wyszukanych pozycji: 8
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Oleander Odyssey: The Kempners of Galveston, Texas, 1854-1980s
ISBN: 9780890964385 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. When Harris Kempner arrived at Ellis Island in 1854, he was an uneducated
immigrant teenager escaping anti-Semitism and conscription into the czar's army. When he died forty years later, he was a millionaire and had instilled in his descendants the ideals of private enterprise, public service, and harmonious family cohesion that have made the Kempner family a major force in Galveston for a century. After establishing himself as a peddler in East Texas and later expanding his business as a cotton factor and wholesaler and relocating to Galveston, Kempner had risen high in Island... When Harris Kempner arrived at Ellis Island in 1854, he was an uneducated
immigrant teenager escaping anti-Semitism and conscription into the czar... |
cena:
177,40 |
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The Reconstruction Justice of Salmon P. Chase: In Re Turner and Texas V. White
ISBN: 9780700608348 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Harold Hyman argues that in two cases - In Re Turner (1867) and Texas v. White (1869), Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase combined his abolitionist philosophy with an activist jurisprudence to help dismantle once and for all the deposed machineries of slavery and the confederancy.
Harold Hyman argues that in two cases - In Re Turner (1867) and Texas v. White (1869), Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase combined his abolitionist philoso...
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cena:
98,50 |
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American Singularity: The 1787 Northwest Ordinance, the 1862 Homestead and Morrill Acts, and the 1944 G.I. Bill
ISBN: 9780820332963 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Since the first shots rang out at Lexington and Concord, signaling the beginning of open war between the colonies and England, America has been credited with a singular conviction, a concern for military veterans' and others' economic and political rights. The idea of America as a promised land of economic opportunity, social mobility, and political freedom has not always flourished. Historians have both given it reality and shaken its substance as they exposed an undercurrent of greed, class conflict, and corruption. In this book Harold Hyman explores the question of American... Since the first shots rang out at Lexington and Concord, signaling the beginning of open war between the colonies and England, America has been cre... |
cena:
120,49 |
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The Reconstruction Justice of Salmon P. Chase: In Re Turner and Texas v. White
ISBN: 9780700608355 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The demise of the Confederacy left a legacy of legal arrangements that raised fundamental and vexing questions regarding the legal rights and status of former slaves and the status of former Confederate states. As Harold Hyman shows, few individuals had greater impact on resolving these difficult questions than Salmon P. Chase, chief justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1865 to 1873. Hyman argues that in two cases--In Re Turner (1867) and Texas v. White (1869)--Chase combined his abolitionist philosophy with an activist jurisprudence to help dismantle once and for...
The demise of the Confederacy left a legacy of legal arrangements that raised fundamental and vexing questions regarding the legal rights and status o...
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cena:
113,28 |
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To Try Men's Souls: Loyalty Tests in American History
ISBN: 9780313233432 / Angielski / Twarda / 1982 / 414 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
cena:
389,03 |
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Era of the Oath: Northern Loyalty Tests During the Civil War and Reconstruction
ISBN: 9781512812435 / Angielski / Twarda / 1954 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
cena:
374,50 |
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To Try Men's Souls: Loyalty Tests in American History
ISBN: 9780520345669 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1959.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the bri...
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cena:
274,30 |
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To Try Men's Souls: Loyalty Tests in American History
ISBN: 9780520372719 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1959.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the bri...
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cena:
516,02 |