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Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation: 1838–1839 is Kemble's searing, day-by-day account of life on her husband Pierce Butler's Sea Island estates. Mixing the immediacy of a stage professi……続きを見る

The Art of Confectionary: Shewing the Various Methods of Preserving All Sorts of Fruits, Dry and Liquid is a classic culinary guide first published in the 18th century, offering a comprehensive expl……続きを見る

The spectacular story of the Great Centennial Exhibition of 1876ーheld in the shadow of a highly contested presidential election that triggered the collapse of Reconstruction and laid the foundation……続きを見る

Scopri i segreti di un'antica civiltà sepolta dal tempo! In "Pompei e le sue rovine, Vol. 3 (of 3)" di Pier Ambrogio Curti, immergiti in un viaggio affascinante attraverso le strade e le case di una……続きを見る

Scopri il fascino di un'epoca lontana attraverso gli occhi di un cronista straordinario! La "Cronaca di Fra Salimbene parmigiano vol. II" ti trasporta nel cuore del Medioevo, un'epoca di intrighi, p……続きを見る

Scopri il fascino senza tempo del Lago di Como attraverso gli occhi di un nobile viaggiatore del passato! In "Viaggio pel lago di Como", il conte Giambatista Giovio ci guida in un'esplorazione affas……続きを見る

Scopri il lato oscuro della Rivoluzione francese attraverso gli occhi di un genio della criminologia! In "La delinquenza nella Rivoluzione francese", Cesare Lombroso ci guida in un viaggio affascina……続きを見る

How the United States’ confrontation with North African raiders established its legitimacy on the world stage For the fledgling United States of America, the first major foray onto the international……続きを見る

Club Life of London in two volumes is a work of social history that presents the pictures of the social life of England's Capital, with anecdotes of the clubs, coffee-houses and taverns of the metro……続きを見る

In "The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X," Imbert de Saint-Amand delves into the intricate tapestry of the French monarchy during a tumultuous period characterized by political strife and……続きを見る

In "Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation: 1838-1839," Fanny Kemble offers a poignant and meticulously observed account of her experiences on a Southern plantation during the antebellum pe……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

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

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

Kathleen M. Byrd’s Natchitoches, Louisiana, 1803–1840 is an examination of one French Creole community as it transitioned from a fur-trading and agricultural settlement under the control of Spain to……続きを見る

CONTENTS: Foreword, Vanessa Northington Gamble “Introduction: Healing and the History of Medicine in the Atlantic World,” Sean Morey Smith and Christopher D. E. Willoughby “Zemis and Zombies: Amerin……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

The Civil War was not the end, as is often thought, of reformist activism among abolitionists. After emancipation was achieved, they broadened their struggle to pursue equal rights for women, state ……続きを見る

Undoing Slavery excavates cultural, political, medical, and legal history to understand the abolitionist focus on the body on its own terms. Motivated by their conviction that the physical form of t……続きを見る

Abraham Lincoln's "State of the Union Addresses" is a profound collection of communications that underscore the nation's tumult during the Civil War era. Delivered with eloquence and gravitas, these……続きを見る

BnF collection ebooks - "Les deux tiers de ma vie sont écoulés ; pourquoi tant m'inquiéter sur ce qui m'en reste ? La plus brillante fortune ne mérite point le tourment que je me donne, ni les petit……続きを見る

Les années 1801 à 1807 sont des années cruciales dans la vie du marquis de Bombelles : veuf, il va choisir d'entrer dans les ordres mais sans pouvoir exercer de fonctions curiales dans les états aut……続きを見る

In this remarkable study, Pamela Sambrook rescues from obscurity the contribution of a former member of Napoleon's Imperial Guard to the development of specialist hotels and catering in the formativ……続きを見る

By: Brent Holcomb, Pub. 1979-80, E-BOOK, Vol. #1, (1837-1860): 764 pages, Index, ISBN #978-1-63914-350-4. The Southern Christian Advocate was the publication of the Methodist Conference of both Sout……続きを見る

Winner of the Shelley Fisher Fishkin Award for International Scholarship in Transnational American Studies Bridget Bennett’s Antislavery in the Dissenting Atlantic explores the impact of a historica……続きを見る

In "The Captured Scout of the Army of the James," H. Clay Trumbull deftly intertwines a gripping narrative set against the backdrop of the American Civil War. Written during a period when literary r……続きを見る

In "The Middle Period, 1817-1858," John William Burgess meticulously explores a pivotal era in American history, highlighting the social, political, and intellectual transformations that underpinned……続きを見る

In "History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States," William Horatio Barnes meticulously chronicles a pivotal period in American political history, spanning from 1865 to 1867. The book is……続きを見る

By: William Bryan and Robert Rose, Orig. Pub. 1876, Reprint 2018, 590 pages, Index, E-BOOK, ISBN #978-1-63914-502-7. This book is in 5 parts: The Life of Daniel Boone; Early Days in Missouri; Histor……続きを見る

By: Brent Holcomb, Pub. 1982, Reprinted 2018, 152 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #0-89308-298-8. Marlboro county was created in 1785 and is located in the historic area known as the Pee Dee region. ……続きを見る