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Speculation Nation: Land Mania in the Revolutionary American Republic (Early American Studies) eBooks & eLearning

Posted by First1 at Sept. 16, 2023

During the first quarter-century after its founding, the United States was swept by a wave of land speculation so unprecedented in intensity and scale that contemporaries and historians alike have dubbed it a “mania.” In Speculation Nation, Michael A. Blaakman uncovers the revolutionary origins of this real-estate bonanza―a story of ambition, corruption, capitalism, and statecraft that stretched across millions of acres from Maine to the Mississippi and Georgia to the Great Lakes.

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Money: Understanding and Creating Alternatives to Legal Tender eBooks & eLearning

Posted by insetes at Nov. 1, 2022

Money: Understanding and Creating Alternatives to Legal Tender By Thomas Greco Jr.
2001 | 320 Pages | ISBN: 1890132373 | EPUB | 49 MB

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The People's Queen By Vanora Bennett eBooks & eLearning

Posted by Rare-1 at Sept. 7, 2014

Set in late fourteenth century England, Vanora Bennett's rich, dramatic new novel presents an England uncannily like our own. The country is in turmoil, The King is in debt to the City, and the old order had broken down - a time of opportunity indeed, for those who can seize the moment.

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Italian Renaissance [repost] eBooks & eLearning

Posted by FenixN at Feb. 11, 2015

When you think of the Italian Renaissance, chances are you think of what it gave us. The extraordinary sculptures of Michelangelo. The incomparable paintings of Leonardo da Vinci. The immortal written works of Petrarch and Machiavelli. But have you ever wondered why there was such an artistic, cultural and intellectual explosion in Italy at the start of the 14th century?

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Disraeli: The Victorian Dandy Who Became Prime Minister Ed 2 eBooks & eLearning

Posted by roxul at July 30, 2023

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Speculation Nation: Land Mania in the Revolutionary American Republic eBooks & eLearning

Posted by arundhati at Sept. 28, 2023

Michael A. Blaakman, "Speculation Nation: Land Mania in the Revolutionary American Republic "
English | ISBN: 1512824488 | 2023 | 432 pages | PDF | 3 MB

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Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe Audiobooks

Posted by Free butterfly at Sept. 23, 2023

Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe by Diana Darke, Christine Rendel, Tantor Audio
English | 2022 | ISBN: B09S4228ZV | MP3@64 kbps | 15h 49m | 434 Mb

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