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Slavery in America: The Montgomery Slave Tradeby: N/A  Bryan Stevenson (Introduction)

Slavery in America: The Montgomery Slave Trade
by: N/A Bryan Stevenson (Introduction)

Softcover. Montgomery AL, Equal Justice Initiative, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 58 pages. Slavery in America: The Montgomery Slave Trade documents American slavery and Montgomery's prominent role in the domestic slave trade. The report is part of a project focused on developing a more informed understanding of America's racial history and how it relates to contemporary challenges.

Record # 372818

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Orientals: Asian Americans in Popular Cultureby: Robert Lee

Orientals: Asian Americans in Popular Culture
by: Robert Lee

Softcover. Philadelphia, Temple University Press, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 271 pages. Confronting the cultural stereotypes that have been attached to Asian-Americans over the last 150 years, this title seizes the label Oriental and asks where it came from. It shows how the bewildering array of racialized images first proffered by music hall songsters and social commentators have evolved and become generalized to Asian-Americans. Clean copy.

Record # 380923

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The Perry's Victory Centenary; Report of the Perry's Victory Centennial Commission, State of New Yorkby: George D. Emerson

The Perry's Victory Centenary; Report of the Perry's Victory Centennial Commission, State of New York
by: George D. Emerson

Hardcover. Albany NY, J. B. Lyon Company, 1st, 1916, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 309 pages of text. 73 pages of b&w illustrations throughout. Oversized, brown embossed cloth cover with gilt lettering and design. Bumped corners, some wear to edges. Slight foxing to pages. Diverse content, commemorates Oliver H. Perry's naval victory in the War of 1812. Clean copy. DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 386252

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Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York for 1869by: Shannon, Joseph

Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York for 1869
by: Shannon, Joseph

Hardcover. New York, Joseph Shannon, 1st, 1870, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 896 pages, rebound in green cloth with original leather cover affixed to front with a special presentation in gilt to Dr. C. Brailey/ compliments of Matthew T. Brennan (former NY State Assembly member who became city Police Commissioner in 1868). This 1869 edition the "Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York" was one of the two manuals published by the New York City Common Council to be issued by Joseph Shannon, clerk of the council in 1868 and 1869. The "Manuals of the Corporation" were directories of extensive historical and contemporary records of New York first compiled by D.T. Valentine. These books include detailed information on the meetings of the Aldermen Council, ordinances passed, public officials, the city"s debts, directories of hospitals, alms houses and schools, ferry schedules, lists of public porters, demographics and census information, and descriptions of historic buildings and streets. Folding maps are present. There is a folding color map frontispiece of the plan of the city of New York 1869, also there are color folding illustrations of the city of Harlem, Central Park, the Battery and Merchants Exchange and other fold out plates. The Harlem plate is damaged by paper sticking to the folding plate, resulting in some loss to image. All edges gilt, light foxing, the cover pastedown with light rubbing, Overall clean.

Record # 412041

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The Age of Deficits: Presidents and Unbalanced Budgets from Jimmy Carter to George W. Bushby: Iwan Morgan

The Age of Deficits: Presidents and Unbalanced Budgets from Jimmy Carter to George W. Bush
by: Iwan Morgan

Hardcover. Lawrence KS, University Press of Kansas, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in bright dust jacket, 375 pages. The debate over the federal budget-and the deficit spending it tends to produce-has assumed a renewed urgency for reasons that are painfully clear to all of us. Over the past thirty-two years-from the presidency of Jimmy Carter through that of George W. Bush-the U.S. government has in fact balanced its budget in only four of them, while the fiscal challenges confronting President Obama make a balanced budget anytime soon a remote possibility. Iwan Morgan's book provides a much-needed historical perspective on this perennially troubling issue. Clean copy.

Record # 378810

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Norway 1940 by: Kersaudy, Francois

Norway 1940
by: Kersaudy, Francois

Hardcover. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 272 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped. Binding tight. Clean inside and out. In very good condition.

Record # 31008

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Vermont in the Great Rebellion - Containing Historical and Biographical Sketches, Etc.by: Waite, Major Otis F. R.

Vermont in the Great Rebellion - Containing Historical and Biographical Sketches, Etc.
by: Waite, Major Otis F. R.

