Download or read book The Seat of Empire Classic Reprint written by Charles Carleton Coffin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-12-24 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Seat of Empire The most trustworthy accounts of persons who have lived there, as well as Of engineers who have been sent out by the United States, British, and Canadian governments, have been collated, that those seeking a home in Minnesota or Dakota may know what sort Of a country lies beyond, and what will be its probable future. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Questions of Empire Classic Reprint written by Rosebery Rosebery and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-04 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Questions of Empire Mr. Principal, Ladies, and Gentlemen, this is a pleasant stage in life for many reasons. I had hoped, indeed, that to-day we should have been graced by the presence of our honored and venerated Chancellor, one of the oldest and kindest of my friends, but domestic anxiety at the last moment kept him away. It is rare, I believe, that a Chancellor comes to preside over a Rector's address, - there is, perhaps, some fear of a violent conflict of jurisdiction, - but I should have been all the more honored and pleased by his presence, for I should always be pleased to find him by my side at any period of my life, or in any capacity, as he is a noble and genial specimen of the best type of a Scottish gentleman. Long may he occupy his illustrious chair. And then, on the other hand, there are my young constituents; not merely those who voted for me, but those who voted against me, as well as those who from their unlucky juniority had not the opportunity of doing either. So I stand before you to-day with much gratitude and affection. I have only known in my life two sorts of constituents, the municipal and the academical. Both have been kind to me. Neither has ever rejected me. And I am proud to come and thank you for the great majority by which you elected me last autumn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book History of the Romans Under the Empire Vol 1 of 8 Classic Reprint written by Charles Merivale and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the Romans Under the Empire, Vol. 1 of 8 I have stated in my first chapter the limits I venture to assign to the work, namely, the transfer of the seat of empire from Rome to Constantinople. I shall endeavour to trace throughout the long period before me the effects of conquest and supremacy upon the Roman people; the reaction of the pro vinces upon the capital the struggles of the conquered nations to assert for themselves a share in the dignities and privileges of the conquering race; and the gradual fusion into one mass of Ita lians, Britons, Africans, and Orientals. I shall have to inquire how far the boast of the Romans them selves was true, who, when they beheld the result of this universal fusion and settlement, exclaimed, that their city alone had been wise and just enough to promote this beneficent revolution of her own accord.1 For we shall see that her concessions were in a great degree extorted from her; and the crown ing event which obliterates the last vestige of Roman sentiments, the establishment of Christianity, was in fact the conquest of Rome by her own subjects. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Roman History Vol 2 written by Laurence Echard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Roman History, Vol. 2: From the Settlement of the Empire by Augustus Ceasar, to the Removal of the Imperial Seat by Constantine the Great; Containing the Space of 355 Years; For the Use of His Higness the Duke of Glocester From Heaven. By thefe may be dill cover'd various Stepa of the diifiiiie Providence Tyrahts with inevitable Vengeance, andf chm fiiflng them and their the extreamefi M, ties And tho' they fometimeswcre for a while triumphant in their error: mouse $roceedin'gs; yet all their Bower and Authority, cou'd not 'prc ferve them from the Hatred of their Subjee'tsyor from the Treafons of their greatef't Confidents, and mo obligtd Favourxitesy nor cou'd all - their numerous Forces fecure them from violent and unhatural Deaths '5 which were often accompany'cl, with the moft barbarous and ignominious Ufage/s fometimes with the Extirpa? Rion of their whole Race and Farrah lies, and ever with the utter Ruin of their Paine and Memory: tb all fucceeding Generations, w. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book Ravenna written by Judith Herrin and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting history of the city that led the West out of the ruins of the Roman Empire At the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new capital city was rising in the West. Here, in Ravenna on the coast of Italy, Arian Goths and Catholic Romans competed to produce an unrivaled concentration of buildings and astonishing mosaics. For three centuries, the city attracted scholars, lawyers, craftsmen, and religious luminaries, becoming a true cultural and political capital. Bringing this extraordinary history marvelously to life, Judith Herrin rewrites the history of East and West in the Mediterranean world before the rise of Islam and shows how, thanks to Byzantine influence, Ravenna played a crucial role in the development of medieval Christendom. Drawing on deep, original research, Herrin tells the personal stories of Ravenna while setting them in a sweeping synthesis of Mediterranean and Christian history. She narrates the lives of the Empress Galla Placidia and the Gothic king Theoderic and describes the achievements of an amazing cosmographer and a doctor who revived Greek medical knowledge in Italy, demolishing the idea that the West just descended into the medieval "Dark Ages." Beautifully illustrated and drawing on the latest archaeological findings, this monumental book provides a bold new interpretation of Ravenna's lasting influence on the culture of Europe and the West.
