Search Results - "Peace"

A desert named peace the violence of France's empire in the Algerian Sahara, 1844-1902 / by Brower, Benjamin Claude

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Peace, war and party politics the conservatives and Europe 1846-59 / by Hicks, Geoffrey

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Prophecy of the swan the Upper Peace River fur trade of 1794-1823 / by Burley, David, 1950-

Subjects: “…Fur trade Peace River Region (B.C. and Alta.) History 18th century.…”
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West Pointers and the Civil War the old army in war and peace / by Hsieh, Wayne Wei-siang

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Turgenev and Russian culture essays to honour Richard Peace /

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The Sutton-Taylor feud the deadliest blood feud in Texas / by Parsons, Chuck

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The Sutton-Taylor feud -- The Taylors and the Suttons : Texas pioneers -- Homicides and private quarrels -- A killing in Clinton -- The state police : "murder most foul" -- Rampant killings -- Treaties of peace -- McNelly and the Rangers arrive -- Bloody 1875 -- Last killings -- Prisoners and trials -- With the smoke cleared -- Epilogue: All is forgiven.…”
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Ending the Civil War the bloody year from Grant's promotion to Lincoln's assassination / by Patterson, Benton Rain, 1929-

“…United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Peace.…”
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Murder in tombstone the forgotten trial of Wyatt Earp / by Lubet, Steven

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Riding Lucifer's Line Ranger deaths along the Texas-Mexico border / by Alexander, Bob (James R.)

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The feud that wasn't the Taylor ring, Bill Sutton, John Wesley Hardin, and violence in Texas / by Smallwood, James

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A ruinous and unhappy war New England and the War of 1812 / by Ellis, James H., 1932-

Table of Contents: “…The die is cast -- The most prejudicial plantation -- A dastardly, inglorious policy -- A most unexampled outrage -- The final step -- The peace party at war -- Imminent danger and perils -- Don't give up the ship -- Trouble on the waves -- All America blockaded -- An order to destroy -- Severe and degrading terms -- A great pamphlet -- Glad tidings of peace.…”
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Victims' State : War and Welfare in Austria, 1868-1925 / by Hsia, Ke-Chin

Table of Contents: “…Government Poverty and Incentive Pensions in the Nineteenth Century -- The Emergence of the War Welfare Field from Peace to War -- A Social Offensive on the Home Front -- The Last-Ditch Effort to Save the Monarchy -- War Victims, a New Power Factor -- A Republic with "the Correct National and Social Sensibilities" -- "The Public's Interest in Invalids Has Waned."…”
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Victims' State : War and Welfare in Austria, 1868-1925 / by Hsia, Ke-Chin

Table of Contents: “…Government Poverty and Incentive Pensions in the Nineteenth Century -- The Emergence of the War Welfare Field from Peace to War -- A Social Offensive on the Home Front -- The Last-Ditch Effort to Save the Monarchy -- War Victims, a New Power Factor -- A Republic with "the Correct National and Social Sensibilities" -- "The Public's Interest in Invalids Has Waned."…”
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Pictorial Victorians the inscription of values in word and image / by Thomas, Julia, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…War and peace: word and image in mid-Victorian culture -- Picturing slavery: Uncle Tom's cabin and its early illustrations -- Pictures, poems, politics: illustrating Tennyson -- Crinolineomania: Punch's female malady -- Nation and narration: the Englishness of Victorian narrative painting -- Tale of two stories: Joseph Noel Paton's In memoriam -- Telling tales: adultery and maternity in past and present.…”
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War upon the land military strategy and the transformation of southern landscapes during the American Civil War / by Brady, Lisa M., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : nineteenth-century ideas of nature and their role in Civil War strategy -- Hostile territory : Union operations along the Lower Mississippi, 1862-1863 -- Broken country : Union campaigns at and around Vicksburg, 1863 -- Ravaged ground : Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, 1864 -- Devoured land : Sherman's Georgia and Carolina campaigns, 1864-1865 -- Conclusion : making a desert and calling it peace.…”
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Black soldiers of the queen the Natal native contingent in the Anglo-Zulu War / by Thompson, P. S. (Paul Singer)

Table of Contents: “…The coming of war -- Mobilization : the first regiment, pioneers and mounted troops -- Mobilization (continued) : the second and third regiments -- The third regiment in the Zulu country -- Disaster at Isandlwana -- Escape from the Zulu country -- Disbanding of the third regiment -- The second regiment to Eshowe and back -- Remodelling of the contingent -- The relief of Eshowe -- War in the thorns -- War on the plain -- War in the hills -- In the Zulu heartland -- Victory at Ulundi -- The king chase -- The return of peace.…”
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Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War / by Lehman, James O., Nolt, Steven M., 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : religion, religious minorities, and the American Civil War -- Politics and peoplehood in a restless republic -- Our country is at war -- Conscription, combat, and Virginia's "war of self-defense," 1861-1862 -- Negotiation and notoriety in Pennsylvania, 1862 -- Patterns of peace and patriotism in the Midwest -- The fighting comes north, 1862-1863 -- Thaddeus Stevens and Pennsylvania Mennonite politics -- Did Jesus Christ teach men war? …”
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Rebellion now and forever Mayas, Hispanics, and caste war violence in Yucatán, 1800-1880 / by Rugeley, Terry, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the caste war uncrossed -- Men newly powerful : how Pueblo politics became a caste war -- The extremes of death or triumph : a society goes to war, 1847-1851 -- Nothing more than a new conquest : a world catches its breath -- The roar of a terrible tempest : liberal reform and the civil wars, 1855-1863 -- The empire comes to Mayab -- A world (mostly) restored : the paradoxes of the republic -- Peace, Porfirian-style : East meets West, and a people contort the past -- Conclusion : violence and the ghost of Santiago Imán.…”
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Fort Worth characters by Selcer, Richard F.

Table of Contents: “…The curious story of Brevet Major Ripley Arnold -- Legendary Marshal Timothy Isaiah Courtright -- Hagar Tucker: Fort Worth's black policeman -- Marshal Sam Farmer: Fort Worth's first professional peace officer -- Al Hayne: the people's hero -- The strange case of Maggie Tewmey -- Black sheep Jeff Daggett -- Quanah Parker: Fort Worth's adopted native son -- Wayward policeman Thomas Finch -- Crazy Mary Rea: "a real corker" -- Madam Mary Porter: Mary, Mary quite contrary -- James W. …”
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John Brown in memory and myth / by Daigh, Michael, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Dies irae, dies illa -- The means to real peace -- Upon these stones -- Like ashes in the fall -- The revelation of John Brown -- The metaphysics of the hangman -- Where faith is needed -- The history of an error -- The last witness.…”
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