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Scottish Emigration to Colonial America, 1607-1785

By: David Dobson

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Scottish Emigration to Colonial America, 1607-1785

By: David Dobson

Before 1650, only a few hundred Scots had trickled into the American colonies, but by the early 1770s the number had risen to 10,000 per year. A conservative estimate of the total number of Scots who settled in North America prior to 1785 is around 150,000. Who were these Scots? What did they do? Where did they settle? What factors motivated their emigration? Dobson's work, based on original research on both sides of the Atlantic, comprehensively identifies the Scottish contribution to the settlement of North America prior to 1785, with particular emphasis on the seventeenth century.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820340782

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9780820340784

The Impaler Prince

By: David John McAllister

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The Impaler Prince

By: David John McAllister

In fifteenth-century Eastern Europe, Vlad III of Wallachia conducted a reign of terror. He had citizens impaled by the thousands. People were butchered on his merest whim. In his realm, and beyond it, men and women lived in dread of the Impaler Prince. And this Prince revelled in the horror he inspired. He was a sadist, seen by some as a being of unequalled depravity, even as the Devil’s own spawn. But Vlad was also a man who had the qualities of a great leader: strength, courage, intelligence and commitment to an ideal. He was a crusader against the infidel who considered himself a true warrior of Christ. Here, his story is told by four men whose lives overlapped with his; men who were influenced by him to the point of obsession. But it is also told by Vlad himself. The inner thoughts of the butcher of Wallachia are exposed. And there is much more to this sinister figure than many would have imagined.

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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1398452440

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9781398452442

The Houses of St. Augustine

By: David Nolan

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The Houses of St. Augustine

By: David Nolan

When the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, St. Augustine was already half a century old. Founded in 1565, the city has been continuously inhabited ever since, and its architectural styles tell stories of boom and bust, fad and tradition, war and peace, modernization and historic preservation. This affectionate portrait of our oldest city offers a comprehensive survey of the many architectural features that have expressed the needs and preferences of St. Augustine's inhabitants over more than four centuries of Spanish, British, and American government. From the coquina stone structures of colonial times, through Victorian gingerbread and Henry Flagler's Spanish revival, to the cookie-cutter subdivisions and condominiums of modern times, the houses of St. Augustine are introduced in this lovely and readable book like characters in a historical drama. Each chapter highlights a broad historical period and includes a lively discussion of the city's distinctive character during that era. Representative styles and forms of each period are illustrated with color photographs and original watercolors by Jean Ellen Fitzpatrick.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1683340051

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9781683340058

Sherman's Horsemen

Union Cavalry Operations in the Atlanta Campaign

By: David Evans

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Sherman's Horsemen

Union Cavalry Operations in the Atlanta Campaign

By: David Evans

Approaching Atlanta in July of 1864, William Tecumseh Sherman knew he was facing the most important campaign of his career. Lacking the troops and the desire to mount a long siege of the city, Sherman was eager for a quick, decisive victory. A change of tactics was in order. He decided to call on the cavalry. Over the next seven weeks, Sherman's horsemen - under the command of Generals Rousseau, Garrard, Stoneman, McCook, and Kilpatrick - destroyed supplies and tore up miles of railroad track in an attempt to isolate the city. This book tells the story of those raids. After initial successes, the cavalrymen found themselves caught up in a series of daring and deadly engagements, including a failed attempt to push south to liberate the prisoners at the infamous prison camp at Andersonville. Through exhaustive research, David Evans has been able to recreate a vivid, captivating, and meticulously detailed image of the day-by-day life of the Union horse soldier. Based largely upon previously unpublished materials, Sherman's Horsemen provides the definitive account of this hitherto neglected aspect of the American Civil War.

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Indiana University Press

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0253213193

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9780253213198

A Bibliographical Description of Books and Pamphlets of American Verse Printed from 1610 Through 1820

By: Roger Eliot Stoddard,David Rhodes Whitesell

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A Bibliographical Description of Books and Pamphlets of American Verse Printed from 1610 Through 1820

By: Roger Eliot Stoddard,David Rhodes Whitesell

A bibliography of poetry composed in what is now the United States of America and printed in the form of books or pamphlets before 1821"--Provided by publisher.

