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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1914 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1905 Edition.
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Full Title: "The Plot That Failed Official Records Which Show that
the Chicago Tribune Employed Burns Detectives, Who Manufactured
Evidence Intended to Convict an Honest Man of the Crime of
Perjury"Description: "The Making of the Modern Law: Trials,
1600-1926" collection provides descriptions of the major trials
from over 300 years, with official trial documents, unofficially
published accounts of the trials, briefs and arguments and more.
Readers can delve into sensational trials as well as those
precedent-setting trials associated with key constitutional and
historical issues and discover, including the Amistad Slavery case,
the Dred Scott case and Scopes "monkey" trial."Trials" provides
unfiltered narrative into the lives of the trial participants as
well as everyday people, providing an unparalleled source for the
historical study of sex, gender, class, marriage and
divorce.++++The below data was compiled from various identification
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identification: ++++MonographHarvard Law School Libraryc.1912
1905. American inventor, engineer and author. Contents: Miss
Harding is Coming; Mainly about Smith; Mr. Harding Wins a Bet;
Bishop's Hired Man; The Eagle's Nest; I Play with Miss Harding; Two
Boys from Buckfield; Downfall of Mr. Harding; Mr. Smith Gets Busy;
The Two Gladiators; The Barn Dance; The St. Andrews Swing; Our New
Professional; Myself and I; The Auto and the Bull; Miss Harding
Owns Up; The Passing of Percy; Mr. Harding Struggle; The Tornado;
Fat Ewes and Sharp Knives; I am Entirely Satisfied; I am Utterly
Miserable; A Few Closing Confessions. See other titles by this
author available from Kessinger Publishing.
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!
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!
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!
1914. Illustrated. An examination of The United Fruit Company in
Central America and the incredible power it held over whole nations
offers many insights into turn-of-the-century economic imperialism
as well as gleanings into the Central American Republics, Columbia
and Cuba. In recent American history, the United Fruit Company is
among those enterprises most closely identified with Yankee
Imperialism in Latin America. Founded in 1899, they grew to become
the largest employer in Central America by 1930, having been
granted vast tracts of jungle to clear and develop by friendly
governments. Contents: Our Neglected Tropical Neighbors; The Modest
but Mighty Banana; Attacking the Wilderness; Laying the
Foundations; Birth of the United Fruit Company; Growth of a Great
Enterprise; Twelve Years of Creative Work; In the Wake of Columbus;
Where the Banana is King; In Beautiful Costa Rica; The Awakening of
Guatemala; Along the Coast of South America; Exploring the Sugar
Bowl of Cuba; Health Conquest of the Tropics; An International
Tropical Farm; Lessons Taught by the Banana.
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poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
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1914. Illustrated. An examination of The United Fruit Company in
Central America and the incredible power it held over whole nations
offers many insights into turn-of-the-century economic imperialism
as well as gleanings into the Central American Republics, Columbia
and Cuba. In recent American history, the United Fruit Company is
among those enterprises most closely identified with Yankee
Imperialism in Latin America. Founded in 1899, they grew to become
the largest employer in Central America by 1930, having been
granted vast tracts of jungle to clear and develop by friendly
governments. Contents: Our Neglected Tropical Neighbors; The Modest
but Mighty Banana; Attacking the Wilderness; Laying the
Foundations; Birth of the United Fruit Company; Growth of a Great
Enterprise; Twelve Years of Creative Work; In the Wake of Columbus;
Where the Banana is King; In Beautiful Costa Rica; The Awakening of
Guatemala; Along the Coast of South America; Exploring the Sugar
Bowl of Cuba; Health Conquest of the Tropics; An International
Tropical Farm; Lessons Taught by the Banana.
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