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Book Travels Through the Middle Settlements in North America

Download or read book Travels Through the Middle Settlements in North America written by Andrew Burnaby and published by . This book was released on 1775 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author's travels extended from Virginia to New England.

Book Travels through the Middle Settlements in North America  In the years 1759 and 1760  With observations upon the state of the colonies

Download or read book Travels through the Middle Settlements in North America In the years 1759 and 1760 With observations upon the state of the colonies written by Andrew BURNABY (Archdeacon of Leicester.) and published by . This book was released on 1775 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dangerous Guests

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  • Author : Ken Miller
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2014-08-08
  • ISBN : 0801454948
  • Pages : 261 pages

Download or read book Dangerous Guests written by Ken Miller and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2014-08-08 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Dangerous Guests, Ken Miller reveals how wartime pressures nurtured a budding patriotism in the ethnically diverse revolutionary community of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. During the War for Independence, American revolutionaries held more than thirteen thousand prisoners—both British regulars and their so-called Hessian auxiliaries—in makeshift detention camps far from the fighting. As the Americans’ principal site for incarcerating enemy prisoners of war, Lancaster stood at the nexus of two vastly different revolutionary worlds: one national, the other intensely local. Captives came under the control of local officials loosely supervised by state and national authorities. Concentrating the prisoners in the heart of their communities brought the revolutionaries’ enemies to their doorstep, with residents now facing a daily war at home. Many prisoners openly defied their hosts, fleeing, plotting, and rebelling, often with the clandestine support of local loyalists. By early 1779, General George Washington, furious over the captives’ ongoing attempts to subvert the American war effort, branded them "dangerous guests in the bowels of our Country." The challenge of creating an autonomous national identity in the newly emerging United States was nowhere more evident than in Lancaster, where the establishment of a detention camp served as a flashpoint for new conflict in a community already unsettled by stark ethnic, linguistic, and religious differences. Many Lancaster residents soon sympathized with the Hessians detained in their town while the loyalist population considered the British detainees to be the true patriots of the war. Miller demonstrates that in Lancaster, the notably local character of the war reinforced not only preoccupations with internal security but also novel commitments to cause and country.

Book Sport in America  Volume II

Download or read book Sport in America Volume II written by David K. Wiggins and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2009-11-11 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sport in America: From Colonial Leisure to Celebrity Figures and Globalization, Volume II, presents 18 thought-provoking essays focusing on the changes and patterns in American sport during six distinct eras over the past 400 years. The selections are entirely different from those in the first volume, discussing diverse topics such as views of sport in the Puritan society of colonial New England, gender roles and the croquet craze of the 1800s, and the Super Bowl's place in contemporary sport. Each of the six parts includes an introduction to the essays, allowing readers to relate them to the cultural changes and influences of the period. Readers will find essays on well-known topics written by established scholars as well as new approaches and views from recent studies. Suitable for use as a stand-alone or supplemental text in undergraduate and graduate sport history courses, Sport in America provides students with opportunities to examine selected sport topics in more depth, realize a greater understanding of sport throughout history, and consider the interrelationships of sport and other societal institutions. Essays are arranged chronologically from the early American period to the present day to provide the proper historical context and offer perspective on changes that have occurred in sport over time. Also, a list of suggested readings provided in each part offers readers the opportunity to expand their thinking on the nature of sport throughout American history. Essays on how Pinehurst Golf Course was created, the interconnection between sport and the World War I military experience, and discussion of sport icons such as Joe Louis, Walter Camp, Jackie Robinson, and Cal Ripken Jr. allow readers to explore sport as a reflection of the changing values and norms of society. Sport in America: From Colonial Leisure to Celebrity Figures and Globalization, Volume II, provides students and scholars with perspectives regarding the role of sport at particular moments in American history and gives them an appreciation for the complex intersections of sport with society and culture.

