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Slavery and Freedom on the Middle Ground
Maryland During the Nineteenth Century
During the tumultuous Civil War era, the border state of Maryland occupied a middle position both geographically and socially. Situated between the slave-labor states of the lower South and the free-labor states of...
Confessions of a Concierge
Madame Lucie`s History of Twentieth-Century France
Bonnie Smith here tells Madame Lucie's colorful life history, first by skillfully recording the concierge's reminiscences and then by describing her own observations as a participant in Madame Lucie's world. The overall...
Coups and Army Rule in Africa
Motivations and Constraints, Second Edition
With permanent military rule widespread throughout Africa, it is clearly important to understand the role of the military in this continent. In Coups and Army Rule in Africa, published in 1976, Samuel Decalo...
Handbook of North American Birds
Volume 4, Diurnal Raptors (Part 1)
Describes the physical features, field identification, habitat, distribution, migration, reproduction, and habits of American species and subspecies north of Mexico.
Handbook of North American Birds
Volume 5, Diurnal Raptors (Part 2)
Describes the physical features, field identification, habitat, distribution, migration, reproduction, and habits of American species and subspecies north of Mexico.
Evolution of Life Histories of Mammals
Theory and Pattern
Mammals range in body size from the gigantic blue whale to the tiny Etruscan shrew. Elephants and man may live for nearly one hundred years, while most shrews die before they are three months old. During the past decade,...
The Art of Captain Cook's Voyages
Volume 3, The Voyage of the Resolution and the Discovery, 1776-1780
Captain James Cook’s three voyages of exploration to the Pacific between 1768 and 1780 were the first of the great European voyages of discovery to carry professional artists. The Art of Captain Cook’s Voyages contains all...
The English Journey
Journal of a Visit to France and Britain in 1826
In 1826 the great German architect Friedrich Schinkel traveled to England and Scotland, visiting not only the usual tourist attractions but also the factories, bridges, and warehouses that were under construction at the time....
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 25
Volume 25: October 1, 1777, through February 28, 1778
Medical Work in America
Essays on Health Care
Present-day health care policies in the United States are moving toward a system in which patients will be treated like industrial objects by doctors forced to work mechanically, says the distinguished medical sociologist...