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Into the Sunset: Emmett Dalton and the End of the Dalton Gang
ISBN: 9780700635498 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On October 5, 1892, the last of the major outlaw gangs of the Old West was destroyed in a gun battle in Coffeyville, a small town in southeastern Kansas. When the smoke cleared, eight men were dead and three others were seriously injured. Four of the dead were members of the notorious Dalton Gang: Dick Broadwell, Bill Powers, and two brothers, Bob and Grat Dalton. A fifth outlaw, twenty-one-year-old Emmett Dalton, was captured alive but with twenty-three bullet and buckshot wounds.Emmett Dalton not only survived Coffeyville but prospered. After serving a fourteen-year prison term at the...
On October 5, 1892, the last of the major outlaw gangs of the Old West was destroyed in a gun battle in Coffeyville, a small town in southeastern Kans...
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223,00 |
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What's Wrong With This Picture? - Yosemite National Park: Fictitious, erroneous, silly, dangerous, strange and weird pictures of and about Yosemite Na
ISBN: 9780615536866 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fictitious, erroneous, silly, dangerous, strange and weird pictures of and about Yosemite National Park. A collection of lithographs, paintings, photographs, postcards, and stereoviews that just aren't right.
Fictitious, erroneous, silly, dangerous, strange and weird pictures of and about Yosemite National Park. A collection of lithographs, paintings, photo...
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224,08 |
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A Companion to the American West
ISBN: 9781405156530 / Angielski / Miękka / 584 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Companion to the American West is a rigorous, illuminating introduction to the history of the American West. Twenty-five essays by expert scholars synthesize the best and most provocative work in the field and provide a comprehensive overview of themes and historiography.
A Companion to the American West is a rigorous, illuminating introduction to the history of the American West. Twenty-five essays by expert scholars s...
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224,28 |
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Gay L. A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians
ISBN: 9780465022885 / Angielski / Twarda / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The exhortation to "Go West " has always had a strong hold on the American imagination. But for the gays, lesbians, and transgendered people who have moved to L.A. over the past two centuries, the City of Angels has offered a special home--which, in turn, gave rise to one of the most influential gay cultures in the world. Drawing upon untouched archives of documents and photographs and over 200 new interviews, Lillian Faderman and Stuart Timmons chart L.A.'s unique gay history, from the first missionary encounters with Native American cross-gendered "two spirits" to cross-dressing frontier...
The exhortation to "Go West " has always had a strong hold on the American imagination. But for the gays, lesbians, and transgendered people who have ...
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225,08 |
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A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura, California
ISBN: 9781596411531 / Angielski / Miękka / 704 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This profusely illustrated volume is rich in history and biographical information. The author develops a informative history of this important section of the Pacific Coast from the earliest period of its occupancy to the present time, together with glimpses of its prospective future; with profuse illustrations of its beautiful scenery, full-page steel portraits of its most eminent men, and biographical mention of many of its pioneers and also of prominent citizens of today. The counties of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura form the region best known as the California Central Coast....
This profusely illustrated volume is rich in history and biographical information. The author develops a informative history of this important section...
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226,25 |
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From Acorns to Warehouses: Historical Political Economy of Southern California's Inland Empire
ISBN: 9781629580395 / Angielski / Miękka / 283 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Thomas C. Patterson's large-scale history of the Inland Empire of Southern California traces the social, political and economic changes in this region from the first Native American settlement 12,000 years ago to the present. Framing his discussion of this region in the general growth trajectory of California's socio-economic history, he is able to connect landscape, resources, wealth, labor, and inequality using a Marxian framework for many key periods of the region's history. In moving between large scale historical changes, regional adaptations and resistance to those changes, and a...
Thomas C. Patterson's large-scale history of the Inland Empire of Southern California traces the social, political and economic changes in this region...
