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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Station Life in New Zealand Enriched edition. Frontier Encounters: Life and Challenges in Colonial New Zealand【電子書籍】[ Lady Barker ]

＜p＞In "Station Life in New Zealand," Lady Barker presents a vivid and immersive account of life on a sheep station in New Zealand during the 19th century. Through a series of letters and journal entries, Barker deftly weaves together personal anecdotes and expansive descriptions of the New Zealand landscape, rendering a rich tapestry that captures the challenges and pleasures of rural existence. Her writing style is imbued with a lively spirit and keen observational humor, characteristic of Victorian sentiments, while her prose conveys both a sense of adventure and a genuine appreciation for the natural world. The book stands as a crucial document of colonial life, reflecting the societal norms and challenges of the era in which it was penned. Lady Barker, born in 1827, was a remarkable figure whose experiences as the wife of a New Zealand sheep farmer significantly informed her literary endeavors. Her firsthand observations of settler life, indigenous cultures, and encounters with the natural environment influenced her desire to convey the complexities and enchantments of New Zealand to a wider audience. Drawing from her own experiences, Barker's insights into the rural lifestyle were particularly poignant, establishing her as a pioneering voice among women writers of her time. Readers seeking to explore the intersection of personal narrative and colonial history will find "Station Life in New Zealand" an enlightening and engaging work. Barker's unique perspective offers a window into a bygone era, illuminating the trials and triumphs of frontier life through a distinctly feminine lens. This book serves not only as a travelogue but also as an essential piece of New Zealand's literary heritage. In this enriched edition, we have carefully created added value for your reading experience: - A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes. - The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists. - A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing. - An Author Biography reveals milestones in the author's life, illuminating the personal insights behind the text. - A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings. - Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life. - Handーpicked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance. - Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Savage Border The Story of the North-West Frontier【電子書籍】[ Jules Stewart ]

＜p＞＜strong＞For centuries, Pakistan's North West Frontier has been seen as a lawless wilderness, which more recently has given sanctuary to Osama Bin Laden and other fundamentalist Muslim leaders.＜/strong＞ This, the first significant book on the territory for 40 years, includes first hand accounts of life and soldiering on the Frontier since the Second World War. It also tells how the British and invaders before and after the Raj, attempted to deal with this unpredictable land of the Pathans. The Savage Border provides an in-depth, highly accessible account of life and conflict on the North-West Frontier, covering not only the century of British rule since 1849, but also events since the creation of Pakistan in 1947. The author addresses key questions including 'What makes the Pathan so warlike and belligerent to outsiders, from Darius the Great in the 6th century BC to the US Marines in the 21st century AD?' and 'Can these tribesmen ever be brought into society's fold and persuaded to give up their terrorist comrades? The author is a specialist in North West Frontier affairs, who has travelled extensively in Pakistan.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Last Digital Frontier The History and Future of Science and Technology in Africa【電子書籍】[ Brian Asingia ]

＜p＞This book tells a long overdue and timeless story of the rise of mankind in Africa, uncovers inventions and innovations across the continent throughout time, and paints a forecast of its digital revolution in the 21st century and beyond. The book provides a compelling historic and forward-looking exploration of “the last digital frontier” of access and inclusion, Africa, and its potential to lead, host, and create the innovation breakthroughs of the future. Pre-order now: www.brianasingia.com＜/p＞ ＜p＞“Technology is a tool for progress towards a better society.” - ASINGIA, @brianasingia＜/p＞ ＜p＞ASINGIA, CEO DreamGalaxy Platform and DreamAfrica Consulting, has over 10 years involvement in the intersection of economy, business development, environment, technology and the arts, with a focus on Africa. He began his career at Wall Street’s The New York Stock Exchange where he started as a Business Analyst in Enterprise Architecture’s CORE Technology group and left as an Associate in the Product Management group. Through his work with startups and consulting, he has engaged governments, diplomats, educational institutions, and programs like Creative Lab Paris, Traction Camp by the World Bank, TED Residency by TED, and Entrepreneurs for Impact MBA by ALTIS, Milan (Tangaza University Business Model Winner 2016). He has spoken at or attended trainings and conferences such as African Billionaire Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur Network (TEF), Africa Trade and Investment Summit (ATIGS), Concordia, Ivy Business Schools, and alma mater networks including: Lafayette College, International House NYC (as a Shelby Davis Scholar) and the United World College (UWC) alumni community.＜/p＞ ＜p＞ASINGIA believes Africans must seize this moment to capture and document the truth of their past, so as to learn and grow from it. He co-publishes the Last Digital Frontier Report, Podcast and writes books and scripts for film and tv. Join him at ＜a href="www.brianasingia.com"＞www.brianasingia.com＜/a＞ @brianasingia #AskAsingia＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Governing Migration and Mobility Military-Humanitarianism at Brazil's Northern Frontier【電子書籍】[ Bronte Alexander ]

