.  Francis K. Ball’s Hero Stories from American History provides a supplement in which students can read further, simple information to enhance their knowledge. Filled with original records and documents, Ball’s text is ideal for the both the history buff and curious stud...

発売日: 2015-04-03 ¥100

Winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize, a breathtaking elegy to the waning days of human spaceflight as we have known it In the 1960s, humans took their first steps away from Earth, and for a time our possibilities in space seemed endless. But in a time of austerity and in the wake of high-profile disasters like Challenger , that dream has ended. In early 2011, Margaret Lazarus Dean traveled to Cape Canaveral for NASA's last three space shuttle launches in order to bear witness to the end...

発売日: 2015-05-19 ¥1,200

A New Introduction to American Studies provides a coherent portrait of American history, literature, politics, culture and society, and also deals with some of the central themes and preoccupations of American life. It will provoke students into thinking about what it actually means to study a culture. Ideals such as the commitment to liberty, equality and material progress are fully examined and new light is shed on the sometimes contradictory ways in which these ideals have informed ...

発売日: 2014-07-21 ジャンル:歴史 ¥10,800

Economist Books of the Year, 2007 Financial Times Books of the Year, 2007 God and Gold is a brilliantly stimulating and provocative look at why, for over 300 years, the Anglo-Saxon powers have dominated the world economically and militarily. For four hundred years, Britain, America and their allies have dominated the world both militarily and economically. They have won the wars - the hot wars, the cold wars and the trade wars - time and again; and yet the battle for hearts and minds has proved ...

発売日: 2014-09-04 ジャンル:歴史 ¥660

ウィルソンとローズヴェルトが残した「国際連盟」構想とニュー・ディール政策は、戦争の中に平和を希求した試みだったが、それらはブッシュ大統領やオバマに……。世界の希望は再び、アメリカの手に委ねられるのか。

発売日: 2008-05-02 ジャンル:歴史 ¥2,200

Bernal Diaz was an eyewitness to one of history's most remarkable events - the conquest of the Empire of the Aztecs, and the defeat of their Emperor Montezuma. The indomitable Diaz delivers his chronicle first-hand, vividly describing the ruthless battles, the brilliant Machiavellian strategies of Cortes, and the superstitions vacillations of Montezuma that lead to the momentous overthrow of the Aztec civilization. Despite the supremacy of their weapons and armour, the Spanish "Conquistadors" ov...

発売日: 2013-10-27 ジャンル:歴史 ¥300

2 works of Frederick Arthur McKenzie Canadian correspondent active in the early 20th century (1869-1931) This ebook presents a collection of 2 works of Frederick Arthur McKenzie. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: Korea's Fight for Freedom Sober by Act of Parliament

発売日: 2013-10-04 ¥350

David Pratt, a scholar with little taste for conspiracy theories, read the Warren Commission Report on the John F. Kennedy assassination and assumed that the facts had been examined thoroughly, and that its conclusion, that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, was unimpeachable. His first doubt surfaced when he encountered Bertrand Russell’s essay,16 Questions about the Assassination in 1967. Pratt began scouring many of the hundreds of books on the topic, but they raised myriad questions. Who shot ...

発売日: 2013-09-16 ¥410

In the prefatory remarks to the forthcoming work upon the chieftain, Tecumseh, the following language is used; and we avail ourselves of the privilege of extracting from our own storehouse, materials for the commencement of this new historical campaign. "The courteous reader in tracing the fate of Tecumseh, as depicted in the pages of his life, will not fail to observe the strong analogy between the religious sentiments of the chief of the forest, and those of the ancient Hebrews. The language a...

発売日: 2018-12-08 ¥500

Professor Paul-André Linteau tells the fascinating story of Montreal from prehistoric times to the twenty-first century, from the Iroquoian community of Hochelaga to the bustling economic metropolis that Montreal has become. He delves into the social, economic, political, and cultural forces and trends that have driven Montreal’s development as well as the difficult periods it has lived through. Outlining the diverse ethnic and cultural origins of the city and its strategic geographical posit...

発売日: 2013-03-25 ¥800

This acclaimed New York Times bestselling biography of the legendary Sioux warrior Red Cloud, is “ a page-turner with remarkable immediacy…and the narrative sweep of a great Western” ( The Boston Globe ). Red Cloud was the only American Indian in history to defeat the United States Army in a war, forcing the government to sue for peace on his terms. At the peak of Red Cloud’s powers the Sioux could claim control of one-fifth of the contiguous United States and the loyalty of thousands of...

発売日: 2013-11-05 ¥2,200

Collection Of Americana  American expressions of belief, as well as folklore and superstition, that don't fit into any other category.  In this collection 8 books are there :-  Coffee In The Gourd :- A collection of Texas folklore.The articles reflect the cultural diversity of Texas, including articles on African-American, Tejano, German and Native American folklore.  Drums And Shadows:- Coastal Georgia folklore from the 1930s and connections to African spiritual practices.Th...

発売日: 2012-08-31 ¥100

Big Bear (1825–1888) was a Plains Cree chief in Saskatchewan at a time when aboriginals were confronted with the disappearance of the buffalo and waves of European settlers that seemed destined to destroy the Indian way of life. In 1876 he refused to sign Treaty No. 6, until 1882, when his people were starving. Big Bear advocated negotiation over violence, but when the federal government refused to negotiate with aboriginal leaders, some of his followers killed 9 people at Frog Lake in 1885. B...

発売日: 2008-09-16 ¥1,600

Go on an archaeological adventure with this author as he digs up portions of some 90-year-old bricks at Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park. Learn what letters are embossed on them and help figure out the coded message they convey. How do these pieces of old bricks fit into the history of the diamond recovery plant that used to sit at this site? How many diamonds were recovered by this plant? Has their largest find remained the biggest diamond discovered in the USA so far? Go with the author...

発売日: 2012-01-13 ¥150

n 1834, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., was just nineteen years old when he abandoned his life as a Harvard student to enlist as a seaman. Here is the awe-inspiring account of his travels from Boston, around Cape Horn, and to the California coast—an astonishing personal narrative brimming with unforgettable views of an arduous voyage. Vivid descriptions of fierce storms, close encounters with whales, bone-wrenching labor, and the ship's cruel captain mingle with discoveries of magical beauty and fasc...

発売日: 2012-11-01 ¥1,100

Read by presidents, scientists, and national heroes, the Boy Scouts Handbook has been used by generations of American youths. Filled with practical advice for everyone, the book contains everything from safety tips on swimming and instructions for putting up a tent to directions for making an aquarium and pointers on how to identify common North American trees. More than 200 figures and illustrations accompany valuable information on woodcrafting, camping, sailing, hiking, health and endurance, ...

発売日: 2012-03-07 ¥1,000