Intercultural Alliance, Imperial Expansion, and Warfare in the Early Mod
Shows how intercultural interactions between Europeans and indigenous people influenced military choices and strategic action. Ranging from the Muscovites on the western steppe to the French and English in North America, it analyzes how diplomatic and military systems were designed to accommodate the demands and expectations of local peoples.
British Colonists, Anglo-Dutch Trade, and the Development of the British
Throughout history the British Atlantic has often been depicted as a series of well-ordered colonial ports that functioned as nodes of Atlantic shipping. This book examines the networks that connected British settlers in New York and the Caribbean and Dutch traders in the Netherlands and in the Dutch colonies in North America and the Caribbean.
British Colonists, Anglo-Dutch Trade, and the Development of the British
Throughout history the British Atlantic has often been depicted as a series of well-ordered colonial ports that functioned as nodes of Atlantic shipping. The author examines the networks that connected British settlers in New York and the Caribbean and Dutch traders in the Netherlands and in the Dutch colonies in North America and the Caribbean.
America's most important document was written on a tight deadline of 17 days by Thomas Jefferson who already had a full schedule. This 6 page laminated guide includes the full declaration with footnotes, but also details surrounding the writing of the document. Small details and very significant global implications truly solidify an understanding ......
The Life and Times of Lady Elizabeth Foster Afterwards Duchess of Devons
Bess was the other Duchess, Georgiana's best friend, who with Georgiana and her husband, William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, formed the infamous menage a trois at Devonshire house
What are the best ways of thinking about the founding of Dartmouth College in 1769-in the context of the religious, political, and economic history of Britain, colonial America, and even the world? In Dartmouth and the World, a distinguished panel of scholars approaches the issue in a rich variety of ways.
What are the best ways of thinking about the founding of Dartmouth College in 1769-in the context of the religious, political, and economic history of Britain, colonial America, and even the world? In Dartmouth and the World, a distinguished panel of scholars approaches the issue in a rich variety of ways.
This book challenges the cultural optimism of the Enlighten through an examination of Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, and Artaud. These authors pushed back against the optimism of the enlightenment through their writing and advanced the idea of cruelty as lying at the root of all human nature and culture.
Silas Talbot's life illuminates his time-not with greater brightness than the lives of his more famous contemporaries, but with perhaps broader range and greater insight into the experiences and circumstances of a plain citizen of the new republic-a citizen whose bravery and energy helped to create it. Silas Talbot was a farmer's son who went to ......
