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Florida Territory in 1844
University of Alabama Press 2009; US$ 24.00Edward Anderson's diary covers his service in Florida Territory from March 16 to December 31, 1844 during the Navy mission in Florida to protect live oak and pine forests on government land from poachers. more...
Historical Dictionary of Chile
Scarecrow Press 2005; US$ 149.99Surveys the radical changes that have occurred in recent years in every aspect of Chilean life. Features more than 3,000 dictionary entries covering history, politics, geography, economics, the environment, culture, and a myriad other topics that include writers, artists, playwrights, and important figures, many of which were not included in the previous... more...
The History of Chile
ABC-CLIO 2003; US$ 73.00This book provides an up-to-date historical overview of this complex and fascinating country. Beginning with a survey of the land, people, and current government, the book then traces Chile's chronological story. Ten chapters detail Chilean history from the indigenous peoples to the democratic transition after the Pinochet dictatorship.||Chile... more...
The Luna Papers, 1559-1561
University of Alabama Press 2010; US$ 70.00This is a work that should be read carefully by students of Spanish colonization. Seldom in recent years has a work of primary sources been as important as this been given to the public. more...
The Winter Sailor
University of Alabama Press 2010; US$ 29.95A unique guide to Florida's frontier history along Indian River. The Winter Sailor is a historical adventure that details the yearly winter travels of Francis R. Stebbins to Florida's Indian River. Stebbins, a writer from Michigan, visited Florida in March of 1878 and became entranced by its pristine beauty. Subsequently, Stebbins and his... more...
A History of the British Presence in Chile
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2009; US$ 85.00This book sets out to narrate the contributions to and influence on the history of Chile that British visitors and immigrants have had, not as bystanders but as key players, starting in 1554 with the English Queen 'Bloody Mary' becoming Queen of Chile, and ending at the outbreak of the II World War. more...
Taming Alabama
University of Alabama Press 2010; US$ 26.95Taming Alabama focuses on persons and groups who sought to bring about reforms in the political, legal, and social worlds of Alabama. Most of the subjects of these essays accepted the fundamental values of nineteenth and early twentieth century white southern society; and all believed, or came to believe, in the transforming power of law. As... more...
Neoliberal Economics, Democratic Transition, and Mapuche Demands for Rights in Chile
UPF 2002; US$ 44.95Haughney aims to correct the widely held view that Chile is a homogenous nation-state and to give voice to the Mapuche, an underestimated indigenous group that has raised broad claims to collective economic and political rights. The Mapuche, who constitute between 4 and 10 percent of the country's population, have directly challenged both private... more...
War on the Gulf Coast
UPF 2011; US$ 69.95One of the first books about the Spanish period in West Florida (1797-1805) written from the Spanish point of view. more...
Stolen Water
Atria Books 2007; Not AvailableA riotous journey through America's most controversial, beautifully unapproachable, and abused wilderness -- the Florida Everglades. In December 2000, President Clinton signed into law a $7.8 billion restoration plan for the Everglades that garnered national attention and has since become America's touchstone for environmental issues. Enter... more...









