Author: Clarence Walworth AlvordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
The Mississippi Valley in British Politics
Author: Clarence Walworth AlvordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
The Mississippi Valley in British Politics
Author: Clarence Walworth AlvordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
The Mississippi Valley in British Politics
Author: Clarence Walworth AlvordPublisher:
ISBN: 9780722266205
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Mississippi Valley Historical Review
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Includes articles and reviews covering all aspects of American history. Formerly the Mississippi Valley Historical Review,
America the Great
Author: Edward Hawkins SissonPublisher: Edward Sisson
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 3136
Book Description
"America the Great" is the result of five years' research and writing that began in late 2009 in response to the contemporary American "tea party" movement and criticisms that the movement's participants did not know the history and theory of the original 1773 Boston Tea Party from which the modern movement takes its name. The extensive library of original books, newspapers, magazines, etc., now available (primarily via "google books") to anyone over the Internet, means that researchers have available to them the university libraries of the world. The availability of accurate original documents made it possible to expand the original scope of research into other historical events, and into other countries (primarily Great Britain), and enabled the work to develop into a more general examination of theories of human dignity, and of the differing conception of government that arises depending on the conception of human dignity that is characteristic of the people that is creating that government.
A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida
Author: Bernard RomansPublisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817308768
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
Bernard Romans's A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida, William Bartram's Travels, and James Adair's History of the American Indian are the three most significant accounts of the southeastern United States published during the late 18th century. This new edition of Romans's Concise Natural History, edited by historian Kathryn Braund, provides the first fully annotated edition of this early and rare description of both the European settled areas and the adjoining Indian lands in what are now the states of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Romans's purpose in producing his Concise Natural History was twofold: to aid navigators and shippers by detailing the sailing passages of the region and to promote trade and settlement in the region. To those ends, he provided detailed scientific observations on the natural history of the area, a summary of the region's political history, and an assessment of the potential for economic growth in the Floridas based on the area's natural resources. A trained surveyor and cartographer and a self-taught naturalist, Romans supplied detailed descriptions of the region's topography and environment, including information about the climate and weather patterns, plants, animals, and diseases. He provided information about the state of scientific inquiry in the South and touched on many of the most important intellectual arguments of the day, such as the origin of the races, the practice of slavery, and the benefits and drawbacks of monopoly on trade. In addition, Concise Natural History can be placed firmly in the genre of colonial promotional literature. Romans's book was an enthusiastic guide aimed at those seeking to establish modest holdings in the region: "What a field is open here! . . . No country ever had such inexhaustible resources; no empire had ever half so many advantages combining in its behalf!" Romans explained how settlers should travel to the area, what they would need in terms of provisions and tools, and what it would cost to have their land surveyed. In addition to providing an abundance of practical advice, Romans also offered information about the history of earlier settlements, including the earliest and most complete account of New Smyrna near St. Augustine. Romans also presented unique information about the various Indian tribes he encountered. In fact, historians agree that among the most useful portions of the book are Romans's descriptions of the largest Indian tribes in the 18th-century Southeast: the Creeks, Choctaws, and Chickasaws. Romans's account of the diet of the Creeks and Choctaws is one of the most complete available. And his description of the location of Choctaw village sites is one of the best sources for this information.
Edward Bancroft
Author: Thomas J. SchaeperPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300171714
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
A man of as many names as motives, Edward Bancroft is a singular figure in the history of Revolutionary America. Born in Massachusetts in 1745, Bancroft moved to England as a young man in the 1760s and began building a respectable resume as both a scientist and a man of letters. In recognition of his works in natural history, Bancroft was unanimously elected to the Royal Society, and while working to secure French aid for the American Revolution, he became a close associate of such luminaries as Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, and John Adams. Though lauded in his time as a staunch American patriot, when the British diplomatic archives were opened in the late nineteenth century, it was revealed that Bancroft led a secret life as a British agent acting against French and American interests. In this book, the first complete biography of Bancroft, historian Thomas J. Schaeper reveals the full extent of the agent's deception during the crucial years of the American Revolution. Operating under aliases, working in ciphers, and leaving coded messages in the trees of Paris's Tuileries Gardens, Bancroft filtered information from unsuspecting figures including Franklin and Deane back to his contacts in Britain, navigating a complicated web of political allegiances. Through Schaeper's keen analysis of Bancroft's correspondence and diplomatic records, this biography reveals whether Bancroft should ultimately be considered a traitor to America or a patriot to Britain.
The United States
Author: Arthur H. Clark CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
The Rise and Fall of North American Indians
Author: William BrandonPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1570984522
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
The most expansive one-volume history of the native peoples of North America ever published.
Revolution, Religion, and National Identity
Author: Peter M. DollPublisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838638309
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Starting from a discussion of the constitutional and theological basis of the establishment of the Church of England, Peter Doll relates how in response to the events of this period a colonial Anglican church establishment changed from a merely theoretical ideal to a cornerstone of post-Revolutionary colonial policy in British North America."--BOOK JACKET.