Author: Marie Robinson WrightPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illustrated books (Photographs)
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
The Old and the New Peru
Author: Marie Robinson WrightPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illustrated books (Photographs)
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
The Old and the New Peru
Author: Marie Robinson WrightPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780484299718
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Excerpt from The Old and the New Peru: A Story of the Ancient Inheritance and the Modern Growth and Enterprise of a Great Nation In the preparation of this work, I found that the knowledge I had previously gained through close association with the people of Latin America during more than fifteen years' journeying in these countries was of the greatest advantage. Travelling in Peru was more like Visiting among friends than studying the manners and customs of a foreign people, and the uniform kindness and hospitality everywhere Shown me made my experience in this beautiful land one of constant pleasure and of enduring memory. I sincerely appre ciate the great assistance rendered me in securing information from government sources, from the public libraries and from many kind friends in every part of Peru, and I take this opportunity of expressing my thanks, from my heart. It is impossible to live in Peru without learning to love the country and its people, and while I have tried to allow no partiality to influence my judgment in writing this book, I cannot do otherwise than present to the reader what I found most interesting in my own study of the Old and the New Peru. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Old and the New Peru; a Story of the Ancient Inheritance and the Modern Growth and Enterprise of a Great Nation
Author: Marie Robinson WrightPublisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781290933841
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
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The Old and the New Peru; a Story of the Ancient Inheritance and the Modern Growth and Enterprise of a Great Nation - Primary Source Edition
Author: Marie Robinson WrightPublisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 9781294856795
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Mirages of Transition
Author: Nils JacobsenPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520913914
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 507
Book Description
This case study of the Peruvian altiplano, the vast high-altitude plains surrounding Lake Titicaca, combines economic and social analysis with cultural and institutional history. Nils Jacobsen challenges the prevailing view that the rural Andes underwent a successful transition to capitalism between the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He argues that although the political, economic, and administrative structures of colonialism were gradually dismantled by the region's advancing market economy, colonial modes of constructing power and social identity have lingered on even to this day. The result of painstaking research in remote rural archives, some of them now made inaccessible by the Shining Path, Mirages of Transition will become the definitive work on the Peruvian highlands.
John Randolph Clay
Author: George Irvin OestePublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512805165
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
This is the biography of a nineteenth-century gentleman whose career in the diplomatic service of his country contributed greatly to the worldwide expansion of American trade and commerce. John Randolph Clay (1808-1885), son of a Philadelphia Congressman, was named in honor of John Randolph, his father's friend and political associate, with whom he lived after his father's death. In 1830, John Randolph, appointed Minister to Russia, secured the appointment of Clay as Secretary of Legation. Randolph soon returned home, seriously ill, leaving Clay as Charge d'Affaires. Although youthful and inexperienced, Clay acquitted himself well, continuing in diplomatic posts in Russia and Austria for seventeen years. From 1847 to 1860, Clay was the diplomatic representative of the United States in Peru. He worked tirelessly, whether applying pressure for the payment of claims, protecting the business and personal interests of Americans, or insisting on the rights of our citizens to participate in the guano trade. He negotiated treaties of commerce, maritime rights, and whaling rights with the Peruvian government. His greatest triumph came in avoiding a rupture with Peru at the time of the Lobos Islands controversy. During the thirty years in which he served his country in foreign lands, Clay saw the coming of the steamship, the railroad, and the telegraph. He met or was on terms of personal friendship with many of the great men of the age: Prince Metternich, Louis Phillipe, Count Nesselrode, and the Peruvian dictator-president Castilla. He was equally at ease amid the splendors of court life in St. Petersburg or Vienna or in the shabby palace of the Peruvian president in the ancient city of Lima. His story, fascinating in itself, is also the story of the growth of the United States diplomatic service.
The Geographical Journal
Author: Bulletin of the New York Public Library
Author: New York Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
Includes its Report, 1896-19 .
Catalogue
Author: Dulau & Co., ltd., Booksellers, LondonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 912
Book Description
Worcester Library Bulletin
Author: Free Public Library (Worcester, Mass.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description