Journey with renowned food historian Sam Arnold, owner of The Fort, Colorado's historic restaurant, as he re-creates the food and drink of the frontier West.[...]
'Railroad iron is a magician's rod in its power to evoke the sleeping energies of land and water.' America's Railroad Age was little more than a decade old when Ralph Waldo Emerson uttered these prophetic words. Railroads exercised a remarkable hold on the imagination. The railroad was not merely tr[...]
"The Seventh Century in the West-Syrian Chronicles" makes accessible to a wide public sources vital for the reconstruction of events in the first Islamic century, covering the period which ends with the unsuccessful Arab siege of Constantinople, an event which both modern historians and Syriac chron[...]
Covering two centuries of Russian history, this book shows how a sense of honor has affected Russia's foreign policy decision-making.[...]
This book, originally published in 1954, examines the key features of the economies of colonial Nigeria and the Gold Coast.[...]
This classic, scholarly history of the fur trappers and traders of the early nineteenth century focuses on the devices that enabled the opening of the untracked American west. Sprinkled with interesting facts and old western lore, this guide to traps and tools is also a lively history. The era of th[...]
This book describes the scientific principles that are used throughout the world to ensure the rapid, healthy growth of forest plantations. As the population of the world increases so does the amount of wood people use. Large areas of natural forests are being cleared every year and converted to oth[...]