Hardcover. Claremont, Tracy, Chase and Company, 1st, 1869, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 288 pages. Hardcover. Green cloth with titles in gilt on cover and spine. Black & white illustrations. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612495

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Dodge City - The Cowboy Capital And The Great Southwest In The Days of The Wild Indian The Buffalo The Cowboy Dance Halls Gambling Halls and Bad Men by: Wright, Robe

Dodge City - The Cowboy Capital And The Great Southwest In The Days of The Wild Indian The Buffalo The Cowboy Dance Halls Gambling Halls and Bad Men
by: Wright, Robe

Hardcover. Wichita KS, Pr. Printed, 2nd Ed., n.d. (1930), Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Black & white frontispiece of author. Many black & white photo plates. 342 pages. No date. Nice tight copy. Green covers with bright cover decoration, spine lettering faded otherwise very good. One of the classic books on the policing, range-roving, & settlement of the Western plains.

Record # 67326

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The Challenge of the Greek and other Essays by: T. R. Glover

The Challenge of the Greek and other Essays
by: T. R. Glover

Hardcover. Cambridge UK/NY, Cambridge University Press/Macmillan, 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 241 pages, b&w frontis. Clean copy. Essays include: The Challenge of the Greek, Purpose in Classical Studies, The Greek Farmer, The Gastronomers, Homer and his Readers, Virgil & Erasmus etc.

Record # 382312

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History of the Union Pacific Coal Mines 1868 to 1940by: N/A

History of the Union Pacific Coal Mines 1868 to 1940
by: N/A

Hardcover. Omaha NE, The Colonial Press, 1st, 1940, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers with gilt title on spine. 265 pages plus appendix with names of workers, tonnage statistics, wages, etc. b&w illustrations. About 15 pages with yellow highlighting, otherwise a solid copy.

Record # 382022

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Naval Documents of the American Revolution VOLUME 5: American Theatre: May 9, 1776 -July 31, 1776by: Morgan (Ed.), William James

Naval Documents of the American Revolution VOLUME 5: American Theatre: May 9, 1776 -July 31, 1776
by: Morgan (Ed.), William James

Hardcover. Washington DC, U.S. Government Printing Office, reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 1486 pages. B&w illustrations. Decorated endpapers. Introduction by President Nixon. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper. Light wear to cover edges. Pages clean and tight.

Record # 851891

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Trade and Currency in Early Oregon. A Study in the Commercial and Monetary History of the Pacific Northwestby: James Henry Gilbert

Trade and Currency in Early Oregon. A Study in the Commercial and Monetary History of the Pacific Northwest
by: James Henry Gilbert

Hardcover. NY, Columbia University, 1st, 1907, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with gilt stamping, 126 pages. Ex-library with light markings and stamping. Much on the fur trade, early agriculture, gold dust and Civil War currency and trade in Oregon during the 1800s.

Record # 381970

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Diamond : The History of a Cold-Blooded Love Affairby: Hart, Matthew

Diamond : The History of a Cold-Blooded Love Affair
by: Hart, Matthew

Hardcover. London, Fourth Estate, 2nd pr., 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 287 pages. A very clean, tight copy. Here is the true story of the strike that upset the diamond kings, and with it, a history of the world's most acclaimed diamonds, the process by which they are cut, smuggled and stolen, legends and superstitions, and of the shadowy hand of De Beers, for whom diamonds are forever.

Record # 454230

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Not-Quite Puritans, The: Some Genial Follies and Peculiar Frailties of Our Revered New England Ancestors (SIGNED COPY)by: Lawrence, Henry W.

Not-Quite Puritans, The: Some Genial Follies and Peculiar Frailties of Our Revered New England Ancestors (SIGNED COPY)
by: Lawrence, Henry W.

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Little Brown & Company, 1st, 1928, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light gray cloth with red lettering, 228 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on prelim-page. Slight wear and soil to covers, internally very good

Record # 855227

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The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln Sixteenth President of the United States together with His State Papers including His Speeches Addresses Messages Letters and Proclamations and the Closing Scenes connected with His Lif

The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln Sixteenth President of the United States together with His State Papers including His Speeches Addresses Messages Letters and Proclamations and the Closing Scenes connected with His Lif

Hardcover. NY, Derby & Miller, 1st, 1865, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover embossed brown cloth with bright gilt title and decoration on spine. 808 pages plus 6 pages of ads. Beautiful steel engraving frontispiece of Lincoln engraved by A. H. Ritchie. Illustrated with 15 additional engravings. The book is tight and square. Raymond was the Editor of the New York Times and he brought this volume out with amazing dispatch after the assassination of Lincoln. Frank B. Carpenter, who had lived in the White House for an extended period , added a section , "Anecdotes And Personal Reminiscences Of President Lincoln." Mild wear to rear cover, clean copy.