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Penn State Press

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027105221X

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9780271052212

Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725-1775

The Northern Highlands

By: David Dobson

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Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725-1775

The Northern Highlands

By: David Dobson

In 2005 Clearfield Company launched a new series of books by David Dobson designed to identify the origins of Scottish Highlanders who traveled to America prior to the Great Highland Migration that began in the 1730s and intensified thereafter. Much of the Highland emigration was directly related to a breakdown in social and economic institutions. Under the pressures of the commercial and industrial revolutions of the 17th and 18th centuries, Highland chieftains abandoned their patriarchal role in favor of becoming capitalist landlords. By raising farm rents to the breaking point, the chiefs left the social fabric of the Scottish Highlands in tatters. Accordingly, voluntary emigration by Gaelic-speaking Highlanders began in the 1730s. The social breakdown was intensified by the failure of the Jacobite cause in 1745, followed by the British military occupation and repression in the Highlands in the aftermath of the Battle of Culloden. In 1746, the British government dispatched about 1,000 Highland Jacobite prisoners of war to the colonies as indentured servants. Later, during the Seven YearsΓ War of 1756Γ 1763, Highland regiments recruited in the service of the British crown chose to settle in Canada and America rather than return to Scotland. Once in North America, the Highlanders tended to be clannish and moved in extended family groups, unlike immigrants from the Lowlands who moved as individuals or in groups of a few families. The Gaelic-speaking Highlanders tended to settle on the North American frontier, whereas the Lowlanders merged with the English on the coast. Highlanders seem to have established Γ beachheads,Γ ? and their kin subsequently followed. The best example of this pattern is in North Carolina, where they first arrived in 1739 and moved to the Piedmont, to be followed by others for over a century. Another factor that distinguishes research in Highland genealogy is the availability of pertinent records. Scottish genealogical research is generally based on the parish registers of the Church of Scotland, which provide information on baptisms and marriages. In the Scottish Lowlands, such records can date back to the mid-16th century, but, in general, Highland records start much later. Americans seeking their Highland roots, therefore, face the problem that there are few, if any, church records available that pre-date the American Revolution. In the absence of Church of Scotland records, the researcher must turn to a miscellany of other records, such as court records, estate papers, sasines, gravestone inscriptions, burgess rolls, port books, services of heirs, wills and testaments, and especially rent rolls. This series is designed to identify the kinds of records that are available in the absence of parish registers and to supplement the church registers when they are available. This newest volume covers the Northern Highlands, an area that includes the counties of Caithness, Sutherland, Ross, and Cromarty. The main clans traditionally associated with the Northern Highlands were: Mackay, McLeod, Sutherland, Sinclair, Gunn, Munro, Ross, and Mackenzie, all of whom are represented in this volume. The Northern Highlanders were among the pioneers of colonial Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, and the Canadian Maritimes. Among the vessels that brought them to these places were the Hector to Nova Scotia in 1773, the Friendship to Philadelphia in 1774, and the Peace and Plenty to New York in 1774. While the present volume is not a comprehensive directory of all people living in the Northern Highlands during the mid-18th century, it does pull together references to more than 2,100 18th-century inhabitants. In all cases, Dr. Dobson gives each HighlanderΓ s name, a place name or county within the Highlands, a date (of birth, residence, etc.), and the source. In the majority of cases, we also learn the identities of relatives, the indiv

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806353635

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9780806353630

The Cemeteries of Jackson and Sandy Ridge Townships, Union Co., NC: Volume 4- Cemetery Index

By: S. David Carriker, D. Min.

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The Cemeteries of Jackson and Sandy Ridge Townships, Union Co., NC: Volume 4- Cemetery Index

By: S. David Carriker, D. Min.

Volume Four of this series contains the alphabetical rosters of each of the 144 cemeteries in the study area of Jackson and Sandy Ridge Townships, Union Co., NC. It includes over 27,524 graves.

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Lulu.com

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1387200194

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9781387200191

Industrial Cowboys

Miller & Lux and the Transformation of the Far West, 1850-1920

By: David Igler

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Industrial Cowboys

Miller & Lux and the Transformation of the Far West, 1850-1920

By: David Igler

The process by which two neighborhood butchers turned themselves into landed industrialists depended to an extraordinary degree on the acquisition, manipulation, and exploitation of natural resources. Igler examines the broader impact of western industrialism - as exemplified by Miller & Lux - on landscapes and waterscapes, bringing to the forefront the important issues of land reclamation, water politics, San Francisco's unique business environment, and the city's relation to its surrounding hinterlands. He provides a rich discussion of the social relations engineered by Miller & Lux, from the dispossession of Californio rancheros to the ethnic segmentation of the firm's massive labor force."--Jacket.

