1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990002832060403321

Autore

Tucker, George

Titolo

The theory of money & banks investigated (1839) / by George Tucker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : Augustus M. Kelley, 1964

Edizione

[reprinted]

Descrizione fisica

varie seq. di pagine

Collana

Reprints of economic classics

Locazione

ECA

SES

Collocazione

9-147-TB

J/1.1 TUC

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

the article "National debts" (1815) and an introductory essay: George Tucker and economic growth / by Joseph Dorfman



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996388261003316

Autore

Lloyd William <1627-1717.>

Titolo

A letter to Dr. Sherlock, in vindication of that part of Josephus's history, which gives an account of Iaddus the high-priest's submitting to Alexander the Great while Darius was living [[electronic resource] ] : against the answer to the piece intituled, Obedience and submission to the present government

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Thomas Jones ..., 1691

Descrizione fisica

[4], 33, [2] p

Soggetti

Allegiance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Half title: A letter to Dr. Sherlock, in vindication of his late book, entituled The case of allegiance.

Advertisement: p. [1]-[2] at end.

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library and Duke University Library.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0216



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962000103321

Autore

Brasher Glenn David

Titolo

The Peninsula Campaign and the necessity of emancipation : African Americans and the fight for freedom / / Glenn David Brasher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2012

ISBN

979-88-908858-9-0

979-88-9313-448-3

1-4696-0184-2

0-8078-8252-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

Civil War America

Disciplina

973.7/415

973.7415

Soggetti

Peninsular Campaign, Va., 1862

Enslaved persons - Emancipation - United States

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, African American

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

Introduction: an evening on Malvern Hill -- Preludes: war, slavery, and the Virginia peninsula -- Contraband of war: April-July 1861 -- War is a swift educator: July-December 1861 -- The best informed residents in Virginia: December 1861-April 1862 -- The monuments to negro labor: April-May 1862 -- Those by whom these relations are broken: May 1862 -- An invaluable ally: late May-July 1862 -- A higher destiny: July 1862 -- Conclusion: monarchs of all they survey.

Sommario/riassunto

In the Peninsula Campaign of spring 1862, Union general George B. McClellan failed in his plan to capture the Confederate capital and bring a quick end to the conflict. But the campaign saw something new in the war--the participation of African Americans in ways that were critical to the Union offensive. Ultimately, that participation influenced Lincoln's decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation at the end of that year. Glenn David Brasher's unique narrative history delves into African American involvement in this pivotal military event, demonstrating that blacks contributed essential m