Panama in 1855. An Account of the Panama Rail-Road, of the Cities of Panama and Aspinwall, With Sketches of Life and Character On the isthmus. by Robert tomes.
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Panama in 1855. An Account of the Panama Rail-Road, of the Cities of Panama and Aspinwall, With Sketches of Life and Character On the isthmus. by Robert tomes. by Robert Tomes
Title: Panama in 1855: an account of the Panama Rail-Road, of the cities of Panama and Aspinwall, with sketches of life and character on the isthmus.Author: Robert TomesPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP01726200CollectionID: CTRG95-B2517PublicationDate: 18550101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Collation: 246 p.: ill., map; 18 cm
Pulitzer Prize winning historian Irwin Unger has been teaching American history for over forty years on both coasts. Born and largely educated in New York, he has lived in California, Virginia, and Washington State. He is married to Debi Unger and they have five children, now all safely past their college years. Professor Unger formerly taught at California State University at Long Beach, the University of California at Davis, and New York University. He is now professor emeritus at NYU. Professor Unger's professional interests have ranged widely within American history. He has written on Reconstruction, the Progressive Era, and on the 1960s. His first book, The Greenback Era, won a Pulitzer Prize in 1965. Since then he has written The Movement: The New Left and (with Debi Unger) The Vulnerable Years, Turning Point: 1968, The Best of Intentions (about the Great Society), LBJ: A Life, The Guggenheims, A Family History. He has just completed a book on the 1960s and he and Debi Unger are working on a biography of General George C. Marshall.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781425521455 |
| ISBN 10 | 1425521452 |
| Title | Panama in 1855. An Account of the Panama Rail-Road, of the Cities of Panama and Aspinwall, With Sketches of Life and Character On the isthmus. by Robert tomes. |
| Author | Robert Tomes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Michigan Publishing Services |
| Year published | 2006-09-13 |
| Number of pages | 244 |
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