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Univ of California Press

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0520245342

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Scotland Decides

The Devolution Issue and the 1997 Referendum

By: Hugh Bochel,David Denver,James Mitchell,Charles Pattie

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Scotland Decides

The Devolution Issue and the 1997 Referendum

By: Hugh Bochel,David Denver,James Mitchell,Charles Pattie

Scotland has a parliament for the first time in almost 300 years, and this book is an account of how this came about. The authors trace the origins and history of the demand for home rule in Scotland, focusing particularly on developments following the failure of the first referendum on the issue in 1979, which culminated in a second referendum in September 1997. This major political event attracted national and international interest, and its decisive result was a milestone in Scottish history. This work presents an analysis of the referendum campaign at both national and local levels, including media coverage of the event and the outcome. The reactions of voters are explored on the basis of a large survey of the electorate, and lessons to be learnt about referendums in the UK and elsewhere are discussed.

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Routledge

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1136331689

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From Buildings and Loans to Bail-Outs

A History of the American Savings and Loan Industry, 1831–1995

By: David L. Mason

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From Buildings and Loans to Bail-Outs

A History of the American Savings and Loan Industry, 1831–1995

By: David L. Mason

For most Americans, the savings and loan industry is defined by the fraud, ineptitude and failures of the 1980s. However, these events overshadow a long history in which thrifts played a key role in helping thousands of households buy homes. First appearing in the 1830s savings and loans, then known as building and loans, encourage their working-class members to adhere to the principles of thrift and mutual co-operation as a way to achieve the 'American Dream' of home ownership. This book traces the development of this industry from its origins as a movement of a loosely affiliated collection of institutions into a major element of America's financial markets. It also analyses how diverse groups of Americans, including women, ethnic Americans and African Americans, used thrifts to improve their lives and elevate their positions in society. Finally the overall historical perspective sheds new light on the events of the 1980s and analyses the efforts to rehabilitate the industry in the 1990s.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139453807

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9781139453806

In the Loop

A Political and Economic History of San Antonio

By: David R. Johnson

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In the Loop

A Political and Economic History of San Antonio

By: David R. Johnson

In the Loop: A Political and Economic History of San Antonio, is the culmination of urban historian David Johnson’s extensive research into the development of Texas’s oldest city. Beginning with San Antonio’s formation more than three hundred years ago, Johnson lays out the factors that drove the largely uneven and unplanned distribution of resources and amenities and analyzes the demographics that transformed the city from a frontier settlement into a diverse and complex modern metropolis. Following the shift from military interests to more diverse industries and punctuated by evocative descriptions and historical quotations, this urban biography reveals how city mayors balanced constituents’ push for amenities with the pull of business interests such as tourism and the military. Deep dives into city archives fuel the story and round out portraits of Sam Maverick, Henry B. Gonzales, Lila Cockrell, and other political figures. Johnson reveals the interplay of business interests, economic attractiveness, and political goals that spurred San Antonio’s historic tenacity and continuing growth and highlights individual agendas that influenced its development. He focuses on the crucial link between urban development and booster coalitions, outlining how politicians and business owners everywhere work side by side, although not necessarily together, to shape the future of any metropolitan area, including geographical disparities. Three photo galleries illustrate boosterism’s impact on San Antonio’s public and private space and highlight its tangible results. In the Loop recounts each stage of San Antonio’s economic development with logic and care, building a rich story to contextualize our understanding of the current state of the city and our notions of how an American city can form.

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Trinity University Press

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1595349235

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9781595349231

Impeached

The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy

By: David O. Stewart

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The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy

