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The Battle of San Jacinto
ISBN: 9780876110843 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Part of the inscription on the base of the San Jacinto Monument reads: "Measured by its results, San Jacinto was one of the decisive battles of the world." James W. Pohl, a noted military historian, tells the exciting story of the pivotal battle of the Texas Revolution.
Part of the inscription on the base of the San Jacinto Monument reads: "Measured by its results, San Jacinto was one of the decisive battles of the... |
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The History of Texas
ISBN: 9780876110980 / Angielski / Twarda / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. David B. Edward moved to Texas in 1830 and recorded detailed observations and descriptions of Texas in one of the classic early histories of the state.
David B. Edward moved to Texas in 1830 and recorded detailed observations and descriptions of Texas in one of the classic early histories of the st... |
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A Texas Scrap-Book: Made Up of the History, Biography and Miscellany of Texas and Its People
ISBN: 9780876111086 / Angielski / Twarda / 752 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A Texas Scrap-Book" has been a most useful reference volume on Texas history since 1875. A much-needed index of over 6,000 entries has been incorporated into this new edition.
"A Texas Scrap-Book" has been a most useful reference volume on Texas history since 1875. A much-needed index of over 6,000 entries has been incorp... |
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140,54 |
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The McFaddin-Ward House: Volume 6
ISBN: 9780876111178 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The McFaddin-Ward House, home to the prominent McFaddin family, was built in 1906 in the prestigious neighborhood around Calder Avenue. This entertaining volume tells the story of this house and the people who lived in it, bringing out the personalities of the principal inhabitants--W. P. H. McFaddin, his second wife Ida, their daughter Mamie, and Mamie's husband Carroll Ward.
The McFaddin-Ward House, home to the prominent McFaddin family, was built in 1906 in the prestigious neighborhood around Calder Avenue. This entertain...
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The Samuel May Williams Home: The Life and Neighborhood of an Early Galveston Entrepreneur
ISBN: 9780876111253 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Built in the winter of 1839-1840, this house, and the Texas pioneer who inhabited it, are the central focus of this thoroughly researched and well-written study of Galveston's merchant elite--Gail Borden, Michel Menard, Thomas McKinney, and others--a generation of leaders who did much to shape their city and Texas itself.
Built in the winter of 1839-1840, this house, and the Texas pioneer who inhabited it, are the central focus of this thoroughly researched and well-... |
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The War Between the United States and Mexico, Illustrated
ISBN: 9780876111383 / Angielski / Twarda / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The War ""Between"" the United States and Mexico, Illustrated," originally published in 1851, was easily the most beautiful nineteenth-century publication relating to the early history of Texas. It was also one of the most historically significant because of its widespread dissemination and because of the reputation of George Wilkins Kendall, editor of the New Orleans "Picayune" and first American war correspondent. It contains a brief history of the war and twelve hand-colored lithographs based on paintings by artist Carl Nebel. This handsome full-color facsimile of the original reproduces...
"The War ""Between"" the United States and Mexico, Illustrated," originally published in 1851, was easily the most beautiful nineteenth-century public...
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305,41 |
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Fort Davis: Outpost on the Texas Frontier
ISBN: 9780876111390 / Angielski / Miękka / 53 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This engaging, illustrated history of Fort Davis, one of the U.S. Army's most important western posts, relates the exciting history of Trans-Pecos Texasthe far western reaches off the state. Wooster traces the history of this Davis Mountains region from the days when Indians and later Spaniards and Mexicans inhabited the area, through its days as the site of Texan and American interests. The establishment and construction of Fort Davis in the mid-1850s tells the story of one of the army's largest western posts. We learn about the famous army camels which Secretary of War Jefferson Davis...
This engaging, illustrated history of Fort Davis, one of the U.S. Army's most important western posts, relates the exciting history of Trans-Pecos Tex...
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Imaginary Kingdom: Texas as Seen by the Rivera and Rubi Military Expeditions, 1727 and 1767
ISBN: 9780876111451 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The diaries of Pedro de Rivera and the Marques de Rubi, written in the eighteenth century during inspections of the far northern frontier of New Spain, are crucial documents for studying and understanding the Spanish presence on the frontier of what would one day be Texas. Rivera's diary, previously unavailable in English translation, and the heretofore unknown Rubi diary are both presented here, carefully placed in historical context by Jackson and Foster. Because of Spain's tenuous hold on the distant frontier, Rubi and Rivera saw it as an imaginary possession--the king's domain in name...
