Author: Columbus (Ohio). Public School LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1204
Book Description
Catalogue of All Books in the Circulating and Reference Departments of the Public School Library, Columbus ...
Author: Columbus (Ohio). Public School LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1204
Book Description
La Belle Assemblée
Author: La Belle Assemblée Or Bell's Court and Fashionable Magazine
Author: The Indian and Pacific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768–1820, Volume 5
Author: Neil ChambersPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315475960
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Following his participation in James Cook's circumnavigation in HMS Endeavour (1768-71), Joseph Banks developed an extensive global network of scientists and explorers. His correspondence shows how he developed effective working links with the British Admiralty and with the generation of naval officers who sailed after Cook. Volume 5 Letters 1798–1801
Observations on the last Debate upon the Dehly negotiations, and the proposed impeachment of Mr. Hastings
Author: Warren HastingsThe Power to Die
Author: Terri L. SnyderPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022628073X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
“[A] well-written exploration of the cultural and legal meanings of slave suicide in British North America . . . far-reaching, compelling, and relevant.” —Choice The history of slavery in early America is a history of suicide. On ships crossing the Atlantic, enslaved men and women refused to eat or leaped into the ocean. They strangled or hanged themselves. They tore open their own throats. In America, they jumped into rivers or out of windows, or even ran into burning buildings. Faced with the reality of enslavement, countless Africans chose death instead. In The Power to Die, Terri L. Snyder excavates the history of slave suicide, returning it to its central place in early American history. How did people—traders, plantation owners, and, most importantly, enslaved men and women themselves—view and understand these deaths, and how did they affect understandings of the institution of slavery then and now? Snyder draws on an array of sources, including ships’ logs, surgeons’ journals, judicial and legislative records, newspaper accounts, abolitionist propaganda and slave narratives to detail the ways in which suicide exposed the contradictions of slavery, serving as a powerful indictment that resonated throughout the Anglo-Atlantic world and continues to speak to historians today.
A Short Address to the Public, on the Pay of the British Army. By an Officer
Author: OfficerUnbecoming British
Author: Kariann Akemi YokotaPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190217871
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
From household objects to maps and ideas of race, Kariann Yokota examines early US history through the lens of postcolonial theory. While its leaders went to great lengths to establish their "civility,"what really distinguished the new nation were its unlimited natural resources, slavery, and the displacement of native societies.
The Alexandria Library Company
Author: William SealePublisher: Oak Knoll Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The Alexandria Library Company describes a rare American library in Virginia and the booklovers associated with it through two centuries. Historian William Seale presents the story--through good times and bad--of this historic library company, which has been in business since 1794. Sponsored by the Company, the book is documented from the shelves and boxes of early manuscripts that chronicle the history of the organization.The focus of The Alexandria Library Company in the illustrations and the text is on the surviving books of the Alexandria Library Company, some 1,800 volumes, many of which were published in the eighteenth century. At least one volume came from the library of George Washington. Novels, histories, geographical and travel books, published diaries, bound newspapers and political and religious treatises show the reading tastes of early Alexandrians, and the membership included people of nearly every walk of life. The Company joined the city of Alexandria in founding the public library in 1937, and continues participating in the supervision of the library. Fifty years ago, the Company began sponsoring an annual lecture, which is held in Alexandria.This handsomely designed book is a book collector's delight, borrowing its special appearance from the mellow old books in the collection. The Alexandria Library Company consists of a narrative history, a bibliography of the historic books and a list of members through two centuries. It contains over 50 color illustrations, including historic portraits and images of many of the early books.
Catalog of Printed Books of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
Author: Folger Shakespeare LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description