Trefferliste "19th Century" - alle Bücher, CDs, DVDs und mehr

Lois Romano

An Inconvenient Widow

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA revelatory new biography of one of the most misunderstood and vilified First Ladies in American history: Mary Todd Lincoln.Mary Lincoln was at the center of politics at a time w…

Caroline Winterer

How the New World Became Old

How the idea of deep time transformed how Americans see their country and themselvesDuring the nineteenth century, Americans were shocked to learn that the land beneath their feet had once been stalked by…

Jeffrey P. (Senior Research Fel. . . Rogg

The Spy and the State

A novel and comprehensive narrative of American intelligence from the Revolutionary War to the present day. Intelligence is all around us. We read about it in the news, wonder who is spying on us through …

Emmett Martin

The Transcontinental Railroad

Railroads existed in the eastern part of the United States for many years before a transcontinental railroad was proposed. The huge undertaking was thought to be impossible--until a route was found that w…

Linda Epstein, Ally Malinenko, Liz Parker

The Other March Sisters

"Four sisters, each as different as can be. Through the eyes and words of Jo, their characters and destinies became known to millions. Meg, pretty and conventional. Jo, stubborn, tomboyish, and ambit…

Michael Downes

Wagner and the Creation of the Ring

Part cultural history, part biography, this is the fascinating story of Richard Wagner's life, influences, gift for storytelling, and artistic revolution, culminating in his dramatic journey to write The …

Mari Bolte

Against the Odds Wild West Stampede

Cal has always wanted to help drive his family's cattle to the stockyard in Kansas. When he finally gets the chance, he faces countless dangers: rattlesnakes, wild weather, even ruthless cattle thieves. T…

Kelly L Bezio

In Contagion's Wake

An examination of early American literature that highlights how racial divides exacerbated---and were exacerbated by---the spread of infectionIn April of 1721, the HMS Seahorse arrived in Boston from the …

Judith Giesberg

Last Seen

"[A] meticulously excavated tribute to the formerly enslaved mothers, fathers, siblings, and kin who published 'last seen' advertisements in search of loved ones stolen from them in bondage...a vital…

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Osteroratorium BWV 249

Ilse Eerens, Michael Chance, Markus Schäfer, David Wilson-Johnson, Pieter-Jan Belder, Cappella Amsterdam, 18th Century Orchestra, Frans Brüggen

Joachim Schmidt,

Osmann

In Ó smann, Ferryman of the North, Joachim B. Schmidt delivers his most accomplished novel to date: a luminous work of historical fiction inspired by the true life of Jón Magnússon Ósmann (1862-1914), a l…

Cassandra Newby-Alexander

Daily Life along the Underground Railroad

Understand the daily choices, fears, and experiences of freedom seekers along the Underground Railroad.Delving into the lives and stories of everyday men and women either escaping slavery or helping other…

Daniel B. Lynch

Dancing with Manifest Destiny

From the Mexican American War and through the Civil War Era, Mexican and US social hierarchies collided in Southern California, transforming the character of Los Angeles from Mexican-Californian to "…

Andy Doolen

Traitor

The story of John Dunn Hunter's remarkable life, tragic betrayal, and disgraceful murder.John Dunn Hunter was many things: a frontier hero, a writer, a celebrity at home and abroad, and, ultimately, the v…

Kathleen Coyne Kelly

Thoreau's Journal Drawings

Examining journal drawings as an integral---and often delightful---feature of Thoreau's workIn 1850, Henry David Thoreau began to draw in his Journal---a hedgehog's quill, a locust's wing, a goldenrod lea…

Natalie Roxburgh

The Politics of Disinterestedness in Nineteenth-Century Literature

The Politics of Disinterestedness in Nineteenth-Century Literature historicizes the concept of disinterestedness by examining discourses on political economy during and before the 19th century. It argues …

Michael Blouin

The Political Poe

The Political Poe examines the collective works of Edgar Allan Poe through a political lens. While others have gestured toward Poe's gloomy conservatism, Michael J. Blouin argues that Poe's reaction again…

Erik Bosgraaf - Folk Baroque (Speculative Music from 18th Century Poland / 180g)

Erik Bosgraaf, filoBarocco

Radiohead

Standing In The Shadows: Live At The Tweeter Centre, Mansfield, Massachusetts 13th August 2003