Название: Builders of Empire: Freemasons and British Imperialism, 1717-1927
Автор: Jessica L. Harland-Jacobs
Издательство: The University of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 1469613484
Год: 2013
Формат: PDF (conv)
Страниц: 400
Размер: 3,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

They built some of the first communal structures on the empire's frontiers. The empire's most powerful proconsuls sought entrance into their lodges. Their public rituals drew dense crowds from Montreal to Madras.

Название: Risen from Ruins: The Cultural Politics of Rebuilding East Berlin
Автор: Paul Stangl
Издательство: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 1503603202
Год: 2018
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 352
Размер: 23,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

In the aftermath of the Second World War, Berliners grappled with how to rebuild their devastated city. In East Berlin, where the historic core of the city lay, decisions made by the socialist leadership about what should be restored, reconstructed, or entirely reimagined would have a tremendous and lasting impact on the urban landscape.

Название: Revenants of the German Empire: Colonial Germans, Imperialism, and the League of Nations
Автор: Sean Andrew Wempe
Издательство: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190907215
Год: 2019
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 304
Размер: 13,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

In 1919 the Treaty of Versailles stripped Germany of its overseas colonies. This sudden transition to a post-colonial nation left the men and women invested in German imperialism to rebuild their status on the international stage.

Название: Nottingham: The Buried Past of a Historic City Revealed
Автор: Scott Lomax
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1781593892
Год: 2013
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 176
Размер: 22,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

Nottingham: The Buried Past of a Historic City Revealed covers the story of the part of the city, which was known as Nottingham during the medieval times. It is an accessible read and the ideal book for anyone with a general interest in the history of the city of Nottingham, however, will suit professional archaeologists and students alike due to the large amount of previously unpublished material.

Название: Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way: A Guide to its Historic Treasures
Автор: Neil Jackman
Издательство: Collins Books
ISBN: 1848893361
Год: 2018
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 368
Размер: 57,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

Boasting ancient tombs, atmospheric castles and sacred retreats, the Wild Atlantic Way is alive with treasures to explore. Beginning in Kinsale, Neil Jackman guides us northwards to visit his top 100 heritage sites. From 350-million-year-old footprints on Valentia Island to vestiges of the more recent past like the cottage of 1916 revolutionary Patrick Pearse, you will discover the stories behind the dramatic scenery.

Название: Русские мореплавания на Тихом океане в XVIII веке
Автор: Дивин В. А.
Издательство: М., «Мысль»
Качество: Отсканированные страницы, OCR, хорошее
Год: 1971
Формат: PDF/DjVu
Размер: 37,5 Mb
Количество страниц: 374 с. с илл., 3 л. карт

Великие географические открытия русских на Тихом океане уже более двух столетий привлекают внимание историков и географов всего мира. Русские мореходы доказали, что Азия отделяется от Америки проливом, открыли Курильские и Алеутские острова, северо-западную Америку, проложили морской путь к Японии.

Название: History of Sweden: A Captivating Guide to Swedish History
Автор: Captivating History
Издательство: Captivating History
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 120
Размер: 2,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

In contrast to their Danish and Norwegian cousins, Swedish Vikings traveled east rather than west in search of riches, land, and power. The extensive river systems of Russia provided economic and military “super-highways” to the adventurers from the north, who journeyed down them all the way to the Black Sea and Constantinople in search of fame and riches.

Название: Building the Land of Dreams: New Orleans and the Transformation of Early America
Автор: Eberhard L. Faber
Издательство: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691166897
Год: 2016
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 456
Размер: 25,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

In 1795, New Orleans was a sleepy outpost at the edge of Spain's American empire. By the 1820s, it was teeming with life, its levees packed with cotton and sugar. New Orleans had become the unquestioned urban capital of the antebellum South. Looking at this remarkable period filled with ideological struggle, class politics, and powerful personalities, Building the Land of Dreams is the narrative biography of a fascinating city at the most crucial turning point in its history.

Название: Distance and Documents at the Spanish Empire's Periphery
Автор: Sylvia Sellers-Garcia
Издательство: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804787050
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 280
Размер: 25,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Spanish Empire is famous for being, at its height, the realm upon which "the sun never set." It stretched from the Philippines to Europe by way of the Americas. And yet we know relatively little about how Spain managed to move that crucial currency of governance―paper―over such enormous distances. Moreover, we know even less about how those distances were perceived and understood by people living in the empire.

Название: Delphi and Olympia: The Spatial Politics of Panhellenism in the Archaic and Classical Periods
Автор: Michael Scott
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521191262
Год: 2010
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 378
Размер: 50,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

Most people think about the sanctuary of Delphi as the seat of the famous oracle and of Olympia as the site of the Olympic games. The oracle and the games, however, were but two of the many activities ongoing at both sites.