＜p＞As the world faces unprecedented levels of displacement with over 100 million people forced to flee conflict, economic instability and climate crises, responses to migration have become increasingly complex.＜/p＞ ＜p＞This book examines the military-humanitarian strategies used to manage the movement of people on the move, focusing on the migration of Venezuelans to northern Brazil. By developing the concept of ‘debilitating mobilities,’ the book explores mobility governance through border security, urban control and shelter provision.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Shedding light on the intersecting logics of aid, security and vulnerability, this book reveals the multiscalar governance of migration in precarious environments.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The American West in 1900: The End of the Frontier【電子書籍】[ Adam Marshall ]

＜p＞The closing of the American frontier in 1890 marked the end of one of the most dramatic eras in U.S. history, an era that had seen the expansion of European settler colonies into vast wildernesses, the collision of cultures, and the transformation of landscapes and societies. In this chapter, the gradual fade of the frontier into history is explored, emphasizing the multiple forces that contributed to its close by the dawn of the 20th century. The American West, once a vast, seemingly endless stretch of wilderness, had undergone profound changes that would define the shape of the nation for generations to come. This transformation was driven not just by policy decisions and economic pressures but by the collective imagination of those who lived through itーthe pioneers, soldiers, writers, and thinkers who shaped and were shaped by the myth and reality of the frontier.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau famously declared that the frontier no longer existed. The Census had been tasked with mapping the country's population, and it concluded that the frontier line, which had been moving westward since the early 19th century, had essentially disappeared. As historian Frederick Jackson Turner would famously argue in his "Frontier Thesis" (1893), the frontier played a critical role in shaping American democracy, individualism, and national character. Turner's thesis contended that the availability of free land on the frontier had given Americans an opportunity to reinvent themselves, escape the constraints of European traditions, and forge new forms of social, political, and economic life. The closing of the frontier, Turner suggested, would mark the end of a uniquely American chapter, forever altering the country's identity and its future trajectory.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Warrior A legendary leader's dramatic life and violent death on the colonial frontier【電子書籍】[ Libby Connors ]

＜p＞'Connors lays down the hard truth. Not all our warriors were Anzacs. Not all our wars were just.' - ＜em＞John Birmingham, author and columnist＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞In the 1840s, white settlement in the north was under attack. European settlers were in awe of Aboriginal physical fitness and fighting prowess, and a series of deadly raids on homesteads made even the townspeople of Brisbane anxious.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Young warrior Dundalli was renowned for his size and strength, and his elders gave him the task of leading the resistance against the Europeans' ever increasing incursions on their traditional lands. Their response was embedded in Aboriginal law and Dundalli became one of their greatest lawmen. With his band of warriors, he had the settlers in thrall for twelve years, evading capture again and again, until he was finally arrested and publicly executed.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Warrior＜/em＞ is the extraordinary story of one of Australia's little-known heroes, one of many Aboriginal men to die protecting their country. It is also a fresh and compelling portrait of life in the early days of white settlement of Brisbane and south east Queensland.＜/p＞ ＜p＞'An enduring record of one of our greatest heroes.' - ＜em＞Sam Watson, activist and writer＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞'Deeply considered and powerfully told, this book recovers the entangled history of Aboriginal people and settlers in colonial Queensland, a history which is also Australia's story writ large.' - ＜em＞Associate Professor Grace Karskens, University of NSW＜/em＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Battle of Adobe Walls A Bit of Frontier History, Told to the Narrator by the Men who Made It【電子書籍】[ Edward Campbell Little ]