Record # 398452

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Random Recollections of the House of Commons, from The Year 1830 to the close of 1835, including Personal Sketches of the Leading Members of all Parties. By one of No Party by:

Random Recollections of the House of Commons, from The Year 1830 to the close of 1835, including Personal Sketches of the Leading Members of all Parties. By one of No Party
by:

Hardcover. London, Saunders and Otley, 5th Ed., 1837, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown calf covers with embossed design, black leather spine label with gilt lettering, gilt-decorated raised bands. Title page states Fifth Edition. Previous owner's ink name inside front cover. Otherwise clean.

Record # 371301

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Principles of History: And Other Writings in Philosophy of History by: R. G. Collingwood; Editor W. H. Dray; Editor W. J. van der Dussen

Principles of History: And Other Writings in Philosophy of History
by: R. G. Collingwood; Editor W. H. Dray; Editor W. J. van der Dussen

Softcover. UK, Oxford University Press, Revised Ed., 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 384 pages. Published here for the first time is much of a final and long-anticipated work on the philosophy of history by the great Oxford philosopher and historian R. G. Collingwood (1889-1943). The original text of this uncompleted work has only recently been discovered and is accompanied here by Collingwood's shorter writings on historical knowledge and inquiry. Besides containing entirely new ideas, these incredible writings discuss many of the issues which Collingwood famously raised in The Idea of History and in his Autobiography. This book also includes two conclusions written by Collingwood, which were eventually revised and published as The Idea of Nature. and a lengthy editorial introduction that puts Collingwood's writings in their context and discusses the philosophical questions they initiate. A landmark publication, this work will appeal not only to those studying Collingwood but also to anyone broadly curious about philosophy of history. Clean copy.

Record # 371623

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90 Miles From Home - behind the beards, the oratory, the headlines, the everyday face of Cubaby: Miller, Warren

90 Miles From Home - behind the beards, the oratory, the headlines, the everyday face of Cuba
by: Miller, Warren

hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 279 pages. Light edgewear and chipping to dust jacket.

Record # 202443

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Rights of Discovery: Christopher Columbus's Final Appeal to King Fernando/Derechos del Descubrimiento: Apelacion Final de Cristobal Colon al Rey Fernando. by: Nader,

Rights of Discovery: Christopher Columbus's Final Appeal to King Fernando/Derechos del Descubrimiento: Apelacion Final de Cristobal Colon al Rey Fernando.
by: Nader,

Hardcover. Colombia, Carvajal S. A., 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, folio, maroon cloth backed decorative paper boards, 75 pages. Translated by Elvira de Martin from the Spanish. Illustrated by 4 engravings appeared in Theodor de Brys' America Pt. 4 1594 (Frankfurt) and original handwritten facsimile 1492. Facsimile edition. No slipcase. Published by Carvajal S.A., Cali, Colombia and the John Carter Brown Library, Providence, Rhode Island, in Honor of the Quincentenary Year Date: 1992. Preface by Norman Fiering. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 383271

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An Introduction to the History of Mysticismby: Margaret Smith

An Introduction to the History of Mysticism
by: Margaret Smith

London, Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1st, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth covers with gilt title on spine. 121 pages including index. Clean copy.

Record # 383374

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The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World by: Anthony, David W.

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
by: Anthony, David W.

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 4th pr., 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 553 pages including index, b&w illustrations. Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Until now their identity has remained a tantalizing mystery to linguists, archaeologists, and even Nazis seeking the roots of the Aryan race. The Horse, the Wheel, and Language lifts the veil that has long shrouded these original Indo-European speakers, and reveals how their domestication of horses and use of the wheel spread language and transformed civilization. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 383487

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Journal of a Voyage From Boston to the West Coast of Africa; with a Full Description of the Manner of Trading with the Natives on the Coastby: J. A. Carnes

Journal of a Voyage From Boston to the West Coast of Africa; with a Full Description of the Manner of Trading with the Natives on the Coast
by: J. A. Carnes

Hardcover. Boston, John P. Jewett & Co., 1st, 1852, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, original blind stamped cloth with gilt stamped lettering on spine. 479 pages with mild foxing to a few pages. Very good plus, no markings.