Download or read book The Life of Mahomet written by Edward Gibbon and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life of Mahomet: With Sketches of the Reigns of His Successors Abubeker, Omar, Othman, and Ali; From the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire The seat of empire was removed to the Tigris, that the Abbassides adopted the proud and pompous ceremonial oi'the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Rise of the Roman Empire written by Polybius and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2003-08-28 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Greek statesman Polybius (c.200–118 BC) wrote his account of the relentless growth of the Roman Empire in order to help his fellow countrymen understand how their world came to be dominated by Rome. Opening with the Punic War in 264 BC, he vividly records the critical stages of Roman expansion: its campaigns throughout the Mediterranean, the temporary setbacks inflicted by Hannibal and the final destruction of Carthage. An active participant of the politics of his time as well as a friend of many prominent Roman citizens, Polybius drew on many eyewitness accounts in writing this cornerstone work of history.
Download or read book A Journey Through the Chinese Empire Classic Reprint written by Evariste Regis Huc and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-06-04 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Journey Through the Chinese Empire As to the physiological efl'ects of acupuncture, inde pendently of the relief afforded, which has been te marked, especially in cases of rheumatism and neural gia, they have mostly been observed to be the following. The introduction of the needle is not very painful, if care is previously taken to distend the skin, and if the needle is turned, instead of being driven straight forward. In general, its extraction is more painful than its intro duction; there issues very little blood from the pune ture; at most, only a few drops. The skin rises round the instrument, preserving its natural color; but it soon sinks again, and there is formed a red circle round it. The sick person then feels shootings directed toward the part; muscular contractions take place numbness, following the course of the great trunks of the nerves and feverish shiverings. It is not uncommon to see a sweat break out over the part corresponding with the seat of pain; and in that case it has ceased, or at all events be come diminished, or has shifted its place. Toward this time there have come faintings, more or less complete, and more or less durable, and which can scarcely be attributed to the pain of the puncture, since they have taken place when the painful sensation has ceased. This, it appears, is the only accident ever known to result from acupuncture. There might be, perhaps, cause to fear serious wounds and fatal consequences if the needle should traverse the great nervous trunks, or the organs essential to life. Some surgeons have asserted that the extreme. Fineness of the needle was a sufficient guarantee against consequences of this kind; but although in ex periments made on animals, it has been found possible to pierce with them the stomach, the lungs, and even the heart, without any bad result, it is, nevertheless. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Education for Empire written by Clif Stratton and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Education for Empire examines how American public schools created and placed children on multiple and uneven paths to "good citizenship." These paths offered varying kinds of subordination and degrees of exclusion closely tied to race, national origin, and US imperial ambitions. Public school administrators, teachers, and textbook authors grappled with how to promote and share in the potential benefits of commercial and territorial expansion, and in both territories and states, how to apply colonial forms of governance to the young populations they professed to prepare for varying future citizenships. The book brings together subjects in American history usually treated separately--in particular the formation and expansion of public schools and empire building both at home and abroad. Temporally framed by the 1882 Chinese Exclusion and 1924 National Origins Acts, two pivotal immigration laws deeply entangled in and telling of US quests for empire, case studies in California, Hawaii, Georgia, New York, the Southwest, and Puerto Rico reveal that marginalized people contested, resisted, and blazed alternative paths to citizenship, in effect destabilizing the boundaries that white nationalists, including many public school officials, in the United States and other self-described "white men's countries" worked so hard to create and maintain"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book The True Temper of Empire written by Sir Charles Bruce and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The True Temper of Empire: With Corollary