Nineteenth-century America – Bücher, CDs, Diverse und mehr, Seite 4

Jeffrey Wheatley

American Fanatics

Shows how religious fanaticism became a tool used to police subversive and targeted religions at home and abroadIn 1822, Thomas Jefferson wrote that the "atmosphere of our country is unquestionably c…

Howard Leroy Malchow,

Transatlantic Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century

A history of transatlantic culture and Anglo-American relations over the long nineteenth century, showing how it evolved through language, theatre, racial attitudes, tourism and heritage.

Laurie Anderson

Big Science (Red Vinyl)

“Laurie Anderson is the most compelling performer from New York City's bohemian art scene to land a recording contract since Patti Smith signed with Arista some six years ago. Big Science, Anderson's eeri…

Laurie Anderson

Big Science

“Laurie Anderson is the most compelling performer from New York City's bohemian art scene to land a recording contract since Patti Smith signed with Arista some six years ago. Big Science, Anderson's eeri…

Damian Clavel

Financing Sovereignty

"Financing Sovereignty rewrites the story of one of the great financial frauds of the nineteenth century: Gregor MacGregor, a Scottish mercenary and self-proclaimed cacique of Poyais, borrowed massiv…

Damian Clavel

Financing Sovereignty

Financing Sovereignty rewrites the story of one of the great financial frauds of the nineteenth century: Gregor MacGregor, a Scottish mercenary and self-proclaimed cacique of Poyais, borrowed massive sums…

María de Lourdes Ghidoli

Stereotypes in Black

Stereotypes in Black is a sharp examination of the representations and self-representations of Afro-descendants in Buenos Aires through the nineteenth century. Originally published in Spanish, this Englis…

Rajeshwari Dutt

The Link That Divides

This important book illuminates the deeply intertwined histories of the Nicaragua Canal and the Afro-Indigenous Mosquito Coast, uncovering a compelling truth, long overshadowed by the triumphalist narrati…

Rajeshwari Dutt

The Link That Divides

This important book illuminates the deeply intertwined histories of the Nicaragua Canal and the Afro-Indigenous Mosquito Coast, uncovering a compelling truth, long overshadowed by the triumphalist narrati…

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Kellen R Funk

Law's Machinery

Often overlooked by histories of the world's famous code systems, mid-nineteenth century America settled on a code of practice that elevated lawyers as the dominant force of the country's legal institutio…

Kevin M Burton

Apocalyptic Abolitionism

Shows how apocalypticism helped drive anti-slavery abolitionism and inspire progressive social reform in nineteenth-century AmericaIn March 1844, Melissa Botsford of Meriden, Connecticut, defiantly left h…

Jess Libow

Vigorous Reforms

Nineteenth-century America saw profound changes in the ways people viewed their bodies, their health, and their corporeal connection to their environments. Though much of the writing about bodies was prod…

Christiana Payne

In the Shade of the Pine

In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the importance of trees both as allies in the fight against climate change and as sources of emotional well-being. In nineteenth-century America, a…

Richard L Miller

John P. Slough

John Potts Slough, the Union commander at the Battle of Glorieta Pass, lived a life of relentless pursuit for success that entangled him in the turbulent events of mid-nineteenth-century America. As a pol…

Robert J Miller

Faith of the Fathers

Faith of the Fathers provides a captivating collective biography of the Catholic priests who served in America's most deadly war.Faith of the Fathersbrings to light the forgotten stories of courageous cha…

María de los Ángeles Picone

Landscaping Patagonia

In late nineteenth-century Latin America, governments used new scientific, technological, and geographical knowledge not only to consolidate power and protect borders but also to define the physical conto…

María de los Ángeles Picone

Landscaping Patagonia

In late nineteenth-century Latin America, governments used new scientific, technological, and geographical knowledge not only to consolidate power and protect borders but also to define the physical conto…

Awam Amkpa, Gunja Sengupta

Sojourners, Sultans, and Slaves

"Sojourners, Sultans, and Slaves offers a colorful and exciting narrative of ameliorist capitalism. Its painstaking research ties together the history of nineteenth-century North America to the India…