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The Consequences of Cotton in Antebellum America

By: William J. Phalen

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The Consequences of Cotton in Antebellum America

By: William J. Phalen

In 1846, political economist Karl Marx wrote that "without cotton, you have no modern industry." Indeed, before the American Civil War, cotton brought wealth, power and prosperity to both America and Europe. Giant industries in the northern U.S., extensive shipping networks up and down the Atlantic Coast and to Europe, new inventions and revised applications of old machines--all sprang from the success of King Cotton. This thoughtful study traces the impact of southern cotton on most of the important facets of life in antebellum America, including employment, international relations, agriculture, shipping, the U.S. economy, Native American relations, and the subjugation of humans. This one plant fashioned the way of life of the South and profoundly affected the destiny of the entire American people.

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0786477008

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How the Telegraph Changed the World

By: William J. Phalen

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How the Telegraph Changed the World

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Invented in the 1830's, the telegraph soon became indispensable. By 1851 there were more than 50 companies providing telegraphic service in the United States alone. The telegraph played a pivotal role in warfare beginning with the American Civil War, featured prominently in the creation of the first large American corporation, Western Union, and made possible long distance communication with the laying of the transatlantic cable. This book describes the global impact of the telegraph from its advent to its eventual eclipse by the telephone four decades later.

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078649445X

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Coney Island

150 Years of Rides, Fires, Floods, the Rich, the Poor and Finally Robert Moses

By: William J. Phalen

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Coney Island

150 Years of Rides, Fires, Floods, the Rich, the Poor and Finally Robert Moses

By: William J. Phalen

Before the Civil War, Coney Island boasted a beach, a dozen small hotels with ramshackle bathhouses, some chowder stands and a few saloons. After the war, it was taken over by powerful individuals who made its 0.7 square miles a domain of the wealthy. By 1905, with the population of New York City at four million, the city's amusement park builders designed an entertainment wonderland on the island that even the poor could enjoy, creating a "nickel empire," where visitors paid five cents for the subway, five cents for a Nathan's hot dog and five cents for a ride. In 1910, Coney Island saw 20 million visitors--more than Disneyland and Disney World combined could claim 70 years later, adjusted for population growth. Through the decades, the island has seen changes of fortune, floods and fires, cycles of decay and rehabilitation. Yet the ultimate power on the island was and is the government of the city of New York, which--for good or ill--has made Coney Island what it is today.

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0786498161

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American Evangelical Protestantism and European Immigrants, 1800-1924

By: William J. Phalen

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American Evangelical Protestantism and European Immigrants, 1800-1924

By: William J. Phalen

Few topics are as pertinent to the American political scene as immigration. This timely book examines the attitude of American Evangelical Protestants toward European immigration into the United States before the Immigration Act of 1924. Of particular interest are the effects, as seen by evangelicals, that immigration had in the cities, in education, in politics, and in the evangelical quest to win the prohibition of alcohol. It also addresses the rise of the 19th century evangelical's main ethnic opponent, the Irish immigrant, and the Irish dominance of the American Catholic Church. The text is based largely upon the writings, speeches, and sermons of evangelicalism.

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0786484683

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The First War of United States

The Quasi War with France 1798-1801

By: William J. Phalen

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The First War of United States

The Quasi War with France 1798-1801

By: William J. Phalen

Friends sometimes have problems with one another, the reasons are myriad, because after all, they are human beings and therefore subject to all of humanities foibles, and since that is the case, if two people can have a disagreement, so can two nations. This book relates the situation between two of these countries, the United States and France. Twenty years before these problems became the war, both nations were engaged in a conflict against Great Britain. The American colonies were attempting to gain their independence and France was again continuing its battle against England that had begun with their invasion of Normandy in 1202. France, in an effort to assist another entity that was also fighting the English, entered into an agreement with the American colonies, which resulted in its supplying the colonies with the men and materials that were desperately needed to prosecute a war that most historians agreed would not have been won without this assistance. While the assistance was invaluable, the American colonies, now the United States, began trading with its benefactor which the French expected because of this assistance. Unfortunately, the exchange of goods was not only not beneficial to the United States, but worse, caused a continuation of American trade with Great Britain along with the signing of Jay's treaty which infuriated the French leading it into problems with the United States. This situation led to what has been called the Quasi-War, an odd conflict that was undeclared and fought entirely at sea between two nations, neither of whom wanted it.

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Vij Books India Pvt Ltd

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8193759176

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How the Telegraph Changed the World

By: William J. Phalen

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Book's by William J. Phalen

The Consequences of Cotton in Antebellum America

The Consequences of Cotton in Antebellum America

How the Telegraph Changed the World

How the Telegraph Changed the World

Coney Island

Coney Island

American Evangelical Protestantism and European Immigrants, 1800-1924

American Evangelical Protestantism and European Immigrants, 1800-1924

The First War of United States

The First War of United States

How the Telegraph Changed the World

How the Telegraph Changed the World

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