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African Americans on the Great Plains: An Anthology
ISBN: 9780803226678 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Until recently, histories of the American West gave little evidence of the presence let alone importance of African Americans in the unfolding of the western frontier. There might have been a mention of Estevan, slavery, or the Dred Scott decision, but the rich and varied experience of African Americans on the Great Plains went largely unnoted. This book, the first of its kind, supplies that critical missing chapter in American history.Originally published over the span of twenty-five years in Great Plains Quarterly, the essays collected here describe the part African Americans played...
Until recently, histories of the American West gave little evidence of the presence let alone importance of African Americans in the unfolding of the ...
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145,18 zł |
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Black Americans and the Civil Rights Movement in the West: Volume 16
ISBN: 9780806161969 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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186,81 zł |
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Black Cowboys in the American West: On the Range, on the Stage, behind the Badge
ISBN: 9780806154060 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Who were the black cowboys? They were drovers, foremen, fiddlers, cowpunchers, cattle rustlers, cooks, and singers. They worked as wranglers, riders, ropers, bulldoggers, and bronc busters. They came from varied backgrounds--some grew up in slavery, while free blacks often got their start in Texas and Mexico. Most who joined the long trail drives were men, but black women also rode and worked on western ranches and farms. The first overview of the subject in more than fifty years, Black Cowboys in the American West surveys the life and work of these cattle drivers... Who were the black cowboys? They were drovers, foremen, fiddlers, cowpunchers, cattle rustlers, cooks, and singers. They worked as wranglers, r... |
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156,67 zł |
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African Americans and the Presidency: The Road to the White House
ISBN: 9780415803915 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) African Americans and the Presidency explores the long history of African American candidates for President and Vice President, examining the impact of each candidate on the American public, as well as the contribution they all made toward advancing racial equality in America. Each chapter takes the story one step further in time, through original essays written by top experts, giving depth to these inspiring candidates, some of whom are familiar to everyone, and some whose stories may be new. Presented with illustrations and a detailed timeline, African... African Americans and the Presidency explores the long history of African American candidates for President and Vice President, examining ... |
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803,99 zł |
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The African American Experience in Texas: An Anthology
ISBN: 9780896726093 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The African American Experience in Texas collects for the first time the finest historical research and writing on African Americans in Texas. Covering the time period between 1820 and the late 1970s, the selections highlight the significant role that black Texans played in the development of the state. Topics include politics, slavery, religion, military experience, segregation and discrimination, civil rights, women, education, and recreation. This anthology provides new insights into a previously neglected part of American history and is essential reading for anyone interested in the...
The African American Experience in Texas collects for the first time the finest historical research and writing on African Americans in Texas. Coverin...
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216,97 zł |
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African American History in New Mexico: Portraits from Five Hundred Years
ISBN: 9780826353016 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Although their total numbers in New Mexico were never large, blacks arrived with Spanish explorers and settlers and played active roles in the history of the territory and state. Here, Bruce Glasrud assembles the best information available on the themes, events, and personages of black New Mexico history. The contributors portray the blacks who accompanied Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado, and de Vargas and recount their interactions with Native Americans in colonial New Mexico. Chapters on the territorial period examine black trappers and traders as well as review the issue of slavery in the... Although their total numbers in New Mexico were never large, blacks arrived with Spanish explorers and settlers and played active roles in the hist... |
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186,81 zł |
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African Americans and the Presidency: The Road to the White House
ISBN: 9780415803922 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) African Americans and the Presidency explores the long history of African American candidates for President and Vice President, examining the impact of each candidate on the American public, as well as the contribution they all made toward advancing racial equality in America. Each chapter takes the story one step further in time, through original essays written by top experts, giving depth to these inspiring candidates, some of whom are familiar to everyone, and some whose stories may be new. Presented with illustrations and a detailed timeline, African... African Americans and the Presidency explores the long history of African American candidates for President and Vice President, examining ... |
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228,18 zł |
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Buffalo Soldiers in the West
ISBN: 9781585446209 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In the decades following the Civil War, scores of African Americans served in the U.S. Army in the West. The plains Indians dubbed them buffalo soldiers, and their record in the infantry and cavalry, a record full of dignity and pride, provides one of the most fascinating chapters in the history of the era. This anthology focuses on the careers and accomplishments of black soldiers, the lives they developed for themselves, their relationship to their officers (most of whom were white), their specialized roles (such as that of the Black Seminoles), and the discrimination they faced from the...
In the decades following the Civil War, scores of African Americans served in the U.S. Army in the West. The plains Indians dubbed them buffalo soldie...
