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Category : Legal briefs
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Boatmen's Bank of Benton V. Browning
Author: Masters and Lords
Author: Shearer Davis BowmanPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195363949
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Among the regional landed elites in the Western World of the mid-1800s, the two most formidable were the owners of slave plantations in the Southern states of the U.S. and the proprietors of manorial estates in the provinces of Prussian East Elbia. Masters and Lords surveys the economic, social, and political histories of the two classes from the seventeenth and sixteenth centuries respectively, and pays particular attention to planters during the secession crisis of 1860-61 and to Junkers during the revolutionary crisis of 1848-49. In the process, Bowman grapples with such ambiguous and contentious concepts as capitalism, conservatism, and paternalism. Despite very different labor systems, antebellum planters and contemporaneous Junkers alike presided over landed estates that functioned as both autocratic political communities and agricultural enterprises exporting valuable commodities to industrializing England. This book also highlights important geographic, demographic, and political contrasts between the South and East Elbia as regional societies. Bowman concludes that the crucial distinction between the two landed elites is to be found in the Junkers' militarist and estatist monarchism versus the planters' libertarian but racist republicanism.
A Pioneer History of Becker County, Minnesota
Author: Alvin H. WilcoxPublisher:
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Category : Becker County (Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
A historical book providing a brief account of Becker County's natural history, along with numerous articles written by various early pioneers relating to the history of the county.
Frontsoldaten
Author: Stephen G. FritzPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813127815
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Alois Dwenger, writing from the front in May of 1942, complained that people forgot "the actions of simple soldiers.I believe that true heroism lies in bearing this dreadful everyday life." In exploring the reality of the Landser, the average German soldier in World War II, through letters, diaries, memoirs, and oral histories, Stephen G. Fritz provides the definitive account of the everyday war of the German front soldier. The personal documents of these soldiers, most from the Russian front, where the majority of German infantrymen saw service, paint a richly textured portrait of the Landser that illustrates the complexity and paradox of his daily life. Although clinging to a self-image as a decent fellow, the German soldier nonetheless committed terrible crimes in the name of National Socialism. When the war was finally over, and his country lay in ruins, the Landser faced a bitter truth: all his exertions and sacrifices had been in the name of a deplorable regime that had committed unprecedented crimes. With chapters on training, images of combat, living conditions, combat stress, the personal sensations of war, the bonds of comradeship, and ideology and motivation, Fritz offers a sense of immediacy and intimacy, revealing war through the eyes of these self-styled "little men." A fascinating look at the day-to-day life of German soldiers, this is a book not about war but about men. It will be vitally important for anyone interested in World War II, German history, or the experiences of common soldiers throughout the world.
LIFE
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Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
North Eastern Reporter
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Category : Court decisions and opinions
Languages : en
Pages : 1638
Book Description
The Choates of Southern Illinois and Related Families
Author: Bismarck
Author: Sir Charles Grant RobertsonPublisher:
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Describes the military tactics, maneuvers, and results of both major and minor land battles of the Revolutionary War from Lexington and Concord to Yorktown.
Schmidt - Theyer
Author: Walther KillyPublisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110966298
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 749
Book Description
The "Dictionary of German National Biography" is unique, complete and comprehensive with biographies of 60,000 people from the German-speaking world. It covers not only individuals from Germany but also from Austria, Switzerland and other countries where German is or used to be spoken. Coverage stretches all the way from the time of Charlemagne to the present day and includes lesser-known as well as world-famous Germans. In order to ensure that entries were as objective as possible, only individuals whose life and works have come to an end were included.
Bismarck
Author: C. Grant Robertson, M.A., C.V.O.Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description