Library Guides: New in the Library: History

New & popular History resources

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New History resources

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The German Texas Frontier In 1853 by Daniel J. Gelo; Christopher J. Wickham
Type: eBook

ISBN: 9781574419290

Publication Date: 2024-03-26

Based on an analysis of the Neu-Braunfelser Zeitung newspaper’s first year—and drawing on methods from documentary and narrative history, ethnohistory, and literary analysis—Daniel J. Gelo and Christopher J. Wickham deliver a new chronicle of the frontier in 1853.
My Friend Anne Frank by Hannah Pick-Goslar; Dina Kraft (As told to)
Type: eBook

ISBN: 9780316564403

Publication Date: 2023-06-06

The long-awaited memoir of Holocaust survivor Hannah Pick-Goslar, who shares an intimate look into her life and friendship with Anne Frank.
Untold Power by Rebecca Boggs Roberts
Type: eBook

ISBN: 9780593489994

Publication Date: 2023-03-07

A biography that takes an unflinching look at the woman whose ascent mirrors that of many powerful American women before and since, one full of the compromises and complicities women have undertaken throughout time in order to find security for themselves and make their mark on history.
Swimming to Freedom by Kent Wong
Type: eBook

ISBN: 9781419751509

Publication Date: 2021-04-27

When Kent Wong was a young boy, his father, a patriotic Chinese official in the customs office in Hong Kong, joined an insurrection at work and returned with the family to the newly established People's Republic of China. Hailed as heroes, they settled in the southern city of Canton. But Mao's China was dangerous and unstable, with landlords executed en-masse and millions dying of starvation during the Great Leap Forward.
Shirley Chisholm by Anastasia C. Curwood
Type: eBook

ISBN: 9781469671178

Publication Date: 2023-01-10

Curwood interweaves Chisholm's public image, political commitments, and private experiences to create a definitive account of a consequential life of the first African American congresswoman and, later, the first Black major-party presidential candidate,
Half American by Matthew F. Delmont
Type: eBook

ISBN: 9781984880390

Publication Date: 2022-10-18

Delmont's book is filled with compelling narratives that outline with nuance, rigor, and complexity how Black Americans fought for this country abroad while simultaneously fighting for their rights here in the United States.