The sixteenth-century Mediterranean witnessed the expansion of both European and Middle Eastern civilizations, under the guises of the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman empire. Here, Andrew C. Hess considers the relations between these two dynasties in light of the social, economic, and political affairs at the frontiers between North Africa and the Iberian peninsula.
Here, in this remarkable, previously unknown collection of 230 of his photographs from 1800s to 1900, we see a Florida we will never see again.
Recreates the frontier era in southeastern and south central New Mexico through the eyes of such characters as John Chisum and Pat Garrett.
Sophie follows her husband, Dr. Alfred Fritze from the rich city life in Prussia to the poverty of the American frontier where their survival is challenged by the long frigid Minnesota winter so cold it swallows up hope and leaves privation ...
Role of Indian Tea Association in assisting the refugees from upper Burma escape into India during World War, 1939-1945.
The Forgotten Frontier: Ranchers of North Brazil
102 Puritans covet Maine , disparage Mainers ( 1650 ) : Clark ( 1976 ) , pp . 39–41 ; Churchill in MEHSQ , pp . 34–35 ; Clark ( 1970 ) , p . 31 . 102 Maine governing itself : Clark ( 1970 ) , p . 48 ; Churchill in MEHSQ , pp . 32–33 .
Presents a history of the period during which the Eastern seaboard was a frontier between colonizing Europeans and Native Americans.
The catalog of an exhibition exploring the founding history of coastal New Hampshire and southern Maine during the turbulent century of the 1600s, told through the lives of eight individuals who vied for control of the landscape and their ...
This work reflects part of the history of Wyoming coal mining.
Russian news portal aimed at Russians living in the United States. It has links to related Russian American portals devoted to life in particular U.S. cities such as Russian Chicago,...