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120,33 zł |
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J. Mason Brewer, Folklorist and Scholar: His Early Texas Writings
ISBN: 9781622881345 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. J. Mason Brewer, Folklorist and Scholar: His Texas Writings, edited by BRUCE A. GLASRUD and MILTON S. JORDAN, is a collection of the writings of famed African American teacher and scholar, John Mason Brewer. In this collection, Glasrud and Jordan pulled together a wide range of Brewer s publications that were written in and about Texas. These works were published over a lengthy period of time, beginning in the early 1920s and continuing to mid-century. In this stimulating collection of Brewer s writings it can be noted that he was a renaissance scholar and teacher proficient as a...
J. Mason Brewer, Folklorist and Scholar: His Texas Writings, edited by BRUCE A. GLASRUD and MILTON S. JORDAN, is a collection of the writings o...
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108,49 zł |
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African Americans in Central Texas History: From Slavery to Civil Rights
ISBN: 9781623497477 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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204,92 zł |
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West Texas: A History of the Giant Side of the State
ISBN: 9780806144443 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Texas is as well known for its diversity of landscape and culture as it is for its enormity. But West Texas, despite being popularized in film and song, has largely been ignored by historians as a distinct and cultural geographic space. In West Texas: A History of the Giant Side of the State, Paul H. Carlson and Bruce A. Glasrud rectify that oversight. This volume assembles a diverse set of essays covering the grand sweep of West Texas history from the ancient to the contemporary. In four parts--comprehending the place, people, politics and economic life, and society... Texas is as well known for its diversity of landscape and culture as it is for its enormity. But West Texas, despite being popularized in fi... |
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138,59 zł |
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Tracking the Texas Ranger Historians
ISBN: 9781574419306 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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172,20 zł |
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Tracking the Texas Rangers: The Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9781574415261 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) "Tracking the Texas Rangers: The Twentieth Century" is an anthology of fifteen previously published articles and chapter excerpts covering key topics of the Texas Rangers during the twentieth century. The task of determining the role of the Rangers as the state evolved and what they actually accomplished for the benefit of the state is a difficult challenge. The actions of the Rangers fit no easy description. There is a dark side to the story of the Rangers; during the Mexican Revolution, for example, some murdered with impunity. Others sought to restore order in the border communities as...
"Tracking the Texas Rangers: The Twentieth Century" is an anthology of fifteen previously published articles and chapter excerpts covering key topics ...
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136,23 zł |
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Big Bend's Ancient and Modern Past
ISBN: 9781623490225 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Big Bend region of Texas-variously referred to as "El Despoblado" (the uninhabited land), "a land of contrasts," "Texas' last frontier," or simply as part of the Trans-Pecos-enjoys a long, colorful, and eventful history, a history that began before written records were maintained. With Big Bend's Ancient and Modern Past, editors Bruce A. Glasrud and Robert J. Mallouf provide an interdisciplinary compilation of articles originally published in the Journal of Big Bend Studies, reviewing the unique past of the Big Bend area from the earliest habitation to 1900. Scholars of the region...
The Big Bend region of Texas-variously referred to as "El Despoblado" (the uninhabited land), "a land of contrasts," "Texas' last frontier," or simply...
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179,31 zł |
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Discovering Texas History
ISBN: 9780806146195 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 343 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to Texas historiography of the past quarter-century, this volume of original essays will be an invaluable resource and definitive reference for teachers, students, and researchers of Texas history. Conceived as a follow-up to the award-winning "A Guide to the History of Texas" (1988), "Discovering Texas History" focuses on the major trends in the study of Texas history since 1990. In two sections, arranged topically and chronologically, some of the most prominent authors in the field survey the major works and most significant... The most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to Texas historiography of the past quarter-century, this volume of original essays will be an invalua... |
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156,67 zł |
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African Americans in Corpus Christi
ISBN: 9781531656973 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From slavery to freedom, to education, to achievement: these words reflect the goals of African Americans who first came as slaves with the Spanish to this part of the Texas coast. Freed by the Civil War on Juneteenth (June 19, 1865), blacks soon established an active and viable community, a significant part of which was defined by the black churches. Prominent leaders emerged, including Solomon Melvin Coles, H. Boyd Hall, Rufus Avery, and Gloria Randle Scott. Using photographs from individual collections, as well as the Corpus Christi Public Library, Corpus Christi Museum of Science and...
From slavery to freedom, to education, to achievement: these words reflect the goals of African Americans who first came as slaves with the Spanish to...
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137,72 zł |
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