Con la realización de esta guía de bolsillo, los ciudadanos pueden redescubrir como era Bogotá en 1810, identificar los lugares donde se desarrollaron los principales acontecimientos del Grito de Independencia y se aproximarse a las huellas y rastros dejadas por los acontecimientos de la época, a manera de memoria urbana y patrimonio cultural.
Case studies combine archaeological data and oral tradition to illustrate how the archaeological expression of beliefs and meanings passed down in the oral tradition may be interpreted.
La ciudad es una brújula de emociones, un texto descifrable en sus edificaciones, en sus calles y, sobre todo, a través de la circulación y los comportamientos de sus caminantes.
In 1884, twenty-three-year-old Corabelle Fellows left her family in Washington, DC, and journeyed out West to teach Native children in Nebraska and Dakota Territory.
Somerville s infectious enthusiasm and wry humour infuse his journey from the Isle of Lewis to southern England, revealing our rich geological history with vibrant local and natural history Observer A meticulous exploration of the ground beneath our feet.
In this pioneering book Daniel Usner examines the economic and cultural interactions among the Indians, Europeans, and African slaves of colonial Louisiana, including the province of West Florida.
In They Write Their Dream on the Rock Forever, 'Nlaka'pamux elder Annie York explains the red-ochre inscriptions written on the rocks and cliffs of the lower Stein Valley in British Columbia.
The Majestic Columbia River Gorge is a collection of stories, myths, and of a Vision Quest by several chiefs of the Watlalla Tribe belonging to the Chinook Nation.
Die beiden renommierten Autoren, ausgewiesene Experten auf dem Gebiet, blicken zurück auf Jahrzehnte der Migration, die Menschen unterschiedlichster Herkunft und Kulturen seit dem 19.
El interes por la geografia es cada vez mayor, debido a su relacion con el medio ambiente, que es hoy una de las grandes preocupaciones de la humanidad.
When the US Army Corps of Engineers began planning construction of The Dalles Dam at Celilo Village in the mid-twentieth century, it was clear that this traditional fishing, commerce, and social site of immense importance to Native tribes would be changed forever.
"e;The Clipper Ship Era: An Epitome of Famous American and British Clipper Ships, Their Owners, Builders, Commanders, and Crews, 1843-1869"e; by Arthur Hamilton Clark is a captivating and meticulously researched chronicle of one of the most dynamic periods in maritime history.
Desde los aportes de los debates historiográficos europeos de los años cincuenta y el giro humanista en las ciencias sociales, se considera un conjunto de categorías de unos transdisciplinar, como la representación y la alteridad, entre otras, que permiten dilucidar las posibilidades epistémicas de un sujeto propio de la historia marítima, de gran utilidad a los estudios sobre la América colonia.
Esta investigación pertenece a la historia social, específicamente a la línea interesada en el estudio de las familias de las élites locales del Antiguo Régimen, cuyas herramientas conceptuales y metodológicas nos permiten comprender las actitudes y los comportamientos de las sociedades rurales durante la época colonial.
Taylor develops a geohistorical argument which focuses on the periods and places of modernities, offering a grounded analysis of what it is to be modern.
Full of facts and trivia for every day of the yearDo you know when the Duke of Albemarle arranged Britain's first boxing match, between his butler and his butcher?
At War in Distant Watersinvestigates the reasons behind Great Britains combined military and naval offensive expeditions outside of Europe during the Great War.
"e;The padre of the 86th Brigade, 29th Division, gives an account of his experiences at Gallipoli where he landed on 25th April 1915 to his evacuation on medical grounds on 12th August.
It seems strange that any book should be composed in a war-zone as difficult and dangerous as the Somme area in 1917, but that is exactly what Hector Dinning did.
Includes The Americans in the First World War Illustration Pack - 57 photos/illustrations and 10 maps"e;THE narrative of adventure, travel, combat, and escape, which composes this volume, is the straight-forward work of a straight-thinking young American.
Having had a long and distinguished military career, in 1914 General Erich von Falkenhayn assumed the post as chief of the German General Staff in the middle of the First World War.
The amazing story of a French American teacher who left his life at Stanford college to volunteer for the French Army, in the elite chasseurs-a-pied, during the First World War.
As the German army moved swiftly into its start positions at the beginning of the First World War, efficiently and seamlessly forming up for the hammer blow that was to fall on France it must have been with some pride that General Ludendorff would look upon the first grand strategical plan that he had a hand in.
