Author: Patrick Beillevaire
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9784931444331
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
This collection gathers all the primary texts, some rare or hitherto unpublished, written on Ryukyu by Western visitors, scholars, and missionaries from the 16th century to the eve of World War II. This first set of five volumes covers the period up to the arrival of Commodore Perry in 1854. It is of interest to historians and anthropologists, as well as to everyone who wants to understand the background of Okinawa's persistent distinctiveness and of its complex relations with the Japanese governments.
Ryūkyū Studies to 1854
Author: Patrick Beillevaire
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9784931444331
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
This collection gathers all the primary texts, some rare or hitherto unpublished, written on Ryukyu by Western visitors, scholars, and missionaries from the 16th century to the eve of World War II. This first set of five volumes covers the period up to the arrival of Commodore Perry in 1854. It is of interest to historians and anthropologists, as well as to everyone who wants to understand the background of Okinawa's persistent distinctiveness and of its complex relations with the Japanese governments.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9784931444331
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
This collection gathers all the primary texts, some rare or hitherto unpublished, written on Ryukyu by Western visitors, scholars, and missionaries from the 16th century to the eve of World War II. This first set of five volumes covers the period up to the arrival of Commodore Perry in 1854. It is of interest to historians and anthropologists, as well as to everyone who wants to understand the background of Okinawa's persistent distinctiveness and of its complex relations with the Japanese governments.
Prelude, a Novel
Author: Helen Taylor Davidson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781931807807
Category : Abolitionists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In the spring of 1854 seventeen-year-old Adeline Elizabeth Hoe began to keep a daily diary. . . centuries later, her descendant brought it to life in a novel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781931807807
Category : Abolitionists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In the spring of 1854 seventeen-year-old Adeline Elizabeth Hoe began to keep a daily diary. . . centuries later, her descendant brought it to life in a novel
History of the Shawnee Indians, from the Year 1681 to 1854, Inclusive
Author: Henry Harvey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The Siege of Sevastopol, 1854–1855
Author: Anthony Dawson
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1848329598
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
A history of the grueling Crimean War battle as told through personal accounts of those who fought there. The Crimean War, the most destructive and deadly war of the nineteenth century, has been the subject of countless books, yet historian Anthony Dawson has amassed an astonishing collection of previously unknown and unpublished material, including numerous letters and private journals. Many untapped French sources reveal aspects of the fighting in the Crimea that have never been portrayed before. The accounts demonstrate the suffering of the troops during the savage winter and the ravages of cholera and dysentery that resulted in the deaths of more than 16,000 British troops and 75,000 French. Whilst there is graphic first-hand testimony from those that fought up the slopes of the Alma, in the valley of death at Balaklava, and the fog of Inkerman, the book focusses upon the siege; the great artillery bombardments, the storming of the Redan and the Mamelon, and the largest man-made hole in history up to that time when the Russians blew up the defences they could not hold, with their own men inside. The Siege of Sevastopol also highlights, for the first time, the fourth major engagement in the Crimea, the Battle of the Tchernaya in August 1855, the Russians’ last great attempt to break the siege. This predominantly French-fought battle has never before examined in such in English language books. Praise for The Siege of Sevastopol, 1854–1855 “In this fascinating book, the voices of men involved in the war in the Crimea are heard for the first time. Compelling and intriguing stuff.” —Books Monthly “The author has collected a large amount of previously unpublished material for this new work. Entries from private letters and journal are mixed with French sources previously unused in the English-speaking world. The result is a work that effectively conveys the thoughts and experiences of the participants to the reader.” —Warfare History Network
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1848329598
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
A history of the grueling Crimean War battle as told through personal accounts of those who fought there. The Crimean War, the most destructive and deadly war of the nineteenth century, has been the subject of countless books, yet historian Anthony Dawson has amassed an astonishing collection of previously unknown and unpublished material, including numerous letters and private journals. Many untapped French sources reveal aspects of the fighting in the Crimea that have never been portrayed before. The accounts demonstrate the suffering of the troops during the savage winter and the ravages of cholera and dysentery that resulted in the deaths of more than 16,000 British troops and 75,000 French. Whilst there is graphic first-hand testimony from those that fought up the slopes of the Alma, in the valley of death at Balaklava, and the fog of Inkerman, the book focusses upon the siege; the great artillery bombardments, the storming of the Redan and the Mamelon, and the largest man-made hole in history up to that time when the Russians blew up the defences they could not hold, with their own men inside. The Siege of Sevastopol also highlights, for the first time, the fourth major engagement in the Crimea, the Battle of the Tchernaya in August 1855, the Russians’ last great attempt to break the siege. This predominantly French-fought battle has never before examined in such in English language books. Praise for The Siege of Sevastopol, 1854–1855 “In this fascinating book, the voices of men involved in the war in the Crimea are heard for the first time. Compelling and intriguing stuff.” —Books Monthly “The author has collected a large amount of previously unpublished material for this new work. Entries from private letters and journal are mixed with French sources previously unused in the English-speaking world. The result is a work that effectively conveys the thoughts and experiences of the participants to the reader.” —Warfare History Network
Reports ... from 1852 to ... 1854(-1867). By A. F. Irvine
Author: Scotland. High Court of Justiciary
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Places of 5,345 Stars Observed from 1828 to 1854, at the Armagh Observatory
Author: Armagh Observatory
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Stars
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Stars
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
Army Meteorological Register, for Twelve Years, from 1843 to 1854
Author: United States. Surgeon-General's Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
The Equity Reports, 1853-1855: Michaelmas term, 1853 to Michaelmas term, 1854, l7 & 18 Vict
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Equity
Languages : en
Pages : 1680
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Equity
Languages : en
Pages : 1680
Book Description
The Morgans
Author: Vincent P. Carosso
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674587298
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 940
Book Description
The House of Morgan personified economic power in the late 19th/early 20th centuries. Carosso constructs an in-depth account of the evolution, operations, and management of the Morgan banks at London, New York, Philadelphia, and Paris, from the time Junius Spencer Morgan left Boston for London to the death of his son, John Pierpont Morgan.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674587298
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 940
Book Description
The House of Morgan personified economic power in the late 19th/early 20th centuries. Carosso constructs an in-depth account of the evolution, operations, and management of the Morgan banks at London, New York, Philadelphia, and Paris, from the time Junius Spencer Morgan left Boston for London to the death of his son, John Pierpont Morgan.
The American Fraternity
Author: Cynthia Robinson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781942084556
Category : Artists' books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"The American Fraternity is a photobook that provides an intimate and provocative look at Greek culture on college campuses by combining contemporary photographs with scanned pages from a wax-stained 60 year old ritual manual. This book will shed new light on the peculiarities of the fraternal orders which count seventy-five percent of modern U.S. presidents, senators, justices, and executives among their members. These mysterious campus organizations are filled with arcane oaths and ceremonies and this book attempts to capture within its pages some of this dark power"--Publisher's website, January 23, 2019.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781942084556
Category : Artists' books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"The American Fraternity is a photobook that provides an intimate and provocative look at Greek culture on college campuses by combining contemporary photographs with scanned pages from a wax-stained 60 year old ritual manual. This book will shed new light on the peculiarities of the fraternal orders which count seventy-five percent of modern U.S. presidents, senators, justices, and executives among their members. These mysterious campus organizations are filled with arcane oaths and ceremonies and this book attempts to capture within its pages some of this dark power"--Publisher's website, January 23, 2019.