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Haiti's Influence on Antebellum America
Slumbering Volcano in the Caribbean
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006
The Haitian Revolution began in 1791 as a slave revolt on the French colonial island of Saint Domingue and ended thirteen years later with the founding of an independent black republic. Waves of French West Indians -- slaves, white colonists, and free blacks -- fled the upheaval and flooded southern...
Island Lives
Historical Archaeologies of the Caribbean
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2009
This comprehensive study of the historical archaeology of the Caribbean provides sociopolitical context for the ongoing development of national identities.
Long before the founding of Jamestown in 1607, there were Spanish forts, bustling towns, sugar plantations, and sea trade flourishing in...
Creolization and Contraband
Curaçao in the Early Modern Atlantic World
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
When Curaçao came under Dutch control in 1634, the small island off South America’s northern coast was isolated and sleepy. The introduction of increased trade (both legal and illegal) led to a dramatic transformation, and Curaçao emerged as a major hub within Caribbean and wider Atlantic networks....
by Kean H. W. Springer
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
With a career spanning more than half a century, third native Governor-General and National Hero, the Right Excellent Sir Hugh Worrell Springer, solidified his place in Barbadian and Caribbean history, contributing remarkably to Barbadian public education policy and politics.
From his...
Ancient Borinquen
Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Native Puerto Rico
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Native American cultures of Puerto Rico prior to the arrival of the Spanish in 1493.
A book on the prehistory of a modern geopolitical entity is artificial. It is unlikely that prehistoric occupants recognized the same boundaries and responded to the same political forces that operated in...
Oregon Festivals
A Guide to Fun, Friends, Food & Frivolity
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
This author is well-connected in Oregon and has a large following because of his association with popular fishing publications.
Perennial, year-long opportunities for promotions and events across the state at gift stores and retailers.
Perfect offering for Oregon gift, chain, book, and travel stores.
Hiking Waterfalls in Colorado
A Guide to the State's Best Waterfall Hikes
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
From the Front Range to the West Slope, Colorado boasts beautiful waterfalls. Hiking Waterfalls in Colorado includes detailed hike descriptions, maps, and color photos for more than 125 of the most scenic waterfall hikes in the state. Hike descriptions also include history, local trivia, and GPS coordinates....
by Tracy Salcedo
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2019
Best Easy Day Hikes Lake Tahoe includes concise descriptions and detailed maps of 27 of the premier easy day hikes in northern California’s most popular recreational destination. The hikes circle the lake, from the west shore to the east; from the slopes below Mount Rose to South Lake Tahoe. Whether...
Hikes Around Fort Collins
A Trail Guide to Urban Hikes, Poudre Canyon, North Park, and Loveland
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2012
Northern Colorado offers an exhilarating blend of recreational activities and beauty from alpine meadows and wild canyons to peaceful forests. There is plenty of room to roam among the thousands of acres of parks and natural areas in Fort Collins, Poudre Canyon, and North Park. Hikes Around Fort Collins...
by Mark D. Williams, Amy Becker Williams
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
New Mexico is enjoying record tourism numbers - 33 million visitors a year - primarily from TX, CA, NM, CO, IL, NY, FL, AZ. (Also from Canada, Germany and the U.K.)
Tourists flock New Mexico for outdoor and cultural tourism.
Popular TV shows like Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul are contributing to...
Never Cry Halibut
and Other Alaska Hunting and Fishing Tales
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
From the sharp, comic voice of Haunted Inside Passage,Never Cry Halibut is a collection of humorous and thoughtful short essays about hunting and fishing in Alaska.
Accompanied by photographs, each story reflects the author's three-decade relationship with the wildest places left in North America...
by Sherry-Ann Singh
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Hinduism is the second largest socio-religious denomination in Trinidad and Tobago, yet much of the fundamental dimensions of Trinidad Hinduism remain undocumented and a virtual enigma for most of the non-Hindu population. In The Ramayana Tradition and Socio-Religious Change in Trinidad, 1917−1990,...
Walking Salt Lake City
34 Tours of the Crossroads of the West, spotlighting Urban Paths, Historic Architecture, Forgotten Places, and Religious and Cultural Icons
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
A new title in the Walking series, Walking: Salt Lake City is geared to first-time visitors to Salt Lake City--and to local residents. Both will enjoy the history and tales about places they thought they knew, and will be surprised to find walking destinations they may not have considered before.
Each...
by Mike White, Douglas Lorain
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2019
Best Backpacking Trips in Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado provides everything you need to know to organize and execute the best backpacking trips in the Mountain West. Mike White and Douglas Lorain, who have walked every mile of the trails described inside, take readers and hikers into some of the...