Slavery, Scandal, and Steel Rails: The 1854 Gadsden Purchase and the Building of the Second Transcontinental Railroad Across Arizona and New Mexico Tw

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1875, Charles Crocker, Mark Hopkins, Collis Huntington, and Leland Stanford of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company began taking ste...

Reducere. In mid-1860s, two railroad companies had a huge job in front of them: building the transcontinental railroad. The railroad would run from east to w...

Reducere. DescriptionThis landmark volume sheds light on the lives and experiences of the Chinese workers who made up 90% of the workforce that built the Cen...

DescriptionTranscontinental Dialogues brings together Indigenous and non-Indigenous anthropologists from Mexico, Canada, and Australia who work at ...

Reducere. DescriptionConcise descriptions of the animals and their tracks are combined with detailed drawings of the front and back prints, stride patterns a...

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the projects' construction *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The Transcont...

Reducere. "Gripping . . . Chang has accomplished the seemingly impossible . . . He has written a remarkably rich, human, and compelling story of the railroad...

Reducere. Add fun, history, and jaw-dropping natural wonders to your southwestern road trip with RoadTrip America's Arizona and New Mexico: 25 Scenic Side Tr...

Reducere. New Hampshire was once a hotbed of abolitionist activity. But the state had its struggles with slavery, with Portsmouth serving as a slave-trade hu...

DescriptionA groundbreaking, breathtaking history of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America o...

Examines the threads connecting South and West America during the slaveholding era, and that undermined the radical promise of Reconstruction. Kevi...

Reducere. Whether you want to take in the views from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, explore Salt Lake City, or buy something at an art gallery in Santa F...

Reducere. - Clean new design for easy readability and comprehension- Updated text presented in a lively, continuous narrative- New center-spread ``sidebar`` ...

Reducere. When American slaveholders looked west in the mid-nineteenth century, they saw an empire unfolding before them. They pursued that vision through di...

Reducere. Southwestern Trees is an easy-to-use, non-technical field guide to the trees found in Arizona and New Mexico, extending to the surrounding areas of...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this revised, updated, and expanded edition, authors Meck and Rohmer examine the state's trout waters impacted in recent years by flo...

Reducere. Empire's Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of the Cheyenne, Lakota, and Pawnee Native Ameri...

Reducere. In Riding Shotgun with Norman Wallace, award-winning geographer William Wyckoff celebrates the photographic legacy of Norman Grant Wallace, whose w...

Reducere. The vast, arid plains of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona and the mountainous peaks of Colorado do not immediately suggest prime wine growing territo...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book presents first hand, historic and personal accounts of the work that made Sacramento the hub of the transcontinental railroad ...

Reducere. The Atlantic and Africa breaks new ground by exploring the connections between two bodies of scholarship that have developed separately from one an...

Reducere. The popular West Indian migration narrative often starts with the "Windrush Generation"in 1950s' England, but in Dying to Better Themselves Olive S...

Reducere. Nothing Like It in the World gives the account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage. It is the story of the men who built t...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Ray C. ColtonBetween 1861 and 1865 the violent struggles of the Civil War extended into the Western Territories, where they...

Reducere. Join feted paranormal storyteller, Dan Asfar, on another breathtaking journey through the paranormal landscape of the United States. Where go ghost...

Reducere. This riveting true story recounts the author's journey on horseback across Arizona and New Mexico, retracing Coronado's desperate search for the le...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. On March 4, 1928, 199 men lined up in Los Angeles, California, to participate in a 3, 400-mile transcontinental footrace to New York City. The Buni...

Reducere. The sleepy frontier capital of Santa Fe transformed abruptly in 1880. The city, already a vibrant mix of cultures, jolted suddenly into the industr...

The Panama Canal was the costliest undertaking in history; its completion in 1914 marked the beginning of the "American Century." Panama Fever draw...

Reducere. DescriptionReverend Nehemiah Adams (February 19, 1806 - October 6, 1878) was an American clergyman and writer. Biography: He was born in Salem, Mas...

A history of the Alpha movement - how 'God's own spin doctor' repackaged Christianity for a contemporary age.Publisher: John Murray PressAuthor(s):...

Publisher: Cool Springs PressAuthor(s): Jacqueline SouleIllustration(s): color photosNumber of pages: 240Collection: Fruit & Vegetable Gardening Gu...

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Reducere. DescriptionDesigned to mentor writers at all levels, from beginning to quite advanced, The Writer's Portable Mentor offers a wealth of insight and ...

Contributor(s): Author: David TysonThe Niagara Escarpment is the most significant land form in southern Ontario, designated a UNESCO World Biospher...

Reducere. AwardsNew Mexico-Arizona Book AwardsDescriptionUn lugar sagrado, a sacred place where two or more are gathered in the name of community, can be fou...

'The definitive biography' Roy StrongThe remarkable story of Bess of Hardwick, her ascent through Elizabethan society and the houses she built that...

In Citizens of Scandal, Vanessa Freije explores the causes and consequences of political scandals in Mexico from the 1960s through the 1980s. Traci...

Instant #1 New York Times bestseller. "The Atlantic writer drafts a history of slavery in this country unlike anything you've read before" (Enterta...

Reducere. "We need this book." --Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to be an Anti-Racist The Atlantic staff writer and poet Clint Sm...

Reducere. Home to one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, Arizona is a beacon for outdoor enthusiasts "the desert landscape is brimming with opportuni...

Reducere. A rich gathering of essays that evoke the unique and mysterious appeal that New Mexico has had for some of the twentieth century's best known write...

Reducere. Many non-New Mexicans envision New Mexico as one large desert, yet New Mexico is very much a mountain state, with more than one hundred named mount...

Description*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "Statistics are no substitute for judgment." - Henr...