James J. Hill

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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806174269
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Book Synopsis James J. Hill by : Michael P. Malone

Download or read book James J. Hill written by Michael P. Malone and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-06-14 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, Michael P. Malone provides a succinct interpretive biography of James J. Hill, the "Empire Builder"-so called for his work in developing the region of the United States between the Great Lakes and the Pacific Northwest. Malone explores Hill’s complex life and personality, his activities and interests, and recreates both the story of the railroad race to the Pacific and the complex interactions involved in the development of the region. "Michael Malone has written a model. . . .interpretative biography of James J. Hill. He has drawn on the research of others, published and unpublished, as he says, but also on his own knowledge of American economic development in Hill’s time as a leading historian of mining and of a state in whose development Hill’s railroads were major factors." -Earl Pomeroy, Professor of History, Retired, University of Oregon and University of California, San Diego

Play Among Books

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Publisher : Birkhäuser
ISBN 13 : 3035624054
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Play Among Books written by Miro Roman and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2021-12-06 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does coding change the way we think about architecture? This question opens up an important research perspective. In this book, Miro Roman and his AI Alice_ch3n81 develop a playful scenario in which they propose coding as the new literacy of information. They convey knowledge in the form of a project model that links the fields of architecture and information through two interwoven narrative strands in an “infinite flow” of real books. Focusing on the intersection of information technology and architectural formulation, the authors create an evolving intellectual reflection on digital architecture and computer science.

Edge of Empire

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Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307425711
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Book Synopsis Edge of Empire by : Maya Jasanoff

Download or read book Edge of Empire written by Maya Jasanoff and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this imaginative book, Maya Jasanoff uncovers the extraordinary stories of collectors who lived on the frontiers of the British Empire in India and Egypt, tracing their exploits to tell an intimate history of imperialism. Jasanoff delves beneath the grand narratives of power, exploitation, and resistance to look at the British Empire through the eyes of the people caught up in it. Written and researched on four continents, Edge of Empire enters a world where people lived, loved, mingled, and identified with one another in ways richer and more complex than previous accounts have led us to believe were possible. And as this book demonstrates, traces of that world remain tangible—and topical—today. An innovative, persuasive, and provocative work of history.

Empire of Cotton

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Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0375713964
Total Pages : 642 pages
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Book Synopsis Empire of Cotton by : Sven Beckert

Download or read book Empire of Cotton written by Sven Beckert and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE • A Pulitzer Prize finalist that's as unsettling as it is enlightening: a book that brilliantly weaves together the story of cotton with how the present global world came to exist. “Masterly … An astonishing achievement.” —The New York Times The empire of cotton was, from the beginning, a fulcrum of constant global struggle between slaves and planters, merchants and statesmen, workers and factory owners. Sven Beckert makes clear how these forces ushered in the world of modern capitalism, including the vast wealth and disturbing inequalities that are with us today. In a remarkably brief period, European entrepreneurs and powerful politicians recast the world’s most significant manufacturing industry, combining imperial expansion and slave labor with new machines and wage workers to make and remake global capitalism.

Empire-Builders

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Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267473434
Total Pages : 130 pages
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Book Synopsis Empire-Builders by : William Keatley Stride

Download or read book Empire-Builders written by William Keatley Stride and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Empire-Builders: A Course of Lectures These lectures - which may either be delivered verbatim, or serve as the quarry out of which school masters can hew their own materials - have been written with a twofold purpose first, to give some account of a few of the great men of the Empire and secondly, to suggest that the success of their work, whether consciously or unconsciously achieved, depended on certain qualities which all the builders possessed, though they combined them in varying proportions. King Alfred, by reason both of his station and his circumstances - and possibly also of his native genius - stands alone but I think that, because of the qualities which all had in common, any one of the last five could successfully have filled the posi tion and done the work of any of the others granted, of course, a similar training. Insight, promptitude, courage, tenacity, together with some conscience of what they did - these are the qualities which led the men of yesterday, and will lead the men of to-morrow, to the high places of the Universe and to the golden mountain-top where dwell the Spirits of the Dawn.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

On the Fringes of Power

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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442247363
Total Pages : 145 pages
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Book Synopsis On the Fringes of Power by : Mari Grana