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227,80 |
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Plague, Fear, and Politics in San Francisco's Chinatown
ISBN: 9781421405100 / Angielski / Twarda / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When health officials in San Francisco discovered bubonic plague in their city's Chinatown in 1900, they responded with intrusive, controlling, and arbitrary measures that touched off a sociocultural conflict still relevant today. Guenter B. Risse's history of an epidemic is the first to incorporate the voices of those living in Chinatown at the time, including the desperately ill Wong Chut King, believed to be the first person infected. Lasting until 1904, the plague in San Francisco's Chinatown reignited racial prejudices, renewed efforts to remove the Chinese from their district,... When health officials in San Francisco discovered bubonic plague in their city's Chinatown in 1900, they responded with intrusive, controlling, and... |
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228,12 |
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Newspaper Extracts from the Marin Journal Marin County Tocsin, San Rafael, Marin County, California, January 5, 1893 to December 27, 1894
ISBN: 9780788438493 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Looking for someone in the 1890s in Marin County? Unfortunately, the 1890 Census that included information on births, marriages, and deaths was lost. Fortunately for researchers, this series provides a wealth of information to fill this gap, but these vol
Looking for someone in the 1890s in Marin County? Unfortunately, the 1890 Census that included information on births, marriages, and deaths was lost. ...
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228,39 |
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Dodgerland: Decadent Los Angeles and the 1977-78 Dodgers
ISBN: 9780803249400 / Angielski / Twarda / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 1977-78 Los Angeles Dodgers came close. Their tough lineup of young and ambitious players squared off with the New York Yankees in consecutive World Series. The Dodgers' run was a long time in the making after years of struggle and featured many homegrown players who went on to noteworthy or Hall of Fame careers, including Don Sutton, Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, and Steve Yeager. Dodgerland is the story of those memorable teams as Chavez Ravine began to change, baseball was about to enter a new era, and American culture experienced a shift to the "me" era.
Part... The 1977-78 Los Angeles Dodgers came close. Their tough lineup of young and ambitious players squared off with the New York Yankees in consecutive Wor...
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228,50 |
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Three Years Our Mayor: George Moscone and the Making of Modern San Francisco
ISBN: 9781647791872 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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228,50 |
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Dark City. the Real Los Angeles Noir
ISBN: 9783836560764 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What s Wrong in Tinseltown?
The dark side of Los Angeles, 1920 1960 In the years following World War I, Los Angeles was a city awakening to its darker side, transforming itself from a backwater town to a gleaming metropolis and city of the future. But along the way a tarnished patina began to coat its ever-more glamorous facade. As thousands flocked to the city with their dreams and desires, so too came get-rich-quick schemes, phony religions, organized crime, and corruption. A visual history... What s Wrong in Tinseltown?
The dark side of Los Angeles, 1920 1960 In the years following World War I, Los... |
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228,69 |
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Why David Sometimes Wins: Leadership, Organization, and Strategy in the California Farm Worker Movement
ISBN: 9780195162011 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why David Sometimes Wins tells the story of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers' groundbreaking victory, drawing important lessons from this dramatic tale. Since the 1900s, large-scale agricultural enterprises relied on migrant labor--a cheap, unorganized, and powerless workforce. In 1965, when some 800 Filipino grape workers began to strike under the aegis of the AFL-CIO, the UFW soon joined the action with 2,000 Mexican workers and turned the strike into a civil rights struggle. They engaged in civil disobedience, mobilized support from churches and students, boycotted growers, and...
Why David Sometimes Wins tells the story of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers' groundbreaking victory, drawing important lessons from this dram...
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229,01 |
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Living with Lead: An Environmental History of Idaho's Coeur D'Alenes, 1885-2011
ISBN: 9780822964483 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Coeur d Alenes, a twenty-five by ten mile portion of the Idaho Panhandle, is home to one of the most productive mining districts in world history. Historically the globe s richest silver district and also one of the nation s biggest lead and zinc producers, the Coeur d Alenes legacy also includes environmental pollution on an epic scale. For decades local waters were fouled with tailings from the mining district s more than one hundred mines and mills and the air surrounding Kellogg, Idaho was laced with lead and other toxic heavy metals issuing from the Bunker Hill Company s smelter. The...
The Coeur d Alenes, a twenty-five by ten mile portion of the Idaho Panhandle, is home to one of the most productive mining districts in world history....
