From Christopher Columbus to the Robber Barons, Markham, Jerry W.
Автор: Skrabec Название: Benevolent Barons ISBN: 0786494948 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780786494941 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 6653.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: American business has always had deep roots in community. For over a century, the country looked to philanthropic industrialists to finance hospitals, parks, libraries, civic programs, community welfare and disaster aid. This is the story of Americans who sought to balance the accumulation of wealth with communal responsibility.
Автор: Judith A. Yates Название: Put the Money in My Purse!: A History of Female Bank Robbers ISBN: 1476687641 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476687643 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 3188.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Drawing on media reports, interviews and court records, award-winning true crime author and criminologist Judith Yates recounts the stories of women bank robbers in the US, from the time of the Revolutionary War to the present.
Описание: The cast of real-life characters features California Confederates, Copperhead citizens, Civil War drama, court judges, and convicted criminals. The setting moves throughout California cities, courthouses, castles, jails, and prisons. This little-remembered piece of California history will stretch your imagination.
If you want to discover the captivating history of the New World, then keep reading...
Four captivating manuscripts in one book:
The Americas: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Continents of North and South America, Starting from the Olmecs through the Maya and Aztecs to European Colonization and Independence Movements
Age of Discovery: A Captivating Guide to an Era of Exploration in European History, Including Discoveries Such as Christopher Columbus' Voyages to the Americas and Vasco da Gama's Sea Route to India
Christopher Columbus: A Captivating Guide to the Life of an Italian Explorer and His Voyages to the Americas
The Transatlantic Slave Trade: A Captivating Guide to the Atlantic Slave Trade and Stories of the Slaves That Were Brought to the Americas
Some of the topics covered in part 1 of this book include:
The Olmecs: The Rubber People (1500-400 BCE)
The Maya: The K'iche' People (3000 BCE-1511 CE)
The Aztecs (1250-1521 CE)
The Andean Civilizations and the Incas
South America: Peru, Chile, Brazil, and Venezuela from Pre-Columbian Times through Colonization
South America: Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay from Pre-Columbian Times through Colonization
South American Wars of Independence
The Natives in North America (13,000 BCE-1492 CE)
Iceland and Greenland
The European Colonization of North America, 1492-1733
North American Conflicts, Including America's War for Independence, 1754-1783
North America: Mexico and Canada, 1821-1982
Cuba and the West Indies
And much, much more
Some of the topics covered in part 2 of this book include:
Prince Henry the Navigator
Bartolomeu Dias
Vasco da Gama
Albuquerque
Christopher Columbus
The Latter Voyages of Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
Ponce de Le n
Diogo Lopes de Sequeira
Hern n Cort s
Ferdinand Magellan
John Cabot
The Younger Columbus
The Laws of Burgos
Jacques Cartier
Francisco V zquez de Coronado
Francis Drake
Walter Raleigh and the Two Failed Colonies
The East India Trading Company
The Jamestown Colony
The Pilgrims of the Mayflower
The Dutch East India Company
Navigation and Mapping
Food, Agriculture, and Livestock
Disease, Slavery, and Religion
And much, much more
Some of the topics covered in part 3 of this book include:
Into the Blue Unknown
Dead Reckoning Forward
Initial Exploration
Second Voyage
Third Voyage: Chaos Reigns
The Last Voyage
And much, much more
Some of the topics covered in part 4 of this book include:
Why and how the slave trade began
Where most of the enslaved people came from and where most of them were shipped to
The European nations that participated in the slave trade
How the slave trade network grew and evolved through time
The role African nations played in trafficking their own neighbors
How the enslaved were treated and the suffering they went through
Who started the abolition of the slave trade and why
And more
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Robber Barons and Wretched Refuse explores the connection between the so-called robber barons who led American big businesses during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era and the immigrants who comprised many of their workforces. As Robert F. Zeidel argues, attribution of industrial-era class conflict to an "alien" presence supplements nativism--a sociocultural negativity towards foreign-born residents--as a reason for Americans' dislike and distrust of immigrants. And in the era of American industrialization, employers both relied on imigrants to meet their growing labor needs and blamed them for the frequently violent workplace contention of the time.