Download or read book On the Fringes of Power written by Mari Grana and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Touted in his time as one of the “great men of the West,” Stephen Wallace Dorsey was a Reconstruction carpetbagger who went to Arkansas and finagled and bribed his way into getting elected to the US Senate after living only two years in the state before heading West to seek his fortune. From a fraudulent New Mexico land claim to taking up mining claims and real estate in Southern California, he used sheer cunning and guile to manipulate the system of the Gilded Age to his own ends. Dorsey was a major presence in early New Mexico—which was no-holds-barred frontier corruption—with his flair for excess. Excess is in everything he did, his manipulative 600,000-acre-land-grab, his political shenanigans, his excessive drinking, his extravagant lifestyle always on display. In his fraudulent dealings he was caught out—not by the law, but those more conniving than he was. His fantastic mansion in the middle of a still-today empty prairie in northeastern New Mexico was of state-wide historical importance before the state could no longer afford to keep it.

The Empire Builders and Other Poems (Classic Reprint)

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Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780260585387
Total Pages : 112 pages
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Book Synopsis The Empire Builders and Other Poems (Classic Reprint) by : Robert J. C. Stead

Download or read book The Empire Builders and Other Poems (Classic Reprint) written by Robert J. C. Stead and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-02 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Empire Builders and Other Poems Said the West to the East of a nation, The fruit of your loins am I, And I claim no other birthright And I own no other tie But the bond that is fixed between us And the blood that is yours and mine Yet nurture the child that is born you, Ere other arms entwine. And the West in his youthful vigor, Wrought earnestly, soon and late, As he planted the seeds of Empire, And knotted the thongs of Fate; And the East in her home at the Gateway Mused long o'er the problem deep, For the harvest was ripe to the sickle But the reapers were fast asleep! And she said, In my western vineyard, Where the hope of my future lies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Bill of Rights

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476743800
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Book Synopsis The Bill of Rights by : Carol Berkin

Download or read book The Bill of Rights written by Carol Berkin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how the Bill of Rights came into existence, detailing how the Founders argued over the contents of the document, reflecting an ideological divide between the power of the federal versus state governments that still exists to this day.

A Desolation Called Peace

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Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 125018648X
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Book Synopsis A Desolation Called Peace by : Arkady Martine

Download or read book A Desolation Called Peace written by Arkady Martine and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE 2022 HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL Now a USA Today bestseller! Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2021 Amazon's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2021 Bookpage's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee for Best Science Fiction Book of 2021 "[An] all around brilliant space opera, I absolutely love it."—Ann Leckie, on A Memory Called Empire A Desolation Called Peace is the spectacular space opera sequel to Arkady Martine's genre-reinventing, Hugo Award-winning debut, A Memory Called Empire. An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy it, and Fleet Captain Nine Hibiscus is running out of options. In a desperate attempt at diplomacy with the mysterious invaders, the fleet captain has sent for a diplomatic envoy. Now Mahit Dzmare and Three Seagrass—still reeling from the recent upheaval in the Empire—face the impossible task of trying to communicate with a hostile entity. Their failure will guarantee millions of deaths in an endless war. Their success might prevent Teixcalaan’s destruction—and allow the empire to continue its rapacious expansion. Or it might create something far stranger . . . Also by Arkady Martine: A Memory Called Empire At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Emperor of Thorns

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0425256545
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (252 download)

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Book Synopsis Emperor of Thorns by : Mark Lawrence

Download or read book Emperor of Thorns written by Mark Lawrence and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the final novel in the Broken Empire Trilogy, the boy who would rule all may have finally met his match... King Jorg Ancrath is twenty now—and king of seven nations. His goal—revenge against his father—has not yet been realized, and the demons that haunt him have only grown stronger. Yet no matter how tortured his path, he intends to take the next step in his upward climb. Jorg would be emperor. It is a position not to be gained by the sword but rather by vote. And never in living memory has anyone secured a majority of the vote, leaving the Broken Empire long without a leader. Jorg plans to change that. He’s uncovered the lost technology of the land, and he won’t hesitate to use it. But he soon finds an adversary standing in his way, a necromancer unlike any he has ever faced—a figure hated and feared even more than himself: the Dead King.