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229,38 |
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Slick Policy: Environmental and Science Policy in the Aftermath of the Santa Barbara Oil Spill
ISBN: 9780822965329 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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229,38 |
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Rooted in Barbarous Soil: People, Culture, and Community in Gold Rush California
ISBN: 9780520224964 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Perhaps never in the time-honored American tradition of frontiering did "civilization" appear to sink so low as in gold rush California. A mercurial economy swung from boom to bust, and back again, rendering everyone's fortunes ephemeral. Competition, jealousy, and racism fueled individual and mass violence. Yet, in the very midst of this turbulence, social and cultural forms emerged, gained strength, spread, and took hold. Rooted in Barbarous Soil, Volume 3 in the four-volume California History Sesquicentennial Series, is the only book of its kind to examine gold rush society and...
Perhaps never in the time-honored American tradition of frontiering did "civilization" appear to sink so low as in gold rush California. A mercurial e...
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230,15 |
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The World of the American West
ISBN: 9781032402604 / Angielski / Miękka / 664 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The World of the American West is an innovative collection of original essays that brings the world of the American West to life, and conveys the distinctiveness of this diverse, constantly changing region. Twenty scholars incorporate the freshest research in the field to take the history of the American West out of its timeworn "Cowboys and Indians" stereotype right up into the major issues being discussed today, from water rights to the presence of the defense industry. Other topics covered in this heavily illustrated, highly accessible volume include the effects of leisure and tourism,...
The World of the American West is an innovative collection of original essays that brings the world of the American West to life, and conveys the dist...
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232,65 |
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Beasts of the Field: A Narrative History of California Farmworkers, 1769-1913
ISBN: 9780804738804 / Angielski / Miękka / 904 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written by one of America's preeminent labor historians, this book is the definitive account of one of the most spectacular, captivating, complex and strangely neglected stories in Western history--the emergence of migratory farmworkers and the development of California agriculture. Street has systematically worked his way through a mountain of archival materials--more than 500 manuscript collections, scattered in 22 states, including Spain and Mexico--to follow the farmworker story from its beginnings on Spanish missions into the second decade of the twentieth century. The result is a...
Written by one of America's preeminent labor historians, this book is the definitive account of one of the most spectacular, captivating, complex and ...
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232,70 |
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The Roots of Justice: Crime and Punishment in Alameda County, California, 1870-1910
ISBN: 9780807897485 / Angielski / Miękka / 351 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Focusing on a single county at a time when the population grew from 24,000 to 246,000, the authors combine statistical analysis of documentary sources, contemporary newspaper accounts, and exploration in criminal case files to give a detailed reconstruction of the operations of the county's entire criminal justice system. By tracing the process from arrest to trial, sentencing, and punishment, this study will have a profound effect on our perception of American criminal justice.
Originally published in 1981. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the... Focusing on a single county at a time when the population grew from 24,000 to 246,000, the authors combine statistical analysis of documentary sources...
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232,70 |
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San Francisco: A Food Biography
ISBN: 9780759121515 / Angielski / Twarda / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This food biography focuses on how people have experienced the bounty of the City by the Bay.
This food biography focuses on how people have experienced the bounty of the City by the Bay.
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232,70 |
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Islanders in the Empire: Filipino and Puerto Rican Laborers in Hawai'i
ISBN: 9780252038297 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the early 1900s, workers from new U.S. colonies in the Philippines and Puerto Rico held unusual legal status. Denied citizenship, they nonetheless had the right to move freely in and out of U.S. jurisdiction. As a result, Filipinos and Puerto Ricans could seek jobs in the United States and its territories despite the anti-immigration policies in place at the time.
JoAnna Poblete's "Islanders in the Empire: Filipino and Puerto Rican Laborers in Hawai'i" takes an in-depth look at how the two groups fared in a third new colony, Hawai'i. Using plantation documents, missionary records,... In the early 1900s, workers from new U.S. colonies in the Philippines and Puerto Rico held unusual legal status. Denied citizenship, they nonetheless ...
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