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"A valuable window into a long-underreported dimension of African American history."-Newsday
An engaging social history that reveals the critical role Pullman porters played in the struggle for African American civil rights
When George Pullman began recruiting Southern blacks as porters in his luxurious new sleeping cars, the former slaves suffering under Jim Crow laws found his offer of a steady job and worldly experience irresistible. They quickly...
2) Valley Forge
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"December 1777. It is 18 months after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and some 12,000 members of America's beleaguered Continental Army stagger into a small Pennsylvania encampment 23 miles northwest of British-occupied Philadelphia. The starving and half-naked force is reeling from a string of demoralizing defeats at the hands of King George III's army, and are barely equipped to survive the coming winter. Their commander in chief,...
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Money is so vital to us it is almost impossible to imagine a way of life that doesn't include it, yet for most of human history there was no such thing as money and even when it appeared, it rarely crossed the paths of ordinary people. Bartering surpluses can only get a society so far; if it is to become complex, productive and diverse it needs to take the next step and choose an item - perhaps fish-hooks, perhaps flint - to use as a 'medium of exchange'...
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Published in 1974, Marshall Hodgson's The Venture of Islam was a watershed moment in the study of Islam. By locating the history of Islamic societies in a global perspective, Hodgson challenged the orientalist paradigms that had stunted the development of Islamic studies and provided an alternative approach to world history. Edited by Edmund Burke III and Robert Mankin, Islam and World History explores the complexity of Hodgson's thought, the daring...
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Reefer Madness, a classic in the annals of hemp literature, is the popular social history of marijuana use in America. Beginning with the hemp farming of George Washington, author Larry "Ratso" Sloman traces the fascinating story of our nation's love-hate relationship with the resilient weed we know as marijuana.
Herein we find antiheroes such as Allen Ginsberg, Robert Mitchum (the first Hollywood actor busted for pot), Louis Armstrong (who smoked...
6) Centuries of Change: History of Colchester Arts Centre the Former Church of St. Mary's at the Walls
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Book blurbColchester's Arts Centre is one of this towns popular entertainment venues, which occupies the former church of St. Marty's at the Walls. Follow my journey of discovery into the rise and decline of this former church, as I uncover the unique story of its survival through 700 years of history.Discover the church's social history through wars and plague. Read how the parishioners twice financed the rebuilding of the church and the determination...
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Das Erscheinungsbild unserer Gesellschaft ist geprägt von der Erzählung des Linksliberalismus mit seiner Identitätspolitik. Die akademische Mittelschicht mit ihren Multiplikatoren zeichnet in den Medien ein Bild von Deutschland und den Deutschen, das es in dieser Form überhaupt nicht gibt. Der Autor beobachtet daher unsere Gesellschaft von der konservativen Position aus, und untersetzt seine Ansichten und polit-wissenschaftlichen Auseinandersetzungen...
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I am not a love guru. I am the guy love gurushave been trying to figure out.'Gayton McKenzie knows a thing or two about women.But what he could never quite understand was how reluctant so many women seem to be to face up to the uncomfortable realities about men, themselves and their relationships.Not knowing and accepting these 'truths' can get women into deep trouble, cause heartache and result in even greater damage. Because a woman who accepts...
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Two great mysteries of English history – who was the real Robin Hood and who killed William II, 'Rufus', in the New Forest, in 1100? ROBIN unHOODed presents new evidence in solving these unanswered questions of our history. Perhaps the most in-depth, innovative study of these mysteries for decades, Peter Staveley's ground breaking book provides totally fresh and startling hypotheses - once the hood is off. The search for Robin's true identity has...
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In this gripping account, M. L. Jordan unveils the raw truths of the Civil War era. Beyond polished tales, dive into a world filled with desire, mystery, and chaos. Personal letters shed light on passionate love, deep betrayals, and unwavering faith. Experience America's pivotal moment through the eyes of those on the battlegrounds and in whispered secrets. This isn't just history: it's the heart and soul of a nation at war.
