Edition: 1
Publication date: 2002-12-06
Dewey code: 937.07092
List Price: $120.00
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Review Nerva and the Roman Succession Crisis of AD 96-99 (Roman Imperial Biographies) / Routledge:The imperial succession at Rome was notoriously uncertain, and hereditary succession was preferred. But when the infamous emperor Domitian was assassinated in AD 6, he had no sons and had executed several family members who might have succeeded him; the situation provoked a dangerous crisis. John Grainger's detailed study looks at this period of intrigue and conspiracy and explores Domitian's murder, the rule of his successor Nerva, and finally Nerva's own choice of successor, Trajan, who became a strong and respected emperor against the odds. Grainger also investigates the effects of this dynastic uncertainty both inside and outside the ruling group in Rome, asking why civil war did not occur in this time of political upheaval. By the third century civil war was institutionalized, and was one of the main reasons for the eventual downfall of the entire imperial structure. Though the period of this study stands out as the civil war that didn't happen, it was perilously close.
Edition: 2nd Ed of 1959 Ed
Publication date: 1998-12-01
Review A Victorian Childhood / Horseshoe Publications:
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Dewey code: 973
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Review Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume IV: Georgia Narratives, Part II (Slave Narratives: ... States from Interviews With Former Slaves) / IndyPublish:
Publication date: 1998-01
Price: $21.95
Review John Hamilton of Donegal, 1800-1884: This Recklessly Generous Landlord / Woodfield Press:
Publication date: 2008-10-28
Dewey code: 951.007202
List Price: $100.00
Price: $96.01
Review Wu Han, Historian: Son of China's Times / Lexington Books:Drawing on extensive interviews in China, this biography of the life and times of a key Chinese intellectual, known in China as a major twentieth-century historian and democratic movement participant who cooperated with Communist leaders in the formative years of the People's Republic, carries us to the ironic tragedy of his being targeted by Mao in the opening prelude to the Cultural Revolution. Focusing on Wu Han's life, the biographical narrative depicts the momentous changes in Chinese society and politics during the twentieth century and brings insight to issues of free expression festering in China today.
Authors
- Work Projects Administration
Dewey code: 973
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Review Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XIV: South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 / IndyPublish:
Publication date: 2006-01-30
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $74.99
Price: $74.99
Review The Life of Marie De Medicis / IndyPublish.com:
Creator: John Fletcher
Publication date: 2001-10-01
Review Where Truth Abides: Diaries of the 4th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme 1822-1850 / Country Books:
Creator: John Y Simon
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 2008-07-30
Dewey code: 973
List Price: $100.00
Price: $100.00
Review The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Volume 30: October 1, 1880-December 31, 1882 (U S Grant Papers) / Southern Illinois University Press:In the final weeks of the 1880 campaign, Ulysses S. Grant left Galena and headed east to stump for the Republican ticket. At rallies in New England, upstate New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York City, sometimes several times a day, the reticent Grant warmed to his role. Sounding a familiar postwar theme, he repeatedly condemned voter harassment in the South, asserting the right of “our fellow-citizens of African descent,. to go to the polls, even though they are in the minority, and put in their ballot without being burned out of their homes, and without being threatened or intimidated. ” James A. Garfield won a narrow victory over Major General Winfield S. Hancock and welcomed Grant's advice on matters ranging from cabinet choices to foreign policy. [+] Rootless since their White House days, unsatisfied with backwater Galena, the Grants now decided to settle in New York City and took rooms at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. In January, 1881, Grant accepted the presidency of the 1883 World's Fair Commission, charged with bringing an exposition to New York City. Initial enthusiasm soon gave way to rancor, as factions split over where to place the fair. Grant favored Central Park, but public sentiment intervened, and funding evaporated. By March, Grant resigned. A friend told a reporter, “Grant and I had a long talk over the