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Contested Empire: Peter Skene Ogden and the Snake River Expeditions
ISBN: 9780806149325 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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136,66 zł |
Contested Empire: Peter Skene Ogden and the Snake River Expeditions
ISBN: 9780806133744 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Do law and legal procedures exist only so long as there is an official authority to enforce them? Or do we have an unspoken sense of law and ethics? To answer these questions, John Phillip Reid s Contested Empire explores the implicit notions of law shared by American and British fur traders in the Snake River country of Idaho and surrounding areas in the early nineteenth century. Both the United States and Great Britain had claimed this region, and passions were intense. Focusing mainly on Canadian explorer and trader Peter Skene Ogden, Reid finds that both side largely avoided violence... Do law and legal procedures exist only so long as there is an official authority to enforce them? Or do we have an unspoken sense of law and ethics... |
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166,35 zł |
A Home in the Woods
ISBN: 9780253206169 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "It's hard to picture this part of the country as I first remember it. Here and there was a cabin home with a little spot of clearin close by. The rest of the country was jist one great big woods and miles and miles in most every direction. From your cabin you could see no farther than the wall of trees surrounding the clearin; not another cabin in sight." Thus begins Oliver Johnson's account of pioneer life in the Indianapolis area in the 1820s and 1830s. Elsewhere, he says, "We lived mighty happy and contented in the early days. With a good snug cabin, a big fireplace, and a supply... "It's hard to picture this part of the country as I first remember it. Here and there was a cabin home with a little spot of clearin close by. The ... |
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77,90 zł |