＜p＞＜strong＞"The narrative is one that tells how 28 buffalo hunters from Kansas vanquished 800 Indians in the Texas Panhandle." -＜em＞Salt Lake Herald, Jan. 6, 1908＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞How did 28 buffalo hunters trapped at the buffalo hunting rendezvous Adobe Walls vanquish over 800 Comanches and Kiowas in The Second Battle of Adobe Walls, fought on June 27, 1874?＜/p＞ ＜p＞In 1908, Edward Campbell Little (1858 -1924) would answer this question in a short, 25-page work titled "The Battle of Adobe Walls," that would appear in the January 1908 issue of Pearson's Magazine.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In introducing his work, Little writes:＜/p＞ ＜p＞"The Kansas buffalo hunters invaded the Texas Panhandle and the Llano Estacado in force in the spring of 1874; in five months it is said they slew a hundred thousand bison. The deserted Adobe Walls, a station established by Spanish friars, French Canadian hunters or General Howe's soldiers, was selected as the rendezvous for these hunters, who came from Dodge City, one hundred and seventy-five miles away. Three "business houses" and a blacksmith shop gave token of approaching civilization, and about them congregated all the adventurous spirits of the Southwest, far from the protection of any military post."＜/p＞ ＜p＞About the author:＜/p＞ ＜p＞Edward Campbell Little was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. He attended the public schools of Abilene, Kansas and graduated from the University of Kansas in Lawrence in 1883. For several years, he was connected with the Santa Fe Railroad. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1886 and commenced practice in Lawrence. Little served as chairman of the Republican State convention in 1888. In 1889, he was the city attorney of Ness City, and from 1890 to 1892, he was prosecuting attorney of Dickinson County. He served as delegate at large to the Republican National Convention in 1892. In 1892 and 1893, Little was Minister Resident to Egypt. In 1896 and 1897, he was the private secretary of Governor John W. Leedy. He unsuccessfully ran for senator in 1897. During the Spanish-American War, from 1898 to 1899, he was lieutenant colonel of the Twentieth Regiment, Kansas Volunteers. This service earned him the Spanish War Service Medal, and the Philippine Campaign Medal. In 1908, he settled in Kansas City, Kansas. Little was elected to the Sixty-fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses, from Kansas's 2nd congressional district, and served from March 4, 1917, until his death in Washington, D.C. on June 27, 1924＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】At the Crossroads Indians and Empires on a Mid-Atlantic Frontier, 1700-1763【電子書籍】[ Jane T. Merritt ]

＜p＞Examining interactions between native Americans and whites in eighteenth-century Pennsylvania, Jane Merritt traces the emergence of race as the defining difference between these neighbors on the frontier.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Before 1755, Indian and white communities in Pennsylvania shared a certain amount of interdependence. They traded skills and resources and found a common enemy in the colonial authorities, including the powerful Six Nations, who attempted to control them and the land they inhabited. Using innovative research in German Moravian records, among other sources, Merritt explores the cultural practices, social needs, gender dynamics, economic exigencies, and political forces that brought native Americans and Euramericans together in the first half of the eighteenth century.＜/p＞ ＜p＞But as Merritt demonstrates, the tolerance and even cooperation that once marked relations between Indians and whites collapsed during the Seven Years' War. By the 1760s, as the white population increased, a stronger, nationalist identity emerged among both white and Indian populations, each calling for new territorial and political boundaries to separate their communities. Differences between Indians and whites ー whether political, economic, social, religious, or ethnic ー became increasingly characterized in racial terms, and the resulting animosity left an enduring legacy in Pennsylvania’s colonial history.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Fabric of the Frontier Prospection, Use, and Re-Use of Stone from Hadrian’s Wall【電子書籍】[ Rob Collins ]

＜p＞What is Hadrian’s Wall made of, where did this material come from and how has it been reused in other buildings in the communities that emerged in the centuries after the Roman Empire? By studying the fabric of Hadrian’s Wall using a geological approach combined with archaeological methods, is it possible to refine our answers to these questions? This study describes how the relationship between the geology of the Wall’s landscape and its fabric may be used to further understand the Wall and presents a significant set of new geological and archaeological data on the Wall’s stones from across the length of the Wall. This data set has been collected in two complementary ways. First as a citizen-science project, where volunteers from local communities were trained to visually characterize sandstones and resulting in data collecting on large numbers of the Wall’s stones along the length of the Wall. Secondly, analytical research was used to gather in scientific data for a selected sets of rocks and stones. Geochemical data was captured using an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, and petrographic observations made using a petrographic microscope and thin sections. The combined methods provide a framework for geological analysis of the Wall supported by robust data. It builds on earlier work on Roman quarrying and stone preparation highlighting not only stone sources, but the criteria for choosing stone, stone preparation methods, and the implied routes to the Wall. At the heart of this study lies the ability to uniquely identify different sandstone types. Geological methods used to achieve this are explored, as are the ways in which the sandstones form. This highlights both the possibilities and limits of this approach.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Frontier Boosters Port Townsend and the Culture of Development in the American West【電子書籍】[ Elaine Naylor ]

