Télécharger le livre :  The Weight of Vengeance
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In early 1815, Secretary of State James Monroe reviewed the treaty with Britain that would end the War of 1812. The United States Navy was blockaded in port; much of the army had not been paid for nearly a year; the capital had been burned. The treaty offered an...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2012-06-01

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Télécharger le livre :  Savages within the Empire
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In 1720s London, a well-known band of young ruffians gave themselves crescent tattoos and adorned turbans in honour of their so-called 'mohamattan [Muslim]' Indian namesakes, the Mohawk. Few Britons noticed the gang's mistaken muddling of North American and Indian...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2005-12-08

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