Walter A McDougall:LET THE SEA MAKE A NOISE : A HISTORY OF THE NORTH PACIFIC FROM MAGELLAN TO MACARTHUR
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Paperback / softback. New. A brother and sister just entering their twenties, surviving with grit and courage on a frontier planet-on the eve of galactic revolution! Down with the Empire… More...
Paperback / softback. New. A brother and sister just entering their twenties, surviving with grit and courage on a frontier planet-on the eve of galactic revolution! Down with the Empire! David Drake science fiction classic reissued for a young adult audience 14 and, 6, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1990. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Beige cloth with gilt on spine, headband, 375 pages + 24 pages of b & w photos, with maps, ink name on ffep, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition. "In the Arms of the Empire starts in 1760, after the Conquest, and traces the sometimes bloody, sometimes ludicrous military events and strategies of our emerging nation up to the eve of the Second World War. Ever mindful of the powerful, irreconcilable objectives of the anglophones and francophones, the authors detail the effects of national and great power politics on Canada's destiny." Contents include: Intro / "Canada Must Be Demolished" / Invasion and Occupation / A Conditional State / Unfinished Business / 1837 / Fifty-four Forty or Fight / Drifting Toward Commitment / Just A Little Precedent / "This Conclusion Was Not Discussed with Canada..." / A Long Way from Home / The Great Crusade / A Country Divided / The Fireproof House / Descent into War / Bibliograpohy / index. Check out the scans. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Jacket Illustration by Greg Ruhl. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., McClelland & Stewart, 1990, 4, London: Cambridge University Press, 1960. Ex-Library. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. nice copy in black cloth with gilt ttles to spine, binding good and pages bright and clean. Economic and Social Studies XVI., Cambridge University Press, 1960, 3, London, UK: George Philip & Son for the Historical Association, 1953. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 24pp stapled booklet in stiff card covers. 8vo. Covers very slightly rubbed at edges and toned, especially over spine. Internally some mild corner curling and some very mild page warping, else neat and clean. A slightly extended version of a lecture given before the West London Branch of the Historical Association in 1952, intended to serve as an introduction to the history of the Near East in the period immediately before the Crusades of the latter part of the 11th century. We have many insightful and fascinating historical pamphlets, essays, local history booklets covering many areas, periods and themes, in stock. Please inquire for generous discounts if considering ordering more than one at time., George Philip & Son for the Historical Association, 1953, 3, London: Bodley Head, 2009. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Feels unread but has some minor foxing to the first page. While Britain was losing an empire, it was finding itself... The compelling opening words to The Fate of the Empire, set the tone and agenda for the final stage of Simon Schama s epic voyage around Britain, her people and her past. Spanning two centuries, crossing the breadth of the empire and covering a vast expanse of topics from the birth of feminism to the fate of freedom he explores the forces that shaped British culture and character from 1776 to 2000. he story opens on the eve of a bloody revolution, but not a British one. The French Revolution never quite crossed the Channel, though its spirit of fiery defiance and Romantic idealism did, sparking off a round of radical revolts and reforms that gathered momentum over the coming century from the Irish Rebellion to the Chartist Petition. The great question of the Victorian century was how the world s first industrial society could come through its growing pains without falling apart in social and political conflict. Would the machine age destroy or strengthen the institutions that held Britain together, from the family to the farm? And if the British Empire helped to make Britain stable and rich, did it live up to it, Bodley Head, 2009, 3, Istanbul: Kriter Yayinlari, 2018. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In English. 94 p. During the 19th century, British diplomacy towards the Ottoman Empire was based on rejuvenating and revitalising the administration system with a series of social and political reforms. Although British attitudes began to transform during the Near Eastern Crisis of 1876-8 and the Anglo-Ottoman alliance was interrupted, the policy changed dramatically on the eve of the First World War. Nonetheless, major events such as the Chanak Crisis in the British Cabinet, the occupation of Constantinople and Smyrna and finally the Turkish Nationalist Movementunder the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk effected the dynamics of Anglo-Ottoman relations. This book examines the ground of these policies and analyses how thisstorm was over in British foreign policies towards Turkey between 1918 and 1923., Kriter Yayinlari, 2018, 6, new pb, Authorhouseuk, 2011-03, 6, Penguin Press, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated: First published in 2007 by The Penguin Press. In addition, complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with baby blue boards, wedge wood blue spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight: no writings, no markings noted but for shadow of stain on front end paper. Smudges on text block edges; black line on bottom text block near spine-possible remainder mark.. Dust jacket very good; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, "". . . the history of an era rather like our own - a time when dissenters and rebels were hemmed in by conformists and hardheaded authoritarians, a time when a nation on the eve of global domination fretted about its future. It was, however, an era when those who argued that a British empire would be a disaster for liberty were eventually squashed by imperialists, just as those who railed against mindless materialism were in the end rolled over by imperialists, just as those who railed against mindless materialism were in the end rolled over by industrialists and the promoters of luxury goods. . . . reveals an era when people were obsessed with the need to appear authentic, and yet forever had doubts about who was and who wasn't - concerns familiar to the ""me"" age we know so well. . . . ."", Penguin Press, 2007, 3, USA: Forgotten Books / Century, 2019. Forgotten Books / Century 2019 1st Edition Good/ Original 1921 printing by Century Books. Hinges mended. Solid page block, Dark green cloth reinforced with matching dark-green cloth bk-tape. Tight bright unmarked pages. Includes 8 multi-page maps in color: Europe 600 A.D. page 80, Europe 800 A.D. page 112; Byzantine Empire Page 240; Christianity and Islam on the eve of the Crusades; page 256; Europe 1200 A. D. page 272; States of Syria, Cusading States page 288; Economic Europe of the Midle Ages page 252 and Ecclesiastic Divisions of the XIII Century page 360. 