Record # 383760

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Public Workers: Government Employee Unions, the Law, and the State, 1900-1962by: Joseph E. Slater

Public Workers: Government Employee Unions, the Law, and the State, 1900-1962
by: Joseph E. Slater

Hardcover. Ithaca NY, Cornell University Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 260 pages. From the dawn of the twentieth century to the early 1960s, public-sector unions generally had no legal right to strike, bargain, or arbitrate, and government workers could be fired simply for joining a union. Public Workers is the first book to analyze why public-sector labor law evolved as it did, separate from and much more restrictive than private-sector labor law, and what effect this law had on public-sector unions, organized labor as a whole, and by extension all of American politics. Joseph E. Slater shows how public-sector unions survived, represented their members, and set the stage for the most remarkable growth of worker organization in American history. Slater examines the battles of public-sector unions in the workplace, courts, and political arena, from the infamous Boston police strike of 1919, to teachers in Seattle fighting a yellow-dog rule, to the BSEIU in the 1930s representing public-sector janitors, to the fate of the powerful Transit Workers Union after New York City purchased the subways, to the long struggle by AFSCME that produced the nation's first public-sector labor law in Wisconsin in 1959. Slater introduces readers to a determined and often-ignored segment of the union movement and expands our knowledge of working men and women, the institutions they formed, and the organizational obstacles they faced.

Record # 396318

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Victorian Attitudes to Raceby: Bolt, Christine

Victorian Attitudes to Race
by: Bolt, Christine

Hardcover. London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 254 pages. Spine slightly cocked. Dust jacket shows light wear. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 609613

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Vermont: A Souvenir of Its Government 1902-1903by: Jeffrey, William H.

Vermont: A Souvenir of Its Government 1902-1903
by: Jeffrey, William H.

Hardcover. East Burke VT, Historical Publishing Co., 1st, 1903, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 135 pages, notable for b&w portraits throughout of government officials and buildings. Green cloth with gilt lettering. There is a light water stain to the bottom of the book in the margin, text and photos not affected.

Record # 403326

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An Empire of Facts: Colonial Power, Cultural Knowledge, and Islam in Algeria, 1870??"1914 by: Trumbull IV, George R.

An Empire of Facts: Colonial Power, Cultural Knowledge, and Islam in Algeria, 1870??"1914
by: Trumbull IV, George R.

Softcover. NY, Cambridge University Press, 1st pbk, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 309 pages. An Empire of Facts presents a fascinating account of the formation of French conceptions of Islam in France's largest and most important colony. During the period from 1870 to 1914, travelers, bureaucrats, scholars, and writers formed influential and long-lasting misconceptions about Islam that determined the imperial cultural politics of Algeria and its interactions with republican France. Narratives of Islamic mysticism, rituals, gender relations, and sensational crimes brought unfamiliar cultural forms and practices to popular attention in France, but also constructed Algerian Muslims as objects for colonial intervention. Personal lives and interactions between Algerian and French men and women inflected these texts, determining their style, content, and consequences. Drawing on sources in Arabic and French, this book places such personal moments at the heart of the production of colonial knowledge, emphasizing the indeterminacy of ethnography, and its political context in the unfolding of France's empire and its relations with Muslim North Africa. Clean copy.

Record # 379160

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An Officer and a Lady: The World War II Letters of Lt. Col. Betty Bandel, Women's Army Corps by: Sylvia J. Bugbee (Ed.)

An Officer and a Lady: The World War II Letters of Lt. Col. Betty Bandel, Women's Army Corps
by: Sylvia J. Bugbee (Ed.)

Softcover. Hanover NH, University Press of New England, 1st, 2004, Softcover, 222 pages. From 1942 to 1945, Lieutenant Colonel Betty Bandel (retired) served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC, later WAC, the Women's Army Corps), eventually heading the WAC Division of the Army Air Force. During these years she wrote hundreds of letters to family and friends tracing her growth from an enthusiastic recruit, agog in the presence of public figures such as Eleanor Roosevelt (code named Rover), to a seasoned officer and leader. Bandel was one of the Corps' most influential senior officers. Her letters are rich with detail about the WAC's contribution to the war effort and the inner workings of the first large, non-nurse contingent of American military women. In addition, her letters offer a revealing look at the wartime emergence of professional women. Perhaps for the first time, women oversaw and directed hundreds of thousands of personnel, acquired professional and personal experiences, and built networks that would guide and influence them well past their war years.

