|
|
 
 A Respectable Army: The Military Origins of the Republic, 1763-1789 (The American History Series) 
Author: James Kirby Martin, Mark Edward Lender
A Respectable Army: The Military Origins of the Republic, 1763-1789 (The American History Series)
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 111892388X
2015
Format: PDF
Size: 3,1 МБ
Language: English
Pages: 264
A fully revised and updated third edition of the most established and innovative historical analysis of the Continental Army and its role in the formation of the new republic.
Written by two experts in the field of early U.S. history
Includes fully updated coverage of the military, political, social, and cultural history of the Revolution
Features maps, illustrations, a Note on Revolutionary War History and Historiography, and a fully revamped Bibliographical Essay
Fully established as an essential resource for courses ranging from A.P. U.S. history to graduate seminars on the American Revolution
Read Full Post
Ships and Seamen of the American Revolution
 Author: Jack Coggins Ships and Seamen of the American Revolution Stackpole Books 1969 Format: PDF Pages: 228 Language: English Size: 40 MB The battles, tactics, plans that worked, and plans that went awry recreate here the struggle for the possession of half a continent. More than 150 detailed drawings, maps, plans, and diagrams show minutely how the battles went, what the ships looked like with their complex rigging, how the weapons worked, and what the gear looked like, Step-by-step sketches follow the construction of a mighty warship from skeletal framework to the finished vessel. Ships An Seaman Of The American Revolution tells a story to cap all sea stories in this panorama of the ships, the guns, and the men who turned the tide for the Colonists.
Guns of the New West: A Close Up Look at Modern Replica Firearms
 Guns of the New West: A Close Up Look at Modern Replica Firearms Author: David Chicoine Krause Publications 2005 Pages: 264 Language: English Format: EPUB Size: 9 MB Choosing the right guns for cowboy competition just got easier. Noted gunsmith and author David Chicoine puts today's most popular replica firearms to the test and shares his findings on the good, the bad and the ugly. Chicoine tests and evaluates handguns, rifles and shotguns in this in-depth yet easy-to-use guide to modern replica firearms. If you love replica guns, this book will help you choose the best.
God Save Catalonia: England’s Intervention in Catalonia During the War of the Spanish Succession
 Author: Xavier Rubio God Save Catalonia: England’s Intervention in Catalonia During the War of the Spanish Succession Llibres de Matricula 2011 Format: PDF Pages: 136 Language: English Size: 22.8 MB
Memory of the World: The treasures that record our history from 1700 BC to the present day
 Author: UNESCO Memory of the World: The treasures that record our history from 1700 BC to the present day Collins 2012 Format: EPUB, PDF Size: 217, 103 Mb Language: English From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, priceless documentary heritage records the diversity of languages, peoples and knowledge that has influenced humanity from the early days of human history to the present. This heritage documents important events, discoveries or inventions that have transformed the world. The UNESCO Memory of the World programme was created to preserve these recorded treasures of humanity and mobilize resources so that future generations can enjoy this legacy which is preserved in the major libraries, archives and museums across the globe. This book is a full listing of all entries on the official UNESCO Memory of the World international register: • Unique list of documentary heritage from around the world • Photographs and descriptions for 244 precious documents • All entries identified by the UNESCO International Advisory Committee and endorsed by the Director-General Entries include: • 42-line Gutenberg Bible, printed on vellum • Archives of the International Prisoners of War Agency, 1914-1923 • Bayeux Tapestry • Magna Carta, issued in 1215 • Philippine Paleographs (Hanunoo, Buid, Tagbanua and Pala’wan) • The Endeavour Journal of James Cook • The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming 1939) • Russian posters of the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries • The Battle of the Somme documentary • The Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem
Ramillies 1706: Year of Miracles
 Author: James Falkner Ramillies 1706: Year of Miracles Pen and Sword Military Battleground Marlborough ISBN: 0850526612 2006 Format: EPUB Pages: 144 Size: 3 Mb Language: English On Sunday 23 May 1706, near the village of Ramillies in modern Belgium, the Anglo-Dutch army commanded by John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, inflicted a devastating defeat on the French army of the Duke de Villeroi. Marlborough's triumph on that day ranks alongside Blenheim as one of the great feats of his extraordinary military career. The French army was shattered physically and morally and, as a result, Marlborough's army overran almost all of the Spanish Netherlands in the next six weeks, and gained an unshakeable advantage over the armed might of Louis XIV's France during the long War of the Spanish Succession.