＜p＞A social history of boosterism, class, and race on the North American frontier.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Murder on the Florida Frontier The True Story behind Sanford's Headless Miser Legend【電子書籍】[ Andrew Fink ]

＜p＞＜strong＞This historical true crime reveals the story behind a sensational murder trial in 19th century Floridaーand the local legend of a headless ghost.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Sanford, Florida, 1880＜/em＞. As the United States recovered from the horrors of the Civil War, settlers, swindlers, and former soldiers from both sides decended on Florida in droves. Among these newcomers was Archie Newton, a young Englishman seeking refuge from his past. Newton hoped to forge a new life on the Florida frontierーand he set his sights on the fertile soil of Sanford.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Samuel McMillan was a miserly Sanford bachelor who carried large sums of "greenbacks" and trusted no one. The ambitious Newton made no secret of his plan to buy McMillan's profitable orange grove. But on his way back from Newton's home one evening, McMillan disappeared without a trace. He wasn't seen again until his headless corpse was pulled from a nearby lake.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Though there was no direct evidence linking Newton to the murder, he was immediately suspected. The trial was sensational and the evidence gruesome. To this day, local legends tell of a headless ghost rising from the lake. In Murder on the Florida Frontier, Andrew Fink chronicles the twists and turns of this shocking true story＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Six-Gun Saints: Outlaws, Lawmen, and the Making of the American Frontier【電子書籍】[ Matt Nichols ]

＜p＞The American frontier wasn't just built by pioneers and preachersーit was shaped by gunfighters, gamblers, and outlaws who believed the law was theirs to interpret. Six-Gun Saints dives deep into the strange, true histories of men and women who defied authority and, in doing so, became the soul of a nation still obsessed with freedom. These are not sanitized cowboy tales. They are gritty accounts of loyalty and betrayal, of vengeance that turned to justice and justice that turned to myth＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Old Army in the Big Bend of Texas The Last Cavalry Frontier, 1911-1921【電子書籍】[ Thomas Ty Smith ]

＜p＞Even before Pancho Villa’s 1916 raid on Columbus, New Mexico, and the following punitive expedition under General John J. Pershing, the U.S. Army was strengthening its presence on the southwestern border in response to the Mexican Revolution of 1910. Manning forty-one small outposts along a three-hundred mile stretch of the Rio Grande region, the army remained for a decade, rotating eighteen different regiments, primarily cavalry, until the return of relative calm. The remote, rugged, and desolate terrain of the Big Bend defied even the technological advances of World War I, and it remained very much a cavalry and pack mule operation until the outposts were finally withdrawn in 1921.＜/p＞ ＜p＞With ＜em＞The Old Army in the Big Bend of Texas: The Last Cavalry Frontier, 1911?1921＜/em＞, Thomas T. “Ty” Smith, one of Texas’s leading military historians, has delved deep into the records of the U.S. Army to provide an authoritative portrait, richly complemented by many photos published here for the first time, of the final era of soldiers on horseback in the American West.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Winning of the West: From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 Unveiling the Untamed American Frontier【電子書籍】[ Theodore Roosevelt ]

＜p＞In "The Winning of the West: From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783," Theodore Roosevelt masterfully chronicles the early American frontier expansion during a pivotal period in U.S. history. This work combines rigorous historical analysis with vivid storytelling, offering readers a rich tapestry of adventure, struggle, and resilience. Divided into multiple volumes, the book highlights the pivotal role of Western expansion in shaping American identity, meticulously detailing the interplay between Native American tribes, settlers, and the burgeoning American government through an engaging narrative style that interweaves personal anecdotes and historical documents. Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States and a passionate advocate for conservation and American nationalism, draws upon his extensive background in history, politics, and his personal experiences in the West to inform his writing. His life's journey'??marked by resilience in his youth and a voracious appetite for adventure'??shaped his perspectives on the American spirit and its manifest destiny, providing a unique lens through which he interprets this formative period. "The Winning of the West" is indispensable for readers interested in American history, as it provides not only a historical account but also a philosophical reflection on American values and identity. Roosevelt's evocative prose encourages readers to consider the complexities of westward expansion and its lasting impact on the nation'??s fabric.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Among Australia’S Pioneers Chinese Indentured Pastoral Workers on the Northern Frontier 1848 to C.1880【電子書籍】[ Margaret Slocomb ]

