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Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
A record of literary properties sold at auction in the United States.
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge
Author: American Philosophical SocietyPublisher:
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Category : Learned institutions and societies
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
Trübner's American and Oriental literary record
Author: Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge
Author: AnonymousPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385569176
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1844.
Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1488
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Inventory of the Church Archives in New York City
Author: United States. Work Projects AdministrationPublisher:
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Category : NYC
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Inventory of the Church Archives of New York City
Author: Historical Records Survey (New York, N.Y.)Publisher:
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1138
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Bridging the Gap, Breaching Barriers
Author: Mary Carol CloutierPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1532697511
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
From its very beginning, in June 1842, the Protestant Mission in Gabon included men and women of African descent--African Americans, Americo-Liberians, and West Africans--all teachers and advanced students from the Cape Palmas (Liberia) Mission, who transferred with the mission to its new location on the Gaboon estuary. All came voluntarily and wholeheartedly. They served as teachers, evangelists, preachers, and printers, building the early foundation of Christianity in Gabon. Many eventually returned to their homelands, but others stayed for the duration of their lives, assimilating into the local community. This book celebrates the contribution of persons of African descent who served with the mission from 1834 until 1891, a time of complex and controversial race relations in America, which seeped into mission relations overseas. Private missionary correspondence and journals reveal the interrelationships, roles, and contributions of these individuals, and also the underlying perceptions of nationality, race, and gender. One must grieve the injustices evident in the stories, yet marvel at the giftedness, faith, determination and commitment of those who served, often with no official recognition. I introduce you to Mr. B. V. R. James, Lavinia Sneed, Charity Sneed Menkel, Mary Harding, and others--may their stories inspire you!
Gentlemen Bankers
Author: Susie J. PakPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674075595
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
This account of the Morgan family’s social and economic circles and Wall Street’s unspoken rules “greatly enriches our understanding of the entire era.” —The Wall Street Journal Gentlemen Bankers investigates the social and economic circles of one of America’s most renowned and influential financiers to uncover how the Morgan family’s power and prestige stemmed from its unique position within a network of local and international relationships. At the turn of the twentieth century, private banking was a personal enterprise in which business relationships were a statement of identity and reputation. In an era when ethnic and religious differences were pronounced and anti-Semitism was prevalent, Anglo-American and German-Jewish elite bankers lived in their respective cordoned communities, seldom interacting with one another outside the business realm. Ironically, the tacit agreement to maintain separate social spheres made it easier to cooperate in purely financial matters on Wall Street. But as Susie Pak demonstrates, the Morgans’ exceptional relationship with the German-Jewish investment bank Kuhn, Loeb & Co., their strongest competitor and also an important collaborator, was entangled in ways that went far beyond the pursuit of mutual profitability. Delving into the archives of many Morgan partners and legacies, Gentlemen Bankers draws on never-before published letters and testimony to tell a closely focused story of how economic and political interests intersected with personal rivalries and friendships among the Wall Street aristocracy during the first half of the twentieth century.
The Publishers Weekly
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1066
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