The diaries of Pedro de Rivera and the Marques de Rubi, written in the eighteenth century during inspections of the far northern frontier of New Spain...
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The Texas State Capitol: Selected Essays from the Southwestern Historical Quarterly
ISBN: 9780876111505 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through its majestic form and monumental style, the Texas State Capitol (erected 1882-1888) reflects the pride of Texas citizens in the culture and government of their state. Now, as we celebrate the restoration of the century-old structure and the completion of a stately new underground wing, a team of specialists in architecture, decorative arts, art history, landscaping, and labor history helps us reflect upon the history and significance of the Capitol and the American practice of commemorating democratic government in grand public buildings. Each chapter in this informative book covers a...
Through its majestic form and monumental style, the Texas State Capitol (erected 1882-1888) reflects the pride of Texas citizens in the culture and go...
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53,28 |
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El Llano Estacado: Exploration and Imagination on the High Plains of Texas and New Mexico, 1536-1860
ISBN: 9780876111543 / Angielski / Twarda / 414 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. El Llano Estacado, a major new work of Western history, reveals the historical heart of one of the world's unique regions -- the enormous mesaland of the Southern High Plains in Texas and New Mexico. The 50,000 square miles of the Llano are chronicled over three centuries with an eye to the history and compelling mystery of this special land. El Llano Estacado is more than a good read; it is also a native son's meditation on the role of imagination and myth in how we perceive this unique environment. El Llano Estacado is a grand history and geography told in an imaginative, interdisciplinary...
El Llano Estacado, a major new work of Western history, reveals the historical heart of one of the world's unique regions -- the enormous mesaland of ...
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Fifty Miles and a Fight: Major Samuel Peter Heintzelman's Journal of Texas and the Cortina War
ISBN: 9780876111604 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Fifty Miles and a Fight: Major Samuel Peter Heintzelman's Journal of Texas and the Cortina War," a rare and dramatic firsthand account of one of the most volatile and traumatic events in the long history of Texas--the Cortina War, chronicles the day-to-day activities of one of the most cultured, dedicated, and well-respected (although often vain) officers of the antebellum frontier army. It was while Heintzelman was at Camp Verde on September 28, 1859, that a daring thirty-five-year-old illiterate ranchero named Juan Nepomuceno Cortina sent shockwaves throughout Texas by brazenly leading...
"Fifty Miles and a Fight: Major Samuel Peter Heintzelman's Journal of Texas and the Cortina War," a rare and dramatic firsthand account of one of the ...
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Dallas: A History of "big D"
ISBN: 9780876111635 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dallas first grabbed the national imagination in 1936 when it hosted the Texas Centennial Exposition. Since then, the fascination with "Big D" has seldom flagged. If the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963 cast a pall over the city, the success of the Dallas Cowboys and the popularity of the television series "Dallas" revived the image of a glitzy, hustling metropolis at the center of the Sunbelt.
In this concise overview, Hazel examines the city's roots as a frontier market town, its development as a regional transportation center, and its growing pains as it entered the twentieth... Dallas first grabbed the national imagination in 1936 when it hosted the Texas Centennial Exposition. Since then, the fascination with "Big D" has sel...
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The Old Army in Texas: A Research Guide to the U.S. Army in Nineteenth Century Texas
ISBN: 9780876111703 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In "The Old Army in Texas," U.S. Army officer and historian Thomas "Ty" Smith presents a comprehensive and authoritative single-source reference for the activities of the regular army in the Lone Star State during the nineteenth century. Beginning with a series of maps that sketch the evolution of fort locations on the frontier, Smith furnishes an overview with his introductory essay, "U.S. Army Combat Operations in the Indian Wars of Texas, 1849-1881." Reprinted from the "Southwestern Historical Quarterly," Smith's essay breaks new ground in an innovative analysis of the characteristics of...
In "The Old Army in Texas," U.S. Army officer and historian Thomas "Ty" Smith presents a comprehensive and authoritative single-source reference for t...
