For its first eighty-five years, the United States was only a minor naval power. Its fledgling fleet had been virtually annihilated during the War of Independence and was mostly trapped in port by the end of the War of 1812. How this meager presence became the major naval power it remains to this day is the subject of American Naval History, 1607–1865: Overcoming the Colonial Legacy. A wide-ranging yet concise survey of the U.S. Navy from the colonial era through the Civil War, the book draws on American, British, and French history to reveal how navies reflect diplomatic, political, economic, and social developments and to show how the foundation of America’s future naval greatness was laid during the Civil War.
Award-winning author Jonathan R. Dull documents the remarkable transformation of the U.S. Navy between 1861 and 1865, thanks largely to brilliant naval officers like David Farragut, David D. Porter, and Andrew Foote; visionary politicians like Abraham Lincoln and Gideon Welles; and progressive industrialists like James Eads and John Ericsson. But only by understanding the failings of the antebellum navy can the accomplishments of Lincoln’s navy be fully appreciated. Exploring such topics as delays in American naval development, differences between the U.S. and European fleets, and the effect that the country’s colonial past had on its naval policies, Dull offers a new perspective on both American naval history and the history of the developing republic.
Описание: Transplanted to the New World without the traditional hierarchical structure of the church - no bishop served in the colonies during the colonial period - at the time of the American Revolution it was neither an English-American, or American-English church, yet modified in a distinctive manner.
Автор: Nicholas Guyatt Название: Providence and the Invention of the United States, 1607–1876 ISBN: 0521687306 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521687300 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4277.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: How did Americans come to think that God favored the United States above other nations? Making sense of previous diffuse debates on manifest destiny, millenarianism, and American mission, this book explains the origins and development of the idea that God has a special plan for America.
Автор: Emerson Smith Название: Colonists In Bondage ISBN: 080783968X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780807839683 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 9563.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is the story of the colonists of the kitchens, the stables, the fields, the shops, and those who came to America as indentured servants, men and women who sold themselves to masters for a period of time in order to pay passage from an old world to a new and freer one. Their leaven has gone into the fiber of American society.Originally published in 1947.
Автор: Flynn Matthew J. Название: Settle and Conquer: Militarism on the American Frontier, 1607-1890 ISBN: 0786499206 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780786499205 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 6653.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This rereading of the history of American westward expansion examines the destruction of Native American cultures as a successful campaign of "counterinsurgency". Paramilitary figures such as Daniel Boone "opened the West" and frontiersmen infiltrated the enemy. The success of this war of attrition was unparalleled but ultimately saw the victors question the morality of their own actions.
Автор: Heinemann Ronald L., Kolp John G., Parent Anthony S. Название: Old Dominion, New Commonwealth: A History of Virginia, 1607-2007 ISBN: 0813927692 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813927695 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Цена: 2376.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Tackles the four centuries of Virginia`s history from Jamestown onwards. This book emphasizes the major themes that play throughout Virginia history - change and continuity, a conservative political order, race relations, economic development, and social divisions - and how they relate to national events.
Описание: In E Pluribus Unum, eminent legal historian William E. Nelson shows that the colonies` gradual embrace of the common law was instrumental to the establishment of the United States. He traces how the diverse legal orders of Britain`s thirteen colonies gradually evolved into one system, adding to our understanding of how law impacted governance in the colonial era and beyond.
Автор: Nester William R Название: Struggle for Power in Colonial America, 1607-1776 ISBN: 1498565972 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781498565974 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 6810.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This study provides a broad examination of the overlapping conflicts and power struggles among the indigenous population, colonists, and other European peoples that shaped the American colonies. The author analyzes the origins, development, and outcomes of such conflicts and their various cultural and political impacts.
