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Chatham Sea Captains in the Age of Sail chronicles the lives and adventures of twenty-five men who traveled the seas from the eighteenth through the twentieth century. These were extraordinary men�m……続きを見る

The nation’s capital has been home to a rich basketball tradition that began more than 80 years ago with a start-up league in the 1920s and continues today with the Washington Wizards. Under Hall of……続きを見る

First settled along a tributary of the Raritan River in 1720, South River was known as Willettstown and later as Washington. Part of East Brunswick until 1898, it emerged as an independent borough i……続きを見る

Essay aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Geschichte - Amerika, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (Historisches Institut), Veranstaltung: Nordamerikanische Geschichte , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Be……続きを見る

Wissenschaftlicher Aufsatz aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Geschichte - Amerika, Note: keine, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (Historisches institut), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In der Gründun……続きを見る

The Schuylkill River-the name in Dutch means "hidden creek"-courses many miles, turning through Philadelphia before it yields to the Delaware. "I am this wide. I am this deep. A tad voluptuous, but ……続きを見る

The surprising history of the Gowanus Canal and its role in the building of Brooklyn For more than 150 years, Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal has been called a cesspool, an industrial dumping ground, and a……続きを見る

Philadelphia has been at the heart of many books by award-winning author Beth Kephart, but none more so than the affectionate collection Love. This volume of personal essays and photographs celebrat……続きを見る

Histories of civil rights movements in America generally place little or no emphasis on the activism of Asian Americans. Yet, as this fascinating new study reveals, there is a long and distinctive l……続きを見る

For thirty years, the University of Arizona Archaeological Field School at Grasshopperーa 500-room Mogollon pueblo located on what is today the Fort Apache Indian Reservation in Arizonaーprobed the ……続きを見る

Even by Arizona standards, Coolidge is a relatively "new" town. Its original site was platted in 1925 with a modest 80 acres purchased by Phoenix businessman Richard J. Jones, and it would be anothe……続きを見る

Before the thunderous bombs dropped on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the outpost of Wake Island was a backwater dotted in the Pacific Ocean with only a handful of military personnel and construction workers……続きを見る

Early on the morning of November 8th, 1942, Allied invasion forces struck simultaneously at half a dozen places in North Africa. From that moment news of the campaign poured out from innumerable poi……続きを見る

Florida's size and shape meant a largely remote interior until shortly before the Civil War. The catalysts for blasting through that anonymity were three ambitious and very different visionaries who……続きを見る

Jas M. Sullivan and Ashraf M. Esmail’s African American Identity: Racial and Cultural Dimensions of the Black Experience is a collection which makes use of multiple perspectives across the social sc……続きを見る

Facharbeit (Schule) aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich Geschichte - Amerika, Note: 1,0, , Veranstaltung: Geschichte-Leistungskurs, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Bei dieser Arbeit handelt es sich um eine……続きを見る

Forschungsarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Geschichte - Amerika, Note: keine, , 31 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Franzosen gewannen ihren Einfluss in Nordam……続きを見る

Brave Hearts: Indian Women of the Plains tells the story of Plains Indian women through a series of fascinating vignettes. They are a remarkable group of women – some famous, some obscure. Some were……続きを見る

Connected at the chest by a band of flesh, Chang and Eng Bunker toured the United States and the world from the 1820s to the 1870s, placing themselves and their extraordinary bodies on exhibit as "f……続きを見る

Wissenschaftlicher Aufsatz aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Geschichte - Amerika, Note: keine, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Bei dessen Ausbruch im Sommer 1675 konnte niemand voraussehen, dass dies ……続きを見る

The founding of the university in 1867 created a unique community in what had been a prairie. Within a few years, this creative mix of teachers and scholars produced innovations in agriculture, engi……続きを見る

Winner of the New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance Authors Award for Nonfiction New Jersey's land records and deeds are unlikely sources for a thrilling tale but reveal little-known, fascinating his……続きを見る

In 1878, Charles Erskine Scott Wood, builder of the Cats Estate, wrote �Good citizens are the riches of a city.� From its beginning, Los Gatos has suffered no shortage of hardworking, inventive, ent……続きを見る

This book, designed to give a survey history of American labor from colonial times to the present, is uniquely well suited to speak to the concerns of today’s teachers and students. As issues of gro……続きを見る

Around Oxford features vintage postcards and photographs from Oxford and the surrounding area, including Lincoln University�the oldest African American institution of higher learning in America�and ……続きを見る

Every Labor Day weekend, hundreds of thousands of people flock to Courthouse Square in Scranton for the largest ethnic festival in northeastern Pennsylvania: La Festa Italiana. The Italians of Penns……続きを見る

Originally known as Ruthenians, Ukrainians began to immigrate to western Pennsylvania in the late 1800s. Attracted by the region�s growing importance as an industrial center, they settled in cities ……続きを見る

Lowndes County, located deep in the wiregrass region of southern Georgia, has been continuously occupied since ancient times. Through the centuries, various Native American tribes inhabited the regi……続きを見る

Railroads have played an integral part in shaping the identity of America, from carrying loads for industrial pursuits to connecting urban dwellers to recreational escapes in the countryside. In thi……続きを見る

Once described as �a place where God and man went fifty-fifty to produce perfection,� Rock Springs Park remained a landmark along the Lincoln Highway in Chester until 1970. In its heyday, this panha……続きを見る