Описание: In an examination of Southern slave law between 1810 and 1860, Mark Tushnet reveals a structured dichotomy between slave labor systems and bourgeois systems of production. Whereas the former rest on the total dominion of the master over the slave and necessitate a concern for the slave`s humanity, the latter rest of the purchase by the capitalist o
Автор: Stein Barbara H., Stein Stanley J. Название: Crisis in an Atlantic Empire: Spain and New Spain, 1808-1810 ISBN: 1421414244 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781421414249 Издательство: Johns Hopkins University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 8381.00 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: Reflecting the authors` masterful use of archival sources and their magisterial knowledge of the era`s complex metropolitan and colonial institutions, this volume is the capstone of a research endeavor spanning nearly sixty years.
Автор: Auroi, Claude, Helg, Aline Название: Latin America 1810-2010: Dreams and Legacies ISBN: 1848168462 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781848168466 Издательство: World Scientific Publishing Рейтинг: Цена: 28512.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Analyses the Latin American issues in their historical course since independence (beginning 1810) and its aftermath, up to the contemporary period. This title focuses on political, economic, environmental and cultural developments. It examines the legacies of the past and the multiple changes that have taken place in the last two centuries.
Описание: Synthesizing four centuries of historical data, this study analyzes the long-term consequences of America`s unique refusal to adopt the metric system, with generations of schoolchildren toiling over the complexities of `Imperial` weights and measures.
Автор: Jane Merrill, John Endicott Название: Aaron Burr in Exile: A Pariah in Paris, 1810-1811 ISBN: 0786494913 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780786494910 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 5821.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Aaron Burr - Revolutionary War hero, third vice president of the United States and a controversial figure of the early republic - was tried and acquitted of treason charges in 1807, and thereafter departed for self-imposed exile in Europe, his political career in ruins. Drawing on Burr`s journal and other sources, this book provides a self-portrait of the down-and-out Founding Father abroad.
Описание: Sir George Steuart Mackenzie (1780-1848) was a Scottish geologist and baronet who embarked on an expedition to Iceland in 1810. This account, first published in 1811, describes the volcanoes, geysers and other extraordinary geology Mackenzie encountered, and presents a charming and evocative picture of Icelandic life, culture and history.
Описание: John Cam Hobhouse, later Lord Broughton (1786-1869), became a friend of Lord Byron when they were at Cambridge, and was frequently his travelling companion. He first published an account of their journey to Albania and Greece in 1814, and reissued this updated and corrected two-volume version in 1855.
Описание: John Cam Hobhouse, later Lord Broughton (1786-1869), became a friend of Lord Byron when they were at Cambridge, and was frequently his travelling companion. He first published an account of their journey to Albania and Greece in 1814, and reissued this updated and corrected two-volume version in 1855.
Описание: The English translation of a vivid and action-packed Chinese account of the scourge of murderous thieves and bandits. First published in 1831, it is written from the perspective of the pirates and their victims, but also includes a British naval commander`s account of his adventures fighting pirates in the 1840s.
Описание: In the early modern period women played a prominent role in crime. At times they even made up half of all defendants. Female criminality was a typically urban phenomenon. Why do we find so many women before the Dutch criminal courts?
In Prosecuting Women Ariadne Schmidt analyses the relation between female crime and the urban context by comparing prosecution patterns in various Dutch cities. Prosecuting Women looks beyond the bare figures, examines the personal circumstances of criminal women and shows how women's illegal activities were linked to the socio-economic context of the locality and varied over time. The local interplay between crime and the responses of the authorities gave every city a specific dynamic in its pattern of prosecuted crime.
Автор: Bannet Название: Transatlantic Stories and the History of Reading, 1720–1810 ISBN: 1107425433 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107425439 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6653.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A study of popular eighteenth-century stories which shaped Britons` and Americans` views of the Atlantic world, and about how they were revised by printers and publishers for different readerships in different circumstances. It will be of interest to students of literature, history and Atlantic and transatlantic studies.
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