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Author: Elena K. Abbott
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-04-22
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 1108491545
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe fascinating story of how free African Americans and runaway slaves crossed international borders to fight for freedom and racial justice.
Author: Hal Marcovitz
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2014-11-25
Total Pages: 55
ISBN-13: 142228753X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Statue of Liberty was given to the United States as a gift from the people of France in 1886. It was originally meant as an emblem of the friendship between the two nations, but over the years it has come to mean much more. The Statue of Liberty has come to represent the promise of America—a promise that drew tens of millions of immigrants from other countries, seeking greater freedom and opportunities. For many of these immigrants, Lady Liberty was the first thing they saw when they arrived in the United States. The Statue of Liberty has also served as a symbol of freedom for those who are oppressed throughout the world.
Author: L. E. Bond
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Published: 1990
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gail Gibbons
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 1990-03-23
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9780688073794
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFLASH... FLASH... FLASH...A lighthouse signals from the rocky shore, guiding ships away from danger. Once sailors watched for giant bonfires that were set high on hills. Now, most lighthouses are fully automated. In Beacons of Light: Lighthouses, Gail Gibbons tells all about these beautiful and useful structures, using careful explanations, colorful facts, and helpful illustrations to show how lighthouse technology has developed and changed over the years. FLASH... FLASH... FLASH... In this informative, delightfully evocative book, lighthouses are beacons of light thatremind us of our past.
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Published: 2016
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescription: A heroic tale of the deliverance of Switzerland, featuring the legendary protagonist, William Tell.
Author: Elena Karpinski Abbott
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Published: 2017
Total Pages: 730
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKNarrating the story of American anti-slavery advocates looking abroad for hope and inspiration as they worked to dismantle slavery in the United States, this dissertation offers the first evaluation of how free-soil havens across the Atlantic world collectively affected a national anti-slavery movement.
Author: Daron Acemoglu
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 594
ISBN-13: 0735224382
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow does history end? -- The Red Queen -- Will to power -- Economics outside the corridor -- Allegory of good government -- The European scissors -- Mandate of Heaven -- Broken Red Queen -- Devil in the details -- What's the matter with Ferguson? -- The paper leviathan -- Wahhab's children -- Red Queen out of control -- Into the corridor -- Living with the leviathan.
Author: Paul H. Dunn
Publisher: Gold Leaf Press (WA)
Published: 2000-02-01
Total Pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9781882723324
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn The Light of Liberty, Paul H. Dun travels the trail of freedom. Through time and history, in wars of countries and ideals, he sees the light of liberty as a beacon of truth to the whole world. Rich with inimitable stories and examples and laced throughout with quotations from patriots, writers, and statesmen, The Light of Liberty is a celebration of America from sea to shining sea.
Author: Eric Jay Dolin
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2016-04-18
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 1631491539
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"What Moby-Dick is to whales, Brilliant Beacons is to lighthouses—a transformative account of a familiar yet mystical subject." —Laurence Bergreen, author of Columbus: The Four Voyages In this "magnificent compendium" (New Republic), best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin presents the definitive history of American lighthouses, and in so doing "illuminate[s] the history of America itself" (Entertainment Weekly). Treating readers to a memorable cast of characters and "fascinating anecdotes" (New York Review of Books), Dolin shows how the story of the nation, from a regional backwater colony to global industrial power, can be illustrated through its lighthouses—from New England to the Gulf of Mexico, the Great Lakes, the Pacific Coast, and all the way to Alaska and Hawaii. A Captain and Classic Boat Best Nautical Book of 2016
Author: James Harrington
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1992-08-20
Total Pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780521423298
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJames Harrington's brief career as a political and historical theorist spans the last years of the Cromwellian Protectorate and the Restoration of 1660. This volume comprises the first and last of Harrington's writings. Harrington was the first theorist to interpret the English Civil Wars as a revolution, the result of a long-term process of social change which led to the decay of the old political order. The Commonwealth of Oceana (1656) is a fictionalised presentation of English history up to the victory of the New Model Army, explaining the fall of the monarchy and proposing a republic to replace it. A System of Politics, written after the Restoration, is a scheme of history and political philosophy erected on the foundations of his previous works. Professor Pocock's introduction emphasises Harrington's place as a pivotal figure in the history of English political thought. This edition also contains a chronology of events in Harrington's life and a guide to further reading.
