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The Electrifying Fall of Rainbow City: Spectacle and Assassination at the 1901 World's Fair
ISBN: 9780393354799 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, opened amid a fanfare of stunning colors and electric lights; its wonders, both strange and magnificent, dazzled the public. Then tragedy struck. An assassin stalked the fairgrounds, waiting for President William McKinley. A female daredevil captivated crowds by trying to ride a barrel over Niagara Falls. Apache leader Geronimo startled visitors with a controversial performance. And a showman called the Animal King, the self-proclaimed star of the Midway, announced that one of his acts, the smallest woman in the world and the... The 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, opened amid a fanfare of stunning colors and electric lights; its wonders, both strange and ... |
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Rites and Passages: The Experience of American Whaling, 1830-1870
ISBN: 9780521433365 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Traditional accounts of whaling celebrate exotic locales and dangerous exploits but shed little light on the lives of the men who went to sea. Rites and Passages places sailors at the center of a social history of whaling and explores the ways in which the history of the sea and the history of the shore have intersected. Drawing on the evidence of ship logs and sailors' letters and journals, Margaret S. Creighton examines American whalemen during the industry's peak--the mid-nineteenth century--and argues that whaling life and culture were shaped by both the American mainland and by the...
Traditional accounts of whaling celebrate exotic locales and dangerous exploits but shed little light on the lives of the men who went to sea. Rites a...
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441,57 |
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The Colors of Courage: Gettysburg's Forgotten History: Immigrants, Women, and African Americans in the Civil War's Defining Battle
ISBN: 9780465014576 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In the summer of 1863, as Union and Confederate armies converged on southern Pennsylvania, the town of Gettysburg found itself thrust onto the center stage of war. The three days of fighting that ensued decisively turned the tide of the Civil War. In The Colors of Courage, Margaret Creighton narrates the tale of this crucial battle from the viewpoint of three unsung groups--women, immigrants, and African Americans--and reveals how wide the conflict's dimensions were. A historian with a superb flair for storytelling, Creighton draws on memoirs, letters, diaries, and newspapers to bring...
In the summer of 1863, as Union and Confederate armies converged on southern Pennsylvania, the town of Gettysburg found itself thrust onto the center ...
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124,29 |
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Iron Men, Wooden Women: Gender and Seafaring in the Atlantic World, 1700-1920
ISBN: 9780801851605 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. From the voyage of the Argonauts to the Tailhook scandal, seafaring has long been one of the most glaringly male-dominated occupations. In this groundbreaking interdisciplinary study, Margaret Creighton, Lisa Norling, and their co-authors explore the relationship of gender and seafaring in the Anglo-American age of sail. Drawing on a wide range of American and British sources--from diaries, logbooks, and account ledgers to songs, poetry, fiction, and a range of public sources--the authors show how popular fascination with seafaring and the sailors' rigorous, male-only life led to models of... From the voyage of the Argonauts to the Tailhook scandal, seafaring has long been one of the most glaringly male-dominated occupations. In this gro... |
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141,49 |
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Rites and Passages: The Experience of American Whaling, 1830-1870
ISBN: 9780521484480 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Traditional accounts of whaling celebrate exotic locales and dangerous exploits but shed little light on the lives of the men who went to sea. Rites and Passages places sailors at the center of a social history of whaling and explores the ways in which the history of the sea and the history of the shore have intersected. Drawing on the evidence of ship logs and sailors' letters and journals, Margaret S. Creighton examines American whalemen during the industry's peak--the mid-nineteenth century--and argues that whaling life and culture were shaped by both the American mainland and by the...
Traditional accounts of whaling celebrate exotic locales and dangerous exploits but shed little light on the lives of the men who went to sea. Rites a...
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112,80 |
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