History : Historical Geography

Hong Kong has remained the global metropolis for Asia since its founding in the 1840s following the Opium Wars between Britain and China. David Meyer traces ......

The period from the fifth century to the eighth century witnessed massive political, social and religious change in Europe. Geographical and historical thoug......

The Bering Strait Crossing is the epic story of the Intercontinental Divide. The ancient waterway - when the fog clears over the Diomede Islands - is among t......

Ever fancied living in Brown Willy or Great Cockup? No? How about Badger's Mount or Lord Berkeley's Knob? With so many places to choose from in Britain you w......

Use the the back page of the book the summary by Alan Atkins Author: Riley, Joe Publisher: TIC Manila Inc Illustration: N Language: ENG Title: The true his......

Geography and Politics Among Nations is intended to assist the general reader to grasp the significance of geopolitical awareness in the conduct of foreign r......

Water Resources and Development explores water management strategies through scientific, social and political perspectives, and uses case studies to exemplif......

We tend to see history and evolution springing from separate roots, one grounded in the human world and the other in the natural world. Human beings have, ho......

Was Roger Williams too pure for the Puritans, and what does that have to do with Rhode Island?  Why did Augustine Herman take ten years to complete the ......

For centuries, the Andes have caught the imagination of travelers, inspiring fear and wonder. The groundbreaking scientist Alexander von Humboldt claimed tha......

Librarian W. Kaye Lamb provides an illuminating introduction and annotations to the journals of Simon Fraser, "founder of British Columbia." Publisher: Dund......

Linklater opens with America's greatest surveyor, Andrew Ellicott, measuring the contentious boundary between Pennsylvania and Virginia in the summer of 1784......

Francaviglia looks anew at the geographical-historical context of the driving of the golden spike in May 1869. He gazes outward from the site of the transc......

Two excerpts from the book... A Message from the Mayor of Strathmore: Steve Grajczyk On behalf of myself and my...

In most cities today, fire has been reduced to a sporadic and isolated threat. But throughout history the constant risk of fire has left a deep and lasting i......

Seeking to draw new conclusions about settlement distributions and population densities, patterns of wealth, underprivileged assistance, and land usage, this......

A study of water and its unique role and history in the West, as well as in the nation. Author: Limerick, Patricia Nelson Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing Illu......

Seeking to draw new conclusions about settlement distributions and population densities, patterns of wealth, underprivileged assistance, and land usage, this......

It may not be the longest, deepest or widest river in the world but few bodies of water reveal as much about a nation's past and present, or as suggestive...