The Mortal Sea
The Mortal Sea

Author: W. Jeffrey Bolster

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2012-10-08

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 0674067215

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Since the time of the Vikings, the Atlantic has shaped the lives of people who depend on it for survival, and people have shaped the Atlantic. In his account of this interdependency, Bolster, a historian and professional seafarer, takes us through a millennium-long environmental history of our impact on one of the largest ecosystems in the world.

Chapters in the History of Social Legislation in the United States to 1860
Chapters in the History of Social Legislation in the United States to 1860

Author: Henry Walcott Farnam

Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 518

ISBN-13: 1584770546

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A social history of the class system in the United States from the colonial period through the constitutional era that primarily concerns itself with the issue of slavery. Other legislative areas affected by the social structure of the times covered include laws of debt, land tenure, fair trade, and food supply...Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection of New York University (1953) 809.