1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787488503321

Titolo

Nation and history : Polish historians from the Enlightenment to the Second World War / / edited by Peter Brock, John D. Stanley and Piotr J. Wróbel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

1-4426-5790-1

1-4426-2722-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (420 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

907/.2/022438

Soggetti

Historians - Poland

Historiography - Poland

Poland Intellectual life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Adam Naruszewicz (1733-1796) -- 2 Joachim Lelewel (1786-1861) -- 3 Józef Szujski (1835-1882) -- 4 Boleslaw Limanowski (1835-1935) -- 5 Tadeusz Wojciechowski (1838-1919) -- 6 Tadeusz Korzon (1839-1918) -- 7 Michal Bobrzyński (1849-1935) -- 8 Wladyslaw Smoleński (1851-1926) -- 9 Stanislaw Smolka (1854-1924) -- 10 Aleksander Brückner (1856-1939) -- 11 Oswald Balzer (1858-1933) -- 12 Szymon Askenazy (1865-1935) -- 13 Waclaw Sobieski (1872-1935) -- 14 Waclaw Tokarz (1873-1937) -- 15 Franciszek Bujak (1875-1953) -- 16 Stanislaw Kutrzeba (1876-1946) -- 17 Adam Skalkowski (1877-1951) -- 18 Wladyslaw Konopczyński (1880-1952) -- 19 Natalia Gasiorowska-Grabowska (1881-1964) -- 20 Marceli Handelsman (1882-1945) -- 21 Marian Kukiel (1885-1973) -- 22 Stanislaw Kot (1885-1975) -- 23 Oskar Halecki (1891-1973) -- 24 Adam Próchnik (1892-1942) -- Chronology of Polish History -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.



Sommario/riassunto

While featuring different approaches, Nation and History serves as the most comprehensive work on Polish historiography written in English.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910826836003321

Autore

Legget Robert Ferguson

Titolo

Rideau waterway / / Robert Legget

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2001

©1986

ISBN

1-4426-5872-X

1-4426-2781-6

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

386/.48/097137

Soggetti

HISTORY / Canada / General

History

Electronic books.

Rideau Canal (Ont.) History

Rideau Canal (Ont.) Description and travel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-285) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Millennium Reprint -- Rideau Waterway -- The Setting -- Why the Canal Was Built -- Building the Canal -- Financial Worries -- John By -- Down the Years -- Cruising the Canal -- Cruising the Rideau Lakes -- Down the Rideau -- The Canal in Ottawa -- Bytown and Ottawa -- APPENDIX A. References -- APPENDIX B. The Superintending Engineers and (under Parks Canada) The Superintendents -- APPENDIX C. Information, Charts, and Maps -- APPENDIX D. Fishing on the Rideau Waterway -- APPENDIX E. Table of Mileages, Lifts, and Clearances -- Note on the 1986 edition -- Acknowledgments from the 1955 edition -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Since the publication of the first edition in 1955, Rideau Waterway has informed and delighted readers, among them historians, engineers, and vacationers. First revised in 1972, this classic guide has once again been brought up to date in a new edition.