Samuel Eliot Morison

A political, economic, and cultural survey from the earliest exploration of the New World to the present.Author: Samuel Eliot Morison, Henry Steele Commager, William E. LeuchtenburgISBN-10: 0195031806ISBN-13: 9780195031805Publisher: Oxford University Press, USALanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/13/1983Pages: 880Format: PaperbackWeight: 3.26lbsSize: 9.24h x 7.50w x 1.51d

A Concise History of the American Republic, Second Edition, is a compact, authoritative, gracefully written narrative of American history from the arrival of the Native Americans' Siberian forebears to the economic conflicts of the Carter and Reagan administrations. Its distinguished authors embrace a full...

""A History Of The Constitution Of Massachusetts"" is a book written by Samuel Eliot Morison and published in 1917. The book provides a comprehensive historical account of the development of the Constitution of Massachusetts, from its origins in the colonial period to its modern...

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonISBN-10: 1443727350ISBN-13: 9781443727358Publisher:...

This book Presents Columbus in a realistic and non-idealised manner. It logically disputes theories that have been used to disparage Columbus, yet honestly portrays his treatment of the native Americans he encountered. Having spent 2 years travelling the sea routes that Columbus pioneered you...

Telling the story of the greatest sailor of them all, Admiral of the Ocean Sea is a vivid and definitive biography of Columbus that details all of his voyages that, for better or worse, changed the world. 50 drawings, maps & charts; 4 fold-outs.Author:...

Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonISBN-10: 0316583073ISBN-13: 9780316583077Publisher: Little Brown and CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/30/1951Pages: 369Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.75lbsSize: 8.85h x 6.05w x 1.58d

Recounts the role of the United States in World War II at sea, from encounters in the Atlantic before the country entered the war to the surrender of Japan.Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonISBN-10: 0316583014ISBN-13: 9780316583015Publisher: Little Brown and CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1947Pages: 434Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.76lbsSize: 8.98h...

Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, 22 July 1942 1 May 1944, Volume 6 in the series, examines the drive up from Guadalcanal and New Guinea to the taking of Rabaul and the colossal American victory at the Battle of the Bismarck Sea during the Papuan...

Francis Parkman (1823-1893), struggling against painful chronic illnesses and very largely self-taught in his field, was not only a pioneering historian but an enduring one. His monumental seven-volume history of discovery, conquest, and empire-building in the New World, France and England in North America...

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Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonISBN-10: 0316583111ISBN-13: 9780316583114Publisher: Little Brown and CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/30/1957Pages: 360Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.69lbsSize: 8.82h x 6.04w x 1.43d

Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonISBN-10: 0316583030ISBN-13: 9780316583039Publisher: Little Brown and CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/30/1948Pages: 411Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.81lbsSize: 8.86h x 6.10w x 1.62d

Includes all essential documents of official nature and selected sources, such as debates and letters, which reflect the central issues of the Revolution and the formation of a federal government.Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonISBN-10: 0195002628ISBN-13: 9780195002621Publisher: Oxford University Press, USALanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/31/1965Pages: 432Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.93lbsSize:...

Recounts the role of the United States in World War II at sea, from encounters in the Atlantic before the country entered the war to the surrender of Japan.Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonISBN-10: 0316583057ISBN-13: 9780316583053Publisher: Little Brown and CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/30/1949Pages: 389Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.78lbsSize: 8.79h...

Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonISBN-10: 0316583103ISBN-13: 9780316583107Publisher: Little Brown and CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/30/1956Pages: 399Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.72lbsSize: 8.82h x 6.16w x 1.55d

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Samuel Eliot Morison traces the roots of American universities back to Europe, providing "a lively contemporary perspective...a realistic picture of the founding of the first American university north of the Rio Grande" [Lewis Gannett, New York Herald Tribune].Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonISBN-10:...

The great voyages of discovery to the New World are here brought to life by one of the twentieth century's most eminent historians, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Samuel Morison. A master seaman himself, Morison personally retraced the voyages of the early explorers, charting his...

""The Life and Letters of Harrison Gray Otis V1: Federalist 1765-1848"" by Samuel Eliot Morison is a comprehensive biography of Harrison Gray Otis, a prominent figure in American politics during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The book covers Otis's life from his...

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Harrison Gray Otis was one of the most prominent Federalists of his era, a leading advocate for ratification of the Constitution and a critic of the excesses of the early Republic. In this work by acclaimed historian Samuel Eliot Morison, Otis's life and career...

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Here is no catalogue of ships, reader, nor naval chronicle, but a story of maritime enterprise; of the shipping, seaborne commerce, whaling, and fishing belonging to one American commonwealth. I have chosen to catch the story at half flood, when Massachusetts vessels first sought...

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The Puritan Pronaos: Studies In The Intellectual Life Of New England In The Seventeenth Century is a book written by Samuel Eliot Morison. The book is a collection of essays that explore the intellectual life of New England during the 17th century, with a...

Transactions Of The American Philosophical Society, V31, Part 4. Maps By Bertram Greene.Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonISBN-10: 1258645238ISBN-13: 9781258645236Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/30/2013Pages: 58Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.12d

This one-volume history of Harvard is not so much a summary of Samuel Eliot Morison's monumental work [The Tercentennial History of Harvard College and University, 1636-1936] as it is an entirely fresh handling of his vast material. With a mind saturated in the lore...