＜p＞The almost simultaneous abolition of the slave trade and the cessation of convict transportation to the colony of New South Walesnow eastern mainland Australiastarted a quest by the squatter pastoralists for alternative sources of cheap labor for their vast sheep runs. Over a period of five years, beginning from 1848, around three thousand Chinese men and boys from Fujian Province were recruited under conditions little different from the slave trade.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In ＜em＞Among Australias Pioneers＜/em＞, author Margaret Slocomb focuses on the experiences of approximately two hundred of these Chinese laborers between 1848 and 1853. Her research examines their working conditions during the five-year indenture period and also traces the lives of several of the men who, at the end of their contract, chose to remain in those districts, which, by then, had become familiar to them. Perhaps they regarded themselves as pioneer immigrants.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Slocomb recounts the experiences of these men on the dangerous northern frontier of European settlement. While some succumbed to the despair and loneliness of a shepherds life, others survived their indenture and went on to play an important role in the emerging society of the new colony of Queensland. They may certainly be counted among the nations pioneers.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】La Charrette A History of the Village Gateway to the American Frontier Visited by Lewis and Clark, Daniel Boone, Zebulon Pike【電子書籍】[ Lowell M. Schake ]

＜p＞＜em＞La Charrette＜/em＞ provides a first-ever historical look at America's westernmost frontier settlement, which-over a mere thirty-year existence-managed to leave behind a rich, vibrant legacy that is firmly rooted in local, state, and national history.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Located sixty miles beyond St. Louis on the banks of the Missouri River, La Charrette Village began as an eighteenth-century French fur-trading outpost. The citizens of La Charrette-one of America's earliest melting-pot communities of Native Americans; African descendants; and French, Spanish, and German immigrants-played a vital role in shaping the American West. Its people were the first to be granted Indian trade rights and to map the Santa Fe Trail, and La Charrette was the last outpost of civilization along the monumental trek toward westward expansion.＜/p＞ ＜p＞A virtual Who's Who of the American frontier, ＜em＞La Charrette＜/em＞ documents the life and times of the families who lived in this influential riverbank village. It also chronicles many legendary heroes who passed through, including Lewis and Clark, Daniel Boone, Captain Pike, 'Indian' Phillips, John Colter, Flanders Callaway, Syndic Chartran, and others who helped to shape history and forever change the face of our nation.＜/p＞ ＜p＞"Schake's book documents the intimate life and history of a village that helped serve as a launching point into the territory and it role in American frontier life."＜br /＞ -Brad Urban, ＜em＞St. Louis Post-Dispatch Suburban Journals＜/em＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Last Frontier【電子書籍】[ Sergey Konyashin ]

＜p＞The action of the historical novel “The Last Frontier” takes place on the ruins of Novorossiysk - a small town on the Black Sea shore, almost completely swept away the face of the earth in the result of fierce battles with the fascist invaders in 1942-1943.＜br /＞ This is a very difficult time for Russia that is drastically drained after a whole line of crushing defeats. Each of the heroes experiences it in his own way. Some of them demonstrate unparalleled heights of resilience and courage, others try to settle old scores in order to save their lives through deception and betrayal.＜br /＞ But for all of them, as well as for the Wehrmacht’s - many times superior - troops, rapidly rushing to the Caucasus, the fierce battles at cement plants on the eastern outskirts of Novorossiysk are in some way their own last frontier, on which they must make a difficult choice - to die or to win.＜br /＞ The storyline is based on the fate of two completely dissimilar friends, fighters of the 305th Soviet marine battalion - Andrey Novitsky (a native of Novorossiysk) and Endel Mari (the Estonian). They, miraculously survived in the deadly battle at Balka Adamovicha, do not hesitate to respond to the proposal of their commander, major Caesar Kunikov, to go to an even more fierce battle - in a daring night landing on the western shore of Tsemesskaya Bay, on the now legendary Malaya Zemlya armplace.＜br /＞ Sometimes the novel is scary in describing the Nazi atrocities and the horrors of war. The author equally does not spare either his heroes or readers, successively, page by page, exposing the terrible price of the great victory, which no heroism and no achievements of top military leaders will ever justify. This book is a reminder not only of why and thanks to whom we have a clear sky over our heads, but also rather that it should never happen again.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Ramparts of Empire British Imperialism and India's Afghan Frontier, 1918-1948【電子書籍】[ B. Marsh ]