matter across the way in his son's office, and we both arrived at the conclusion that the people of New-York don't want a World's Fair. ” Grant's business interests reflected the international stage he now occupied. Competing plans for an isthmian canal through Panama, Mexico, and Nicaragua jockeyed for support, and Grant had his favorite. “The only feasible route for a canal across from the Atlantic to the Pacific is by the Nicaragua route. I have been all over the routes myself, besides having examined all the reports made regarding each of them carefully, and that is my firm conviction. ” Grant published an article championing Nicaragua even as momentum swung behind Panama. But Grant's attention was drawn more to railroads and to Mexico. When his friend Matías Romero promoted a new line through Oaxaca, Grant jumped on board. A speech to American capitalists in November, 1880, led a few months later to the incorporation of the Mexican Southern Railroad, with Grant as president. By April, 1881, he was in Mexico City, where he told lawmakers: “I predict, with the building of these roads, a development of the country will take place such as has never been witnessed in any country before. There is nothing, in my opinion, to stand in the way of Mexican progress and grandeur, and wealth, but the people themselves. ” In June, Grant returned from Mexico with a new charter in hand. But his mind was on Garfield and Secretary of State James G. Blaine, two men who had thwarted him at the Republican convention one year earlier. Grant supported his Stalwart ally, Roscoe Conkling, in a power struggle with Garfield and Blaine. From New Orleans to New York City, Grant spoke candidly. “If you want to know what I think of the manner in which Mr. Conkling has been treated by the President and his colleagues in the Senate, I will tell you without any hesitation. I think it is most outrageous. ” The feud ended after Garfield was shot on July 2. When he died in September, Grant wept with the nation. Fitz John Porter had sought restoration to the army since his dismissal after the Second Battle of Bull Run. Grant had previously rebuffed Porter but now reversed course. “I believe I have heretofore done you an injustice, both in thought & speach. ” Taking up a case that divided former commanders now in Congress, Grant forcefully argued for Porter's vindication. Grant and wife Julia bought a home just off Fifth Avenue in New York City. In the summer, he commuted from his seaside cottage at Long Branch, New Jersey, to his office on Wall Street, where he greeted a steady stream of admirers and influence-seekers. A silent partner in the brokerage firm his son Ulysses, Jr. , formed with Ferdinand Ward, Grant left finances in Ward's hands. Surveys for the Mexican Southern proceeded. Banquets and parties filled many evenings. The Grants settled into Manhattan society. .
Publication date: 1989-08
List Price: $24.95
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Review Winston Churchill on Empire (Studies in statesmanship) / Carolina Academic Press:
Creator: Frauke Siefkes
Publication date: 1993-03
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $96.00
Price: $96.00
Review Bibliography on German Unification: Economic and Social Developments in Eastern Germany November 1989 to November 1992/Bibliographie Zur Deutschen Ei / K G Saur Verlag Gmbh & Co:
Publication date: 2004-05
Dewey code: 954.0252092
List Price: $124.00
Price: $117.98
Review The Garden of the Eight Paradises: Babur and the Culture of Empire in Central Asia, Afghanistan and India (1483-1530) (Brill's Inner Asian Library) / Brill Academic Publishers:This the first critical biography of Zahîr al-Dîn Muhammad Bâbur, the founder of one of the great premodern Islamic empires, the Timurid-Mughul empire of India. It contains an original evaluation of his life and writings as well as fresh insights into both the nature of empire building and the character of the Timurid-Mughul state. Based upon recently published critical editions of Bâbur's autobiography and poetry, the book examines Bâbur's life from the time he inherited his father's authority in the Ferghanah valley, east of Samarqand, in 1494, until his death in Agra, India in 1530. The book is written in an alternating series of thematic and narrative chapters. The thematic or analytical chapters examine his major writings, discuss his cultural personality and his reaction to Indian culture, while the narrative chapters relate the story of his life while critically commenting on his autobiographical intent. The book contributes to the history of the Timurid period, the study of early modern Islamic empires and the nature of autobiographical literature in Islamic and Asian societies. It is illustrated with fifteen colour plates and four maps.
