Author: John Raimo
Publisher: Westport, Ct. : Meckler Books
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Come celebrate the magic of fall. The leaves are falling--count them all!
Biographical Directory of American Colonial and Revolutionary Governors, 1607-1789
Author: John Raimo
Publisher: Westport, Ct. : Meckler Books
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Come celebrate the magic of fall. The leaves are falling--count them all!
Publisher: Westport, Ct. : Meckler Books
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Come celebrate the magic of fall. The leaves are falling--count them all!
Governor's Houses and State Houses of British Colonial America, 1607-1783
Author: Hoke P. Kimball
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786470518
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
This comprehensive survey of British colonial governors' houses and buildings used as state houses or capitols in the North American colonies begins with the founding of the Virginia Colony and ends with American independence. In addition to the 13 colonies that became the United States in 1783, the study includes three colonies in present-day Florida and Canada--East Florida, West Florida and the Province of Quebec--obtained by Great Britain after the French and Indian War.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786470518
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
This comprehensive survey of British colonial governors' houses and buildings used as state houses or capitols in the North American colonies begins with the founding of the Virginia Colony and ends with American independence. In addition to the 13 colonies that became the United States in 1783, the study includes three colonies in present-day Florida and Canada--East Florida, West Florida and the Province of Quebec--obtained by Great Britain after the French and Indian War.
Military Governors and Imperial Frontiers C. 1600-1800
Author: Andrew MacKillop
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004129702
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This volume examines Scots serving as governors in the empires of Denmark-Norway, Sweden, Russia, and the Atlantic and South Asian sectors of the British Empire with a view to understanding Scotland's distinctive participation within European imperialism.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004129702
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This volume examines Scots serving as governors in the empires of Denmark-Norway, Sweden, Russia, and the Atlantic and South Asian sectors of the British Empire with a view to understanding Scotland's distinctive participation within European imperialism.
Colonial America and the Earl of Halifax, 1748-1761
Author: Andrew David Michael Beaumont
Publisher:
ISBN: 0198723970
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Colonial America and the Early of Halifax examines the governance of British America in the period prior to the American Revolution. Focusing upon the career of George Montagu Dunk, Second Earl of Halifax and First Lord of the Board of Trade & Plantations (1716-1771), it explores colonial planners and policy-makers during the political hiatus between the age of Walpole and the subsequent age of imperial crisis. As ambitious metropolitan politicians vied for ministerial dominance, Halifax's board played a vital role in shaping British perceptions of its growing empire. A repository of information and intelligence, the board offered Halifax the opportunity to establish his own niche interest, for the good of the empire and himself alike. Challenging the view that Britain's attitude towards its American colonies was one of ignorance compounded by complacency, this study explores those charged directly with governing America, from the imperial centre to its westward peripheries: the governors entrusted with maintaining the royal prerogative, and implementing reform. Between 1748 and 1761, Halifax sought to reform the America from a motley assortment of territories into an ordered, uniform asset of the imperial nation-state. Exploring the governors themselves reveals a complex, modern network of professional and personal loyalties, bound together through mutual self-interest under Halifax's leadership. Confronted by the Seven Years' War, Halifax saw his plans and followers dissipate in the face of global conflict, the results of which established British America, and also sowed the seeds of its eventual destruction in 1776. Long overshadowed by the acknowledged 'great men' of his age, this study restores Halifax and his interest to its rightful place as a significant influence upon major historical events, illustrating his grand, elaborate vision for an alternative British America that never was.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0198723970
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Colonial America and the Early of Halifax examines the governance of British America in the period prior to the American Revolution. Focusing upon the career of George Montagu Dunk, Second Earl of Halifax and First Lord of the Board of Trade & Plantations (1716-1771), it explores colonial planners and policy-makers during the political hiatus between the age of Walpole and the subsequent age of imperial crisis. As ambitious metropolitan politicians vied for ministerial dominance, Halifax's board played a vital role in shaping British perceptions of its growing empire. A repository of information and intelligence, the board offered Halifax the opportunity to establish his own niche interest, for the good of the empire and himself alike. Challenging the view that Britain's attitude towards its American colonies was one of ignorance compounded by complacency, this study explores those charged directly with governing America, from the imperial centre to its westward peripheries: the governors entrusted with maintaining the royal prerogative, and implementing reform. Between 1748 and 1761, Halifax sought to reform the America from a motley assortment of territories into an ordered, uniform asset of the imperial nation-state. Exploring the governors themselves reveals a complex, modern network of professional and personal loyalties, bound together through mutual self-interest under Halifax's leadership. Confronted by the Seven Years' War, Halifax saw his plans and followers dissipate in the face of global conflict, the results of which established British America, and also sowed the seeds of its eventual destruction in 1776. Long overshadowed by the acknowledged 'great men' of his age, this study restores Halifax and his interest to its rightful place as a significant influence upon major historical events, illustrating his grand, elaborate vision for an alternative British America that never was.
Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5: Families G-P
Author: John Frederick Dorman
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806317632
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1126
Book Description
"The foundation for this work is the Muster of Jan 1624/25 which had never before been printed in full."--Page xiii, volume 1.
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806317632
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1126
Book Description
"The foundation for this work is the Muster of Jan 1624/25 which had never before been printed in full."--Page xiii, volume 1.
The Fathers of American Presidents
Author: Jeff C. Young
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476611998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Farmers, shopkeepers, businessmen, politicians--the fathers of the presidents of the United States have come from a wide variety of professions and all walks of life. In many cases, they provided their sons and future presidents with a political philosophy that they carried to the White House. In a few instances, the politics of the son differed significantly from that of his father. This unique reference work provides biographies of both the biological and adoptive fathers of the 41 men who have served as president of the United States. Were the personalities of the father and son similar? What role did the father play in the son's upbringing? How did the father's view influence the son's? These questions and others are covered in each entry, in addition to the biographical sketches of the fathers of the presidents.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476611998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Farmers, shopkeepers, businessmen, politicians--the fathers of the presidents of the United States have come from a wide variety of professions and all walks of life. In many cases, they provided their sons and future presidents with a political philosophy that they carried to the White House. In a few instances, the politics of the son differed significantly from that of his father. This unique reference work provides biographies of both the biological and adoptive fathers of the 41 men who have served as president of the United States. Were the personalities of the father and son similar? What role did the father play in the son's upbringing? How did the father's view influence the son's? These questions and others are covered in each entry, in addition to the biographical sketches of the fathers of the presidents.
The Correspondence of Robert Boyle, 1636-1691
Author: Lawrence M Principe
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 100053121X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 3368
Book Description
Robert Boyle (1627-1691) was one of the most influential scientific and theological thinkers of his time. This is the first edition of his correspondence, transcribed from the original manuscripts. It is fully annotated, with an introduction and general index and is a set of 6 volumes covering the period of 1636 to 1691
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 100053121X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 3368
Book Description
Robert Boyle (1627-1691) was one of the most influential scientific and theological thinkers of his time. This is the first edition of his correspondence, transcribed from the original manuscripts. It is fully annotated, with an introduction and general index and is a set of 6 volumes covering the period of 1636 to 1691
A New Description of that Fertile and Pleasant Province of Carolina
Author: John Archdale
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Thomas Hutchinson and the Origins of the American Revolution
Author: Andrew Stephen Walmsley
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814793703
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
His consequent vilification became a vehicle through which the growing patriot movement sought to achieve legitimacy.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814793703
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
His consequent vilification became a vehicle through which the growing patriot movement sought to achieve legitimacy.
Reference Books Bulletin, 1983-1984
Author: American Library Association. Reference Books Bulletin Editorial Board
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780838932964
Category : Reference books
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780838932964
Category : Reference books
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description