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La terre promise La terre promise Christian Morissonneau Examines the concept of "North" in Quebecois society. OL13558596W
Zapotec civilization Damian Zapotec civilization Damian Joyce Marcus Damian "Important new synthesis of the Paleoindian through classic periods. Develops an action theory framework to explain formation of the first Zapotec State and the founding and growth of Monte Albán. W… OL13850181W
The reluctant land The reluctant land R. Cole Harris Describes the evolving pattern of settlement and the changing relationships of people and land in Canada from the end of the 15th century to the late 1860s and early 1870s. OL15121001W
Resettling displaced people Resettling displaced people Hari Mohan Mathur 1 online resource (xiv, 434 pages) OL15911169W
The life and times of Mary Musgrove The life and times of Mary Musgrove Steven C. Hahn The story of Mary Musgrove (1700-1764), a Creek Indian-English woman struggling for success in colonial society, is an improbable one. As a literate Christian, entrepreneur, and wife of an Anglican c… OL16664435W
Reconquest and crusade in medieval Spain Reconquest and crusade in medieval Spain Joseph F. O'Callaghan Publisher's description: Drawing from both Christian and Islamic sources, Reconquest and Crusade in Medieval Spain attempts to redress the imbalance in part by demonstrating that the clash of arms be… OL1852852W
Seeking The Center Place Seeking The Center Place Mark Varien "The continuing work of the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center has focused on community life in the central Mesa Verde region during the Great Pueblo period (A.D. 1150-1300). Researchers document the … OL1964042W
Gaza Gaza Jean-Pierre Filiu "Through its millennium-long existence, Gaza has often been bitterly disputed while simultaneously and paradoxically enduring prolonged neglect. Squeezed between the Negev and Sinai desert on the one… OL19664541W
Will Africa feed China? Will Africa feed China? Deborah Bräutigam "Is China building a new empire in rural Africa? Over the past decade, China's meteoric rise on the continent has raised a drumbeat of alarm. China has 9 percent of the world's arable land, 6 percent… OL20013181W
Disputed Territories Disputed Territories Gareth Griffiths Summary:"Disputed Territories investigates the significance of land for contesting cultural identities in comparable settler societies. In the regions of Australasia and southern Africa, European vis… OL21226565W
Norte precario Norte precario Luis Aboites "Study of the main territorial occupation and population trends of the vast region of northern Mexico. Studies commercial routes, mining development, indigenous resistance, and infiltration of North … OL2249031W
Mübadil kentler Mübadil kentler Müfide Pekin,Ismail Arslan Population transfers; Turks; cities and towns; history; 20th century; congresses. OL23393911W
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
Zionism and territory Zionism and territory Baruch Kimmerling xii, 289 pages : 24 cm OL3668631W
Mr. Jefferson's lost cause Mr. Jefferson's lost cause Roger G. Kennedy Thomas Jefferson advocated a republic of small farmers -- free and independent yeomen. And yet as president he presided over a massive expansion of the slaveholding plantation system -- particularly … OL61004W
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
Climatic change, agriculture, and settlement Climatic change, agriculture, and settlement M. L. Parry Examines the effect of fluctuations in climate on agriculture and settlement of northern regions. OL6682368W
Minnesota Minnesota Girart Hewitt This book was published by the State of Minnesota and was intended to attract settlers. Among the attractions it promotes are the State's agricultural and manufacturing resources and production, clim… OL7449536W
Vandals to Visigoths Vandals to Visigoths Karen Eva Carr "Vandals to Visigoths will appeal to historians of Rome as well as of early medieval Europe and Spain. Anthropologists, economists, and political scientists who study Late Antiquity and the medieval … OL8246907W
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