Through a sweeping narrative of the time, Zeidel uncovers the connection of immigrants to radical "isms" that gave rise to widespread notions of alien subversives whose presence threatened America's domestic tranquility and the well-being of its residents. Employers, rather than looking at their own practices for causes of workplace conflict, wontedly attributed strikes and other unrest to aliens who either spread pernicious "foreign" doctrines or fell victim to their siren messages. These characterizations transcended nationality or ethnic group, applying at different times to all foreign-born workers.
Zeidel concludes that, ironically, stigmatizing immigrants as subversives contributed to the passage of the Quota Acts, which effectively stemmed the flow of wanted foreign workers. Post-war employers argued for preserving America's traditional open door, but the negativity which they had assigned to foreign workers contributed to its closing.
Описание: From Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Hiltzik, the epic tale of the clash for supremacy between America's railroad titans In 1869, when the final spike was driven into the transcontinental railroad, few were prepared for its seismic aftershocks. Once a hodgepodge of short, squabbling lines, America's railways soon exploded into a titanic industry helmed by a pageant of speculators, crooks, and visionaries. The vicious competition between empire builders such as Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, J. P. Morgan, and E. H. Harriman sparked stock market frenzies, panics, and crashes; provoked strikes that upended the relationship between management and labor; transformed the nation's geography; and culminated in a ferocious two-man battle that shook the nation's financial markets to their foundations and produced dramatic, lasting changes in the interplay of business and government. Spanning four decades and featuring some of the most iconic figures of the Gilded Age, Iron Empires reveals how the robber barons drove the country into the twentieth century--and almost sent it off the rails.
Описание: The Birmingham Black Barons played in the final Negro Leagues World Series in 1948 and were a major drawing card when barnstorming throughout the United States and parts of Canada. This book chronicles the team`s history and presents the only comprehensive roster of the hundreds of men who wore the Black Barons uniform.
Описание: 30 YEARS ON THE RUN: THE HUNT FOR THE MOST PROLIFIC BANK ROBBER IN HISTORY, is told masterfully by author and retired FBI Special Agent Raymond J. Carr. Readers will follow the painstaking and extraordinary steps that led to the discovery of the most prolific bank robber in history, an evil genius who evaded police for 30 years and whose robberies totaled more than those of Bonnie and Clyde, John Dillinger, and Willie Sutton combined. This was Carr's case, and his story to tell. As one of few FBI agents privileged to play a role in the early success of the FBI's formidable Behavioral Analysis Unit, known worldwide as the BAU, Carr delves into the fascinating world of profiling. Via actual FBI documents, the book details the offender's background, revealing the intimate discussions that helped Carr understand how the well-educated man chose a life of crime and circumvented law enforcement for decades. Carr also discusses poignantly how he survived numerous roadblocks throughout the investigation, including the terrorist attacks on 9/11 and devastating family hardships. The notorious bank robber also suffered, and readers learn how a specific event in his youth changed the course of his life.
Описание: There is now an important body of work that invokes cultural and institutional factors to build a more comprehensive and realistic theory of economic behavior. This book provides a comprehensive overview of research in this area, sketching the main premises and challenges faced by the field.
Описание: Delivers a fast-paced behind-the-scenes account of two federal legislative efforts twenty years apart - one from the political left and one from the right - to reform America`s auto insurance system to make it fairer and more affordable.
Описание: Murder, thievery, lust, and intrigue in the true story of the most audacious bank robbery in New York City history, and perhaps the largest bank heist in American history--the Manhattan Savings Institution robbery of 1878. The first in the New York City Gilded Age Crime Trilogy by J. North Conway.
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