Автор: Patterson, James T. Название: Grand Expectations The United States, 1945-1974 ISBN: 0195117972 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780195117974 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 3721.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: James T. Patterson skilfully weaves together political, social, cultural, and economic history to present a fascinating survey of postwar America.
Описание: The naturalist Charles Waterton (1782-1865), whose family owned plantations in Demerara, travelled widely in South America and the Caribbean. This 1825 account of his expeditions, reissued here in its 1828 second edition, describes research on Amazonian poison, the capture of an enormous snake, and being attacked by vampire bats.
Описание: First published in 1913, this book presents an account of the conflict between Britain and the United States regarding the interpretation of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty respecting the Panama Canal. The conflict developed as a result of British objections to some American vessels, namely those engaged in trade between US ports, being excluded from tolls under the 1912 Panama Canal Act.
Описание: This 1791 report on the balance of trade between Britain and the United States inquired into the effects of new American duties on trade with Britain. In this context, the prosperity of the British West Indian colonies depended entirely on their slave-based economy, and abolition was therefore thought impossible.
Автор: Buckingham Название: The Slave States of America ISBN: 1108033458 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108033459 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6651.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In 1839 the British writer James Silk Buckingham travelled through the southern USA to investigate the practice of slavery. This two-volume work, published in 1842, describes his findings within the framework of a travel narrative. It covers a wide variety of industries as well as economic, social and political debates.
Описание: First published in 1811, and here reissued in its `corrected and improved` second edition (1814), John Lambert`s Travels is packed with fascinating descriptions and lively anecdotes. Volume 2 contains accounts of New York, Charleston and Boston and depicts a nation shaped as much by nature as by politics.
Описание: George Combe (1788-1858) was an influential British phrenologist. These volumes, first published in 1840, contain Combe`s account of a phrenological lecture tour he undertook in the United States between 1838-1841, and provide valuable details concerning nineteenth-century American society. Volume 2 covers his stay in Philadelphia and Maine.
Автор: Adams Название: History of the United States of America (1801–1817) ISBN: 1108033091 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108033091 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6018.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: First published between 1889 and 1891, Henry Adams` nine-volume history of the United States during the presidential terms of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison has been hailed as one of the greatest historical works written in English. Volume 8 continues the account of Madison`s second administration (1813-17).
Автор: Adams Название: History of the United States of America (1801–1817) ISBN: 1108033075 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108033077 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6018.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: First published between 1889 and 1891, Henry Adams` nine-volume history of the United States during the presidential terms of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison has been hailed as one of the greatest historical works written in English. Volume 6 continues the account of Madison`s first administration (1809-13).
Автор: Fernandez-Armesto Felipe Название: Our America: A Hispanic History of the United States ISBN: 0393349829 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780393349825 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 2533.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: "Rich and moving" (The New York Times Book Review), here America`s Hispanic past is presented with the characteristic insight and wit of a great historian.
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