Автор: Gary Topping
Издательство: Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Год издания: 2003
isbn: 0806135611
Количество страниц: 368
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Among historians of Utah and the American West, few names have greater resonance than Bernard DeVoto, Dale Morgan, Juanita Brooks, Wallace Stegner, and Fawn Brodie. Each of these writers made enduring contributions not only to our knowledge of the American West but also to our view of the region and its history. In many ways their writing set the standard for scholarship and interpretation, and their influence is still felt today. Yet they were not flawless. As Gary Topping explains in this, the first comprehensive appraisal of their work, each had serious shortcomings. DeVoto and Stegner, master storytellers, distorted their histories with excessive use of literary and artistic techniques; Morgan, the thorough researcher, failed to see larger contexts and interpretive possibilities; Brooks, courageous in finding damning new information on the Mountain Meadows massacre, stopped short of drawing conclusions that might alienate her from her fellow Mormons; and Brodie, psychobiographer extraordinaire, nonetheless succumbed to reading too much into the lives of her subjects based on her own emotions and conflicts. All five writers experienced Mormon Utah in the formative stages of their lives and, whether they wanted to or not, fashioned their work on the American West under that indelible influence. Topping shows ultimately how, despite weaknesses, each created exemplary models of diligent research and narrative elegance while establishing new traditions in western historical scholarship.
Автор: Durwood Ball
Издательство: University of Oklahoma Press
Год издания: 2001
isbn: 0806133120
Количество страниц: 287
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Deployed to posts from the Missouri River to the Pacific in 1848, the United States Army undertook an old mission on frontiers new to the United States: occupying the western territories; suppressing American Indian resistance; keeping the peace among feuding Indians, Hispanics, and Anglos; and consolidating United States sovereignty in the region. Overshadowing and complicating the frontier military mission were the politics of slavery and the growing rift between the North and South. As regular troops fanned out across the American West, the diverse inhabitants of the region intensified their competition for natural resources, political autonomy, and cultural survival. Their conflicts often erupted into violence that propelled the army into riot duty and bloody warfare. Examining the full continuum of martial force in the American West, Durwood Ball reveals how regular troops waged war on American Indians to enforce federal law. He also provides details on the army's military interventions against filibusters in Texas and California, Mormon rebels in Utah, and violent political partisans in Kansas. Unlike previous histories, this book argues that the politics of slavery profoundly influenced the western mission of the regular army--affecting the hearts and minds of officers and enlisted men both as the nation plummeted toward civil war.
Автор: Путий Ю.В.
Издательство: Слово
Год издания: 2005
isbn: 966-334-139-4
Количество страниц: 64
Язык: русский
Формат: DJVU
Книга поможет вам разобраться, почему варка на пару - оптимальный способ приготовления пищи, и вы задумаетесь над тем, чтобы воспользоваться преимуществами паровой кухни, которая на сегодняшний день считается самой диетической и полезной по многим показателям, также приведено множество рецептов блюд на пару.
Автор: Дэвид Браун
Издательство: Попурри
Год издания: 2004
isbn: 985-438-617-1
Количество страниц: 48
Язык: русский
Формат: PDF
В книге рассказано и показано, как с помощью графитового карандаша, угля, пастели, пера и туши или других средств создавать красивые и реалистические изображения домашних кошек разных пород. Для широкого круга читателей.
Автор: H. A. Shapiro
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
Год издания: 2007
isbn: 0521529298
Количество страниц: 352
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
The Cambridge Companion to Archaic Greece provides a wide-ranging synthesis of history, society, and culture during the formative period of Ancient Greece, from the Age of Homer in the late eighth century to the Persian Wars of 490-480 BC. In ten clearly written and succinct chapters, leading scholars from around the English-speaking world treat all aspects of the civilization of Archaic Greece, from social, political, and military history to early achievements in poetry, philosophy, and the visual arts. Archaic Greece was an age of experimentation and intellectual ferment that laid the foundations for much of Western thought and culture. Individual Greek city-states rose to great power and wealth, and after a long period of isolation, many cities sent out colonies that spread Hellenism to all corners of the Mediterranean world. This Companion offers a vivid and fully documented account of this critical stage in the history of the West.
