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The perfect study tool for students in a World History course or
for any history buff s collection. A timeline covering the utmost
critical points, events, figures, cultural migrations and
destructions that led to the formation of the world of today. Part
1 of a series, this guide covers the earliest humans through
establishing links of a globalized world."
The perfect study tool for students in a World History course or
for any history buff s collection. A timeline covering the utmost
critical points, events, figures, cultural migrations and
destructions that led to the formation of the world of today. Part
2 of a series, this guide covers the foundations of European
empires through the modern multipolar world."
The most significant historical people, places, and events written
by our experienced author and professor of history are laid out in
a succinct timeline from 1500 to 2016. In 6 laminated pages and
with dates listed to easily find what you need, a frequent review
of this guide especially before exams will boost your grade in any
Western Civilization, Western Culture, or History course. For any
history buff as well, there is no easier and more concise reference
that paints a broad yet digestible picture of human history.
Suggested uses: Quick Reference -- instead of digging into a large
book to find a core answer you need while studying, use the guide
to reinforce quickly and repeatedly; Memory -- refreshing your
memory repeatedly is a foundation of studying, have the most
significant points in history as a framework to anchor all other
history.
The dramatic story of George Washington's first crisis of the
fledgling republic. In the war's waning days, the American
Revolution neared collapse when Washington's senior officers were
rumored to approach the edge of mutiny. After the British surrender
at Yorktown, the American Revolution blazed on, and as peace was
negotiated in Europe, grave problems surfaced at home. The
government was broke and paid its debts with loans from France.
Political rivalry among the states paralyzed Congress. The army's
officers, encamped near Newburgh, New York, and restless without an
enemy to fight, brooded over a civilian population indifferent to
their sacrifices. The result was the Newburgh Conspiracy, a
mysterious event in which Continental Army officers, disgruntled by
a lack of pay and pensions, may have collaborated with
nationalist-minded politicians such as Alexander Hamilton, James
Madison, and Robert Morris to pressure Congress and the states to
approve new taxes and strengthen the central government. A Crisis
of Peace tells the story of a pivotal episode of General
Washington's leadership and reveals how the American Revolution
really ended: with fiscal turmoil, political unrest, out-of-control
conspiracy thinking, and suspicions between soldiers and civilians
so strong that peace almost failed to bring true independence.
Shrouded by myth and hidden by Hollywood, the real pirates of the
Caribbean come to life in this collection of essays edited by David
Head. Twelve scholars of piracy show why pirates thrived in the New
World seas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century empires, how
pirates operated their plundering ventures, how governments battled
piracy, and when and why piracy declined. The essays presented take
the study of piracy, which can easily lapse into rousing,
romanticized stories, to new heights of rigor and insight. The
Golden Age of Piracy also delves into the enduring status of
pirates as pop culture icons. Audiences have devoured stories about
cutthroats such as Blackbeard and Henry Morgan from the time that
pirates sailed the sea. By looking at the ideas of gender and
sexuality surrounding pirate stories, the fad for hunting pirate
treasure, and the construction of pirate myths, the book's
contributors tell a new story about the dangerous men, and a few
dangerous women, who terrorized the high seas.
Shrouded by myth and hidden by Hollywood, the real pirates of the
Caribbean come to life in this collection of essays edited by David
Head. Twelve scholars of piracy show why pirates thrived in the New
World seas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century empires, how
pirates operated their plundering ventures, how governments battled
piracy, and when and why piracy declined. The essays presented take
the study of piracy, which can easily lapse into rousing,
romanticized stories, to new heights of rigor and insight. The
Golden Age of Piracy also delves into the enduring status of
pirates as pop culture icons. Audiences have devoured stories about
cutthroats such as Blackbeard and Henry Morgan from the time that
pirates sailed the sea. By looking at the ideas of gender and
sexuality surrounding pirate stories, the fad for hunting pirate
treasure, and the construction of pirate myths, the book's
contributors tell a new story about the dangerous men, and a few
dangerous women, who terrorized the high seas.
Privateers of the Americas examines raids on Spanish shipping
conducted from the United States during the early 1800s. These
activities were sanctioned by, and conducted on behalf of,
republics in Spanish America aspiring to independence from Spain.
Among the available histories of privateering, there is no
comparable work. Because privateering further complicated
international dealings during the already tumultuous Age of
Revolution, the book also offers a new perspective on the
diplomatic and Atlantic history of the early American republic.
Seafarers living in the United States secured commissions from
Spanish American nations, attacked Spanish vessels, and returned to
sell their captured cargoes (which sometimes included slaves) from
bases in Baltimore, New Orleans, and Galveston and on Amelia
Island. Privateers sold millions of dollars of goods to untold
numbers of ordinary Americans. Their collective enterprise involved
more than a hundred vessels and thousands of people-not only ships'
crews but investors, merchants, suppliers, and others. They angered
foreign diplomats, worried American officials, and muddied U.S.
foreign relations. David Head looks at how Spanish American
privateering worked and who engaged in it; how the U.S. government
responded; how privateers and their supporters evaded or exploited
laws and international relations; what motivated men to choose this
line of work; and ultimately, what it meant to them to sail for the
new republics of Spanish America. His findings broaden our
understanding of the experience of being an American in a wider
world.
Privateers of the Americas examines raids on Spanish shipping
conducted from the United States during the early 1800s. These
activities were sanctioned by, and conducted on behalf of,
republics in Spanish America aspiring to independence from Spain.
Among the available histories of privateering, there is no
comparable work. Because privateering further complicated
international dealings during the already tumultuous Age of
Revolution, the book also offers a new perspective on the
diplomatic and Atlantic history of the early American republic.
Seafarers living in the United States secured commissions from
Spanish American nations, attacked Spanish vessels, and returned to
sell their captured cargoes (which sometimes included slaves) from
bases in Baltimore, New Orleans, and Galveston and on Amelia
Island. Privateers sold millions of dollars of goods to untold
numbers of ordinary Americans. Their collective enterprise involved
more than a hundred vessels and thousands of people-not only ships'
crews but investors, merchants, suppliers, and others. They angered
foreign diplomats, worried American officials, and muddied U.S.
foreign relations. David Head looks at how Spanish American
privateering worked and who engaged in it; how the U.S. government
responded; how privateers and their supporters evaded or exploited
laws and international relations; what motivated men to choose this
line of work; and ultimately, what it meant to them to sail for the
new republics of Spanish America. His findings broaden our
understanding of the experience of being an American in a wider
world.
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