Campaigns in Mississippi and Tennessee, February-December 1864 (The U.S. Army Campaigns of the Civil War)
 Author: Derek W. Frisby Campaigns in Mississippi and Tennessee, February-December 1864 (The U.S. Army Campaigns of the Civil War) Center of Military History 2014 Format: PDF Pages: 68 Language: English Size: 8.5 MB The Campaigns in Mississippi and Tennessee, February–December 1864, by Derek W. Frisby, begins with an examination of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Meridian Expedition, often called a dress rehearsal for the more famous March to the Sea. He then follows with an account of the operations of Confederate cavalry commander Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, including the notorious Fort Pillow Massacre and the brilliantly executed Battle of Brice's Crossroads. Frisby concludes his excellent study with a narrative of the pivotal Battles of Franklin and Nashville.
Fighting Ships and Prisons: The Mediterranean Galleys of France in the Age of Louis XIV
 Author: Paul W. Bamford Fighting Ships and Prisons: The Mediterranean Galleys of France in the Age of Louis XIV The University of Minnesota Press ISBN: 0816606552 1973 Format: PDF Pages: 397 Size: 21 Mb Language: English Fighting Ships and Prisons: The Mediterranean Galleys of France in the Age of Louis XIV
Fertility And Pleasure: Ritual And Sexual Values in Tokugawa Japan
 Author: William R. Lindsey Fertility And Pleasure: Ritual And Sexual Values in Tokugawa Japan Univ of Hawaii Pr 2006 Format: PDF Size: 3.1 Mb Language: English As their ubiquitous presence in Tokugawa artwork and literature suggests, images of bourgeois wives and courtesans took on iconic status as representations of two opposing sets of female values. Their differences, both real and idealized, indicate the full range of female roles and sexual values affirmed by Tokugawa society, with Buddhist celibacy on the one end and the relatively free sexual associations of the urban and rural lower classes on the other. The roles of courtesan and bourgeois housewife were each tied to a set of value-based behaviors, the primary institution to which a woman belonged, and rituals that sought to model a woman's comportment in her interactions with men and figures of authority. For housewives, it was fertility values, promulgated by lifestyle guides and moral texts, which embraced the ideals of female obedience, loyalty to the husband's household, and sexual activity aimed at producing an heir. Pleasure values, by contrast, flourished in the prostitution quarters and embraced playful relations and nonreproductive sexual activity designed to increase the bordello's bottom line. What William Lindsey reveals in this well-researched study is that, although the values that idealized the role of wife and courtesan were highly disparate, the rituals, symbols, and popular practices both engaged in exhibited a degree of similitude and parallelism. "Fertility and Pleasure" examines the rituals available to young women in the household and pleasure quarters that could be employed to affirm, transcend, or resist these sets of sexual values. In doing so it affords new views of Tokugawa society and Japanese religion. Highly original in its theoretical approach and its juxtaposition of texts, "Fertility and Pleasure" constitutes an important addition to the fields of Japanese religion and history and the study of gender and sexuality in other societies and cultures.
