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White, Red, and Black examines and compares the three races who
lived in Virginia during the seventeenth century. Each is described
according to its origin and cultural background, its population in
America, its settlement locations, and its relations with the other
two races. Extensive notes amply document the author's conclusions
and provide a helpful summary of other scholarship on the subject.
Craven's lectures present an accurate and fully documented picture
of the seventeenth-century Virginian. They correct many assumptions
long held by historians, and they open the way to a greater
understanding of the beginning years of our nation.
These volumes, the fourth and fifth, complete the series of
biographical sketches of students at Princeton University (the
College of New Jersey in colonial times). They cover pivotal years
for both the nation and the College. In 1784, the war with England
had just ended. Nassau Hall was still in a shambles following its
bombardment, and the College was in financial distress. It
gradually regained financial and academic strength, and the Class
of 1794 graduated in the year of the death of President John
Witherspoon, one of the most important early American educators.
The introductory essay by John Murrin, editor of the series since
1981, explores the postwar context of the College. The two volumes
contain biographies of 354 men who attended with the classes of
1784 through 1794 and two other students whose presence at the
College in earlier years has only now been demonstrated. During
these years Princeton accounted for about an eighth of all A.B.
degrees granted in the United States. It was the young republic's
most "national" college, although it had nearly lost its New
England constituency and was instead beginning to draw nearly 40
percent of its students from the South. Originally published in
1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These editions preserve the original texts of these important books
while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase
access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of
books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in
1905.
These volumes, the fourth and fifth, complete the series of
biographical sketches of students at Princeton University (the
College of New Jersey in colonial times). They cover pivotal years
for both the nation and the College. In 1784, the war with England
had just ended. Nassau Hall was still in a shambles following its
bombardment, and the College was in financial distress. It
gradually regained financial and academic strength, and the Class
of 1794 graduated in the year of the death of President John
Witherspoon, one of the most important early American
educators.
The introductory essay by John Murrin, editor of the series
since 1981, explores the postwar context of the College. The two
volumes contain biographies of 354 men who attended with the
classes of 1784 through 1794 and two other students whose presence
at the College in earlier years has only now been demonstrated.
During these years Princeton accounted for about an eighth of all
A.B. degrees granted in the United States. It was the young
republic's most "national" college, although it had nearly lost its
New England constituency and was instead beginning to draw nearly
40 percent of its students from the South.
Originally published in 1991.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these
important books while presenting them in durable paperback
editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly
increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the
thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since
its founding in 1905.
This is a new release of the original 1934 edition.
White, Red, and Black examines and compares the three races who
lived in Virginia during the seventeenth century. Each is described
according to its origin and cultural background, its population in
America, its settlement locations, and its relations with the other
two races. Extensive notes amply document the author's conclusions
and provide a helpful summary of other scholarship on the
subject.Craven's lectures present an accurate and fully documented
picture of the seventeenth-century Virginian. They correct many
assumptions long held by historians, and they open the way to a
greater understanding of the beginning years of our nation.
Collection of six classic Universal Monster movies. In 'Dracula'
1931), estate agent Renfield (Dwight Frye) travels to Transylvania
to arrange the sale of an English mansion to nobleman Count Dracula
(Bela Lugosi). When Renfield discovers that his host is a
500-year-old vampire, he is bitten and himself enslaved. After
arriving in London, Dracula attempts to get his teeth into Mina
Seward (Helen Chandler), an innocent maiden betrothed to Jonathan
Harker (David Manners). Vampire expert Professor Van Helsing
(Edward van Sloan) attempts to put a stop to the bloodsucking. In
'Dracula's Daughter' (1936), vampire-hunter Dr Van Helsing (van
Sloan) believes that he has rid London of the undead when he finds
himself unexpectedly arrested for murder. A series of bodies have
been found drained of all blood, and their discovery coincides with
the arrival in the city of the mysterious Countess Marya Zaleska
(Gloria Holden), who has been to Van Helsing's psychiatrist, Dr
Garth (Otto Kruger) for consultation. From her strange behaviour
Garth and Van Helsing deduce that the countess is a vampire, and
are forced to trail her to Transylvania when she kidnaps Garth's
beautiful fiancée. In 'Son of Dracula' (1943), Katherine (Louise
Allbritton) is a student of the occult, fascinated by Count Alucard
(Lon Chaney Jr), who has recently moved to her home town in the
south of the US. Katherine secretly begins dating Alucard,
eventually marrying him. But when she begins to look and act
strangely, her former boyfriend Frank (Robert Paige) suspects that
something is wrong. In 'House of Frankenstein' (1944), when Dr.
Niemann (Boris Karloff) escapes from the mental asylum in which he
is being held, he awakens Count Dracula (John Carradine), the Wolf
Man (Chaney Jr) and the Frankenstein monster (Glenn Strange) as he
looks to gain revenge on his many enemies. In 'House of Dracula'
(1945), Count Dracula (Carradine) arrives at the laboratory of Dr
Edelman, claiming to seek a cure for his vampirism, but in fact
eager to turn Edelman's beautiful assistant into his vampire bride.
At the same time, a wretched Wolf Man Larry Talbot (Chaney Jr) asks
Edelman to bring his lycanthropy to an end. The first attempt to
cure Talbot fails, and he throws himself off a cliff in a bid to
commit suicide. This attempt fails, but leads him to an underground
cavern where he discovers the monster (Strange) created years
before by Dr Frankenstein... In 'Abbott and Costello Meet
Frankenstein' (1948), baggage clerks Bud (Bud Abbott) and Lou (Lou
Costello) find themselves in hot water when they lose a mysterious
shipment en route to the House of Horrors. It transpires that the
missing crates contained the remains of Count Dracula (Lugosi) and
Frankenstein's monster (Strange), and have now been diverted to the
island hideaway of a crazed scientist who wishes to revive the
monsters The inept duo head off to the island to avert disaster,
but will the arrival of the Wolfman (Chaney Jr) prove to be a help
or a hindrance?
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
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rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
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A masterful study of the demography of seventeenth-century Virginia
. . . . The essays in this book, originally presented during the
James W. Richard Lectures at the University of Virginia, combine
the best secondary works on whites, Indians, and blacks with a
judicious combing of primary sources and imaginative use of
statistics . . . . Like Mr. Craven s] other definitive works on
this period, White, Red, and Black is an indispensable book for
those interested in colonial, southern, and black history. John W.
Blassingame, Journal of Southern History
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