Footprints of Four Centuries
Author : Hamilton Wright Mabie
Publisher :
Page : 886 pages
File Size : 44,11 MB
Release : 1894
Category : Dummies (Bookselling)
ISBN :
Footprints in New York
Author : James Nevius
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 40,12 MB
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1493008404
Book Description
NYC tour guides and authors James and Michelle Nevius explore the lives of 20 iconic New Yorkers—from Dutch governor Peter Stuyvesant to Alexander Hamilton, park architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux to JP Morgan and John D. Rockefeller, Jr.—and use them to guide the reader through four centuries of the city’s story. Beginning with the oldest standing building in the city, , a 1652 farmhouse in Brooklyn, and journeying all the way to the rebuilding of the World Trade Center, the book follows in the footsteps of these iconic New Yorkers. The authors tell the stories of everyone from slave traders and long-forgotten politicians to the movers and shakers of Gilded Age society and the Greenwich Village folk scene. One part history and one part personal narrative, Footprints in New York creates a different way of looking at the past, exploring new connections and forgotten chapters in the story of America’s greatest metropolis. Visit www.footprintsinny.com for more.
Bulletin
Author : Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City
Publisher :
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 12,63 MB
Release : 1895
Category : Libraries
ISBN :
Book Description
Explaining the Genetic Footprints of Catholic and Protestant Colonizers
Author : S. Barter
Publisher : Springer
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 35,28 MB
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1137594306
Book Description
This book points out a novel pattern in colonial intimacy - that Catholic colonizers tended to leave behind significant mixed communities while Protestant colonizers were more likely to police relations with local women. The varied genetic footprints of Catholic and Protestant colonizers, while subject to some exceptions, holds across world regions and over time. Having demonstrated that this pattern exists, this book then seeks to explain it, looking to religious institutions, political capacity, and ideas of nation and race.
Footprints on the Moon
Author : Alexandra Siy
Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 14,64 MB
Release : 2001-02-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1570914087
Book Description
On July 20, 1969, at 3:16 p.m., Commander Neil Armstrong brought the lunar module, Eagle , to a safe landing on the Moon. Millions of television viewers on Earth watched breathlessly as he then became the first man to set foot on the Moon. This amazing achievement was years, even centuries, in the making. The Moon and the heavens have intrigued mankind since ancient times. FOOTPRINTS ON THE MOON chronicles the spirit and determination of visionaries from Galileo to John F. Kennedy, whose dream of reaching the Moon was finally and superbly realized through the efforts of the Apollo missions. With a compelling and thoroughly researched text, the great vision of the scientists, engineers, and astronauts who struggled to make the dream a reality is brought into sharp focus. The book brings to light great triumphs and tragedies. Readers will learn about the years of determination, experimentation, and risk that gave rise to many space explorations, including 17 Apollo missions. Today the Moon is less of a mystery than in ancient times, but it is still a wonder. Breathtaking photographs--many from NASA--portray the indescribable beauty of outer space, the Moon, and the wonder of mankind's inspiring vision.
The Constitutional History of New York from the Beginning of the Colonial Period to the Year 1905, Showing the Origin, Development, and Judicial Construction of the Constitution
Author : Charles Zebina Lincoln
Publisher :
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 17,93 MB
Release : 1906
Category : Constitutional history
ISBN :
Book Description
Rebel Footprints
Author : David Rosenberg
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,83 MB
Release : 2015-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780745334103
Book Description
A truly radical response to conservative heritage tours and banal day trips, Rebel Footprints brings to life the history of social movements in England’s capital. David Rosenberg transports readers from well-known landmarks to history-making hidden corners, while telling the story of protest and struggle in London from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. From the suffragettes to the socialists, from the chartists to the trade unionists: Rosenberg invites us to step into the footprints of a diverse cast of dedicated fighters for social justice. Individual chapters highlight particular struggles and their participants, from famous faces to lesser-known luminaries. Rosenberg sets London’s radical campaigners against the backdrop of the city’s multi-faceted development. Self-directed walks pair with narratives that seamlessly blend history, politics, and geography, while specially commissioned maps and illustrations immerse the reader in the story of the city. Whether you’re visiting London for the first time, or born and raised there, Rosenberg invites you to see London as you never have before--the radical center of the English-speaking world.
Footprints of Travel
Author : Maturin Ballou
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 22,21 MB
Release : 2005-11-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1596055685
Book Description
The kangaroos are found in various parts of Victoria, in their wild state. They are usually discovered in the thick woods, sitting upright in circles of a dozen or more, as grave as though engaged in holding a formal council....-from Chapter VIntended for younger readers, this charming collection of notes from foreign travel by an American novelist winningly captures the romantic adventure of roaming the globe and embraces a youthful enthusiasm that armchair travelers of all ages continue to enjoy. Highlights of Ballou's grand tour, first published in 1889, include: San Francisco's Chinatown . Yokohama . the island of CeylonNew Zealand hot springs . tea gardens of India . Cairoa French flower market . the Arctic Circleand much more.Prehistoric monuments, exotic fruits, strange wildlife, cannibals, dancing girls, ancient tombs, and sacred pigeons-they're all here.American writer MATURIN MURRAY BALLOU (1820-1895) was a magazine editor and publisher of pulp dime novels, many of which he wrote himself under the pseudonym "Lieutenant Murray." His books of travel include Due-West, or Round the World in Ten Months and Due-North, or Glimpses of Scandinavian and Russia.
North Carolina Through Four Centuries
Author : William S. Powell
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 671 pages
File Size : 17,20 MB
Release : 2010-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0807898988
Book Description
This successor to the classic Lefler-Newsome North Carolina: The History of a Southern State, published in 1954, presents a fresh survey history that includes the contemporary scene. Drawing upon recent scholarship, the advice of specialists, and his own knowledge, Powell has created a splendid narrative that makes North Carolina history accessible to both students and general readers. For years to come, this will be the standard college text and an essential reference for home and office.
German Footprints in America
Author : Sudie Doggett Wike
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 22,92 MB
Release : 2022-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1476645183
Book Description
Often overlooked because of their high degree of assimilation, people of German descent are actually the largest single ethnic group in the United States. German culture is far more rooted in America than commonly thought. For example, hot dogs, hamburgers and beer wouldn't be classic American staples without German immigrants. In addition to enormous contributions to mainstream beer culture and food culture, they have also added to America's agriculture, religious values and economy. This history highlights German contributions to America, examining their roles from the earliest colonies through the settlement of the Old Northwest and past the Interwar Period. While most German immigrants belonged to the main Lutheran and Reformed churches, a diverse cast of immigrant groups is encountered, including Moravians, Huguenots, and Rhinelanders. Through them, discover the long-standing history of the German descendants and their impact in the United States beginning more than 200 years ago.
