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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Vikings and Jorvik The Vikings and Jorvik Hazel Martell Describes how relics and artifacts found in York, England, provide clues to the everyday life of Vikings who established a settlement there in the ninth century called Jorvik. OL1836515W
The ancient Slavs The ancient Slavs Martin Gojda xiv, 105 p. : ill., maps, plans, 1 port. ; 22 cm. OL19215951W
Settling the American West Settling the American West Collins, James L. Recounts how miners, ranchers, farmers, and railroaders helped to settle the American West from 1865 to 1900. OL2980823W
Arctic Migrants/Arctic Villagers Arctic Migrants/Arctic Villagers David Damas "In recent years the view has emerged that the Inuit were coerced by the Canadian government into abandoning life in scattered camps for centres of habitation. In Arctic Migrants/Arctic Villagers Dav… OL3068276W
Lands of true and certain bounty Lands of true and certain bounty Jean Pierre Purry "The geographical theories and colonization strategies of the Swiss civil servant and entrepreneur Jean Pierre Purry (1675-1736) presented here for the first time in a comprehensive, annotated Englis… OL6211962W
La colonización del riego en las zonas tributarias de los ríos, Negro, Neuquén, Limay y Colorado La colonización del riego en las zonas tributarias de los ríos, Negro, Neuquén, Limay y Colorado Dora Noemí Martínez de Gorla "A detailed examination of the process of building irrigation systems in upper Patagonia and colonizing the area. Coverage ranges from the 1880s-1930s. Based on archival sources and newspapers"--Hand… OL943725W