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Transatlantic Monarchisms in the Americas and Europe, 1812-1868
This book explores the political ideas, cultural practices and geostrategic actions that gave rise to transatlantic monarchism in Europe and the Americas. During the age of …
Korea and Her Neighbors
Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with …
Life and Times of Kimber M. Snyder
Armed with only his rifled musket, Kimber M. Snyder was credited with leading the charge to release Civil War prisoners. One of four fighting sons of a young widow from the hills …
Luxury Trades and Consumerism in Ancien Regime Paris
Since the 16th century, Paris has been a leading arbiter of taste and the ultimate source of luxury goods for Europe and the world. However, the origins of the luxury trades of …
Travels Into the Interior Parts of Africa, by the way of the Cape of Good Hope; in the Years 1780, 81, 82, 83, 84 and 85. Translated From the French of M. Le Vaillant. Illustrated With Twelve Elegant Copper-plates. ... of 2; Volume 2
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its …
The Noble Game of Chess. Containing Rules and Instructions, for the Use of Those Who Have Already a Little Knowledge of This Game. by Capt. Joseph Bertin.
Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs in Postwar Germany and France
This volume compares one of the largest instances of 'ethnic cleansing' - the German expellees from the East (Vertriebene) - with the most important case of decolonization …
Autobiographical Writing and British Literature 1783-1834
The word 'autobiography' is a late eighteenth-century coinage; yet by 1826 it was used as the title for a multi-volume anthology of self-writing, and in 1834 Thomas Carlyle wrote …
Revolution and the European Experience 1789-1914
This study argues that the Europe which is now being united was originally the product of the French revolution, 1789-95, and then formed by the emergent industrial capitalism. …
The History of Sutton-Coldfield, With the Continuation, and an Addenda, not Before Published, by an Impartial Hand
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its …
