Author: Lawrence A. Clayton
Publisher: Lawrence Clayton
ISBN: 9780915463251
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Grace
Author: Lawrence A. Clayton
Publisher: Lawrence Clayton
ISBN: 9780915463251
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Publisher: Lawrence Clayton
ISBN: 9780915463251
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Tales of San Francisco
Author: Samuel Dickson
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804720977
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
Seventy-two colorful stories about the men and women, the places and events that have contributed to San Francisco's flamboyant history are included in this one-volume edition of Samuel Dickson's three popular books, San Francisco Is Your Home, San Francisco Kaleidoscope, and The Streets of San Francisco.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804720977
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
Seventy-two colorful stories about the men and women, the places and events that have contributed to San Francisco's flamboyant history are included in this one-volume edition of Samuel Dickson's three popular books, San Francisco Is Your Home, San Francisco Kaleidoscope, and The Streets of San Francisco.
Merchant Adventurer
Author: Marquis James
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 058511885X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Marquis James's penchant for the sturdy individualists of our history, which has twice led him to a Pulitzer Prize, finds a sympathetic new subject in W. R. Grace, the Irish immigrant boy who not only opened new fields to American commerce but also became an outstanding mayor of New York and a powerful amateur in national politics. In this warm, nostalgic story, made possible by his access to the files of W. R. Grace & Co., James combines his gift for biography and his close acquaintance with business history to investigate a characteristic phenomenon of American life.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 058511885X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Marquis James's penchant for the sturdy individualists of our history, which has twice led him to a Pulitzer Prize, finds a sympathetic new subject in W. R. Grace, the Irish immigrant boy who not only opened new fields to American commerce but also became an outstanding mayor of New York and a powerful amateur in national politics. In this warm, nostalgic story, made possible by his access to the files of W. R. Grace & Co., James combines his gift for biography and his close acquaintance with business history to investigate a characteristic phenomenon of American life.
Strangers on Familiar Soil
Author: Edward D. Melillo
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300206623
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
A wide-ranging exploration of the diverse historical connections between Chile and California This groundbreaking history explores the many unrecognized, enduring linkages between the state of California and the country of Chile. The book begins in 1786, when a French expedition brought the potato from Chile to California, and it concludes with Chilean president Michelle Bachelet's diplomatic visit to the Golden State in 2008. During the intervening centuries, new crops, foods, fertilizers, mining technologies, laborers, and ideas from Chile radically altered California's development. In turn, Californian systems of servitude, exotic species, educational programs, and capitalist development strategies dramatically shaped Chilean history. Edward Dallam Melillo develops a new set of historical perspectives--tracing eastward-moving trends in U.S. history, uncovering South American influences on North America's development, and reframing the Western Hemisphere from a Pacific vantage point. His innovative approach yields transnational insights and recovers long-forgotten connections between the peoples and ecosystems of Chile and California.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300206623
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
A wide-ranging exploration of the diverse historical connections between Chile and California This groundbreaking history explores the many unrecognized, enduring linkages between the state of California and the country of Chile. The book begins in 1786, when a French expedition brought the potato from Chile to California, and it concludes with Chilean president Michelle Bachelet's diplomatic visit to the Golden State in 2008. During the intervening centuries, new crops, foods, fertilizers, mining technologies, laborers, and ideas from Chile radically altered California's development. In turn, Californian systems of servitude, exotic species, educational programs, and capitalist development strategies dramatically shaped Chilean history. Edward Dallam Melillo develops a new set of historical perspectives--tracing eastward-moving trends in U.S. history, uncovering South American influences on North America's development, and reframing the Western Hemisphere from a Pacific vantage point. His innovative approach yields transnational insights and recovers long-forgotten connections between the peoples and ecosystems of Chile and California.
Bulletin
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Languages : en
Pages : 1748
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Languages : en
Pages : 1748
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Bulletin of the Pan American Union
Author: Pan American Union
Publisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 708
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 708
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An Emperor Among Us
Author: David St. John
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475961049
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
As cigar smoke hangs heavy in Mark Twain's sitting room, the members of the Monday Evening Club eagerly await his presentation, which they think will be the reading of his paper The Decay of the Art of Lying. Instead, Twain changes his mind and enthralls his audience with the true tale of one man's unconventional and fascinating journey through life. It is 1849 when a thirty-one-year-old Jewish South African immigrant sails into San Francisco Bay with forty thousand dollars in his pocket, coming to join the Gold Rush but eventually finding his fortune in real estate and commerce. Just a few short years after Joshua Norton finally realizes success, however, he fails beyond his darkest nightmares. Now delusional and nearly penniless, he proclaims himself the Emperor of the United States as he aimlessly wanders the streets of San Francisco. As Emperor Norton unintentionally becomes a vital part of the young city, the people afford him the respect of a true monarch as he issues proclamations that, under his fictional rule, bring a much-needed renaissance of civility to society. An Emperor Among Us tells the intriguing tale of a remarkable eccentric who wove a unique, gentle, and civilized thread into the rough and tumble fabric of early San Francisco.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475961049
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
As cigar smoke hangs heavy in Mark Twain's sitting room, the members of the Monday Evening Club eagerly await his presentation, which they think will be the reading of his paper The Decay of the Art of Lying. Instead, Twain changes his mind and enthralls his audience with the true tale of one man's unconventional and fascinating journey through life. It is 1849 when a thirty-one-year-old Jewish South African immigrant sails into San Francisco Bay with forty thousand dollars in his pocket, coming to join the Gold Rush but eventually finding his fortune in real estate and commerce. Just a few short years after Joshua Norton finally realizes success, however, he fails beyond his darkest nightmares. Now delusional and nearly penniless, he proclaims himself the Emperor of the United States as he aimlessly wanders the streets of San Francisco. As Emperor Norton unintentionally becomes a vital part of the young city, the people afford him the respect of a true monarch as he issues proclamations that, under his fictional rule, bring a much-needed renaissance of civility to society. An Emperor Among Us tells the intriguing tale of a remarkable eccentric who wove a unique, gentle, and civilized thread into the rough and tumble fabric of early San Francisco.
Chile-Peru
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 430
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The Century of U.S. Capitalism in Latin America
Author: Thomas F. O'Brien
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826319968
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Traces the development of U.S. business interests in Latin America from the early 19th century to the present.
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826319968
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Traces the development of U.S. business interests in Latin America from the early 19th century to the present.
The Resources of Peru: Its Invaluable Guano Deposits, Nitrate of Soda and Borate ... Fourth Edition, Etc
Author: George PEACOCK (F.R.G.S.)
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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