Overview :In the 1840s, gold had officially been discovered in California, and many men made their way out West in search of riches. The early mining ... Read More
Overview :Visual Culture in Shanghai, 1850s-1930s is a study of formal and informal meanings of Haipai ("Shanghai School" or "Shanghai Style"), as see... Read More
Overview :The City of Rockford, Illinois has had a long and rich industrial history. Over the past several decades the cityhas lost dozens of industri... Read More
Overview :In 1865, when San Francisco's Daily Evening Bulletin asked its readers if it were not time for the city to finally establish a public park, ... Read More
Overview :There is a small tear in the top right corner of the dusk jacket and another small tear on the spine. Otherwise the book is in fine conditio... Read More
Overview :The interactions between the elites and the lower classes of Latin America are explored from the divergent perspectives of three eminent his... Read More
Overview :This is the first detailed scholarly study of culture and sociability in Colombia during the period c. 1850 and 1930. Patricia Londono-Vega ... Read More
Overview :This book explores women writers' involvement with the Gothic. The author sheds new light on women's experience, a viewpoint that remains la... Read More
Overview :The Highlands Current's Black History series, Always Present, Never Seen by Chip Rowe (2022), was excellent, but a hole in their historical ... Read More
Overview :Here with a new preface, a new foreword, and an updated bibliography is the definitive history of Los Angeles from its beginnings as an agri... Read More
Overview :More than four million Spaniards came to the Western Hemisphere between the mid-nineteenth century and the Great Depression. Unlike that of ... Read More