Record # 387523

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The History of the Civil War in America Comprising a Full and Impartial Account of the Origin and Progress of the Rebellion....(Two Volumes)by: John S. C. Abbott

The History of the Civil War in America Comprising a Full and Impartial Account of the Origin and Progress of the Rebellion....(Two Volumes)
by: John S. C. Abbott

Hardcover. Springfield MA, Gurdon Bill, 1st, 1863/1866, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None,

Record # 398435

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Trials of Nation Making: Liberalism, Race, and Ethnicity in the Andes, 1810??"1910by: Brooke Larson

Trials of Nation Making: Liberalism, Race, and Ethnicity in the Andes, 1810??"1910
by: Brooke Larson

Softcover. UK, Cambridge University Press, reprint, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 299 pages, b&w illustrations. Brooke Larson's interpretive analysis of the history of Andean peasants reveals the challenges of nation making in the republics of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia during the volatile nineteenth century. Nowhere in Latin America were postcolonial transitions more turbulent than in the Andes, where communal indigenous roots grew deep and where the "Indian problem" seemed so discouraging to liberalizing states. The analysis raises broader issues about the interplay of liberalism, racism, and ethnicity in the formation of exclusionary "republics without citizens" over the nineteenth century.

Record # 387249

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When Nations Disagree: A Handbook on Peace Through Law by: Arthur Larson

When Nations Disagree: A Handbook on Peace Through Law
by: Arthur Larson

Hardcover. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 251 pages including index. Clean copy.

Record # 385724

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History of Our Navy, The: From its Origin to the End of the War with Spain, 1775-1898, Vol. I of V.by: Spears, John R.

History of Our Navy, The: From its Origin to the End of the War with Spain, 1775-1898, Vol. I of V.
by: Spears, John R.

Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 416 pages. Blue cloth cover, gilt lettering, and embossed design. Some wear to corners and edges of spine. Spine is slightly cracked at rear endpage. Some faint stains on front pages, otherwise inside is bright and clean, with more than 500 b&w illustrations, maps and diagrams. A nice copy.

Record # 852814

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Building the Devil's Empire : French Colonial New Orleansby: Dawdy, Shannon Lee

Building the Devil's Empire : French Colonial New Orleans
by: Dawdy, Shannon Lee

Hardcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages, b&w illustrations. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Building the Devil's Empire is the first comprehensive history of New Orleans's early years, tracing the town's development from its origins in 1718 to its revolt against Spanish rule in 1768. Shannon Lee Dawdy's picaresque account of New Orleans's wild youth features a cast of strong-willed captives, thin-skinned nobles, sharp-tongued women, and carousing travelers. But she also widens her lens to reveal the port city's global significance, examining its role in the French Empire and the Caribbean, and she concludes that by exemplifying a kind of rogue colonialism--where governments, outlaws, and capitalism become entwined--New Orleans should prompt us to reconsider our notions of how colonialism works.

Record # 460625

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Debates with Historians by: Geyl, Pieter

Debates with Historians
by: Geyl, Pieter

Hardcover. Groningen, Wolters, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt lettering, 241 pages. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. Everyone who wonders what history is or how it should be written will derive enjoyment and profit from the book. Ranke, Carlyle, Michelet, Macaulay and Toynbee are among the historians whom the author engages in debate.

Record # 386039

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The Cymry Of '76: Or Welshmen And Their Descendants Of The American Revolution by: Alexander Jones/Samuel Jenkins (Contributor)

The Cymry Of '76: Or Welshmen And Their Descendants Of The American Revolution
by: Alexander Jones/Samuel Jenkins (Contributor)

Hardcover. Baltimore, Clearfield Company, reprint, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 132 pages. A reprint of a book written by Alexander Jones in 1855. The book explores the role of Welsh immigrants and their descendants during the American Revolution. It provides a detailed account of the Welsh contributions to the war effort, including their participation in battles, their leadership in politics and commerce, and their support for the cause of American independence. The book is divided into several chapters, each focusing on a different aspect of Welsh involvement in the Revolution. It begins by discussing the early settlement of Welsh immigrants in America, their struggles to maintain their language and culture, and their eventual integration into American society. Jones then goes on to describe the various battles and campaigns in which Welsh soldiers fought, including the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Battle of Saratoga, and the Battle of Yorktown. He also highlights the contributions of Welsh leaders such as General Richard Montgomery and Colonel William Davies.In addition to military contributions, the book also explores the role of Welsh Americans in politics and commerce during the Revolution. Jones discusses the involvement of Welshmen in the Continental Congress, as well as their contributions to the development of American industry and trade. Overall, The Cymry of '76 provides a comprehensive and detailed account of the Welsh contribution to the American Revolution. Clean copy.

