Stealey John (54 results)

Condition: New. David Hunter Strother, also known by his pen name Porte Crayon, arrived as US consul general in Mexico City in 1879. His observations of Mexican society, life, and politics were broad and reflective. This work is of interest to scholars of US-Mexican relations, Mexican history, nineteenth-century American history, and art history. Editor(s): Stealey, John E. Num Pages: 1200 pages, illustrations, notes, biblio., index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1669. . 2006. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Condition: New. David Hunter Strother, also known by his pen name Porte Crayon, arrived as US consul general in Mexico City in 1879. His observations of Mexican society, life, and politics were broad and reflective. This work is of interest to scholars of US-Mexican relations, Mexican history, nineteenth-century American history, and art history. Editor(s): Stealey, John E. Num Pages: 1200 pages, illustrations, notes, biblio., index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1669. . 2006. Hardcover. . . . . …

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Hardcover. Condition: NEW. Illustrated. The diary of America's consul to the early Mexican republic When David Hunter Strother, also known by his pen name Porte Crayon, arrived as U.S. consul general in Mexico City in 1879, Mexico and its society, only a decade removed from French occupation, were initially struggling with questions of national order and stability, with maintenance of independence, and with all aspects of modernization. Achieving these goals without sacrificing its patrimony to imperialistic powers, which had capital to invest, proved to be difficult for Mexico and pushed the nation's quest for stability into another dictatorship. Strother was present at the beginning of U.S. involvement with this phase of Mexico's evolution under President Porfirio Diaz. Porte Crayon's observations of Mexican society, life, and politics were broad yet penetrating and reflective. His perspective, however, extended beyond the political and economic to the land, the people, individual lives, and historical events. Mastering Spanish, as he had previously assimilated the French and Italian languages, Porte Crayon's contacts and experiences encompassed all classes of Mexican society. He possessed the artist's eye for nuance and detail and had the literary energy and skill to record his experiences. Specialists and nonspecialists alike will be entertained and instructed by Strother's amusing anecdotes, his striking characterizations of key figures of the time, and his observations concerning Mexico's modernization process. Porte Crayon's Mexico makes available for the first time valuable and fascinating primary-source material that will appeal to scholars of U.S.-Mexican relations, Mexican history, nineteenth-century American history, and art history.…

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Antebellum Kanawha Salt Business and Western Markets. Book.

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 364 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.91 inches. In Stock. Burgess, Alicia (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 3pp. on folded sheet, margins uncut. Toned and foxed. Good. Concerning the petitioner's request to be allowed public lands elsewhere because of the loss of acreage to the White River, a navigable stream through his original purchase. This was in Indiana, a resolution of Congress, August 29, 1788, reserving 400 acres of land for every head of family of "French or Canadian inhabitant, or other settler".…

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Paperback. Condition: New. In the early nineteenth century, a ten-mile stretch along the Kanawha River in western Virginia became the largest salt-producing area in the antebellum United States. Production of this basic commodity stimulated settlement, the livestock industry, and the rise of agricultural processing, especially pork packing, in the American West. Salt extraction was then and is now a fundamental industry.In his illuminating study, now available with a new preface by the author, John Stealey examines the legal basis of this industry, its labor practices, and its marketing and distribution patterns. Through technological innovation, salt producers harnessed coal and steam as well as men and animals, constructed a novel evaporative system, and invented drilling tools later employed in oil and natural gas exploration. Thus in many ways the salt industry was the precursor of the American extractive and chemical industries. Stealey's informative study is an important contribution to American economic, business, labor, and legal history.…

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 261 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. First Edition. First printing (no additional printings listed). Illustrated. Moderate shelfwear, with some fraying to the cloth. The boards are scuffed and soiled. The spine is slanted. The leaves are browned around their margins. A gift inscription, dated 1894, is pencilled on the front free endpaper. The binding is tight and the hinges are intact. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Dustjacket. Presumed First. Presumed first editon w/SD & NAP, hardcover with gilt title to front board and spine, has tiny skew to binding, slight bow to boards, some faint rubbing, and a hint of shelfwear to spine ends and board corners, otherwise a solid, clean VG+ copy.…

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. When David Hunter Strother, also known by his pen name Porte Crayon, arrived as U.S. consul general in Mexico City in 1879, Mexico and its society, only a decade removed from French occupation, were initially struggling with questions of national order and stability, with maintenance of independence, and with all aspects of modernization. Achieving these goals without sacrificing its patrimony to imperialistic powers, which had capital to invest, proved to be difficult for Mexico and pushed the nation's quest for stability into another dictatorship. Strother was present at the beginning of U.S. involvement with this phase of Mexico's evolution under President Porfirio Diaz. Porte Crayon's observations of Mexican society, life, and politics were broad yet penetrating and reflective. His perspective, however, extended beyond the political and economic to the land, the people, individual lives, and historical events. Mastering Spanish, as he had previously assimilated the French and Italian languages, Porte Crayon's contacts and experiences encompassed all classes of Mexican society. He possessed the artist's eye for nuance and detail and had the literary energy and skill to record his experiences. Specialists and nonspecialists alike will be entertained and instructed by Strother's amusing anecdotes, his striking characterizations of key figures of the time, and his observations concerning Mexico's modernization process. ""Porte Crayon's Mexico"" makes available for the first time valuable and fascinating primary-source material that will appeal to scholars of U.S.-Mexican relations, Mexican history, nineteenth-century American history, and art history. David Hunter Strother, also known by his pen name Porte Crayon, arrived as US consul general in Mexico City in 1879. His observations of Mexican society, life, and politics were broad and reflective. This work is of interest to scholars of US-Mexican relations, Mexican history, nineteenth-century American history, and art history. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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