＜p＞This cultural and political study examines British perceptions and policies on India's Afghan Frontier between 1918 and 1948 and the impact of these on the local Pashtun population, India as a whole, and the decline of British imperialism in South Asia.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Transforming the Frontier Peace Parks and the Politics of Neoliberal Conservation in Southern Africa【電子書籍】[ Bram B?scher ]

＜p＞International peace parksーtransnational conservation areas established and managed by two or more countriesーhave become a popular way of protecting biodiversity while promoting international cooperation and regional development. In ＜em＞Transforming the Frontier＜/em＞, Bram B?scher shows how cross-border conservation neatly reflects the neoliberal political economy in which it developed.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Based on extensive research in southern Africa with the Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation and Development Project, B?scher explains how the successful promotion of transfrontier conservation as a "win-win" solution happens not only in spite of troubling contradictions and problems, but indeed because of them. This is what he refers to as the "politics of neoliberal conservation," which receives its strength from effectively combining strategies of consensus, antipolitics, and marketing. Drawing on long-term, multilevel ethnographic research, B?scher argues that transfrontier conservation projects are not as concerned with on-the-ground development as they are purported to be. Instead, they are reframing environmental protection and sustainable development to fit an increasingly contradictory world order.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Zulu Warriors The Battle for the South African Frontier【電子書籍】[ John Laband ]

＜div＞Every Easter, audiences across the globe thrill to performances of Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus,” but they would probably be appalled to learn the full extent of the oratorio’s anti-Judaic message. In this pioneering study, respected musicologist Michael Marissen examines Handel’s masterwork and uncovers a disturbing message of anti-Judaism buried within its joyous celebration of the divinity of the Christ.＜br＞＜br＞ Discovering previously unidentified historical source materials enabled the author to investigate the circumstances that led to the creation of the ＜i＞Messiah＜/i＞ and expose the hateful sentiments masked by magnificent musical artistry-including the famed Hallelujah Chorus,” which rejoices in the dashing to pieces” of God’s enemies, among them the people of Israel.” Marissen’s fascinating, provocative work offers musical scholars and general readers alike an unsettling new appreciation of one of the world’s best-loved and most widely performed?works of religious music.＜/div＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Arts at a New Frontier The National Endowment for the Arts【電子書籍】[ Fannie Taylor ]

＜p＞Profound changes were taking place in American society during the period of the 1960s and 1970s when legislation for the National Foundation for the Arts and the Humanities was enacted and the agencies went into operation. It was a period of soul-searching by the American public when the cherished prejudices and civil inequities of the past decades were wiped out and old wounds began to heal; at the same time, however, the Vietnam War was creating new fissures and antagonisms. Into this newly healing, newly questioning society, congressional action thrust the National Council on the Arts in 1964, and the National Endowment for the Arts in 1965. Their mission was to encourage and support the arts, and the men and women charged with this responsibility went about their work with the zeal and enthusiasm of religious converts. The idea of even a minute amount of federal financial assistance to the country's chronically beleaguered and often impoverished artists and arts organi zations seemed strange to a segment of the population that had existed in forgot ten independence from government intervention. Many of the nation's artists and arts leaders were wary, partly because of the uncertainties and constraints of previous patterns of governmental support.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Last American Frontier【電子書籍】[ Frederic Logan Paxson ]

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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Army Life on the Western Frontier Selections from the Official Reports Made Between 1826 and 1845 by Colonel George Croghan【電子書籍】[ Col. George Croghan ]