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Civil War Texas
ISBN: 9780876111710 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written by one of the deans of Texas history, "Civil War Texas" provides an authoritative, comprehensive description of Texas during the Civil War as well as a guide for those who wish to visit sites in Texas associated with the war. In one compact volume, the reader or tourist is led on an exciting historical journey through Civil War Texas.
Because most of the great battles of the Civil War were fought east of the Mississippi River, it is often forgotten that Texas made major contributions to the war effort in terms of men and supplies. Over 70,000 Texans served in the Confederate army... Written by one of the deans of Texas history, "Civil War Texas" provides an authoritative, comprehensive description of Texas during the Civil War as ...
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Mexican Americans in Texas History, Selected Essays
ISBN: 9780876111741 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The contributions and influences of Mexican Americans in Texas history have been many and significant. Only in recent decades, however, have historians adequately told this story. The enormous strides made in the study of Mexican-origin people in Texas are reflected in this important new book of essays.
In May 1991 the Texas State Historical Association cosponsored a conference, Mexican Americans in Texas History, which brought together some six hundred participants, including nearly one hundred leading scholars in the field of Mexican American Studies. In the words of the editors... The contributions and influences of Mexican Americans in Texas history have been many and significant. Only in recent decades, however, have historian...
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Giant Under the Hill: A History of the Spindletop Oil Discovery at Beaumont, Texas, in 1901
ISBN: 9780876111826 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How did they do it? How did a profligate who killed a deputy sheriff before reforming, a mining engineer who went AWOL from the Austrian Navy, and three East Texas drillers join forces with other equally colorful characters to drill on Spindletop hill? Giant Under the Hill is a scholarly work firmly rooted in the narrative tradition, a great story intriguingly told by three Beaumont historians: Jo Ann Stiles, Ellen Rienstra, and Judith Linsley. Using material collected over decades, much of it never before published, they bring to life the efforts of Pattillo Higgins, Anthony Lucas, Al and...
How did they do it? How did a profligate who killed a deputy sheriff before reforming, a mining engineer who went AWOL from the Austrian Navy, and thr...
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Tejano Epic: Essays in Honor of Felix D. Almaraz, Jr
ISBN: 9780876112038 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Every now and then a scholar appears in the field of history whose outpouring of works earns them special tribute and homage. Such a person is Dr. Felix D. Almaraz Jr., of the University of Texas at San Antonio. Over the course of a career that spans more than four decades, don Felix (as he is respectfully known) has stamped his name on Texas history as an author of award-winning books and essays, as an ambassador for the profession, and as a winner of numerous awards and honors, many of them bestowed upon him by historical and learned societies abroad.
"Tejano"" Epic" is a tribute to don... Every now and then a scholar appears in the field of history whose outpouring of works earns them special tribute and homage. Such a person is Dr. Fel...
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The Irish in Philadelphia: Ten Generations of Urban Experience
ISBN: 9780877222279 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Traces the history of Philadelphia's 200-year-old Irish community.
Traces the history of Philadelphia's 200-year-old Irish community.
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Still Philadelphia
ISBN: 9780877223061 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a book about Philadelphia and about photography, but it is not the usual book about either. On one level, this is the pictorial story of a great industrial metropolis in transition. It is the story of a railroad city, a city of trolleys and subways and horse-drawn vehicles, as it gradually succumbed to the automobile. It is the story of a city filled with neighborhood industry giving way to suburbs, to commuter travel, and to a change in the very nature of work. It is the story of a city spreading out, expanding and doubling in population in fifty years. It is the story of urban... This is a book about Philadelphia and about photography, but it is not the usual book about either. On one level, this is the pictorial story of a ... |
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189,06 |
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Cheap Amusements
ISBN: 9780877225003 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What did young, independent women do for fun and how did they pay their way into New York City's turn-of-the-century pleasure places? Cheap Amusements is a fascinating discussion of young working women whose meager wages often fell short of bare subsistence and rarely allowed for entertainment expenses.
Kathy Peiss follows working women into saloons, dance halls, Coney Island amusement parks, social clubs, and nickelodeons to explore the culture of these young women between 1880 and 1920 as expressed in leisure activities. By examining the rituals and styles they adopted and... What did young, independent women do for fun and how did they pay their way into New York City's turn-of-the-century pleasure places? Cheap Amuseme...
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