N.A. - 19th Century 1

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The third edition of Women and the American Experience: A Concise History is a comprehensive survey of U.S. women’s history from the seventeenth century to the present that illuminates the diversity……続きを見る

Richard Henry Dana's 'Two Years Before the Mast' is a seminal work that eloquently captures the rigors and realities of life at sea in the early 19th century. Written in a vivid, first-person narrat……続きを見る

In the popular imagination, slavery in the United States ended with Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. The Proclamation may have been limitedーfreeing only slaves within Confederate states……続きを見る

This ebook contains all the books, lecture, discussions, prose, poetry, and letters written by Swami Vivekananda, a spiritual teacher from India at the end of the 19th century who brought Vedanta to……続きを見る

John D. Rockefeller - the world's first billionaire - created an industrial empire on a scale America had never known. He ruthlessly crushed anyone who got in his way, yet lived a quiet, honest life……続きを見る

Nancy Armstrong argues that the history of the novel and the history of the modern individual are, quite literally, one and the same. She suggests that certain works of fiction created a subject, on……続きを見る

In "The Americans as They Are," Charles Sealsfield presents a vivid exploration of American society in the early 19th century, delving into its diverse cultures, landscapes, and prevailing ideologie……続きを見る

In 1834, a young Chinese woman named Afong Moy arrived in America, her bound feet stepping ashore in New York City. She was both a prized guest and advertisement for a merchant firm--a promotional c……続きを見る

Dans ce livret de quatre-vingts pages, Céline décrit la vie du médecin obstétricien hongrois Ignace Philippe Semmelweis (1818-1865) qui a observé que la fièvre puerpérale est transmise de malade en ……続きを見る

In "Lincoln's Use of the Bible," S. Trevena Jackson offers a nuanced exploration of how Abraham Lincoln deftly employed biblical references to navigate the moral and ethical complexities of the Amer……続きを見る

In "Un souvenir de Solferino," Henry Dunant provides a poignant narrative that emerges from his harrowing experiences on the battlefield during the Second Italian War of Independence. With a uniquel……続きを見る

John Dunlop Allison was a mariner from the final era of sail into the early days of steam. The hand-written account of his adventures was discovered in an attic in England a hundred years after he w……続きを見る

For almost four thousand years, men and women with power have exploited vulnerable populations for cheap or free labor. These slaves, serfs, helots, tenants, peons, bonded or forced laborers, etc., ……続きを見る

The story of a black day-laborer called Sam Hose killing his white employer in a workplace dispute ended in a lynching of enormous religious significance. For many deeply-religious communities in th……続きを見る

In Acts of Modernity, David Buchanan reads nineteenth-century historical novels from Scotland, America, France, and Canada as instances of modern discourse reflective of community concerns and metho……続きを見る

Une biographie du maréchal Lyautey (1854-1934) qui fait toute sa place à la personnalité complexe de l'homme. Statufié de son vivant, Hubert Lyautey (1854-1934) est entré dans l'histoire comme le co……続きを見る

Americans have come to expect that the nation's presidential campaigns will be characterized by a carnival atmosphere emphasizing style over substance. But this fascinating account of the pivotal 18……続きを見る

First published in 1932. This title is a first-person account of growing up in Victorian England. The book examines many aspects of the British Empire, and the family life and education of the poet,……続きを見る

The History of Western Art Study Brief offers a handy quick reference guide to art history concepts, including an overview of different art forms and the concepts and methodologies used in properly ……続きを見る

Thomas Nast (1840–1902), the founding father of American political cartooning, is perhaps best known for his cartoons portraying political parties as the Democratic donkey and the Republican elephan……続きを見る

Forcibly removed from their homes in the late 1830s, Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Indians brought their African-descended slaves with them along the Trail of Tears and resettled in Indian……続きを見る

In The Experience of a Slave in South Carolina, escaped slave John Andrew Jackson seeks to educate his readers on the horrors of slavery. He spares no details in relating the murder of his sister, t……続きを見る

For the People offers a new interpretation of populist political movements from the Revolution to the eve of the Civil War and roots them in the disconnect between the theory of rule by the people a……続きを見る

This ambitious work uncovers the constitutional foundations of that most essential institution of modern democracy, the political party. Taking on Richard Hofstadter’s classic The Idea of a Party Sy……続きを見る

With a fresh take on social dynamics in the antebellum South, Jonathan Daniel Wells contests the popular idea that the Old South was a region of essentially two classes (planters and slaves) until a……続きを見る

All along the Mississippi ー on country plantation landings, urban levees and quays, and the decks of steamboats ー nineteenth-century African Americans worked and fought for their liberty amid the ……続きを見る

Tracing the transformation of liberal political ideology from the end of the Civil War to the early twentieth century, Nancy Cohen offers a new interpretation of the origins and character of modern ……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Die Hallig - Die Schiffbrüchigen auf dem Eiland in der Nordsee" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Johann C……続きを見る

Nineteenth-century California was a society in turmoil, with a rapidly growing population, booming mining camps, insufficient or nonexistent law-enforcement personnel, and a large number of ethnic g……続きを見る