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Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The Underground Railroad wasn't underground. Nor was it a railroad. It was, however, an awe-inspiring piece of history, and one that speaks of hope even today. Two hundred years ago, slavery had the Southern United States firmly in its evil grip. Around four million African Americans languished in the most appalling of living conditions, their lives controlled by people who saw them as objects. They were starved, whipped, and put to work despite being...
Author
Publisher
Harlem Moon
Pub. Date
©2006
Language
English
Description
The first comprehensive history of medical experimentation on African Americans. Starting with the earliest encounters between Africans and Western medical researchers and the racist pseudoscience that resulted, it details the way both slaves and freedmen were used in hospitals for experiments conducted without a hint of informed consent--a tradition that continues today within some black populations. It shows how the pseudoscience of eugenics and...
1587) Colonized bodies, worlds transformed: toward a global bioarchaeology of contact and colonialism
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"This book merges bioarchaeology and historical archaeology to examine changes to diet, mortuary practices, and diseases in post-fifteenth century colonialism from a global perspective"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This volume summarizes the remarkably diverse archaeological discoveries made during the past half century of investigations at the site of St. Mary's City, the first capital of Maryland and one of the earliest European settlements in America"--
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
"This lavishly illustrated catalogue is a comprehensive historical review of Chinese ceramics covering newly excavated discoveries from the Paleolithic era thousands of years ago to the end of the Qing dynasty in 1911. Throughout China's history there has been an ongoing practice of invention and innovation in the forms, materials, decorations, and functions of ceramics made in China, both for the domestic market and for its ever-growing trade with...
1591) The Importance of British Material Culture to Historical Archaeologies of the Nineteenth Century
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Case studies of the importance and meaning of mass-produced material culture in Britain during the Industrial Revolution"--
"Britain was the industrial and political powerhouse of the nineteenth century--the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution and the center of the largest empire of the time. With its broad imperial reach--and even broader indirect influence--Britain had a major impact on nineteenth-century material culture worldwide. Because...
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
"Before Harborplace and the Convention Center, Oriole Park at Camden Yards and the Ravens, shopping malls and multiplex movie theaters, Baltimore was a very different city. Most Baltimoreans would agree that, until recently living here was like living in a small town. For more than 25 years, Gilbert Sandler chronicled this bygone life of streetcars and cinema palaces in his Evening Sun (and later Sun) column, "Baltimore Glimpses." Now collected, edited,...
Author
Publisher
Foundation for the Preservation of Govenment House of Maryland, Inc., and Maryland State Archives
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A beautifully illustrated history of the residences of Maryland's governors from the 18th century to the present. Includes rare historical images and details of the design and furnishings of the residences and the changes over time. Also stunning images of the present day Government House. Written in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Government House.
Series
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
The history of early America cannot be told without considering unfree labor. At the center of this history are African and Native American adults forced into slavery; the children born to these unfree persons usually inherited their parents' status. Immigrant indentured servants, many of whom were young people, are widely recognized as part of early American society. Less familiar is the idea of free children being taken from the homes where they...
Publisher
The Maryland Historical Trust Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"This book provides the perspectives of five different authors, archaeologists who have dedicated a significant part of their careers to understanding life in the 17th and 18th century English colony of Maryland. The genesis of this volume was a desire on behalf of the Maryland Historical Trust to create a synthetic volume that was accessible to the general public and which would describe the rich history and cultural heritage of the State as revealed...
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
For the many people who enjoy walking through old cemeteries, exploring forgotten and overgrown graveyards, and reading the names, dates, and epitaphs of the dead, the Chesapeake Bay region offers a rich assortment of final resting places, many dating back to the early 1600s.
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