1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910955864203321

Autore

Egerton Douglas R.

Titolo

Rebels, reformers, & revolutionaries : collected essays and second thoughts / / Douglas R. Egerton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

1-136-70160-5

0-415-86676-6

1-315-02341-5

1-136-70153-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Collana

Crosscurrents in African American history

Disciplina

973/.03

Soggetti

Slavery - Political aspects - Southern States - History

Enslaved persons - Political activity - Southern States - History

Slave rebellions - Southern States - History

African American social reformers - Southern States - History

Social reformers - Southern States - History

Revolutionaries - Southern States - History

Southern States Politics and government 1775-1865

Southern States Race relations Political aspects

Southern States Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Black independence struggles and the tale of two revolutions  -- An upright man -- Gabriel's Conspiracy and the election of 1800 -- Fly across the river : the Easter Slave Conspiracy of 1802 -- Denmark Vesey and revolutionary theology -- Charles Fenton Mercer and public education in Virginia -- A new look at the American Colonization Society -- An update on Jacksonian historiography : the biographies -- Markets Without a market revolution : southern planters and capitalism -- The proslavery critique of the American Colonization Society -- The Tricolor in black and white : the French Revolution in Jefferson's Virginia -- A matter of blood : Thomas Jefferson and the Hemings Family.



Sommario/riassunto

This collection of essays examines the lives and thoughts of three interrelated Southern groups - enslaved rebels, conservative white reformers, and white revolutionaries -presenting a clear and cogent understanding of race, reform, and conservatism in early American history.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910958390803321

Autore

Castleden Rodney

Titolo

King Arthur : the truth behind the legend / / Rodney Castleden ; illustrated by the Author

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Taylor and Francis e-Library/Routledge, 2005

ISBN

1-134-37376-7

0-203-15934-9

9786610333417

0-203-02216-5

9786610225262

1-280-33341-3

1-134-37377-5

1-280-22526-2

0-203-01006-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Disciplina

398.352

942.014

Soggetti

Britons - Kings and rulers

Camelot (Legendary place)

Great Britain Antiquities, Celtic

Great Britain History To 1066

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; List of figures; List of plates; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 Who this Arthur was'; 2 The Documents; 3 The Archaeology; 4 Arthur's Britain; 5 Arthur: the Man, the King and the



Kingdom; 6 Camelot; 7 The Death of Arthur; Appendix A The Kings of Powys; Appendix B The Kings of Demetia; Appendix C The Arthnou Stone from Tintagel; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

King Arthur: The Truth Behind the Legend offers a more complete picture of Arthur's Britain and his place in it than ever before. Its bold approach and compelling arguments will be welcomed by all readers with an interest in Arthuriana.