wyszukanych pozycji: 8
August Reckoning: Jack Turner and Racism in Post-Civil War Alabama
ISBN: 9780817351199 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 207 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 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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141,11 zł |
A Scalawag in Georgia: Richard Whiteley and the Politics of Reconstruction
ISBN: 9780252031601 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 269 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Richard Henry Whiteley participated firsthand in the epic events of nineteenth-century America. He came to the United States as a boy in the 1830s, working first in Georgia s textile mills, where the Irish immigrant climbed the ladder to become management. From there, he went on to become a lawyer, an officer in the Civil War, a convert to Southern Republicanism, and finally a U.S. congressman from 1869 to 1876.
This biography concerns Whiteley s entire life but focuses particularly on his fight for political survival during the Reconstruction years. Southern Republicans, known as... Richard Henry Whiteley participated firsthand in the epic events of nineteenth-century America. He came to the United States as a boy in the 1830s, wo...
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183,65 zł |
Homecoming
ISBN: 9781535220910 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Dealing with the aftermath of the failed Holts Farm experiment, Gemma and Sophie continue on their journey into Manchester and into a city ravaged by the armies of the undead. Gemma has her sights set on the man controlling the gates, whilst her and Sophie find themselves facing attacks from all sides, including the man that keeps killing her in her visions and a new threat that might just be a family of vampires. But before dealing with all this Gemma needs to go and see her mother.
Dealing with the aftermath of the failed Holts Farm experiment, Gemma and Sophie continue on their journey into Manchester and into a city ravaged by ...
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55,77 zł |
Work Inequality Basic Income
ISBN: 9781946511027 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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88,12 zł |
The Croom Family and Goodwood Plantation: Land, Litigation, and Southern Lives
ISBN: 9780820334837 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 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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187,27 zł |
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. 13-18 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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184,61 zł |
Employment-Based Immigration: Economic Considerations
ISBN: 9781620814963 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) specifies a complex set of numerical limits and preference categories that include economic priorities among the criteria for admission. The INA allocates 140,000 visas annually for employment-based legal permanent residents (LPRs), and they were 14.2% of the total 1.0 million LPRs in 2010. The INA further specifies that each year, countries are held to a numerical limit of 7% of the world-wide level of U.S. immigrant admissions, known as per-country limits or country caps. Even as U.S. unemployment levels remain high, some employers assert that they...
The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) specifies a complex set of numerical limits and preference categories that include economic priorities among...
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414,45 zł |
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. 13-18 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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118,83 zł |