Описание: Interpreting Russia`s nineteenth-century colonial system in Alaska, Russian America looks at how the Russians governed the indigenous people of their American colony and the ways in which they drew upon their experience in Siberia and other imperial models.
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: Empire of Extinction examines the environmental catastrophe resulting from Russia`s expansion into the North Pacific., causing Russians and other Europeans to recognize the threat of species extinction for the first time. This book demonstrates the importance of the North Pacific both for the Russian empire and for global environmental history.
Автор: McAleer Название: The Royal Navy and the British Atlantic World, c. 1750–1820 ISBN: 1137507640 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137507648 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 10760.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This bookforegrounds the role of the Royal Navy in creating the British Atlantic in theeighteenth century. It outlines the closely entwined connections between thenurturing of naval supremacy, the politics of commercial protection, and thedevelopment of national and imperial identities – crucial factors in theconsolidation and transformation of the British Atlantic empire. The collectionbrings together scholars working on aspects of the Royal Navy and the BritishAtlantic in order to gain a better understanding of the ways that the Navyprotected, facilitated, and shaped the British-Atlantic empire in the era ofwar, revolution, counter-revolution, and upheaval between the beginning of theSeven Years War and the end of the conflict with Napoleonic France.Contributions question the limits – conceptually and geographically – of thatAtlantic world, suggesting that, by considering the Royal Navy and the BritishAtlantic together, we can gain greater insights into Britain’s maritimehistory.
Автор: Spix Название: Travels in Brazil, in the Years 1817–1820 ISBN: 1108063829 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108063821 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Published in 1824, this two-volume English translation covers Spix and Martius`s Brazilian expedition up to May 1818. As well as discussing the region`s natural history, the work provides a valuable contemporary account of indigenous peoples and their customs, including observations on agriculture and industry.
Автор: Spix Название: Travels in Brazil, in the Years 1817–1820 ISBN: 1108063810 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108063814 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5386.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Published in 1824, this two-volume English translation covers Spix and Martius`s Brazilian expedition up to May 1818. As well as discussing the region`s natural history, the work provides a valuable contemporary account of indigenous peoples and their customs, including observations on agriculture and industry.
Автор: Jameson Название: Letters from the Havana, During the Year 1820 ISBN: 1108024408 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108024402 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 3643.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Robert Francis Jameson was the British Commissioner of Arbitration stationed in Cuba between 1819 and 1823. This volume, first published in 1821, contains his observations on Cuban society, and provides a valuable picture of an economy totally dependent on slave labour at a time when abolition had already begun.
Описание: This book examines why several American literary and intellectual icons became pioneering scholars of the Hispanic world after Independence and the War 1812. At this crucial time for the young republic, these gifted Americans found inspiration in an unlikely place: the collapsing Spanish empire and used it to shape their own country`s identity.
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