Civil War Generalship: The Art Of Command
 Author: W. J. Wood Civil War Generalship The Art Of Command Da Capo Press ISBN: 0306809737 2000 Format: PDF Size: 27,4 МБ Language: English Pages: 288 In this unique examination of Civil War leadership, W. J. Wood looks at the tactical and strategic problems that threatened to overwhelm untried Civil War generals and the pragmatic strategies, born of necessity, that they developed to solve them. Focusing on three decisive battles involving six generals, Wood provides the background necessary to understand the problems confronting commanders on both sides of the war, then looks at the campaign of Cedar Mountain, directed by Stonewall Jackson and Nathaniel Banks; the battle of Chickamauga, where Confederate Army leader Braxton Bragg and Union General William Rosecrans faced each other; the battle of Nashville, where Jon Bell Hood led his Southern troops against George H. Thomas and his Union army. Deftly describing the art of war these men developed, an art that provides paradigms for military leaders to this day, Wood demonstrate why Civil War remains a topic of never-diminishing interest.
The Sources of Social Power: Volume 1, A History of Power from the Beginning to AD 1760
 Author: Michael Mann The Sources of Social Power: Volume 1, A History of Power from the Beginning to AD 1760 Cambridge University Press 2005 Format: pdf Language: English Size: 16.17 MB This is the first part of a three-volume work on the nature of power in human societies. In it, Michael Mann identifies the four principal 'sources' of power as being control over economic, ideological, military, and political resources. He examines the interrelations between these in a narrative history of power from Neolithic times, through ancient Near Eastern civilisations, the classical Mediterranean age, and medieval Europe, up to just before the Industrial Revolution in England. Rejecting the conventional monolithic concept of a 'society', Dr. Mann's model is instead one of a series of overlapping, intersecting power networks. He makes this model operational by focusing on the logistics of power - how the flow of information, manpower, and goods is controlled over social and geographical space-thereby clarifying many of the 'great debates' in sociological theory. The present volume offers explanations of the emergence of the state and social stratification.
Shadow Warriors: A History of the US Army Rangers (Osprey General Military)
 Author: Mir Bahmanyar Shadow Warriors: A History of the US Army Rangers Osprey Publishing Osprey General Military ISBN: 184176860X 2005 Format: PDF (e-book) Pages: 335 Size: 7 Mb Language: English No American military unit can claim as colorful and volatile a history as the Rangers, who have led the way in America's wars for well over 300 years. This book traces the Rangers from the time of Robert Rogers during the French-Indian War of the 18th century to the most recent combat operations in Iraq.
Early Mapping of the Pacific: The Epic Story of Seafarers, Adventurers, and Cartographers Who Mapped the Earth's Greatest Ocean
 Author: Thomas Suarez Early Mapping of the Pacific: The Epic Story of Seafarers, Adventurers, and Cartographers Who Mapped the Earth's Greatest Ocean Periplus 2004 ISBN: 0794600921 Language: English Pages: 265 Format: EPUB Size: 46,50 МБ 290 full-color and b&w maps and early prints. Fully illustrated history of the Pacific Ocean from Portuguese mariners to 20th centuy explorers that includes a cornucopia of rare and beautiful maps of the Pacific Ocean, in particular, Hawaii, Tahiti, Australia, and New Zealand, among other Pacific Islands and territories. The text traces the exploration, and charting of the great ocean, and follows the story from classical times through the turn of the 20th century, telling the tales of seafarers who ventured eastward from Asia and were the Pacific's greatest explorers.
