ilość książek w kategorii: 3191
Provincetown: From Pilgrim Landing to Gay Resort
ISBN: 9780814747629 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How did a sleepy New England fishing village become a gay mecca? In this dynamic history, Karen Christel Krahulik explains why Provincetown, Massachusetts--alternately known as -Land's End, - -Cape-tip, - -Cape-end, - and, to some, -Queersville, U.S.A---has meant many things to many people. Provincetown tells the story of this beguiling coastal town, from its early history as a mid-nineteenth century colonial village to its current stature as a bustling gay tourist destination. It details the many cultures and groups--Yankee artists, Portuguese fishermen, tourists--that... How did a sleepy New England fishing village become a gay mecca? In this dynamic history, Karen Christel Krahulik explains why Provincetown, Massac... |
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131,18 zł |
Mashpee Indians: Tribe on Trial
ISBN: 9780815625957 / Angielski / Miękka / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a reconstruction of the trial where the Mashpee Indians claimed ownership of the area of Cape Cod that they have occupied for 350 years. Their claim was rejected as they were judged not to be a true tribe, having not survived as an ethnic identity.
This is a reconstruction of the trial where the Mashpee Indians claimed ownership of the area of Cape Cod that they have occupied for 350 years. Their...
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90,06 zł |
Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town
ISBN: 9780819560148 / Angielski / Miękka / 255 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An award-winning study of Puritans and the formation of their towns. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History (1964), and an award from the American Association for State and Local History (1963). "A meticulous and remarkably detailed account of the early government and social organization of the town of Sudbury, Massachusetts . . . The people and the events can be absorbing" -Time "Puritan Village is a model study of its kind." - Malcolm Freiberg, The American Historical Review SUMNER CHILTON POWELL is a 1946 graduate of Amherst and received a doctorate from Harvard ten years later. A...
An award-winning study of Puritans and the formation of their towns. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History (1964), and an award from the American A...
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85,55 zł |
Stove by a Whale: Owen Chase and the Essex
ISBN: 9780819562449 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first documented sinking of a ship by a whale and a harrowing account by the ship's first mate of the survivors' three months adrift in small boats. A thrilling narrative that inspired Herman Melville's masterpiece Moby Dick.
The first documented sinking of a ship by a whale and a harrowing account by the ship's first mate of the survivors' three months adrift in small boat...
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85,55 zł |
The Papers of Leverett Saltonstall, 1816-1845: January 1843-May 1845 Volume 5
ISBN: 9780934909532 / Angielski / Twarda / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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305,45 zł |
Fleshing Out Skull & Bones: Investigations Into America's Most Powerful Secret Society
ISBN: 9780975290606 / Angielski / Miękka / 720 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This chronicle of espionage, drug smuggling, and elitism in Yale University's Skull & Bones society offers rare glimpses into this secret world with previously unpublished documents, photographs, and articles that delve into issues such as racism, financial ties to the Nazi party, and illegal corporate dealings. Contributors include Anthony Sutton, author of "America's Secret Establishment"; Dr. Ralph Bunch, professor emeritus of political science at Portland State University; Webster Griffin Tarpley and Anton Chaitkin, authors and historians. A complete list of members, including George...
This chronicle of espionage, drug smuggling, and elitism in Yale University's Skull & Bones society offers rare glimpses into this secret world with p...
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106,63 zł |
Every Day But Sunday
ISBN: 9780975973714 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Every Day But Sunday: The Romantic Age of New England Industry is the story of America when rugged individualism was in full swing. the nineteenth-century industrialist, whether he made soap, tacks, or plows, stamped his peronality upon the small organization he controlled. Therefore the story of this romantic age of industry is a story of individuals -- of men who were rugged, shrewd, and daring. The author has taken a typical New England town -- Mansfield, Massachusetts -- from the beginning to the close of the 19th century and conujures up for us the ramshackle factories, the honest...
Every Day But Sunday: The Romantic Age of New England Industry is the story of America when rugged individualism was in full swing. the nineteenth-cen...
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95,49 zł |
Sharon, Massachusetts - A History
ISBN: 9780975973738 / Angielski / Miękka / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A history of the town of Sharon, Massachusetts from the American Revolution on up. The book was compiled from Sharon residents by the Sharon American Revolution Bicentennial Committee in 1976 and updated in 2005.