＜p＞From Fort Snelling on the upper Mississippi and Fort Leavenworth on the Missouri to Fort St. Philip below New Orleans, the string of military bases along the western frontier of the United States played an essential part in the orderly advance of settlement following the War of 1812. Small, isolated , and insignificant in terms of fortificationーafter all, the authorized strength of the whole army was only 6,000 menーthey were nevertheless the stabilizing and moderating force in the dramatic "rise of the new West."＜/p＞ ＜p＞For twenty years prior to the Mexican War, Colonel George Croghan, as inspector general of the army, examined these frontier garrisons with a critical eye. His reports give an intimate, firsthand picture of what the western outposts were really like. Moreover, whether lashing out at the unreasonable discipline prescribed for privates or quietly commending an officer's good work, he wrote with a warmth and vitality seldom found in government documents.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Arranged topically with brief introductions by the editor, the reports cover all phases of army life: quarters, clothing, the mess, hospitals and medical care, army chaplains, quartermaster supplies, the small arms of the troops, instruction, fatigue duties, military discipline, recruiting, and army sutlers. They also contain much additional information on roads, frontier conditions, Indian affairs, and related matters.＜/p＞ ＜p＞George Croghan was a perceptive reporter, and his account of life and conditions at the western forts will prove valuable and interesting to the western Americana enthusiast as well as to the student of western history.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Settle and Conquer Militarism on the American Frontier, 1607-1890【電子書籍】[ Matthew J. Flynn ]

＜p＞This rereading of the history of American westward expansion examines the destruction of Native American cultures as a successful campaign of "counterinsurgency." Paramilitary figures such as Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett "opened the West" and frontiersmen infiltrated the enemy, learning Indian tactics and launching "search and destroy" missions. Conventional military force was a key component but the interchange between militia, regular soldiers, volunteers and frontiersmen underscores the complexity of the conflict and the implementing of a "peace policy." The campaign's outcome rested as much on the civilian population's economic imperatives as any military action. The success of this three-century war of attrition was unparalleled but ultimately saw the victors question the morality of their own actions.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】On the Border with Crook General George Crook, the American Indian Wars and Life on the American Frontier【電子書籍】[ John Gregory Bourke ]

＜p＞"Among the ten best Western books of all time. It has that rare combination, a personal reminiscence covering important events, and a thoroughly scholarly and reliable treatment." ー Westerners Brand Book. For fifteen years John G. Bourke served under General George Crook as they fought side by side on the frontiers of the United States from Mexico to the Canadian border. Crook and his troops clashed against some of the most formidable opponents of the nineteenth century during the Great Sioux War and the Apache Wars, including Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and Geronimo. This fascinating account of these times brings to life the frontier of the Old West, with vivid descriptions, humorous anecdotes and deadly encounters. On the Border with Crook is essential reading for anyone interested in not only Crook's military campaigns of the American Indian wars but also anyone wishing to find out how settlers and communities survived and prospered through adversity. (Goodreads)＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Pioneer Life in Illinois Enriched edition. Surviving the Illinois Frontier: Pioneers, Settlers, and Daily Struggles【電子書籍】[ F. M. Perryman ]

＜p＞In "Pioneer Life in Illinois," F. M. Perryman meticulously chronicles the early settler experience in the American Midwest, offering readers a vivid portrayal of the trials, tribulations, and triumphs faced by pioneers. His narrative blends historical facts with rich, evocative prose, effectively immersing the reader in the unique socio-political context of 19th-century Illinois. Perryman employs a realistic style, characterized by detailed descriptions and authentic dialogues, which echoes the Romanticism predominant in contemporary literature, allowing for a deeper appreciation of these foundational years in American history. F. M. Perryman, deeply influenced by his own familial roots in the Midwest, brings a personal touch to the account of pioneer life. His background as a historian and navigator of the western territories infuses the narrative with authenticity. Having experienced the ruggedness of frontier living, Perryman combines his scholarly prowess with lived experiences, ensuring that the voices of those who cleared the land are preserved with respect and accuracy. Readers seeking a compelling and informative exploration of early American settlement will find "Pioneer Life in Illinois" indispensable. This book not only serves as a rich historical document but also resonates as a timeless narrative of determination and resilience, making it a must-read for anyone interested in American history, frontier life, or the human spirit. In this enriched edition, we have carefully created added value for your reading experience: - Handーpicked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance. - Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Frontier Regulars The United States Army and the Indian, 1866-1891【電子書籍】[ Robert M. Utley ]

