MB - 19th Century 2

The Westons were among the most well-known abolitionists in antebellum Massachusetts, and each of the Weston sisters played an integral role in the family's work. The eldest, Maria Weston Chapman, b……続きを見る

In April, 1849, a little over six months before he was twenty-one, Kimball Webster caught the gold fever. Characteristic of his methodical ways, he kept a journal of his journey across the country a……続きを見る

From 1832 to 1891 the states from the Great Lakes west to Oregon and south to Mexico saw scenes of massacre, bloody rout, ambush, fire, and pillage as the great Indian tribes-Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Si……続きを見る

For two centuries the question has persisted: Was Meriwether Lewis’s death a suicide, an accident, or a homicide? By His Own Hand? is the first book to carefully analyze the evidence and consider th……続きを見る

Haunted City explores the history of racial impersonation in Philadelphia from the late eighteenth century through the present day. The book focuses on select historical moments, such as the advent ……続きを見る

The reimagined story of Anarcha, an enslaved Black woman, subjected to medical experiments by Dr. Marion Sims. Selected by Tyehimba Jess as a National Poetry Series winner. In this provocative colle……続きを見る

Un altro interessante volume della Collana "Ritagli", dove De Petri raccoglie le cronache dei principali giornali ossolani riguardanti l'importante cittadina di Varzo. In questo I° volume la ricerca……続きを見る

Traforo del Sempione, delitti, matrimoni e funerali, la nuova strada: in questo libro la cronaca degli avvenimenti quotidiani che ci danno un quadro di come vivevano. Il paesino è Trasquera, sulle m……続きを見る

Travels in Three Continents: Europe, Africa, Asia is a traveler's journal of a worldwide voyage during the 19th century. A table of contents is included. 続きを見る

How did the upper echelons of British society really function in the late Victorian era? Read this entertaining insider account to find out. You’ll discover the truth behind the details that so many……続きを見る

The overwhelming and consuming love of two men for the same indomitable woman . . . Mayfield is Joy Chambers' gripping saga set across nineteenth-century Australia and all the way to Boston, USA. Th……続きを見る

The story of how Congress helped win the Civil War--a new perspective that puts the House and Senate, rather than Lincoln, at the center of the conflict. This brilliantly argued new perspective on t……続きを見る

How can the simple choice of a men’s suit be a moral statement and a political act? When the suit is made of free-labor wool rather than slave-grown cotton. In Moral Commerce, Julie L. Holcomb trace……続きを見る

Slavery and Freedom in Savannah is a richly illustrated, accessibly written book modeled on the very successful Slavery in New York, a volume Leslie M. Harris coedited with Ira Berlin. Here Harris a……続きを見る

Mediterranean quarantines investigates how quarantine, the centuries-old practice of collective defence against epidemics, experienced significant transformations from the eighteenth century in the ……続きを見る

There is nothing new about the Russian conservatism Putin stands for, acclaimed writer Lesley Chamberlain argues. Rather, as Ministry of Darkness reveals, the roots of Russian conservatism can be tr……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur la bataille de Sedan en moins d’une heure ! Le 1er septembre 1870 se joue l’avenir du Second Empire. Les forces prussiennes désireuses d’obtenir l’unifi……続きを見る

George S. Bernard was a Petersburg lawyer and member of the 12th Virginia Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Over the course of his life, Bernard wrote extensively about his wartime experiences……続きを見る

A vivid account of the often forgotten 1812 conflict between a young United States and an imperial Britain, including maps and illustrations. Scarcely three decades after the United States won its i……続きを見る

This is the biography of three of the most fascinating personalities of Civil War America. They were Salmon P. Chase, Lincoln’s Secretary of the Treasury and later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court……続きを見る

Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte de France (1778-1851), fille de Louis XVI et de Marie-Antoinette, est successivement surnommée Madame Royale, l’Orpheline du Temple, puis Duchesse d’Angoulême après son maria……続きを見る

In den Jahren zwischen 1800 und 1870 wurden die Weichen für eine neue Epoche gestellt. Industrialisierung, Staatsreform und aufgeklärte bürgerliche Gesellschaft kennzeichneten das kommende Zeitalter……続きを見る

Japan was the first Asian nation to face the full impact of modernity. Like the rest of Japanese society, Buddhist institutions, individuals, and thought were drawn into the dynamics of confronting ……続きを見る

From one of the foremost researchers and historians on the Restoration Movement comes over 400 pages of lectures on the history of the church of Christ in the United States. From Barton W. Stone and……続きを見る

The extraordinary life of Priscilla Joyner and her questーalong with other formerly enslaved peopleーto define freedom after the Civil War. Priscilla Joyner was born into the world of slavery in 185……続きを見る

" Published by the Kentucky Historical Society and Distributed by the University Press of Kentucky This period of Kentucky's history began with the unsettled society following the close of the Civil……続きを見る

"When Thomas Jefferson sent a team of explorers to discover a way to the Pacific Ocean two hundred years ago, the western border of the United States was the Mississippi River. It was Jefferson's dr……続きを見る

Dans son ouvrage 'Des associations syndicales, leur régime avant et depuis la loi du 21 juin 1865', Ambroise Godoffre offre une analyse approfondie du fonctionnement des associations syndicales en F……続きを見る

Extrait : "Le jeudi 14 octobre dernier, j'étais bien tranquille chez moi, sur ma chaise longue, devant mon feu, quand Sarah m'envoie sa fidèle Guérard pour me dire de passer bien vite à l'hôtel de l……続きを見る

In the spring of 1866, the so-called German Confederation, then a loose organization of autonomous states, was thrown into crisis by a rift between the two largest members, the Austrian Empire, and ……続きを見る