By: David O. Stewart

Historian and Constitution expert David O. Stewart recaps the landmark impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson. “The fullest recounting we have of the high politics of that immediate post-Civil War period...Stewart’s graceful style and storytelling ability make for a good read.” —The Washington Post In 1868 Congress impeached President Andrew Johnson of Tennessee, the man who had succeeded the murdered Lincoln, bringing the nation to the brink of a second civil war. Enraged to see the freed slaves abandoned to brutal violence at the hands of their former owners, distraught that former rebels threatened to regain control of Southern state governments, and disgusted by Johnson's brawling political style, congressional Republicans seized on a legal technicality as the basis for impeachment -- whether Johnson had the legal right to fire his own secretary of war, Edwin Stanton. The fiery but mortally ill Congressman Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania led the impeachment drive, abetted behind the scenes by the military hero and president-in-waiting, General Ulysses S. Grant. The Senate trial featured the most brilliant lawyers of the day, along with some of the least scrupulous, while leading political fixers maneuvered in dark corners to save Johnson's presidency with political deals, promises of patronage jobs, and even cash bribes. Johnson escaped conviction by a single vote. David Stewart, the author of the highly acclaimed The Summer of 1787, the bestselling account of the writing of the Constitution, challenges the traditional version of this pivotal moment in American history. Rather than seeing Johnson as Abraham Lincoln's political heir, Stewart explains how the Tennessean squandered Lincoln's political legacy of equality and fairness and helped force the freed slaves into a brutal form of agricultural peonage across the South. When the clash between Congress and president threatened to tear the nation apart, the impeachment process substituted legal combat for violent confrontation. Both sides struggled to inject meaning into the baffling requirement that a president be removed only for "high crimes and misdemeanors," while employing devious courtroom gambits, backstairs spies, and soaring rhetoric. When the dust finally settled, the impeachment process had allowed passions to cool sufficiently for the nation to survive the bitter crisis.

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Simon and Schuster

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1439163324

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9781439163320

DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton

Geology and Power in Early New York

By: David I. Spanagel

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Geology and Power in Early New York

By: David I. Spanagel

How did geology and politics inform scientific ideas and contribute to New York's prominence in the early nineteenth century? David I. Spanagel explores the origins of American geology and the culture that promoted it in nineteenth-century New York. Focusing on Amos Eaton, the educator and amateur scientist who founded the Rensselaer School, and DeWitt Clinton, the masterful politician who led the movement for the Erie Canal, Spanagel shows how a cluster of assumptions about the peculiar landscape and entrepreneurial spirit of New York came to define the Empire State. In so doing, he sheds light on a particularly innovative and fruitful period of interplay among science, politics, art, and literature in American history.

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1421411059

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The World Justice Project Rule of Law Index, 2012-2013

By: World Justice Project,Mark David Agrast

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The World Justice Project Rule of Law Index, 2012-2013

By: World Justice Project,Mark David Agrast

The WJP rule of law index 2012-2013 looks at 48 rule of law indicators organized around nine conceptual dimensions: limited government powers; absence of corruption; order and security; fundamental rights; open government; regulatory enforcement; civil justice; criminal justice; and informal justice. The index scores and rankings are constructed from over 400 variables drawn from two original sources of data collected from independent sources by the World Justice Project in each country: a General population poll (GPP) and a series of Qualified respondents' questionnaires (QRQ). To date over 97,000 people and 2,500 experts from around the world have participated in this project. The index is for a broad audience of policy-makers, civil society, practitioners, academics, and other constituencies"--Page 1.

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0988284626

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Donnybrook

The Battle of Bull Run, 1861

By: David Detzer

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Donnybrook

The Battle of Bull Run, 1861

By: David Detzer

Detailing the Battle of Bull Run from its origins through its aftermath, Donnybrook uses copious primary source material--including the recollections of hundreds of soldiers--to create an epic account. 8-page B&W photo insert.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0156031434

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9780156031431

More Scottish Settlers, 1667-1827

By: David Dobson

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More Scottish Settlers, 1667-1827

By: David Dobson

Listings of Scottish emigrants, either as immigrants or as residents in the Americas, including Canada, the USA, the West Indies and South America.

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Scottish Emigration to Colonial America, 1607-1785

Scottish Emigration to Colonial America, 1607-1785

The Impaler Prince

The Impaler Prince

The Houses of St. Augustine

The Houses of St. Augustine

Sherman's Horsemen

Sherman's Horsemen

A Bibliographical Description of Books and Pamphlets of American Verse Printed from 1610 Through 1820

A Bibliographical Description of Books and Pamphlets of American Verse Printed from 1610 Through 1820

Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725-1775

Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725-1775

The Cemeteries of Jackson and Sandy Ridge Townships, Union Co., NC: Volume 4- Cemetery Index

The Cemeteries of Jackson and Sandy Ridge Townships, Union Co., NC: Volume 4- Cemetery Index

Industrial Cowboys

Industrial Cowboys

Scotland Decides

Scotland Decides

From Buildings and Loans to Bail-Outs

From Buildings and Loans to Bail-Outs

In the Loop

In the Loop

Impeached

Impeached

DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton

DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton

The World Justice Project Rule of Law Index, 2012-2013

The World Justice Project Rule of Law Index, 2012-2013

Donnybrook

Donnybrook

More Scottish Settlers, 1667-1827

More Scottish Settlers, 1667-1827

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