Автор: Alan Axelrod
Издательство: Facts on File
Год издания: 2007
isbn: 0816060223
Количество страниц: 944
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
World War II, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history, is widely considered the pivotal event of the modern age. From the rise of fascist Europe to the atomic bombings of Japan, "Encyclopedia of World War II" presents the complete story of this great conflict. International in scope, this two-volume A-to-Z reference covers the military, historical, political, diplomatic, and biographical aspects of the war. The entries include: airborne assault; battle of France; battle of Iwo Jima; battle of Pearl; harbor; battle of the Atlantic; Battleships; Browning automatic rifle; Winston Churchill; cryptology; Desert Rats; Dresden air raid; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Flying Tigers; Gestapo; Gothic Line; Adolf Hitler; The Holocaust; Liberty ships; Douglas MacArthur; Manhattan Project; The Marshall Islands Campaign; Navajo Code Talkers; Normandy landings; Operation Cobra; Erwin Rommel; Submarines; and Tuskegee Airmen.
Автор: Willie F. Page
Издательство: Facts on File
Год издания: 2005
isbn: 0816052697
Количество страниц: 1780
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Authoritative and Illuminating; This comprehensive set covers the entire expanse of African history as never before. It treats Africa - its geography, art, cultures, peoples, personalities, and even its wildlife - in three volumes, each devoted to a major period in the continent's development. Each volume's in-depth, heavily cross-referenced, and alphabetical entries draw students, researchers, and general readers into the histories of ancient cities, powerful kingdoms, and charismatic leaders, many of whom are little known. Filled with fascinating sidebars, unusual illustrations, and above all wonderful stories, these accessible, attractive, and very readable encyclopedias are authoriative information sources as well as enteratining and illuminating guides to the world's most diverse continent. Ancient Africa; This volume covers the earliest stages of Africa's history, from civilization's beginnings through the Metallic Age, the kingdoms of Egypt and Nubia, Africa's interaction with ancient Greece and Rome, and the rise of Kush and Aksum. African Kingdoms; The focus of tis volume is on the period from approximately 500 through 1500, encompassing the powerful kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai along with the wealthy city-states of the west and south. African Conquest and Colonization; Covering the period from approximately 1500 to 1850, this volume examines the Grain, Gold, and Slave Coasts; the rise of the slave trade; the partitioning of West Africa; and the traditional governments, religions, and arts of the regions.
Автор: Richard W. Orloff, David M. Harland
Издательство: Springer
Год издания: 2006
isbn: 0387300430
Количество страниц: 633
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
On 25 May 1961, John F Kennedy announced the goal of landing an American man on the Moon by the end of the decade. This challenge forced NASA to review the planned lunar landing of a three-man spaceship named Apollo in the mid-1970s. In 1962, it was decided that a specialized vehicle would accompany the main spacecraft, to make the lunar landing while the mothership remained in lunar orbit. To send these vehicles to the Moon would require the development of an enormous rocket. Development was protracted, but in December 1968 Apollo 8 was launched on a pioneering mission to perform an initial reconnaissance in lunar orbit. When Apollo 17 lifted off from the Moon in December 1972, the program was concluded. Now, at long last, there is a real prospect of a resumption of human exploration of the Moon. This book provides an overview of the origins of the Apollo program and descriptions of the ground facilities, launch vehicles and spacecraft that will serve as an invaluable single-volume sourcebook for space enthusiasts, space historians, journalists, and programme-makers on radio and TV. It supplements tha other books that have focused on the politics and management of the Apollo program, the astronauts, and their training and exploits.
Автор: О. Семенов
Издательство: Аделант
Год издания: 2010
isbn: 978-5-93642-181-5
Количество страниц: 256
Язык: русский
Формат: PDF
"В мире есть три вещи, созерцание которых доставляет человеку удовольствие и никогда не наскучит - это вид воды в движении, огонь (если не горит твой дом) и как работает человек - Мастер. Я рад представить уважаемому читателю удивительную книгу моего коллеги, тульского художника-оружейника Олега Семенова. Удивительна эта книга тем, что она не о произведениях оружейного искусства современных мастеров, а о том "Как это делается". Удивительна еще и тем, что написана не теоретиком и знатоком прикладного искусства и оружейного дела, а Мастером, владеющим всеми тонкостями древнего искусства. Для нас, его коллег из Гильдии мастеров-оружейников стало полной неожиданностью, что Олег задумал и осуществил свою мечту - поделиться своими знаниями со всем миром. Он пунктуально, шаг за шагом открывает завесу тайны Мастерства".
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