The Birth of Territory

Territory is one of the central political concepts of the modern world and, indeed, functions as the primary way the world is divided and controlle...

Reducere. In 1579 Philip II awarded a large territory in New Spain to a Portuguese man named Luis de Carvajal. That territory included a significant portion ...

Reducere. Spencer Polk was born of an African-Indian slave woman known as Sally, and her master, Taylor Polk, a descendant of one of America's first families...

Reducere. When Thomas Reynold's best friend, Daniel Russell, a slave by birth, was in danger of being taken from his kindly owner and sold by a heartless ban...

Reducere. Waking Giant is a brilliant, definitive history of America's vibrant and tumultuous rise during the Jacksonian era from David S. Reynolds, the Banc...

The entire census covers the eight years between 1915 and 1922 and is based on a microfilm copy of a typescript originally on file at the National ...

Reducere. DescriptionAre you among the hungry? Not for food but hungry . . . searching . . . for something. If you are hungry and searching for something, yo...

Reducere. Following the 1948 war and the creation of the state of Israel, Palestinian Arabs comprised just fifteen percent of the population but held a much ...

Reducere. Gallop across prairies with a daring ten-year-old Lakota girl, laugh at her misadventures, cringe at her narrow escapes from disaster. Experience L...

LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/OPEN BOOK AWARD"Compellingly complex...Expands the future of the immigrant novel even as it holds us in uneasy thrall to the...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: W. Ryan KurczakAuthor: Richard FishAs a Yogic science, Vedic Astrology has been practiced for more than 5000 years with one...

Reducere. Akwesasne territory straddles the U.S.-Canada border in upstate New York, Ontario, and Quebec. In 1979, in the midst of a major conflict regarding ...

The Kuwaiti population includes around 100, 000 people - approximately 10 per cent of the Kuwaiti nationals -whose legal status is contested. Often...

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Reducere. Beginning with the birth of the Cherokee patriarch Major Ridge in the 1770's, Thurman Wilkins tells the events that led to the Trail of Tears, thro...

Reducere. A Wild Idea shares the complete story of the difficult birth of the Adirondack Park Agency (APA). The Adirondack region of New York's rural North C...

Reducere. The international bestselling Celtic World historical fiction series from Morgan Llywelyn--"Impressively researched." -Kirkus Reviews--with over 40...

Reducere. DescriptionCombining the emotional resonance of Home Fire with the ambition and innovation of Asymmetry, a lyrical and thought-provoking debut nove...

Reducere. Wynema: A Child of the Forest (1891) is a novel by Muscogee American writer Sophia Alice Callahan. Published when the author was only 23 years old,...

Reducere. Today, many of the names of local residents can be clearly traced to some of these planters and slaves. Walker has listed planters and the number o...

Reducere. Don't date your bodyguard. It was the one rule he had to break. Maximoff Hale is a force of nature. A ship unwilling to be steered. Headstrong, res...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Cressida CowellFrom the bestselling author of How to Train Your Dragon comes an exciting high-adventure series--set in a ma...

Reducere. A young man's search for adventure, the birth of a new nation, and a war that would change southern Africa forever... The year is 1890, and the sun...

Reducere. DescriptionThe adventure continues in this action-packed, hilarious, and heartwarming sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Wizards of Once....

Reducere. When it comes to the unknown territory of having a baby, moms-to-be have nearly unending resources to plan and execute a healthy pregnancy and navi...

Reducere. Born a slave in eastern Tennessee, Sarah Blair Bickford (1852-1931) made her way while still a teenager to Montana Territory, where she settled in ...