Fire on the Water: Sailors, Slaves, and Insurrection in Early American Literature, 1789-1886, Paperback - Lenora Warren

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Pre-Code Hollywood explores the fascinating period in American motion picture history from 1930 to 1934 when the commandments of the Production Cod...

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This book examines John Locke's political thought and activity surrounding oceans with a focus on law and freedom at sea. By examining Locke's Two ...

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This Companion covers American literary history from European colonization to the early republic. It provides a succinct introduction to the major ...

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This insider account of the remarkable 2017 Lions tour to New Zealand, culminating in a draw, comes from Lions' head coach Warren Gatland and there...

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As early as 1441, and well before other European countries encountered Africa, small Portuguese and Spanish trading vessels were plying the coast o...

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This book traces the journey of new Muslims as they joined the early Islamic community and articulated their identities within it. It focuses on Mu...

Reducere. *Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading "The carrying of Negroes among the Indians has all along been thought detrimental, a...

Reducere. *Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading "The carrying of Negroes among the Indians has all along been thought detrimental, a...

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The modern cruising catamaran has arrived The arguments are over and the verdict is in--cruising catamarans comprise a rapidly growing percentage o...

The third edition of this best-selling textbook is thoroughly updated, with an emphasis on the global and environmental context of European develop...

Reducere. In The Quartet, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Joseph Ellis tells the unexpected story of America's second great founding and of the men most res...

Provides a history of the Court placed within the context of a broader history of the United States and its politics. In contrast to a typical book...

The purpose of this standard is to provide the minimum requirements for pipe bursting existing potable water pipelines 4 in. (100 mm) up to and inc...

DescriptionWith 85 fuss-free and fabulous recipes inspired by the sea, The Boat Cookbook serves up simple, mouth-watering galley grub--prepared alm...

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What would happen if people all around the world stayed inside, away from animals' habitats? Twelve fascinating real-life stories of creatures arou...

The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically acclaimed volume--a finalist for the Pulitzer Priz...

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Offers the first book-length portrait of punk as a musical style with an emphasis on how punk developed in relation to changing ideas of race in Am...

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Rough Crossings is the astonishing story of the struggle to freedom by thousands of African-American slaves who fled the plantations to fight behin...