MB - 19th Century 5

This incredible tale of dashing Dan Sickles (1819-1914)ーCivil War general, lover of the Queen of Spain, avenging husband who killed his wife’s paramourーhas all the action and romance of a novel. I……続きを見る

The late eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries witness significant advancement in the production and, crucially, the consumption of culture in Italy. During the long process towards and beyond Ita……続きを見る

In the antebellum Natchez district, in the heart of slave country, black people sued white people in all-white courtrooms. They sued to enforce the terms of their contracts, recover unpaid debts, re……続きを見る

The American Civil War was the first military conflict in history to be fought with railroads moving troops and the telegraph connecting civilian leadership to commanders in the field. New developme……続きを見る

Un ebook unico nel suo genere, un’opera che desidera raccogliere le parole più significative lasciateci nel tempo dai più illustri intellettuali, politici, capi di Stato e Papi. Si parte da Menenio ……続きを見る

American Slavery and Colour is an interesting study of American history. 続きを見る

Knowledge and Power presents and explores science not as something specifically for scientists, but as an integral part of human civilization, and traces the development of science through different……続きを見る

2019 Choice Outstanding Academic Title In Lost, medical historian Shannon Withycombe weaves together women’s personal writings and doctors’ publications from the 1820s through the 1910s to investiga……続きを見る

First published in 1994. This study sets out to investigate English opera from 1834 to 1864. The author attempts to understand the circumstances influencing the development of English nineteenth-cen……続きを見る

William Boen was a coloured man, who resided near Mount Holly, New Jersey. Like many of his brethren of the African race, in those days, he was from his birth held as a slave. But though poor and ig……続きを見る

In 1863, the thirteen-year-old boy who would come to be called Comanche Jack was sent to the well to fetch water. Instead, he joined a wagon train bound for Santa Fe. Thus began the exploits of Simp……続きを見る

Come gli altri libri di Umberto De Petri, Cronache di Buttogno nasce dalla meticolosa ricerca e riduzione di cronache e storie locali in un periodo compreso tra la fine del 1800 e la seconda metà de……続きを見る

Dopo aver raccolto le cronache di Vanzone con San Carlo dal 1895 al 1960, Umberto De Petri ha raccolto ancora una volta cronache della Valle Anzasca, quelle di Ceppomorelli. Presso la Biblioteca G. ……続きを見る

Even in the midst of the Civil War, its battlefields were being dedicated as hallowed ground. Today, those sites are among the most visited places in the United States. In contrast, the battleground……続きを見る

Before the Civil War, Oberlin, Ohio, stood in the vanguard of the abolition and black freedom movements. The community, including co-founded Oberlin College, strove to end slavery and establish full……続きを見る

This collection of eleven original essays interrogates the concept of freedom and recenters our understanding of the process of emancipation. Who defined freedom, and what did freedom mean to ninete……続きを見る

When historical geographer Sam B. Hilliard’s book Hog Meat and Hoecake was published in 1972, it was ahead of its time. It was one of the first scholarly examinations of the important role food play……続きを見る

Fanny Kemble's 'Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation: 1838-1839' is a powerful and insightful exploration of the realities of slavery in the American South. Written in a candid and immers……続きを見る

There are moments in the past of many a man's career that stand out clear and defined after the lapse of even many years: life pictures, the very memory of which brings back a glorious thrill of pri……続きを見る

Over the course of the twentieth century, the United States emerged as a global leader in conservation policyーnegotiating the first international conservation treaties, pioneering the idea of the n……続きを見る

A critical examination of the Woman’s Missionary Union and how it shaped the views of Southern Baptist women The Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU), founded in 1888, carved out a uniquely feminine space……続きを見る

These are stories of early days in and around Union County, New Mexico. The biographies and thumbnail sketches of many of our pioneers who were builders of this part of the Old West, were preserved ……続きを見る

From Victorian anxieties about syphilis to the current hysteria over herpes and AIDS, the history of venereal disease in America forces us to examine social attitudes as well as purely medical conce……続きを見る

What did politics and public affairs mean to those generations of Americans who first experienced democratic self-rule? Taking their cue from vibrant political campaigns and very high voter turnouts……続きを見る

A groundbreaking account of Napoleon Bonaparte, Pope Pius VII, and the kidnapping that would forever divide church and state "In gripping, vivid prose, Caiani brings to life the struggle for power t……続きを見る

In the eighteenth century, it would not have been impossible to encounter an elephant or a kangaroo making its way down the Strand, heading towards the menagerie of Mr. Pidcock at the Exeter Change.……続きを見る

The Story of My Life Caroline Mackensen Romberg The author was the wife of Julius Romberg, youngest child of the poet Johannes Romberg and the brother of Louise and Caroline. She describes the early……続きを見る

While the adage may go, “Behind every great man is a great woman,” the story of Maria Longworth Storer necessitates a new adageーat the front of every great city is a great woman. After being shunte……続きを見る

Of unique interest to the student of nineteenth century America is this account of the Alabama Clays, who in their private life were typical of the slaveholding aristocracy of the old South, but as ……続きを見る

Of unique interest to the student of nineteenth century America is this account of the Alabama Clays, who in their private life were typical of the slaveholding aristocracy of the old South, but as ……続きを見る