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  • Home Fires

    How Americans Kept Warm in the Nineteenth Century

    par Sean Patrick Adams ...
    Collections series How Things Worked
    "Easily the most thorough and best-grounded account of the coal-based system of heating in the nineteenth-century United States . . . authoritative." — The New England QuarterlyHome Fires tells the fascinating story of how changes in home heating over the nineteenth century spurred the growth of networks that helped remake American society. Sean Patrick Adams reconstructs the ways in which the ... En savoir plus

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  • Old Dominion Industrial Commonwealth

    Coal, Politics, and Economy in Antebellum America

    par Sean Patrick Adams ...
    Collections series Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia
    A look at the role of state policies in North-South economic divergence and in American industrial development leading up to the Civil War.In 1796, famed engineer and architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe toured the coal fields outside Richmond, Virginia, declaring enthusiastically, "Such a mine of Wealth exists, I believe, nowhere else!" With its abundant and accessible deposits, growing industries, ... En savoir plus

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  • The American Coal Industry 1790–1902, Volume I

    Coal and the New Nation, 1790-1835

    par Sean Patrick Adams ...
    The emergence of coal-based fuel economy over the course of the nineteenth century was one of the most significant features of America’s Industrial Revolution, but the transition from wood to mineral energy sources was a gradual one that transpired over a number of decades. The documents in these volumes recreate the institutional history of the American coal industry in the nineteenth century — ... En savoir plus

    $107.17 CAD

  • The American Coal Industry 1790-1902, Volume III

    King Coal's Uneasy Throne in America, 1870-1902

    par Sean Patrick Adams ...
    The emergence of coal-based fuel economy over the course of the nineteenth century was one of the most significant contributions the America’s Industrial Revolution, but the transition from wood to mineral energy sources was a gradual one that transpired over a number of decades. The documents in these volumes recreate the institutional history of the American coal industry in the nineteenth ... En savoir plus

    $107.17 CAD

  • The American Coal Industry 1790-1902, Volume II

    Making Coal a Household Name, 1835-1875

    par Sean Patrick Adams ...
    The emergence of coal-based fuel economy over the course of the nineteenth century was one of the most significant features of America’s Industrial Revolution, but the transition from wood to mineral energy sources was a gradual one that transpired over a number of decades. The documents in these volumes recreate the institutional history of the American coal industry in the nineteenth century - ... En savoir plus

    $322.92 CAD

  • A Companion to the Era of Andrew Jackson

    Modifié par Sean Patrick Adams ...
    Collections series Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History
    A COMPANION TO THE ERA OF ANDREW JACKSONMore than perhaps any other president, Andrew Jackson’s story mirrored that of the United States; from his childhood during the American Revolution, through his military actions against both Native Americans and Great Britain, and continuing into his career in politics. As president, Jackson attacked the Bank of the United States, railed against disunion in ... En savoir plus

    $240.99 CAD

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    par B. E. Hazard ...
    This is the twenty-third edition of the "Harvard Economic Studies", focusing on the intricacies of the boot and shoe industry in Massachusetts before 1875. It chronicles the evolution and development of the industry from 1760-1875 and includes supplementary chapters on such subjects as Medieval shoemaking tools, modern shoe repair, contemporary manufacturing processes, and more. This volume is ... En savoir plus

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  • Washington at the Plow

    The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery

    par Bruce A. Ragsdale ...
    A fresh, original look at George Washington as an innovative land manager whose singular passion for farming would unexpectedly lead him to reject slavery.George Washington spent more of his working life farming than he did at war or in political office. For over forty years, he devoted himself to the improvement of agriculture, which he saw as the means by which the American people would attain ... En savoir plus

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  • The Farmer's Age

    Agriculture, 1815-60

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    Part of a series of detailed reference manuals on American economic history, this volume examines the aspects and problems of land policies and the growth in farming during the mid-1800s. ... En savoir plus

    $90.68 CAD

  • The Age of Big Business: A Chronicle of The Captains of industry

    par Burton Jesse Hendrick ...
    A comprehensive survey of the United States, at the end of the Civil War, would reveal a state of society which bears little resemblance to that of today. Almost all those commonplace fundamentals of existence, the things that contribute to our bodily comfort while they vex us with economic and political problems, had not yet made their appearance. The America of Civil War days was a country ... En savoir plus

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  • American Eden

    David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic

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    Finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for NonfictionA New York Times Editors' Choice SelectionThe untold story of Hamilton’s—and Burr’s—personal physician, whose dream to build America’s first botanical garden inspired the young Republic.On a clear morning in July 1804, Alexander Hamilton stepped onto a boat at the edge of the Hudson River. He was bound for a New Jersey dueling ground to ... En savoir plus

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