Publication date: 2005-06-21
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $4.95
Price: $97.08
Review Einstein (Obra Esencial) / Critica:
Publication date: 1993-07
Review Memoirs of an International Carpetbagger / Adelphi Press:
Publication date: 2000-03-15
Dewey code: 977.67052092
List Price: $29.95
Price: $121.21
Review Trapping the Boundary Waters: A Tenderfoot in the Border Country 1919-1920 (Midwest Reflections) / Minnesota Historical Society Press:On 4 May 4 1919, Charlie Cook set off for a year of adventure in the Minnesota-Ontario Boundary Waters. Soon abandoned by his comfort-loving companion, the restless World War I veteran spent an enlightening year learning - often the hard way - how to paddle and sail on windy lakes, hunt and fish for food, bake 'rough delicacies' in a reflector oven, and build winter-proof shelters. His how-to descriptions of trapping beaver, mink, and other game are unsurpassed in their detail. For anyone who loves the Boundary Waters or wonders what this rugged region was like not so long ago, Cook's story reveals a world still ruled by nature but on the brink of change. Cook embarked on his 1919-20 adventure at a time of transition in north-eastern Minnesota's Boundary Waters. Today's readers will find his descriptions of its colourful inhabitants, wild terrain, and abundant animal life evocative of a long-ago era, but they may also note the signs of development that appear on his horizon almost daily.
Publication date: 2003-03
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $96.99
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Review The Life of Abraham Lincoln / IndyPublish.com:A book about the life of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, who was an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery and a political leader in the western states.
Publication date: 1995-10
Dewey code: 973.7115
Price: $20.99
Review Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad: Her Life in the United States and Canada (Signature series) / Umbrella Pr:
Publication date: 2002-09-30
Dewey code: 355.0092
List Price: $105.00
Price: $105.00
Review Henry Lloyd and the Military Enlightenment of Eighteenth- Century Europe (Contributions in Military Studies) / Greenwood Press:Intellectual historians generally view the Enlightenment as a pacifist or anti-war movement. Military historians typically consider 18th century military thinkers as backward-looking and inept. Speelman challenges the views of both groups through a consideration of the writings of Henry Lloyd, a soldier and Welsh philosophe who combined enlightened thought and military experience to distill a distinct theory of war. Based on previously unused or underutilized primary materials, this is the first biography of this key enlightenment thinker who advanced the general understanding of war as it existed in his day. Lloyd wrote a multivolume history of the Seven Years' War from which he derived the "Principles of War"; a treatise on economics that prefigured the liberal theories of Adam Smith; a rhapsody on the invasion and defense of Great Britain; and finally an anonymous critique of the English constitution that he used to demand political and electoral reform. Overall, he argued for the reform of military institutions and practices through breaking from custom and traditional norms. In his works, Lloyd examined warfare within the larger context of secular philosophy and human society; and, thus, he personified the link between the military society and the Enlightenment that historians often ignore or discount.
Publication date: 2002-10
Dewey code: 940
Price: $29.99
Review A Hell of a Bomb: How the Bombs of Barnes Wallis Helped Win the Second World War / Arcadia Publishing:At the start of the Second World War, a little known aircraft designer came up with the idea of some new bombs. They were to change the fortunes of the British war effort. Barnes Wallis is most famous for his Dambuster bomb, used with great effect in 1943, and immortalized in the film of the same name, but he also designed three other bombs, the biggest of which was Grand Slam, a huge 'earthquake' bomb used to great effect against U-boat pens and other difficult targets in occupied Europe. This is the fascinating story of the man, his bombs, the trials of getting them in to service and the story of their effective use against the Nazis.
Publication date: 2008-11-12
List Price: $95.99
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Review Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World / IndyPublish:
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