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El hombre lleva dentro preguntas: ¿de dónde vengo?, ¿a dónde voy?, ¿por qué existo cuando pudiera no existir?, ¿qué es el mal?, ¿puedo superarlo?, y el amor, ¿qué sentido tiene? Las respuestas que se den no son indiferentes, antes bien, condicionan la vida; estas preguntas se presentan en la literatura, se enraízan en las religiones, hablan a través del arte. Revelan una actitud humana fundamental: la búsqueda de sentido.
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Historia del hecho religioso, historia de la prensa evangélica, historia intelectual del presbiterianismo, historia de la sociabilidad religiosa, este libro da cuenta de las tácticas y estrategias evangélicas para hacerse un lugar en un país y un período caracterizado por la hegemonía del poder letrado. La prensa, las redes de comunicación a través de la correspondencia, las sociabilidades de laicos y los proyectos educativos -tanto escolares...
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James Edwards was born in the post construction era, 14 years after the Panama Canal
was built. In the book we see him as he goes through different stages of life
in a town that also changes with events and time. We follow him as he
transitions from childhood to adolescence to adulthood and we get to experience
the personal challenges, setbacks, and, as a young adult, the consequence of a
choice he makes due to circumstances at the time....
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Ashton is your typical kid, friends, likes, hobbies and such. However, he sees things; things that would make a great horror movie. His vivid dreams are scaring his family and friends. His dreams cause a chain reaction of events that will forever shape America and cause us to r eflect on the direction we are headed in. The year is 2016 and the country has never been more divided. Special interest groups run the country and the once great United States...
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Over 250 old photographs, many published for the first time, appear in this new collection covering the districts of Roath, Splott and Adamsdown. This area, along with Penylan, Tremorfa and part of Cathays, once had a collective unity as the ecclesiastical parish of Roath created in the late sixteenth century. Roath as an historical entity is much older, however. Reputed to be pre-Norman in origin, in its time it has served as a manor, parish and...
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The Burgundian Kingdom of the sixth century occupied dangerous territory. Caught between powerful neighbors, it was doomed to attack and the Burgundians vanished into the mists of time, consigned to the annals as just another victim of history.The Burgundian society of the fifth and sixth centuries successfully integrated both Roman culture and societal institutions. The result was an amalgamated Romano-Burgundian kingdom that had laws for all and...
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In 1928, when Harry Batt, Sr. opened Ponchartrain Beach, a New Orleans dynasty was born. Until it was shuttered for good in 1983, "The Beach" captured the imagination of generations. But now, in the mid-1950's, while Walt Disney was just embarking on his vision of family entertainment, Harry had it all down pat at a long time ago. . .Enjoy a stroll down memory lane to a simpler time. . .
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Australia is a large continent and before British colonisation there were over 250 First Nation areas with different languages and cultures. The Wadi Wadi nation lived on an eastern coastal region south of Sydney, which was covered with thick subtropical rainforest and bordered by the Pacific Ocean which provided fish and shellfish in abundance. With its rich volcanic soil, it was one of the first areas to be taken by colonising farmers. The land...
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Städte versinken im Meer, Vulkane zerstören weite Landschaften, Tsunamis vernichten ausgedehnte Küstenregionen und Erdbeben legen ganze Metropolen in Trümmer. Was klingt wie eine Horrorvision, hat sich tatsächlich zugetragen. Nicht zeitgleich zwar, aber praktisch vor unserer Haustür, im Mittelmeerraum, in einem Zeitraum von 900 Jahren. Der Althistoriker Holger Sonnabend, Spezialist für die historische Geografie der antiken Welt, stellt in diesem...
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Der Schneider Heinz Bontscheck war einer von mehr als 34.000 Juden, die aus Nazi-Deutschland in die Niederlande flohen. Nachdem er, wohl von seinem Schwager, verraten wurde, kam er über das Durchgangslager Westerbork ins Konzentrationslager Auschwitz-Birkenau. Dort wurde er ›Kapo‹, ein Häftling, der die Aufgabe hatte, andere Gefangene zu beaufsichtigen: eine Position, die ihm zum Überleben verhalf, obwohl er miterleben musste, wie seine eigene...
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