Author: P. TOUCH (A.M.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
A Thanksgiving Sermon preached ... the Sunday after the hurricane in October, 1780, etc
Author: P. TOUCH (A.M.)A Thanksgiving Sermon
Author: P. TouchAmerican Disasters
Author: Steven BielPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814713467
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
Ranging widely, essayists here examine the 1900 storm that ravaged Galveston, Texas, the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the Titanic sinking, the Northridge earthquake, the crash of Air Florida Flight 90, the 1977 Chicago El train crash, and many other devastating events. These catastrophes elicited vastly different responses, and thus raise a number of important questions. How, for example did African Americans, feminists, and labor activists respond to the Titanic disaster? Why did the El train crash take on such symbolic meaning for the citizens of Chicago? In what ways did the San Francisco earthquake reaffirm rather than challenge a predominant faith in progress?
Essays in Naval History, from Medieval to Modern
Author: N.A.M. RodgerPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000940985
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
The articles collected here (two appearing for the first time in English) cover a number of topics central to naval history and illustrate the author's contention that this is not only, or even chiefly, a distinct area of special study, but rather a central theme running through the history of England, and of the whole British Isles. Though the subjects and the styles vary a good deal, the studies are linked by a common approach and some common ideas. Hence many examine ways in which naval history has formed a key element in such subjects as intellectual, religious, administrative or medical history and explored the nature and meaning of sea power as a theme. At the same time naval history is a technical subject, which demands a willingness to understand warships - the most complex artefacts - and the structure of large and complex organisations. Detailed evidence about ships and weapons can build large conclusions, for example about late Anglo-Saxon government and military organisation, or about the nature of warfare at sea in the Renaissance era. While mostly written from the British point of view, several essays explicitly survey naval developments over a range of countries, and even the most narrowly focused are at least implicitly aware of the wider world of war at sea.
Melancholy and Fatal Calamities
Author: Matthew Burke MulcahyPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Early American Hurricanes, 1492-1870
Author: David McWilliams LudlumPublisher:
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
A chronological account of individual hurricanes, compiled from diaries, newspapers, and other historical sources.
West Indies
Author: Francis Edwards (Firm)Publisher:
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Category : Booksellers and bookselling
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2018
Author: Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 1640652353
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 585
Book Description
Lesser Feasts and Fasts had not been updated since 2006. This updated edition, adopted at the 79th General Convention (resolution A065), fills that need. Biographies and collects associated with those included within the volume have been updated; a deliberate effort has been made to more closely balance the men and women represented within its pages.
History of Windham County, Connecticut: 1600-1760
Author: Ellen Douglas LarnedPublisher:
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Category : Windham County (Conn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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