446 pages in all with index. LARGE HEAVY ITEM.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. No Exp., Forgotten Books / Century, 2019, 2.5, New York, NY Dodd ,Mead & Company, 1957. Hardcover First Edition USA (1957), so stated. First Edition USA (1957), so stated. Very Good+: shows very light wear to the extremities and a hint of sun blanching to the red letterboxes at the backstrip; the outside edges of the text block have tanned somewhat due to aging; a former owner's name inscribed at the front pastedown endpaper and his address label affixed to the front free endpaper; else flawless if no longer fresh; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and minor, unobtrusive imperfections. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.85 x 1.65 inches). xiv, 402 pages. Extensive Index. Language: English. Weight: 26.5 ounces. Grey cloth over boards with gilt reproduction of Churchill's signature at the front panel and gilt titles in red letterboxes at the backstrip. Hardback: Lacks DJ. Churchill's 'History of the English Speaking Peoples' is presented as all history should be presented- with a keen understanding of the events as they unfolded, an amazing ability to convey the motivations and passions of the people involved, and with a profound wit. Churchill effortlessly tells us the story of England from it's earliest settlement to the eve of World War I. His insights into such events as the Boer War, the Conflicts with Napoleon, and the American Civil War are unparrelled. Exhaustive, pithy, insightful, illuminating and in places funny as a get-out., Dodd ,Mead & Company, 1957., 0, New York: Basic Books, 2004. Paperback. Very Good/No Dj. 8vo. pp. 351. paperback edition. ""The British Empire was the largest in all history: the nearest thing to world domination ever achieved. By the eve of World War II, around a quarter of the world's land surface was under some form of British rule. Yet for today's generation, the British Empire seems a Victorian irrelevance. The&hellip, Basic Books, 2004, 3, Niwot, CO.: University Press of Colorado, 1992. 1st . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 188pp.incl.index; HB blk.w/gilt; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. DJ blk.w/blue&white; slight rub. Illustrated historical profile of the Aztec empire on the eve of its encounter with the Europeans., University Press of Colorado, 1992, 4.5, London: Oxford, 1967. 2nd edition. Paperback. Very Good/No dustjacket. 8vo. pp. 343, ""This fully revised edition of Bettenson's widely acclaimed volume traces Christian history through the periods of the Fathers, the Church in the Roman Empire, the Creeds, Scholasticism, the Reformation, the Churches in Great Britain, and Roman Catholic pronouncements up to the eve of the Second Vatican Council."", Oxford, 1967, 3, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2013. Second. Paperback. Very good/No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp.454. paperback edition. ""When Hitlers armies occupied Italy in 1943, they also seized control of mankinds greatest cultural treasures. As they had done throughout Europe, the Nazis could now plunder the masterpieces of the Renaissance, the treasures of the Vatican, and the antiquities of the Roman Empire. // On the eve of the Allied invasion, General&hellip, W. W. Norton & Company, 2013, 3, New York: F.S. Crofts & Co., 1928. First Edition . Hard Back. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 6" X 8 3/4. 496 Pages Indexed. Maroon cloth with two DUKE labels on front. Spnie is a bit faded making the lettering difficult to read. Owner's name Weyeasberg Room 224 Dor #2 Duke University 1930 in ink on front endpaper.. Ink and pencil notes on free endpapers and half-title page. Text pages are pretty much free of notes and marks except for a dozen or so pages aroound 130-140 and then again on Pages 160 to 165. No other marks noted to the remaining text pages that are tight and clean. The blank page following the last numbered (index) page has about a 3 inch chunk torn out. illustrated with 31 maps throughout. This textbook is written in a clear and simple style containing only material that the student can readily absorb. The organization is straightfoward and easily grasped, concise in pertinent matters, and the conclusions and judgments are self-eviden and convincing. The Reformation is treated in a separate chapter rather than interrupt the discussion of religious movemenets by a trreatment of wars and political questions. The wars fought in the 16th century cannot be understood by most students until lthey have studied the Reformation. Contents in 15 Chapters: The Passing of the Middle Ages, The Reformation, Sixteenth Century Politics, The Dutch Republic and the Thirty years' War, The Ascendancy of France, England in the 17th Century, The British Empire in the 18th Century, The Rise of Prussia, Russia Sweden and Poland, Social Europe Before the French Revolution, France on the Eve of the Revolution, The French Revolution, The Era of Napoleon, and The Reconstructjion of Europe., F.S. Crofts & Co., 1928, 2, This is a first edition (I think--see image 5) of Let the Sea Make a Noise, A History of the North Pacific from Magellan to MacArthur, written by the American Historian Walter McDougall.From a review:In this exceptionally innovative work, Walter McDougall projects on a large screen four hundred years of exciting voyages of discovery, pioneering feats, engineering marvels, political plots and business chicanery, racial clashes and brutal wars. It is a chronicle complete with little-known facts and turning points, but always focused on the remarkable people at the center of events, among them the America-loving Japanese ambassador to Washington on the eve of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Russian builder of the Trans-Siberian Railway, and a Hawaiian queen during the first period of Western competition for the islands.Let the Sea Make a Noise . . . is a gripping account of the rise and fall of the empires in the last, vast, unexplored corner of the habitable earth -- an area occupying one-sixth of the globe. There is no other book that covers these same subjects in this wealth of detail and with such chronological scope.793 pages, unclipped dust jacket. There are some marks to the side of the book, when it's closed. Otherwise perfect condition.NOTE: My quoted price for shipping OUTSIDE of North America is for surface mail without tracking. For other shipping options, please contact me., Basic Books, 1993, 4<