Author: Hubert H. BancroftPublisher:
ISBN: 9783348115957
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft
Author: Hubert H. BancroftPublisher:
ISBN: 9783348115957
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft. Popular Tribunals
Author: Hubert Howe BancroftPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385485894
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1887.
The Book of Wealth
Author: Hubert Howe BancroftPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781477559604
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Hubert Howe Bancroft's 10-volume BOOK OF WEALTH explores the origins and influence of wealth, from the earliest civilizations to the dawn of the Twentieth Century. The books offer an in-depth look at the history of economics and finance relative to the history of the human race, and include Bancroft's extraordinary insights into the psychology of economic exchange as he examines the individuals, organizations and nations that have attained great wealth. In BOOK FOUR, Bancroft reveals the tribal origins of France, the rise, and fall, of the various Kings Louis, and Napoleon's ill-fated conquests. We learn about Switzerland, its dramatic scenery and historic locales; Holland's ongoing battles against invading armies and the unending onslaught of the sea; the rich history of tiny Belgium; and finally, the many wars, and cultural wealth of Austria and Hungary.
History of Washington, Idaho, and Montana
Author: Hubert Howe BancroftPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Idaho
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Vol. 25
Author: Hubert Howe BancroftPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333943363
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 894
Book Description
Excerpt from The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Vol. 25: History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming, 1540-1888 Much attention has been given to irrigation, several thousand miles of canal, with branches of much greater length distributing their waters over the thirsty earth. And yet not ten per cent of all the irrigable land in C01 orado is under cultivation. Within recent years stock raising has attained to the second rank among her industries, and is probably destined erelong to surpass even mining in aggregate value. In manufactures a beginning has been made, and in this direction also the outlook is of the brightest. The public institutions of the centennial state, and especially her public schools, are second to none, and in this respect the young commonwealth is worthy of all commendation. No less remarkable is the character of her legislation and her public men, the former never being disgraced by the misappropriation of the people's funds or the latter by deeds of violence. In Wyoming, with the awe-inspiring grandeur of her scenery, with her rare geologic formations, her mountain peaks, among the highest on the continent, her magnificent plateau): and rolling plains, her gey sers and volcanoes, and her water-shed, dividing the streams that ow toward the Atlantic and Pacific, we have a veritable wonderland. Here, as elsewhere, the trapper was followed by the gold-hunter, and the lat ter by the farmer and stock-raiser, causing this regionviii preface. 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 Native Races of the Pacific States of North America: Wild tribes. 1874
Author: Hubert Howe BancroftPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
Extensive anthropological, ethnographic, linguistic, archaeological, and historical work on the Indians of the North, Central, and South Americas and, in North America, as far east as the Mississippi Valley.
History of Central America
Author: Hubert Howe BancroftPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Central America
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
Examines the history of Central America and Mexico from Spanish discovery and colonization to self government and industrialization for the region.
Testimonios
Author: Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806153709
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
When in the early 1870s historian Hubert Howe Bancroft sent interviewers out to gather oral histories from the pre-statehood gentry of California, he didn’t count on one thing: the women. When the men weren’t available, the interviewers collected the stories of the women of the household—sometimes almost as an afterthought. These interviews were eventually archived at the University of California, though many were all but forgotten. Testimonios presents thirteen women’s firsthand accounts from the days when California was part of Spain and Mexico. Having lived through the gold rush and seen their country change so drastically, these women understood the need to tell the full story of the people and the places that were their California.
History of Oregon
Author: Hubert Howe BancroftPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oregon
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
The Infamous King Of The Comstock
Author: Michael J. MakleyPublisher: University of Nevada Press
ISBN: 0874176697
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
William Sharon was one of the most colorful scoundrels in the nineteenth-century mining West. He epitomized the robber barons of the nation’s Gilded Age and the political corruption and moral decay for which that period remains notorious; yet he was also a visionary capitalist who controlled more than a dozen of the greatest mines on Nevada’s mighty Comstock Lode, built the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, manipulated speculation and prices on the San Francisco Stock Exchange, and revived the collapsed Bank of California. One enemy called him “a thoroughly bad man—a man entirely void of principle,” while a Comstock neighbor called him “one of the best men that ever lived in Virginia City.” Both descriptions were reasonably accurate. In this first-ever biography of one of Nevada’s most reviled historical figures, author Michael Makley examines Sharon’s complex nature and the turbulent times in which he flourished. Arriving in San Francisco shortly after the Gold Rush began, Sharon was soon involved in real estate, politics, banking, and stock speculation, and he was a party in several of the era’s most shocking business and sexual scandals. When he moved to Virginia City, Nevada’s mushrooming silver boomtown, his business dealings there soon made him known as the “King of the Comstock.” Makley’s engaging and meticulously researched account not only lays bare the life of the notorious but enigmatic Sharon but examines the broader historical context of his career—the complex business relationships between San Francisco and the booming gold and silver mining camps of the Far West; the machinations of rampant Gilded Age capitalism; and the sophisticated financial and technological infrastructure that supported Virginia City’s boomtown economy. The Infamous King of the Comstock offers a significant fresh perspective on Nevada and the mining West.