The Book of Wealth
The Book of Wealth

Author: Hubert Howe Bancroft

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2013-08-22

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9781477559604

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Hubert Howe Bancroft's 10-volume BOOK OF WEALTH explores the origins and influence of wealth, from the earliest civilizations to the dawn of the Twentieth Century. The books offer an in-depth look at the history of economics and finance relative to the history of the human race, and include Bancroft's extraordinary insights into the psychology of economic exchange as he examines the individuals, organizations and nations that have attained great wealth. In BOOK FOUR, Bancroft reveals the tribal origins of France, the rise, and fall, of the various Kings Louis, and Napoleon's ill-fated conquests. We learn about Switzerland, its dramatic scenery and historic locales; Holland's ongoing battles against invading armies and the unending onslaught of the sea; the rich history of tiny Belgium; and finally, the many wars, and cultural wealth of Austria and Hungary.

History of California: 1542-1800
History of California: 1542-1800

Author: Hubert Howe Bancroft

Publisher:

Published: 1884

Total Pages: 848

ISBN-13:

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This work examines California's history from 1520 to 1890. It also contains a ethnology of the state's population, economics, and politics.

Testimonios
Testimonios

Author:

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2015-08-10

Total Pages: 513

ISBN-13: 0806153709

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When in the early 1870s historian Hubert Howe Bancroft sent interviewers out to gather oral histories from the pre-statehood gentry of California, he didn’t count on one thing: the women. When the men weren’t available, the interviewers collected the stories of the women of the household—sometimes almost as an afterthought. These interviews were eventually archived at the University of California, though many were all but forgotten. Testimonios presents thirteen women’s firsthand accounts from the days when California was part of Spain and Mexico. Having lived through the gold rush and seen their country change so drastically, these women understood the need to tell the full story of the people and the places that were their California.

John Sutter
John Sutter

Author: Albert L. Hurtado

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 9780806137728

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Re-examines the life of John Sutter in the context of America's rush for westward expansion in a fully documented account of the Swiss expatriate and would-be empire builder and his times.