Record # 398672

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Records of New Amsterdam From 1653 t0 1674 Anno Domini - Vol. 5: Minutes of the Court of Burgomasters and Schepens Jan. 8 1664 to May 1 1666 Inclusive by: Fernow, Ber

Records of New Amsterdam From 1653 t0 1674 Anno Domini - Vol. 5: Minutes of the Court of Burgomasters and Schepens Jan. 8 1664 to May 1 1666 Inclusive
by: Fernow, Ber

Hardcover. Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., reprint, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth with purple and gilt title block an front and spine. 355 pages. VOLUME 5 ONLY of a 7 volume set. Reprint of the 1897 edition. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 386459

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Joseph Warren: Physician, Politician, Patriotby: Cary, John

Joseph Warren: Physician, Politician, Patriot
by: Cary, John

Hardcover. Urbana IL, University of Illinois Press, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in alightly worn dust jacket, 260 pages. "In this first biography of Warren since 1865, John Cary re-establishes Warren's deserved reputation as an American patriot and leading figure of the American Revolution. He ranks Warren with Samuel Adams as the two most important figures in the Massachusetts revolutionary movement." Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 387803

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The Atlantic Battle Won, May 1943-May 1945: History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume 10 by: Morison, Samuel Eliot

The Atlantic Battle Won, May 1943-May 1945: History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume 10
by: Morison, Samuel Eliot

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, reprint, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Volume X in The History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. 399 pages, illustrated with maps (one fold-out) and b&w photos. Gilt on spine with light fading, lacks dust jacket, dj flap copy pasted inside front cover, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 386591

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Spur of Fame: Dialogues of John Adams and Benjamin Rush, 1805-1813 by: Schutz, John A / Douglass Adair

Spur of Fame: Dialogues of John Adams and Benjamin Rush, 1805-1813
by: Schutz, John A / Douglass Adair

Softcover. Indianapolis, Liberty Fund, reprint, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 325 pages. John Adams and Benjamin Rush were two remarkably different men who shared a devotion to liberty. Their dialogues on the implications of fame for their generation prove remarkably timely--even for the twenty-first century. Adams and Rush championed very different views on the nature of the American Revolution and of the republic established with the United States Constitution; yet they shared one of the most important correspondences of their time. John Adams and Benjamin Rush met in 1774 as members of the Continental Congress--Adams from Massachusetts, Rush from Pennsylvania. In 1805, after Adams was defeated in his quest of a second term as the new republic's second President, the two men self-consciously commenced an exchange of letters. Their recurring subject was fame. This emphasis on fame was crucial, Adams and Rush believed, because on the fame attached to individual leaders of the Revolutionary generation would depend the view of the Revolution and of the Constitution and republican government that would be embraced by generations to come, including our own. The Liberty Fund edition of The Spur of Fame reproduces a text originally published by the Huntington Library.

Record # 386893

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The Poker Bride: The First Chinese in the Wild West by: Corbett Christopher

The Poker Bride: The First Chinese in the Wild West
by: Corbett Christopher

Hardcover. NY, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 218 pages, b&w illustrations. When gold rush fever gripped the globe in 1849, thousands of Chinese immigrants came through San Francisco on their way to seek their fortunes. They were called sojourners, for they never intended to stay. Polly, a young Chinese concubine, was brought by her owner to a remote mining camp in the highlands of Idaho. There he lost her in a poker game. Polly found her way with her new owner to an isolated ranch on the banks of the Salmon River in central Idaho. As the gold rush receded, it took with it the Chinese miners-or their bones, which were disinterred and shipped back to their homeland in accordance with Chinese custom. But it left behind Polly, who would make headlines. Clean copy.

Record # 374682

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Richmond, Vermont: A History of More Than 200 Yearsby: Harriet Wheatley Riggs & Others

Richmond, Vermont: A History of More Than 200 Years
by: Harriet Wheatley Riggs & Others

Hardcover. Richmond VT, Richmond Historical Society, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 506 pages. Many b&w illustrations, like new condition.