Essays After this Note had been passed for the press, the king-emperor's Proclamation at the Durbar, transferring the seat Of government from Calcutta to Delhi, was published. It marks a stage Of advance in the policy Of strengthening the sovereign authority by the devolution Of power to the con stituent areas in all matters Of local concern. It is a recognition that the supreme function Of Imperial statesmanship is to convert the spirit Of nationality, with its pride Of national traditions, from a separating to a connecting force. Every essay in this volume is a vindication Of the principle underlying the Proclamation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Failure of Empire written by Noel Lenski and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-06-26 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Failure of Empire is the first comprehensive biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign (A.D. 364-78). Valens will always be remembered for his spectacular defeat and death at the hands of the Goths in the Battle of Adrianople. This singular misfortune won him a front-row seat among history's great losers. By the time he was killed, his empire had been coming unglued for several years: the Goths had overrun the Balkans; Persians, Isaurians, and Saracens were threatening the east; the economy was in disarray; and pagans and Christians alike had been exiled, tortured, and executed in his religious persecutions. Valens had not, however, entirely failed in his job as emperor. He was an admirable administrator, a committed defender of the frontiers, and a ruler who showed remarkable sympathy for the needs of his subjects. In lively style and rich detail, Lenski incorporates a broad range of new material, from archaeology to Gothic and Armenian sources, in a study that illuminates the social, cultural, religious, economic, administrative, and military complexities of Valens's realm. Failure of Empire offers a nuanced reconsideration of Valens the man and shows both how he applied his strengths to meet the expectations of his world and how he ultimately failed in his efforts to match limited capacities to limitless demands.
Download or read book The Roman History Vol 3 written by Laurence Echard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Roman History, Vol. 3: From the Removal of the Imperial Seat by Constantine the Great, to the Total Failure of the Western Empire in Augustulus; Containing the Space of 146 Years; Being a Continuation of Mr. Echard's History Men; and that hoth Principles and Prahiices, wary oppojite to tho/h enjoin'd h)! The Gofpel, occafion'd its Ruin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Empire of the Tsars Vol 2 written by Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Empire of the Tsars, Vol. 2: And the Russians The Cities and Municipal Administration - In fluence and Antagonism of the Two Capitals - Of the Transfer of the Seat of Government from St. Petersburgh to Moscow - The Urban Municipalitiea' Organization quite Difl'erent from that of the Rural Communes - Reasons of this Difference - Introduction ot' Electoral Qualifica tion into Municipal Elections - Electoral Categories and pro mic Representation of the Various Classea' Interests - Results of this Mode of Election - Indifl'erence and Abstention - Predomiuance of the Merchant Class in the Municipalities - Abuses and Corruption. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Ancient Rome Reprinted from Dr William Smith s Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography written by Thomas Henry Dyer and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Crayon Papers Classic Reprint written by Washington Irving and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Crayon Papers In these wanderings, nothing occurred to jar my feelings, or bring me back to the realities of life. There is a repose in our mighty forests that gives full scope to the imagination. Now and then I would hear the distant sound of the wood-cutter's axe, or the crash of some tree which he had laid low; but these noises, echoing along the quiet landscape, could easily be wrought by fancy into harmony with its illusions. In general, however, the woody recesses of the neighborhood were peen liarly wild and unfrequented. I could ramble for a whole day, without coming upon any traces of cultivation. The partridge of the wood scarcely seemed to shun my path, and the squirrel, from his nut-tree, would gaze at me for an instant, with sparkling eye, as if wondering at the unwonted intrusion. I cannot help dwelling on this delicious period of my life; when as yet I had known no sorrow, nor experienced any worldly care. I have since studied much, both of books and men, and of course have grown too Wise to be so easily pleased; yet with all my wisdom, I must confess I look back/ with a secret feeling of regret to the days of happy ignorance, before I had begun to be a philosopher. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