＜p＞In ＜em＞Frontier Regulars＜/em＞ Robert M. Utley combines scholarship and drama to produce an impressive history of the final, massive drive by the Regular Army to subdue and control the American Indians and open the West during the twenty-five years following the Civil War.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Here are incisive accounts of the campaign directed by Major General William Tecumseh Shermanーfrom the first skirmishes with the Sioux over the Bozeman Trail defenses in 1866 to the final defeat and subjugation of the Northern Plains Indians in 1890. Utley's brilliant descriptions of military maneuvers and flaming battles are juxtaposed with a careful analysis of Sherman's army: its mode of operation, equipment, and recruitment; its lifestyle and relations with Congress and civilians.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Proud of the United States Army and often sympathetic toward the Indians, Utley presents a balanced overview of the long struggle. He concludes that the frontier army was not "the heroic vanguard of civilization" as sometimes claimed and still less "the barbaric band of butchers depicted in the humanitarian literature of the nineteenth century and the atonement literature of the twentieth." Rather, it was a group of ordinary (and sometimes extraordinary) men doing the best they could.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】China's Last Imperial Frontier Late Qing Expansion in Sichuan's Tibetan Borderlands【電子書籍】[ Xiuyu Wang ]

＜p＞China's Last Imperial Frontier explores imperial China's frontier expansion in the Tibetan borderlands during the last decades of the Qing. The empire mounted a series of military attacks against indigenous chieftaincies and Buddhist monasteries in the east Tibetan region seeking to replace native authorities with state bureaucrats by redrawing the politically diverse frontier into a system of Chinese-style counties. Historically, at all the strategic frontier locations, the state had been for the most part outstripped by local institutions in political, military, and ideological strengths. With perceived threats from the Anglo-Russian “Great Game” accentuating Qing vulnerability in Tibet, the Sichuan government took advantage of the frontier crisis by encroaching upon local and Lhasa domains in Kham. Even though the Kham campaign was portrayed in Qing official discourse as a part of the nationwide reforms of “New Policies” (xinzheng) and administrative regularization (gaitu guiliu), its progress on the ground was influenced by the dynamics of interregional relations, including Sichuan’s competition with central Tibet, power struggles among Qing frontier officials, and varied Khampa responses to the new regime. The growing regionalism intensified the resistance of local forces to imperial authority. Despite the uneven results of the late Qing campaign, it had come to serve as an important source of sovereignty claims and policy inspirations for the subsequent governments.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Ruling the Savage Periphery Frontier Governance and the Making of the Modern State【電子書籍】[ Benjamin D. Hopkins ]

＜p＞＜strong＞A provocative case that “failed states” along the periphery of today’s international system are the intended result of nineteenth-century colonial design.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞From the Afghan frontier with British India to the pampas of Argentina to the deserts of Arizona, nineteenth-century empires drew borders with an eye toward placing indigenous people just on the edge of the interior. They were too nomadic and communal to incorporate in the state, yet their labor was too valuable to displace entirely. Benjamin Hopkins argues that empires sought to keep the “savage” just close enough to take advantage of, with lasting ramifications for the global nation-state order.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Hopkins theorizes and explores frontier governmentality, a distinctive kind of administrative rule that spread from empire to empire. Colonial powers did not just create ad hoc methods or alight independently on similar techniques of domination: they learned from each other. Although the indigenous peoples inhabiting newly conquered and demarcated spaces were subjugated in a variety of ways, ＜em＞Ruling the Savage Periphery＜/em＞ isolates continuities across regimes and locates the patterns of transmission that made frontier governmentality a world-spanning phenomenon.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Today, the supposedly failed states along the margins of the international systemーstates riven by terrorism and violenceーare not dysfunctional anomalies. Rather, they work as imperial statecraft intended, harboring the outsiders whom stable states simultaneously encapsulate and exploit. “Civilization” continues to deny responsibility for border dwellers while keeping them close enough to work, buy goods across state lines, and justify national-security agendas. The present global order is thus the tragic legacy of a colonial design, sustaining frontier governmentality and its objectives for a new age.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Frontier Days in Crescenta Valley Portraits of Life in the Foothills【電子書籍】[ Jo Anne Sadler ]

＜p＞Modern Crescenta Valley practically defines the notion of quiet suburbia with its lovely homes and tree-lined streets. Yet the communities that lie north of Los Angeles between the Verdugo and San Gabriel Mountains once formed a vast, isolated, treeless, windstorm-swept dell. The settlers who stayed in this valley found day-to-day subsistence challenging. They farmed, hunted, tried bee ranching, gathered greasewood, cultivated vineyards and dodged rattlesnakes. As settlement in the area continued to develop, such refinements as literature and photography flourished. Join author Jo Anne Sadler as she brings the Valley's frontier days to life, recounting such quirks as a visit from a "rainmaker" and the reasons behind the construction of the gaudy local landmark the Gould Castle.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。