The Sources of Social Power: Volume 2, The Rise of Classes and Nation States 1760-1914
 Author: Michael Mann The Sources of Social Power: Volume 2, The Rise of Classes and Nation States 1760-1914 Cambridge University Press 2006 Format: pdf Language: English Size: 8.82 MBThis second volume of Michael Mann's analytical history of social power deals with power relations between the Industrial Revolution and the First World War, focusing on France, Great Britain, Hapsburg Austria, Prussia/Germany and the United States. Based on considerable empirical research it provides original theories of the rise of nations and nationalism, of class conflict, of the modern state and of modern militarism. While not afraid to generalize, it also stresses social and historical complexity. The author sees human society as "a patterned mess" and attempts to provide a sociological theory appropriate to this. This theory culminates in the final chapter, an original explanation of the causes of the First World War
The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson: The Mortal Wounding of the Confederacy's Greatest Icon
 Author: Chris Mackowski, Kristopher White The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson: The Mortal Wounding of the Confederacy's Greatest Icon Savas Beatie 2013 ISBN: 1611211506 Format: EPUB Size: 19,0 МБ Language: English Pages: 168 May 1863. The Civil War was in its third spring, and Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas Jonathan Jackson stood at the peak of his fame. He had arisen from obscurity to become “Old Stonewall,” adored across the South and feared and respected throughout the North. On the night of May 2, however, just hours after Jackson executed the most audacious maneuver of his career and delivered a crushing blow against an unsuspecting Union army at Chancellorsville, disaster struck. The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson recounts the events of that fateful night—considered one of the most pivotal moments of the war—and the tense vigil that ensued as Jackson struggled with a foe even he could not defeat. From Guinea Station, where Jackson crosses the river to rest under the shade of the trees, the story follows Jackson’s funeral and burial, the strange story of his amputated arm, and the creation and restoration of the building where he died (now known as the Stonewall Jackson Shrine). This newly revised and expanded second edition features more than 50 pages of fresh material, including almost 200 illustrations, maps, and eye-catching photos.
U.S. History I: United States History 1607-1865
 Author: Sage H.J. U.S. History I: United States History 1607-1865 Academic American History 2010 Format: pdf Size: 10 Mbyte Contents Preface History 121: U.S. History I Course Description & Objectives Introduction to American History Part 1: Colonial American History, 1607-1763 Documents of Colonial American History Part 2: Era of the American Revolution, 1763-1800 Documents of the American Revolution Era Part 3: Jeffersonian and Jacksonian Democracy Documents of American History 1800-1840 Part 4: Expansion and War: The United States 1840-1865 Documents 1840-1865
Full-Color Sourcebook of French Fashion: 15th to 19th Centuries
 Author: Pauquet Frères Full-Color Sourcebook of French Fashion: 15th to 19th Centuries Dover Fashion and Costumes 2003 Format: PDF Language: English Size: 36 MB 500 years of French fashion are reproduced directly from a rare and valuable 19th-century publication. Artfully rendered illustrations progress chronologically from the voluminous robes of 15th-century royalty to the Empire styles of the Napoleonic era. Members of the nobility are well represented, as are dapper pages, knights, chambermaids, milkmaids, and shepherdesses. 76 full-color plates.
Exploring War and Weapons
 Author: Brian Williams Exploring War and Weapons Warwick Press 1979 Format: PDF Pages: 26 Language: English Size: 23 MB Highlights techniques of warfare from Roman times to the present day.
The Family Tree Historical Maps Book - Europe: A Country-by-Country Atlas of European History, 1700s-1900s
 The Family Tree Historical Maps Book - Europe: A Country-by-Country Atlas of European History, 1700s-1900s Author: Allison Dolan Family Tree Books 2015 ISBN-13: 978-1440342042 Pages: 224 Language: English Format: Epub Size: 100 MB Journey to the Old Country From Ireland to Italy, Portugal to Poland, Germany to Greece, and everywhere in between, explore your ancestors' European homelands through more than 200 gorgeous reproductions of 18th-century maps, 19th-century and early 20th-century maps. These full-color period maps--covering the peak years of European immigration to America--will help you understand changing boundaries in ancestral countries, and inform your search for genealogical records. Inside you'll find: Historical maps of the European continent showing how national borders evolved over three centuries Detailed country maps illustrating key geographical units--provinces, counties, regions, cities and more Time lines of important events in each country's history Lists of administrative divisions by country for easy reference. A complete index to aid in viewing maps of interest in greater detail online. This country-by-country atlas is an indispensable tool for European genealogy. Put your ancestral origins in geographical context, unravel the boundary changes that trip up genealogists, and envision the old country as your ancestors knew it. The book is also a valuable reference for teachers, homeschooling parents and anyone with an interest in European history. Time travel across the continent with the Family Tree Historical Maps Book: Europe.
|
|
World History