Record # 387288

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Ramparts of the Pacificby: Abend, Hallett

Ramparts of the Pacific
by: Abend, Hallett

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, Doran & Co., 2nd pr., 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth, 332 pages, endpapers map, frontis photo of B-18s flying over Owahu, 5 other b&w plates. Spine cloth and lettering faded, otherwise clean and tight.

Record # 387405

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SPANISH-AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS PRECEDING THE WAR OF 1898 by: Horace Edgar Flack

SPANISH-AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS PRECEDING THE WAR OF 1898
by: Horace Edgar Flack

Hardcover. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press, 1st, 1906, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, 95 pages. Ex-lib with residue, stamping to endpapers. Interior clean, probably a rebound softcover published in 1906.

Record # 387759

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Charles Evans Hughes and the Supreme Courtby: Samuel Hendel

Charles Evans Hughes and the Supreme Court
by: Samuel Hendel

Hardcover. NY, King's Crown Press/Columbia university, 1st US, 1951, Book: Good, Hardcover in blue-gray cloth, 337 pages. Ex-lib with stamping, bookplate on endpapers. Clean interior.

Record # 387763

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British Subministers and Colonial America 1763-1783by: Wickwire, Franklin B.

British Subministers and Colonial America 1763-1783
by: Wickwire, Franklin B.

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 228 pages. This study is an attempt to add a new dimension to our understanding of the causes of the American Revolution. It is an analysis of the role of the subministers--the secretaries and undersecretaries--of the major departments of the British government responsible for colonial policy during the period from 1763 to the outbreak of the Revolution--the period of the Stamp and Sugar Acts, the Townshend Duties, and the Coercive Acts--and of their role in the war itself. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Record # 387887

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Central Colonies Chronicle: The Freemen, The Servants, and The Governments, 1722-1732 by: Armand Francis Lucier

Central Colonies Chronicle: The Freemen, The Servants, and The Governments, 1722-1732
by: Armand Francis Lucier

Softcover. Bowie MD, Heritage Books , 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 398 pages. Colorfully depicts colonial life in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware and Maryland as reported in the newspapers and journals of the region. 'Feel the pulse of the people by reading the same items and advertisements presented in their weekly newspapers; the same words, the same spellings, the same compositions as they were written by Colonial compositors and publishers.' These pages are 'filled with newspaper abstracts concerning runaway slaves and indentured servants, the near frontier, piracy, ships and mariners, plantations, land and home sales, and many more happenings and items of interest to the highborn as well as the common tradesman.

Record # 387947

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View from Highway 1, The - Essays on Televisionby: Arlen, Michael J

View from Highway 1, The - Essays on Television
by: Arlen, Michael J

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 293 pages, in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A collection of television reviews and criticism that appeared in The New Yorker during the mid-70s. Clean copy.

Record # 359172

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White Captives: Gender and Ethnicity on the American Frontierby: June Namias

White Captives: Gender and Ethnicity on the American Frontier
by: June Namias

Softcover. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina, reprint, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 378 pages. Namias shows that visual, literary, and historical accounts of the capture of Euro-Americans by Indians are commentaries on the uncertain boundaries of gender, race, and culture during the colonial Indian Wars, the American Revolution, and the Civil War. She compares the experiences and representations of male and female captives over time and on successive frontiers and examines the narratives of captives Jane McCrea, Mary Jemison, and Sarah Wakefield. Clean copy.

Record # 396389

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Vermont Voices, 1609 Through The 1990's: A Documentary History of the Green Mountain Stateby: Graffagnino (Editors), J. Kevin/Samuel B. Hand/Gene Sessions

Vermont Voices, 1609 Through The 1990's: A Documentary History of the Green Mountain State
by: Graffagnino (Editors), J. Kevin/Samuel B. Hand/Gene Sessions

Softcover. Montpelier, Vermont Historical Society, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 409 pages. Black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608783

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The Puritan Revolution: A Documentary History by: Prall, Stuart E. (editor)

The Puritan Revolution: A Documentary History
by: Prall, Stuart E. (editor)

Hardcover. Gloucester MA, Peter Smith, reprint, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth covers, black lettering on spine, 337 pages. Name on front fly leaf otherwise tight and clean.

Record # 396473

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Children of the West: Family Life on the Frontierby: Luchetti, Cathy

Children of the West: Family Life on the Frontier
by: Luchetti, Cathy

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 253 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket and faint foxing to top edge, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 460733

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