Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Historic sites
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
State of the Parks ... Report
Author: Catalogue of the Public Archives Library
Author: Public Archives of Canada. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 1094
Book Description
History of Halifax City
Author: Thomas Beamish AkinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Halifax (N.S.)
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Cross Channel Attack
Author: Gordon A. HarrisonPublisher: BDD Promotional Books Company
ISBN: 9780792458562
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Discusses the Allied invasion of Normandy, with extensive details about the planning stage, called Operation Overlord, as well as the fighting on Utah and Omaha Beaches.
Land Use and Economic Development
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research BoardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
British Smooth-bore Artillery
Author: David McConnellPublisher: National Historic Parks and Sites, Environment Canada, Parks
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Under its mandate to interpret Canadian history to the public, Environment Canada - Parks initiated an extensive study of the technology of British ordnance c1710-1860s to aid in the re-creation of period settings at a number of British military sites in Canada, and to provide a manual for the reconstruction of pieces of artillery, their carriages and platforms. The study covers the production of ordnance, the history of the development and design of various pieces (guns, mortars, howitzers, carronades), their carriages and platforms, and the development of gunpowder, cartridges, fuses, and projectiles.
Halifax: The First 250 Years
Author: Judith FingardPublisher: Formac Publishing Company
ISBN: 088780490X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Three distinguished authors tell the story of Halifax, from its beginnings as a British settlement to counter the French establishment at Louisbourg, to its present-day status as one of Canada's most appealing cities.
Engineers of Independence
Author: Paul K. WalkerPublisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.
ISBN: 9781410201737
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
This collection of documents, including many previously unpublished, details the role of the Army engineers in the American Revolution. Lacking trained military engineers, the Americans relied heavily on foreign officers, mostly from France, for sorely needed technical assistance. Native Americans joined the foreign engineer officers to plan and carry out offensive and defensive operations, direct the erection of fortifications, map vital terrain, and lay out encampments. During the war Congress created the Corps of Engineers with three companies of engineer troops as well as a separate geographer's department to assist the engineers with mapping. Both General George Washington and Major General Louis Lebéque Duportail, his third and longest serving Chief Engineer, recognized the disadvantages of relying on foreign powers to fill the Army's crucial need for engineers. America, they contended, must train its own engineers for the future. Accordingly, at the war's end, they suggested maintaining a peacetime engineering establishment and creating a military academy. However, Congress rejected the proposals, and the Corps of Engineers and its companies of sappers and miners mustered out of service. Eleven years passed before Congress authorized a new establishment, the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers.
The Condition Of The Working-Class In England In 1844
Author: Frederick EngelsPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 9359392766
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
"The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844" by Frederick Engels is a powerful indictment of the Industrial Revolution's detrimental impact on workers. Engels meticulously demonstrates how industrial cities like Manchester and Liverpool experienced alarmingly high mortality rates due to diseases, with workers being four times more likely to succumb to illnesses like smallpox, measles, scarlet fever, and whooping cough compared to their rural counterparts. The overall death rate in these cities far surpassed the national average, painting a grim picture of the workers' plight. Engels goes beyond mortality statistics to shed light on the dire living conditions endured by industrial workers. He argues that their wages were lower than those of pre-industrial workers, and they were forced to inhabit unhealthy and unpleasant environments. Addressing a German audience, Engels' work is considered a classic account of the universal struggles faced by the industrial working class. It reveals his transformation into a radical thinker after witnessing the harsh realities in England. "The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844" remains an essential resource for understanding the hardships endured by workers during the Industrial Revolution. Engels' meticulous research and impassioned arguments continue to shape discussions on labor rights, social inequality, and the historical agency of the working class.
Rackets in Canada and the Montreal Racket Club
Author: Christopher G. MarksPublisher: Christoper Marks
ISBN: 9780969126270
Category : Rackets (Game)
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description