Showpiece Of History


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History Of The Upper Guinea Coast


History Of The Upper Guinea Coast
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Author : Walter Rodney
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 1982

History Of The Upper Guinea Coast written by Walter Rodney and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with History categories.


Walter Rodney is revered throughout the Caribbean as a teacher, a hero, and a martyr. This book remains the foremost work on the region.



Prairie Fever British Aristocrats In The American West 1830 1890


Prairie Fever British Aristocrats In The American West 1830 1890
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Author : Peter Pagnamenta
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2012-06-18

Prairie Fever British Aristocrats In The American West 1830 1890 written by Peter Pagnamenta and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-18 with History categories.


“A deeply researched and finely delivered look at what can best be described as a counterintuitive slice of American history.”—Washington Post From the 1830s onward, a succession of well-born Britons headed west to the great American wilderness to find adventure and fulfillment. They brought their dogs, sporting guns, valets, and all the attitudes and prejudices of their class. Prairie Fever explores why the West had such a strong romantic appeal for them at a time when their inherited wealth and passion for sport had no American equivalent. In fascinating and often comic detail, the author shows how the British behaved—and what the fur traders, hunting guides, and ordinary Americans made of them—as they crossed the country to see the Indians, hunt buffalo, and eventually build cattle empires and buy up vast tracts of the West. But as British blue bloods became American landowners, they found themselves attacked and reviled as “land vultures” and accused of attempting a new colonization. In a final denouement, Congress moved against the foreigners and passed a law to stop them from buying land.



History As Art And As Science


History As Art And As Science
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Author : H. Stuart Hughes
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1975-12-15

History As Art And As Science written by H. Stuart Hughes and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975-12-15 with History categories.


"Professor Hughes offers an earnest warning: 'Unless there is some emotional tie, some elective affinity linking the student to his subject of study, the results will be pedantic and perfunctory.' In other words, it is only a step from the sublime to the meticulous. Those eager to guard against that sad descent will find History as Art and as Science a guide, a tonic, and an inspiration. Its short, electrifying essays are so magnificently sane and persuasive they should be required reading for every student who contemplates a major in history."—Geoffrey Bruun, Saturday Review



Millard Fillmore


Millard Fillmore
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Author : Robert J. Scarry
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2001-02-10

Millard Fillmore written by Robert J. Scarry and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-02-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.


From the time he left office in 1853, President Millard Fillmore has become increasingly shrouded in mystery and stereotyped by anecdotes with slender connections to facts. The real Fillmore was not the weak and boring figurehead many Americans believe he was. This account of Fillmore's life is drawn largely from his family's personal papers, many of which have previously been suppressed or were unavailable or believed lost. It presents Fillmore as his own letters do, and as his friends, family members, and contemporaries saw him, as a distinguished and honorable man who was also a strong and effective president. This comprehensive work includes photographs, a genealogy of the Fillmore family, a chronology, a bibliography, and an index.



Historical Reenactment


Historical Reenactment
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Author : Mario Carretero
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2022-09-13

Historical Reenactment written by Mario Carretero and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-13 with History categories.


Long dismissed as the domain of hobbyists and obsessives, historical reenactment—the dramatization of past events using costumed actors and historical props—has only in recent years attracted serious attention from scholars. Drawing on examples from around the world, Historical Reenactment offers a fascinating, interdisciplinary exploration of this cultural phenomenon. With particular attention to reenactment’s social and pedagogical dimensions, it develops a robust definition of what the practice constitutes, considers what methodological approaches are most appropriate, and places it alongside museums and memorial sites as an object of analysis.



Heroes And Cowards


Heroes And Cowards
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Author : Dora L. Costa
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2010-09-02

Heroes And Cowards written by Dora L. Costa and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-02 with Social Science categories.


When are people willing to sacrifice for the common good? What are the benefits of friendship? How do communities deal with betrayal? And what are the costs and benefits of being in a diverse community? Using the life histories of more than forty thousand Civil War soldiers, Dora Costa and Matthew Kahn answer these questions and uncover the vivid stories, social influences, and crucial networks that influenced soldiers' lives both during and after the war. Drawing information from government documents, soldiers' journals, and one of the most extensive research projects about Union Army soldiers ever undertaken, Heroes and Cowards demonstrates the role that social capital plays in people's decisions. The makeup of various companies--whether soldiers were of the same ethnicity, age, and occupation--influenced whether soldiers remained loyal or whether they deserted. Costa and Kahn discuss how the soldiers benefited from friendships, what social factors allowed some to survive the POW camps while others died, and how punishments meted out for breaking codes of conduct affected men after the war. The book also examines the experience of African-American soldiers and makes important observations about how their comrades shaped their lives. Heroes and Cowards highlights the inherent tensions between the costs and benefits of community diversity, shedding light on how groups and societies behave and providing valuable lessons for the present day.



History As A Profession


History As A Profession
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Author : Pim den Boer
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2014-07-14

History As A Profession written by Pim den Boer and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-14 with Art categories.


This is a vivid portrait of the French historical profession in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, concluding just before the emergence of the famous Annales school of historians. It places the profession in its social, academic, and political context and shows that historians of the period have been unfairly maligned as amateurish and primitive in comparison to their more celebrated successors. Pim den Boer begins by sketching the contours of French historiography in the nineteenth century, examining the quantity of historical writing, its subject matter, and who wrote it. He traces the growing influence of professional historians. He shows the increasing involvement of the national government in historical studies, paying special attention to the impact of political factions, ranging from ultraroyalists to radical republicans. He explores how historical research and teaching changed at schools and universities. And he shows how nineteenth-century historians' keen understanding of the past and of historical methodology laid the foundations for historiography in the twentieth century. archives, including official documents, confidential reports, and personal letters. Den Boer makes use of statistical, biographical, and methodological analysis and demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of both minor historians and leading scholars, including Charles Seignobos and Charles-Victor Langlois. Originally published in 1998. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.



Theology And The First Theory Of Sacrifice


Theology And The First Theory Of Sacrifice
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Author : Ivan Strenski
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2003-11-01

Theology And The First Theory Of Sacrifice written by Ivan Strenski and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-11-01 with Religion categories.


Strenski argues that public discourse about religious notions, like sacrifice, cannot be theological in our modern societies. Theological notions of sacrifice and theological approaches to it should be replaced by those like that developed by the Durkheimians because theological discourse cannot but help being religiously biased.



History Of Political Theory An Introduction


History Of Political Theory An Introduction
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Author : George Klosko
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2012-10-04

History Of Political Theory An Introduction written by George Klosko and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-04 with Philosophy categories.


Previous ed. published: Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, c1993-c1995.



Gald S Fortunata And Jacinta


Gald S Fortunata And Jacinta
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Author : Harriet S. Turner
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1992

Gald S Fortunata And Jacinta written by Harriet S. Turner and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.


A new critical introduction to Galdos' four-part masterpiece set in Madrid in the 1870s.