Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Practicability of a Ship Canal Between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by the Way of the Isthmus of Darien by Thos. Oliver Selfridge, Commander, U.S. Navy
Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Practicability of a Ship-canal Between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by the Way of the Isthmus of Darien
Author: United States. Navy DepartmentPublisher:
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Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Practicability of a Ship-Canal Between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by the Way of the Isthmus of Darien
Author: Thomas Oliver SELFRIDGE (the Younger.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Practicability of a Ship-Canal Between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by Way of the Isthmus of Darien
Author: Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Practicability of a Ship-canal Between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean by the Way of the Isthmus of Darien
Author: Thomas Oliver SelfridgePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies
Author: Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Landscapes of Freedom
Author: Claudia LealPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816538387
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
2019 Winner, Colombia Section, Michael Jiménez Prize, Latin American Studies Association After emancipation in 1851, the African descendants living in the extra-humid rainforests of the Pacific coast of Colombia attained levels of autonomy hardly equaled anywhere else in the Americas. This autonomy rested on their access to a diverse environment—including small strips of fertile soils, mines, forests, rivers, and wetlands—that contributed to their subsistence and allowed them to procure gold, platinum, rubber, and vegetable ivory for export. Afro-Colombian slave labor had produced the largest share of gold in the colony of New Granada. After the abolishment of slavery, some free people left the mining areas and settled elsewhere along the coast, making this the largest area of Latin America in which black people predominate into the present day. However, this economy and society, which lived off the extraction of natural resources, was presided over by a very small white commercial elite living in the region’s ports, where they sought to create an urban environment that would shelter them from the jungle. Landscapes of Freedom reconstructs a nonplantation postemancipation trajectory that sheds light on how environmental conditions and management influenced the experience of freedom. It also points at the problematic associations between autonomy and marginality that have shaped the history of Afro-America. By focusing on racialized landscapes, Leal offers a nuanced and important approach to understanding the history of Latin America.
A Dictionary of Books Relating to America
Author: Joseph SabinPublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies ...
Author: Bibliotheca Americana
Author: Joseph SabinPublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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