wyszukanych pozycji: 11
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Pendergast!: Volume 1
ISBN: 9780826221148 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. More than a half-century after the death of Kansas City's notorious political boss, Thomas J. Pendergast, the Pendergast name still evokes great interest and even controversy. Now, in this first full-scale biography of Pendergast, Lawrence H. Larsen and Nancy J. Hulston have successfully provided--through extensive research, including use of recently released prison records and previously unavailable family records--a clear look at the life of Thomas J. Pendergast. Born in St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1872, Tom Pendergast moved to Kansas City around 1890 to work for his brother James,...More than a half-century after the death of Kansas City's notorious political boss, Thomas J. Pendergast, the Pendergast name still evokes great in... |
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176,45 zł |
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The Soul's Journey: Guidance from the Divine Within
ISBN: 9780595126484 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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98,46 zł |
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Emanuel Swedenborg: A Continuing Vision
ISBN: 9780877851370 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 558 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. This commemorative volume on Swedish scientist-turned-seer Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) is the most comprehensive source of information about Swedenborg in print. In addition to an extensive pictoral biography of Swedenborg, the volume includes fifty essays on his influence on Western culture. Highlights include essays about Swedenborg and William Blake, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and William Butler Yeats; an examination of Swedenborg's descriptions of near-death experiences; Swedenborg's influence on the development of homeopathy; and essays delving into the world... This commemorative volume on Swedish scientist-turned-seer Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) is the most comprehensive source of information about Sw... |
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144,59 zł |
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The Urban South: A History
ISBN: 9780813153452 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In this panoramic survey of urbanization in the American South from its beginnings in the colonial period through the "Sunbelt" era of today, Lawrence Larsen examines both the ways in which southern urbanization has paralleled that of other regions and the distinctive marks of "southernness" in the historical process. Larsen is the first historian to show that southern cities developed in "layers" spreading ever westward in response to the expanding transportation needs of the Cotton Kingdom. Yet in other respects, southern cities developed in much the same way as cities elsewhere in... In this panoramic survey of urbanization in the American South from its beginnings in the colonial period through the "Sunbelt" era of today, Lawre... |
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117,01 zł |
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A History of Missouri: Volume VI, 1953 to 2003
ISBN: 9780826215468 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A History of Missouri: Volume VI is the final volume of A History of Missouri. Beginning at the close of the Truman presidency and ending in 2003, the two hundredth anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase agreement and of the organization of the Lewis and Clark expedition, Volume VI explains how modern Missouri bridged the years between the mid-twentieth century and the new millennium.Central to the period was the end of segregation, the demise of bossism in Kansas City and St. Louis, changes in the economy, and the impact of cross-state urbanization. Among...
A History of Missouri: Volume VI is the final volume of A History of Missouri. Beginning at the close of the Truman presidency an...
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149,68 zł |
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The Gate City: A History of Omaha
ISBN: 9780803279674 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Presents the urban biography of Omaha. This book describes the building of the transcontinental railroad, the penetration of the Great Plains by homesteaders, the establishment of the meat packing industry, and the creation of an elaborate national defense system.
Presents the urban biography of Omaha. This book describes the building of the transcontinental railroad, the penetration of the Great Plains by homes...
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115,92 zł |
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A History of Missouri (V6), 6: Volume VI, 1953 to 2003
ISBN: 9780826215437 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A History of Missouri: Volume VI is the final volume of A History of Missouri. Beginning at the close of the Truman presidency and ending in 2003, the two hundredth anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase agreement and of the organization of the Lewis and Clark expedition, Volume VI explains how modern Missouri bridged the years between the mid-twentieth century and the new millennium.Central to the period was the end of segregation, the demise of bossism in Kansas City and St. Louis, changes in the economy, and the impact of cross-state urbanization. Among...
A History of Missouri: Volume VI is the final volume of A History of Missouri. Beginning at the close of the Truman presidency an...
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310,59 zł |
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The Urban West at the End of the Frontier
ISBN: 9780700631612 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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151,40 zł |
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Upstream Metropolis: An Urban Biography of Omaha and Council Bluffs
ISBN: 9780803280021 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From its birth as interdependent towns on the Missouri River frontier to its emergence as a metropolis straddling two states, Omaha Council Bluffs has been one of the great urban construction projects in the nation s history. Upstream Metropolis provides the first comprehensive history of this unique urban region that ranks 60th among the 370 major metropolitan areas in the United States. Drawing on local newspapers and historical archives, the authors deliver an anecdote-rich account of how and why a large metropolitan area developed in this spot. They also explain why it grew so big...
From its birth as interdependent towns on the Missouri River frontier to its emergence as a metropolis straddling two states, Omaha Council Bluffs has...
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103,48 zł |
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The Rise of the Urban South
ISBN: 9780813153476 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Operating under an outmoded system of urban development and faced by the vicissitudes of the Civil War and Reconstruction, southerners in the nineteenth century built a network of cities that met the needs of their society. In this pioneering exploration of that intricate story, Lawrence H. Larsen shows that in the antebellum period, southern entrepreneurs built cities in layers to facilitate the movement of cotton. First came the colonial cities, followed by those of the piedmont, the New West, the Gulf Coast, and the interior. By the Civil War, cotton could move by a combination of road,... Operating under an outmoded system of urban development and faced by the vicissitudes of the Civil War and Reconstruction, southerners in the ninet... |
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117,01 zł |
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Steamboats West: The 1859 American Fur Company Missouri River Expedition
ISBN: 9780870623851 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In 1859, the American Fur Company set out on what would then be the longest steamboat trip in North American history--a headline-making, 6,200-mile trek along the Missouri River from St. Louis to Fort Benton in present-day Montana, and back again. Steamboats West is an adventure story that navigates the rocky rapids of the upper Missouri to offer a fascinating account of travel to the raw frontier past the pale of settlement. It was a venture that extended trade deep into the Northwest and made an enormous stride in transportation.
In 1859, the American Fur Company set out on what would then be the longest steamboat trip in North American history--a headline-making, 6,200-mile tr...
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209,23 zł |