North America local history
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Made to Order: Painted Ceramics of Ancient TeotihuacanThe ancient city of Teotihuacan, North America's first metropolis, flourished for nearly eight centuries in central Mexico until its demise in 650 C.E. Known primarily for its massive architecture and monumental wall paintings, the city--and its dazzling artwork--inspired awe in its time, and continues...
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A Crooked River: Rustlers, Rangers, and Regulars on the Lower Rio Grande, 1861-1877During the turbulent years of the Civil War and Reconstruction, a squall of violence and lawlessness swept through the Nueces Strip and the Rio Grande Valley in southern Texas. Cattle rustlers, regular troops, and Texas Rangers, as well as Civil War deserters and other...
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Santa Anna of MexicoAntonio López de Santa Anna (1794-1876) is one of the most famous, and infamous, figures in Mexican history. Six times the country's president, he is consistently depicted as a traitor, a turncoat, and a tyrant-the exclusive cause of all of Mexico's misfortunes following the...
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Walking the Americas: 1,800 Miles, Eight Countries, and One Incredible Journey from Mexico to ColombiaLevison Wood's famous walking expeditions have taken him from the length of the Nile River to the peaks of the Himalayas, and in Walking the Americas, Wood chronicles his latest exhilarating adventure: an 1,800-mile trek across the spine of the Americas, through eight countries,...
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Sister and I from Victoria to LondonVictoria, BC, July 11th 191. . . . With red eyes and a body guard of sniffing "faithfuls" attending us, we start on our long trip abroad. . . . So begins Emily Carr's memoirs of her trip to England with her sister Alice....
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Ultimate Baseball Road Trip: A Fan's Guide to Major League StadiumsThemost entertaining and comprehensiveguide to every baseball fan s dream road trip including every new ballpark since the 2004 edition revised and completely updated "Author: Josh Pahigian, Kevin O'ConnellPublisher: Lyons PressPublished: 03/27/2012Pages: 512Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.72lbsSize: 9.20h x 7.50w x 1.30dISBN: 9780762773404About the AuthorJosh...
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North Vancouver's Lonsdale NeighbourhoodNorth Vancouver occupies one of the world's most scenic urban settings. Lonsdale Avenue, running from the waters of Burrard Inlet to the mountains of the Coast Range, is the community's de facto main street. In early 1903, Alfred St. George Hamersleypurchased a substantial parcel...
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The Art of Money GettingPhineas Taylor P. T. Barnum (1810-91) is best known for forming the circus that came to be known as The Greatest Show on Earth. A brash, larger-than-life entrepreneur, he transformed the nature of commercial entertainment in the nineteenth century, from his private museum of...
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Colonial Blackness: A History of Afro-MexicoAsking readers to imagine a history of Mexico narrated through the experiences of Africans and their descendants, this book offers a radical reconfiguration of Latin American history. Using ecclesiastical and inquisitorial records, Herman L. Bennett frames the history of Mexico around the private lives...
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Africans in Colonial Mexico: Absolutism, Christianity, and Afro-Creole Consciousness, 1570-1640"This book charts new directions in thinking about the construction of new world identities. . . . Bennett does a masterful job." --Judith A. Byfield, DartmouthIn this study of the largest population of free and slave Africans in the New World, Herman L. Bennett...
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Consider This, SeñoraThe long-awaited and highly praised second novel by the author of Stones for Ibarra. The American characters here find themselves waiting, hoping, and living in rural Mexico-a land with the power to enchant, repulse, captivate, and change all who pass through it. Named a...
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The Ojibwa of Berens River, Manitoba: Ethnography Into HistoryAuthor: Jennifer S. Brown, A. Irving HallowellPublisher: Harcourt Brace College PublishersPublished: 01/01/1992Pages: 128Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.47lbsSize: 9.04h x 6.05w x 0.34dISBN: 9780030551222This title is only available via back order
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Inquire WithinThe counsellor who enables your dreams to become reality - at a price; the oh-so-persuasive freelance interrogator whose sub-legal techniques ensure dramatic results; an unsung writer, standing in at a gala when the big name doesn't show; the on-call priest who specializes in clerical...
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Canadian State Trials, Volume V: World War, Cold War, and Challenges to Sovereignty, 1939-1990The fifth and final volume of the Canadian State Trials series examines political trials and national security measures during the period 1939 to 1990. Essays by historians and legal scholars shed light on experiences during the Second World War and its immediate aftermath, including...
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Our Long Struggle for Home: The Ipperwash StoryA new history of the Ipperwash Crisis and its context. In 1942, Canadian officials expropriated Nishnaabeg ancestral territory for a military base, promising to return the land after the war. By 1993, the elders had waited long enough. They entered the active camp under...
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Word Search Puzzles Book For Kids Ages 8-10: 100 Word Search Puzzles With Different ThemedEntertain your child for hours with this fun and learning activity book!Word searches are a perfect way to keep your child busy for hours. These can also improve their learning in so many ways.Word search books can help to reinforce spellings in your child's...
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Ancient Oaxaca: The Monte Albán StateOver two thousand years ago, Oaxaca, Mexico, was the site of one of the New World's earliest episodes of primary state formation and urbanism, and today it is one of the world's archaeologically best-studied regions. This volume, which thoroughly revises and updates the first...
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Mejor No Te Lo Creas / Better Not Believe ItEn la increíble aventura de mi vida he aprendido lo que significa triunfar, desaparecer y volver de nuevo. He vivido fantasías que ocurren en la realidad, y siempre lo he hecho como un niño que jugaba a soñar a lo grande. Bienvenidos, artemaníacos, a...
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Où Est Ma Fille?See below for English description.Après deux années passées à l'école loin de chez elle, Margaret est excitée à l'idée de rentrer à la maison, dans l'Arctique, et de retrouver sa famille. Mais la réaction de sa mère n'est pas celle qu'elle espérait. Margaret a...
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Big Men Fear MeThe remarkable true story of the rise and fall of one of North America's most influential media moguls.When George McCullagh bought The Globe and The Mail and Empire and merged them into the Globe and Mail, the charismatic 31-year-old high school dropout had already...
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