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Revisiting 1759

The Conquest of Canada in Historical Perspective

By: Phillip Buckner,John G. Reid

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Revisiting 1759

The Conquest of Canada in Historical Perspective

By: Phillip Buckner,John G. Reid

The British victory on the Plains of Abraham in September 1759 and the subsequent Conquest of Canada were undoubtedly significant geopolitical events, but their nature and implications continue to be debated. Revisiting 1759 provides a fresh historical reappraisal of the Conquest and its aftermath using new approaches drawn from military, imperial, social, and Aboriginal history. This cohesive collection investigates many of the most hotly contested questions surrounding the Conquest: Was the battle itself a crucial turning point, or just one element in the global struggle between France and Great Britain? Did the battle's outcome reflect the superior strategy of General James Wolfe or rather errors on both sides? Did the Conquest alter the long-term trajectories of the French and British empires or simply confirm patterns well underway? How formative was the Conquest in defining the new British America and those now living under its rule? As this collection makes vividly clear, the Conquest's most profound consequences may in fact be quite different from those that have traditionally been emphasized.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442699167

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9781442699168

Contested Empire

Peter Skene Ogden and the Snake River Expeditions

By: John Phillip Reid

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Contested Empire

Peter Skene Ogden and the Snake River Expeditions

By: John Phillip Reid

Do law and legal procedures exist only so long as there is an official authority to enforce them? Or do we have an unspoken sense of law and ethics? To answer these questions, John Phillip Reid’s Contested Empire explores the implicit notions of law shared by American and British fur traders in the Snake River country of Idaho and surrounding areas in the early nineteenth century. Both the United States and Great Britain had claimed this region, and passions were intense. Focusing mainly on Canadian explorer and trader Peter Skene Ogden, Reid finds that both side largely avoided violence and other difficulties because they held the same definitions of property, contract, conversion, and possession. In 1824, the Hudson’s Bay Company directed Ogden to decimate the furbearing animal population of the Snake River country, thus marking the region a “fur desert.” With this mandate, Great Britain hoped to neutralize any interest American furtrappers could have in the area. Such a mandate set British and American fur men on a collision course, but Ogden and his American counterparts implicitly followed a kind of law and procedure and observed a mutual sense of property and rights even as the two sides vied for control of the fur trade. Failing to take legal culture into consideration, some previous accounts have depicted these conflicts as mere episodes of lawless frontier violence. Reid expands our understanding of the West by considering the unspoken sense of law that existed, despite the lack of any formalized authorities, in what had otherwise been considered a “lawless” time.

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284

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806133740

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9780806133744

Westerners in Gray

The Men and Missions of the Elite Fifth Missouri Infantry Regiment

By: Phillip Thomas Tucker

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Westerners in Gray

The Men and Missions of the Elite Fifth Missouri Infantry Regiment

By: Phillip Thomas Tucker

Few infantry regiments in the Civil War compiled a more distinguished record than the Fifth Missouri. The unique blending of fiery Irish Confederates from St. Louis with rural pro-Southern Missourians forged an unshakable esprit de corps, making the unit the crack infantry regiment in the western sector. Most of Colonel James C. McCown's troops were young men in their 20s, and their good health and physical conditioning allowed them to carry out their "shock" missions throughout the region. From the perspective of the common soldiers and the unit's leaders the activities and battles of the Fifth Missouri are recounted here.

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342

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McFarland

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0786431121

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9780786431120

Guide to Harriet Tubman's Eastern Shore, A: The Old Home Is Not There

By: Phillip Hesser & Charlie Ewers

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Guide to Harriet Tubman's Eastern Shore, A: The Old Home Is Not There

By: Phillip Hesser & Charlie Ewers

When Harriet Tubman crossed the line to freedom in Pennsylvania, she left behind her home in Maryland, along with a life of enslavement. Her native land made Tubman the person she became to history: Underground Railroad conductor, Civil War scout and nurse, suffragist and advocate for the aged and disabled. Authors Phillip Hesser and Charlie Ewers explore the landscape of Tubman's life, from the slave quarters to the churches to the marshes and fields where she worked. Travel to nineteenth-century Dorchester County and search for the places that Harriet Tubman would never know again--some of them now lost to sinking lands and rising waters.

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336

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467149292

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9781467149297

Projected History

A Catalog of the U. S. National Stories Released by Universal Newsreel

By: Phillip W. Stewart

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Projected History

A Catalog of the U. S. National Stories Released by Universal Newsreel

By: Phillip W. Stewart

Projected History: A Catalog of the U.S. National Stories Released by Universal Newsreel, Volume Three, 1933-1935, is motion picture film sleuth Phillip W. Stewart's latest book. This third volume of his well-researched landmark work details over over a thousand nationally released newsreel titles that covered the fifth through seventh years of what was known back then as the Universal Newspaper Newsreel. One of the great benefits of the Projected History series is that all the Universal Newsreel stories that are known to exist today in the film vaults of the National Archives are identified. This is the first time that the newsreel title, description and story availability have been brought together in a single resource. Reviewers have called the Projected History series, "A solid archive of history's highlights, compiled into an easy-to-use resource for quick reference, and enhanced with an exhaustive title index." Another remarked, "Phil Stewart has created an important work... it will quickly become recognized as an invaluable resource for students of film, U.S. and world history enthusiasts, genealogy aficionados, and by those involved in TV, video and multimedia communications services." Before there was television there was the newsreel. Folks all over the country caught up on the latest news and events of our country and the world twice a week in their neighborhood movie theaters. The major American newsreel companies of that time covered world events, politics, sports, fashion, and anything else that might entertain the movie audience. Today, the newsreels offer a fascinating and unmatched moving image review of the first half of the 20th Century in glorious black and white. Out of the five major sound newsreels that documented America and the World from the late 1920s to the mid 1960s, only one is owned by the American people, is available royalty-free, and is readily accessible for your review and use - the Universal Newsreel. The Projected History series is your guide to all the nationally released stories produced during that time. A motion picture film consultant, TV producer, multimedia manager, and an award winning author, Phillip W. Stewart has spent over 20 years researching thousands of rare film titles at the National Archives. Projected History: A Catalog of the U.S. National Stories Released by Universal Newsreel, Volume Three, 1933-1935, is his seventh book on historic documentary films. Please check out his website (www.pwstewart.com) for details regarding his work.

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0981744427

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Revisiting 1759

Revisiting 1759

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Westerners in Gray

Westerners in Gray

Guide to Harriet Tubman's Eastern Shore, A: The Old Home Is Not There

Guide to Harriet Tubman's Eastern Shore, A: The Old Home Is Not There

Projected History

Projected History

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