19th century

Captioned illustrations highlight significant events in U.S. history between the years 1830 and 1860.

Captioned illustrations highlight important events ranging from the Louisiana Purchase to the time when the Oregon territory became American land.

Traces the history and origin of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and describes its impact on frontier settlement, the development of cities, and the environment.

A narrative history of four generations of slaves and slave owners who lived on early-nineteenth-century Presbyterian minister Charles Colcock Jones's coastal Georgia plantations, covering the years 1805-69.

A collection of writings that explore lesser-known aspects of the Louisiana Purchase and its impact on the American Southwest.

A ninteenth-century novel which tells the humorous story of embittered old bachelor Squire Dale and his impoverished nieces who live in the cathedral town of Barchester.

English translation of the second installment in the French author's multi-volume autobiographical novel, published in 1919.

Chronicles the life of Edward Bulwer, discussing how he gained fame throughout mid-nineteenth-century Europe but after the First World War his reputation became tarnished, causing his works to become less widely read.

Contains an authoritative text and provides source materials, selections from Hardy's autobiography relevant to the novel and to his views on fiction, and critical selections.