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Elites, Masses, and Modernization in Latin America, 1850–1930
Av E. Bradford Burns, Thomas E. Skidmore m. fl.
Häftad, 1979
225 kr
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The interactions between the elites and the lower classes of Latin America are explored from the divergent perspectives of three eminent historians in this volume. The result is a counterbalance of viewpoints on the urban and the rural, the rich and the poor, and the Europeanized and the …
Slaves and Slaveholders In Bermuda, 1616–1782
Häftad, 2016
269 kr
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At only twentyone square miles in area, Bermuda saw slaves and slaveholders working and living closer together than in other societies. The colony’s maritime pursuits o ered slaves a degree of autonomy un- equaled in other English colonies. Bernhard delves into the origins of Bermuda’s slavery, its …
Tale of Two Colonies
What Really Happened in Virginia and Bermuda?
Häftad, 2018
269 kr
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In 1609, two years after its English founding, colonists struggled to stay alive in a tiny fort at Jamestown.John Smith fought to keep order, battling both English and Indians. When he left, desperate colonists ate lizards, rats, and human flesh. Surviving accounts of the “Starving Time” differ, as …
Ima Hogg
The Governor's Daughter
Häftad, 2011
176 kr
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Texas legend has it that James Stephen Hogg, Governor of Texas from 1890 to 1894, named his daughters Ima and Ura, but that is only half-true: there never was a Ura. Ima had three brothers, Will, Mike, and Tom. Ima Hogg, who was born in 1882 and died in 1975 at age 93, became a legend in her own …
Hoggs of Texas
Letters and Memoirs of an Extraordinary Family, 1887-1906
Häftad, 2013
396 kr
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In The Hoggs of Texas: Letters and Memoirs of an Extraordinary Family, 1887–1906, Virginia Bernhard delves into the unpublished letters of one of Texas’s most extraordinarily families and tells their story. In their own words, which are published here for the first time.Rich in details, the more …
Hoggs of Texas
Letters and Memoirs of an Extraordinary Family, 1887–1906
E-bok, 2014
322 kr
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In The Hoggs of Texas: Letters and Memoirs of an Extraordinary Family, 1887–1906 , Virginia Bernhard delves into the unpublished letters of one of Texas’s most extraordinarily families and tells their story. In their own words, which are published here for the first time. Rich in details, the more …
Grand Tours and the Great War
Ima Hogg's Diaries, 1907–1918
Av Virginia Bernhard, Virginia Bernhard
Inbunden, 2022
364 kr
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Ima Hogg, whose name made her a Texas legend, was a noted philanthropist, preservationist, art collector, and musician. She was also a compelling diarist. In 1907, 25-year-old Ima left Texas for her first European tour. In England, Scotland, Germany, and Italy, from June to October, she recorded …
Birth of American Feminism
The Seneca Falls Woman's Convention of 1848
Av Bernhard, Fox-Genovese m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
440 kr
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The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was at the beginning of the long struggle for women's rights in the United States. The documents collected in this anthology bring to life the anger and the excitement of a moment when a small but determined group of women dared to challenge the laws and customs …
Smell of War
Three Americans in the Trenches of World War I
Inbunden, 2018
378 kr
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Historian Virginia Bernhard has deftly woven together the memoirs and letters of three American soldiers—Henry Beston Sheahan, Mike Hogg, and George Wythe—to capture a vivid, poignant portrayal of what it was like to be “over there.” These firsthand recollections focus the lens of history onto one …