Book Bibliotheca Americana Nova  Or  a Catalogue of Books in Various Languages  Relating to America  Printed Since the Year 1700   Supplement to the Bibliotheca Americana Nova  Pt  1  Additions and Corrections  1701 to 1800  Books Relating to America 1493 1700  Etc

Download or read book Bibliotheca Americana Nova Or a Catalogue of Books in Various Languages Relating to America Printed Since the Year 1700 Supplement to the Bibliotheca Americana Nova Pt 1 Additions and Corrections 1701 to 1800 Books Relating to America 1493 1700 Etc written by Obadiah RICH and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Edmund Burke as Historian

Download or read book Edmund Burke as Historian written by Sora Sato and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive survey of Edmund Burke's historical thought, a neglected area of both Burke scholarship and historiography. Ranging from Burke's general conception of history to his accounts of English, European, American, Irish and Asian-Muslim history, this book offers much-needed depth and context to his political life. Sora Sato illuminates Burke's ideas on civilisation and world order with careful analysis of both his well-known historical concepts, such as the ancient constitution of England and the spirit of chivalry, as well as his lesser-known opinions on war and the military. Written with clarity and precision, this book is an invaluable reference for scholars of Burke, early modern European history and political philosophy.

Book Bibliotheca Americana Nova

Download or read book Bibliotheca Americana Nova written by and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bibliotheca Americana Nova

Download or read book Bibliotheca Americana Nova written by O. Rich and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bibliotheca Americana Nova  Or  A Catalogue of Books in Various Languages Relating to America  Printed Since the Year 1700

Download or read book Bibliotheca Americana Nova Or A Catalogue of Books in Various Languages Relating to America Printed Since the Year 1700 written by Obadiah Rich and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Travels through the Middle Settlements in North America in the Years 1759 and 1760

Download or read book Travels through the Middle Settlements in North America in the Years 1759 and 1760 written by Andrew Burnaby and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unflagging traveler and diarist, the Reverend Andrew Burnaby embarked on a two-year tour of the American colonies in 1759. Originally published in England in 1775, his account of his travels includes commentaries about people, politics, taxes, trade, and the state of the arts and sciences; detailed descriptions of the natural surroundings; amusing anecdotes; and predictions about the future of the colonies. It remains a vivid and valuable primary source on life in the American colonies before the Revolution. Also included in this volume is Burnaby's "Diary of the Weather," kept between January 1760 and December 1762. Andrew Burnaby's Itinerary— Virginia (Williamburg, King William, Fredericksburg, Colchester, Mount Vernon, Winchester) Maryland (Annapolis, Fredericktown) Delaware (New Castle) Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) New Jersey (Trenton, Princeton, Perth-Amboy) New York (New York City, Long Island) Rhode Island (Newport, Providence) Massachusetts (Boston) New Hampshire (Portsmouth)

Book The Important American Library Formed by Dr  William C  Braislin  Sold by His Order

Download or read book The Important American Library Formed by Dr William C Braislin Sold by His Order written by William Coughlin Braislin and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Trial Bibliography of American Trade union Publications

Download or read book A Trial Bibliography of American Trade union Publications written by George Ernest Barnett and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Books and Pamphlets Relating to America

Download or read book Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Books and Pamphlets Relating to America written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-10-14 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Book Catalogue of Printed Books

Download or read book Catalogue of Printed Books written by and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Catalogue of the Library of the London Institution  Systematically Classed  Preceded by an Historical and Bibliographical Account of the Establishment   Compiled by William Upcott  Richard Thomson and Edward W  Brayley

Download or read book A Catalogue of the Library of the London Institution Systematically Classed Preceded by an Historical and Bibliographical Account of the Establishment Compiled by William Upcott Richard Thomson and Edward W Brayley written by London Institution (London) and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Perfect Babel of Confusion

Download or read book A Perfect Babel of Confusion written by Randall Herbert Balmer and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the interaction of the Dutch and the English in colonial New York and New Jersey, this study charts the decline of European culture in North America. Balmer argues that the combination of political intrigue, English cultural imperialism, and internal socio-economic tensions eventually drove the Dutch away from their hereditary customs, language, and culture. He shows how this process, which played itself out most visibly and poignantly in the Dutch Reformed Church between 1664 and the American Revolution, illustrates the difficulty of maintaining non-English cultures and institutions in an increasingly English world. A Perfect Babel of Confusion redresses some of the historiographical neglect of the Middle Colonies and, in the process, sheds new light on Dutch colonial culture.