A history of the town of Sharon, Massachusetts from the American Revolution on up. The book was compiled from Sharon residents by the Sharon American ...
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119,42 zł |
A Sicilian in East Harlem
ISBN: 9780977356720 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The personal memoir of Dr. Salvatore Mondello, this work offers a unique perspective on Sicilian life and culture in East Harlem and makes a significant contribution to our knowledge of this immigrant group.
The personal memoir of Dr. Salvatore Mondello, this work offers a unique perspective on Sicilian life and culture in East Harlem and makes a significa...
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119,42 zł |
French & Indian Wars in Maine
ISBN: 9781540202239 / Angielski / Twarda / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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136,71 zł |
Puritans at Play: Leisure and Recreation in Colonial New England
ISBN: 9781403972125 / Angielski / Miękka / 271 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For over four centuries, "Puritan" has been a synonym for dour, joyless, and repressed. In the tenth anniversary edition of Puritans at Play, Bruce Daniels reappraises the accuracy of this grim portrait by examining leisure and recreation in Colonial and Revolutionary New England. Chapters on music, dinner parties, dancing, sex, alcohol, taverns, and sports are presented in a lively style that makes this book as entertaining as it is illuminating.
For over four centuries, "Puritan" has been a synonym for dour, joyless, and repressed. In the tenth anniversary edition of Puritans at Play, Bruce Da...
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194,08 zł |
The Beginnings of New England: The Puritan Theocracy in Its Relation to Civil and Religious Liberty
ISBN: 9781410205490 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On Puritan theocracy and how such intolerance gave rise to concepts of civil and religious liberty - ..".the principles at work in the history of New England down to the revolution in 1689." Chapter headings include: The Roman Idea And The English Idea, The Puritan Exodus, The Planting of New England, The New England Confederacy, King Phillip's War, and The Tyranny of Andros. John Fiske (1842-1901) was a Harvard lecturer and Professor of American history at Washington University in Saint Louis. He was the chief popularizer of Victorian science and philosophy in the USA in his day.
On Puritan theocracy and how such intolerance gave rise to concepts of civil and religious liberty - ..".the principles at work in the history of New ...
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110,04 zł |
Rogers Rock: The Hotel the Club the Cottage Colony
ISBN: 9781420853643 / Angielski / Miękka / 237 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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76,03 zł |
Once Upon A Berlin Time...: Two
ISBN: 9781420867039 / Angielski / Twarda / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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149,77 zł |
Westford Recollections of Days Gone by: Recorded Interviews, 1974-1975 a Millennium Update
ISBN: 9781425923884 / Angielski / Miękka / 548 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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226,25 zł |
Morah: 19th Century Adventures by Stagecoach
ISBN: 9781425927042 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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60,77 zł |
Ice Fire: N.Y. Harbor: What Happened Beneath The Verrazano Bridge (Portrait of an LNG Tragedy)
ISBN: 9781425947866 / Angielski / Twarda / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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127,08 zł |
The Brookline Trunk
ISBN: 9781557091796 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fifty years after its initial publication, The Brookline Trunk is being reopened. Inside, readers of all ages will discover the rich history of the Town of Brookline, Massachusetts. Working backwards from 1955 to the 1630s, Brookline author Louise Andrews Kent unearths stories of people and events that shaped the hamlet originally called Muddy River.
Fifty years after its initial publication, The Brookline Trunk is being reopened. Inside, readers of all ages will discover the rich history of the To...
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89,52 zł |
Free...for Three Months Only
ISBN: 9781557099617 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Published in Cooperation with the Harvard Historical Society.
Published in Cooperation with the Harvard Historical Society.
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67,08 zł |
The History and Future of Narragansett Bay
ISBN: 9781581129113 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book covers 10,000 years of the history of Narragansett Bay. Topics include the geology of the Bay, paleo-Indians, pre-Colombian exploration, Indian Tribes living near the Bay, and the economic history and future of the Bay region.
The book covers 10,000 years of the history of Narragansett Bay. Topics include the geology of the Bay, paleo-Indians, pre-Colombian exploration, Indi...
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141,81 zł |