Habits of Empire

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Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1400078180
Total Pages : 434 pages
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Book Synopsis Habits of Empire by : Walter Nugent

Download or read book Habits of Empire written by Walter Nugent and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-06-09 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its founding, the United States' declared principles of liberty and democracy have often clashed with aggressive policies of imperial expansion. In this sweeping narrative history, acclaimed scholar Walter Nugent explores this fundamental American contradiction by recounting the story of American land acquisition since 1782 and shows how this steady addition of territory instilled in the American people a habit of empire-building. From America's early expansions into Transappalachia and the Louisiana Purchase through later additions of Alaska and island protectorates in the Caribbean and Pacific, Nugent demonstrates that the history of American empire is a tale of shifting motives, as the early desire to annex land for a growing population gave way to securing strategic outposts for America's global economic and military interests. Thorough, enlightening, and well-sourced, this book explains the deep roots of American imperialism as no other has done.

New Perspectives on Arabian Nights

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317983939
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Book Synopsis New Perspectives on Arabian Nights by : Wen-chin Ouyang

Download or read book New Perspectives on Arabian Nights written by Wen-chin Ouyang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, this comparative study of a selection of The Arabian Nights stories in a cross-cultural context, brings together a number of disciplines and subject areas to examine the workings of narrative. It predominantly focuses on the ways in which the Arabian Nights have transformed as its stories have travelled across historical eras, cultures, genres and media. Departing from the familiar approaches of influence and textual studies, this book locates its central inquiry in the theoretical questions surrounding the workings of ideology, genre and genre ideology in shaping and transforming stories. The ten essays included in this volume respond to a general question, ‘what can the transformation of Nights stories in their travels tell us about narrative and storytelling, and their function in a particular culture?’ Following a Nights story in its travels from past to present, from Middle East to Europe and from literature to film, the book engages in close comparative analyses of ideological variations found in a variety of texts. These analyses allow new modes of reading texts and make it possible to breach new horizons for thinking about narrative. This Book was previously published as a special issue of Middle Eastern Literatures entitled Ideological Variations and Narrative Horizons: New Perspectives on Arabian Nights.

Remembering Lucy Maud Montgomery

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Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 145971296X
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Remembering Lucy Maud Montgomery written by Alexandra Heilbron and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canada's most beloved author, not only gave the world the classic novel Anne of Green Gables, but she was also a devoted minister's wife, mother, neighbour, and friend to many, who in turn were honoured to have know this great lady. In Remembering Lucy Maud Montgomery, the writer is remembered through first-hand reminiscences of the people who knew her. Her Sunday school students, neighbours, maids, family, and friends paint a portrait of Montgomery as she has never before been seen. Not only does this book uncover fascinating sides of the author and provide fresh anecdotes, but it includes many photographs that are published for the first time. Even Montgomery's most devoted fans will find stories to surprise, delight, and at times even shock them.

The Early Empire Builders of the Great West (Classic Reprint)

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Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330918852
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book The Early Empire Builders of the Great West (Classic Reprint) written by Moses Kimball Armstrong and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Early Empire Builders of the Great West It has seldom been our fortune to listen to a more entertaining and instructive discourse than the lecture Of Hon. M. K. Armstrong before the ceum, on the Early Footprints of the Northwest, last Saturday evening. The lecture was well arranged and finely delivered, and adds another to the laurels already won by the author. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Bookseller

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Guide to Reprints

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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 9783598238994
Total Pages : 968 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (389 download)

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Book Synopsis Guide to Reprints by : K G Saur Publishing

Download or read book Guide to Reprints written by K G Saur Publishing and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The established reference work Guide to Reprints has been radically reworked for this edition. Bibliographical data was substantially increased where information was obtainable. In addition, the user-friendliness of Guide to Reprints was raised to the high level of other K.G. Saur directories through author-title cross-references, a subject volume, a person index and a publisher index. In this edition, the directory lists more than 60,000 titles from more than 350 publishers.

Classical Spirituality in Contemporary America

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Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441165231
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Book Synopsis Classical Spirituality in Contemporary America by : Michael Pittman

Download or read book Classical Spirituality in Contemporary America written by Michael Pittman and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the relationship between major contemporary spiritual movements, such as Sufism and Esoteric Christianity, and the work of Gurdjieff.