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The founding of Israel in 1948--one of the seminal events of the century--offers a heroic narrative with few parallels in modern history. In 1949, a controversial best-seller in Israel, Tom Segev draws on thousands of declassified documents along with personal diaries and corres…
"Settler societies are those in which European migrants have become politically dominant over indigenous peoples and a heterogeneous social structure has developed. They offer a unique prism for understanding the complex relations of gender, race, ethnicity and class in contempo…
The Fort Langley journals, 1827-30
by Maclachlan, Morag, Suttles, Wayne
fromPioneers of British Columbia
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The Fort Langley journals, 1827-30
by Maclachlan, Morag, Suttles, Wayne P.
fromPioneers of British Columbia
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Type: Book
"In the summer of 1827 a party left Fort Vancouver to found Fort Langley on the Lower Fraser to link fur-rich New Caledonia to the Pacific." "One of the responsibilities of the person in charge of a fur trade post was to maintain a daily record or assign that task to a clerk. Th…
'Envisioning an English Empire' brings together leading historians and literary scholars to reframe our understanding of the history of Jamestown and the literature of empire that emerged from it.
Envisioning an English Empire examines the founding of Jamestown in 1607 within its global, political, and cultural contexts.
Soldiers and settlers in Africa, 1850-1918
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"Big Chief Elizabeth is the swashbuckling story of the extraordinary attempts by English adventurers to claim, divide, and colonize what would be the biggest jewel in Queen Elizabeth's crown: North America. From Richard Hore's 1536 journey to the ill-fated Sir Humfrey Gilbert's …
"Big Chief Elizabeth is the swashbuckling story of the extraordinary attempts by English adventurers to claim, divide, and colonize what would be the biggest jewel in Queen Elizabeth's crown: North America. From Richard Hore's 1536 journey to the ill-fated Sir Humfrey Gilbert's …
"Big Chief Elizabeth is the swashbuckling story of the extraordinary attempts by English adventurers to claim, divide, and colonize what would be the biggest jewel in Queen Elizabeth's crown: North America. From Richard Hore's 1536 journey to the ill-fated Sir Humfrey Gilbert's …
"Land ownership was not the sole reason for conflict between Indians and English, Jenny Pulsipher writes in Subjects unto the Same King, a book that redefines the relationship between Indians and colonists in seventeenth-century New England. Rather, the story was much more compl…
"Land ownership was not the sole reason for conflict between Indians and English, Jenny Pulsipher writes in Subjects unto the Same King, a book that redefines the relationship between Indians and colonists in seventeenth-century New England. Rather, the story was much more compl…
Offering an analysis of a crucial moment in American history, this work redefines the relationship between Indians and colonists in 17th century New England.
"Land ownership was not the sole reason for conflict between Indians and English, Jenny Pulsipher writes in Subjects unto the Same King, a book that redefines the relationship between Indians and colonists in seventeenth-century New England. Rather, the story was much more compl…
"Bennett relies heavily upon the oral tradition, and she embraces the diverse disciplines of folklore, history, geography, literature, sociology, agriculture, botany, and home economics in the creation of this book." "Oatmeal and the Catechism will be of interest to scholars and…
"Bennett relies heavily upon the oral tradition, and she embraces the diverse disciplines of folklore, history, geography, literature, sociology, agriculture, botany, and home economics in the creation of this book." "Oatmeal and the Catechism will be of interest to scholars and…