wyszukanych pozycji: 8
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August Reckoning: Jack Turner and Racism in Post-Civil War Alabama
ISBN: 9780817351199 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 207 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. An important story of one man's life, lived with courage and principle. During the decades of Bourbon ascendancy after 1874, Alabama institutions like those in other southern states were dominated by whites. Former slave and sharecropper Jack Turner refused to accept a society so structured. Highly intelligent, physically imposing, and an orator of persuasive talents, Turner was fearless before whites and emerged as a leader of his race. He helped to forge a political alliance between blacks and whites that defeated and humiliated the Bourbons in Choctaw County, the heart... An important story of one man's life, lived with courage and principle. During the decades of Bourbon ascendancy after 1874, Alab... |
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129,27 |
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The Battle for the University of Alabama: and the Perilous Path of Higher Education in the Reconstruction South
ISBN: 9780817322281 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
cena:
459,23 |
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Reconstruction Politics in a Deep South State: Alabama, 1865-1874
ISBN: 9780817320744 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
cena:
229,61 |
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Alabama's Outlaw Sheriff, Stephen S. Renfroe
ISBN: 9780817352486 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "This vignette of local southern history . . . recounts Renfroe's career as sheriff of Sumter County for a little more than two years, followed by six years of bizarre activities as a fugitive from justice before being lynched in July 1886. . . . He led the local Ku Klux Klan in 1868-69, participated in the Meridian riot of 1871, and took part in the killing of two active Republicans, one white and one black, in 1874. Rumors attributed other slayings to this violence-prone man who in 1867 had fled another county after killing his brother-in-law. . . . The story clearly illustrates the violent...
"This vignette of local southern history . . . recounts Renfroe's career as sheriff of Sumter County for a little more than two years, followed by six...
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cena:
99,10 |
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The Battle for the University of Alabama: and the Perilous Path of Higher Education in the Reconstruction South
ISBN: 9780817362003 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
cena:
140,85 |
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The Croom Family and Goodwood Plantation: Land, Litigation, and Southern Lives
ISBN: 9780820334837 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. One of the most elegant mansions in Florida, Goodwood was built over a century ago and stands today as one of Tallahassee's grandest historical monuments. It was once the center of a thriving plantation founded by the Croom family of North Carolina, who in the 1820s sought to revive their fortunes in the newly opened Florida territory. William Warren Rogers and Erica R. Clark tell the story of this family and their legacy, shedding new light on many aspects of antebellum family life, plantation management, and race relations. They describe how brothers Hardy and Bryan Croom developed Goodwood...
One of the most elegant mansions in Florida, Goodwood was built over a century ago and stands today as one of Tallahassee's grandest historical monume...
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cena:
181,37 |
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Outposts on the Gulf: Saint George Island and Apalachicola from Early Exploration to World War II
ISBN: 9780813060293 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A solid history of a relatively unknown area of Florida. The rich detail of destruction by hurricanes and fires; the building of lighthouses, schools, banks, and bars; and the stories of the people who were associated with those events and facilities makes lively reading. Rogers writes with vivacity and a quick wit. His book will be welcomed not only by Florida historians interested in state and local history but also by a much wider reading public. Journal of American History A painstakingly researched account of the economic, social, and political history of...
A solid history of a relatively unknown area of Florida. The rich detail of destruction by hurricanes and fires; the building of lighthouses, schools,...
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cena:
119,97 |
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Dear Sallie ...: The Letters of Confederate Private James Jewel, Echols Light Artillery, Oglethorpe County, Georgia
ISBN: 9780971195011 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. James Jewel enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1862 with numerous friends from Oglethorpe and Greene counties, east of Athens, Georgia. His 114 letters present a new and unreported perspective on war life in the Tallahassee and Quincy, Florida, areas.
James Jewel enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1862 with numerous friends from Oglethorpe and Greene counties, east of Athens, Georgia. His 114 lette...
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cena:
108,85 |