The Birth of the Modern: World Society, 1815-1830HarperCollins Publishers, 1991 - 1095 σελίδες From the bestselling author of Modern Times, A History of the Jews, and Intellectuals, a provocative, challenging, and readable history of 15 years that laid the foundations of the modern world. The period after Waterloo (1815-1830), traditionally viewed as an Age of Reaction, was astonishly fertile in new ideas and, Johnson maintains, the modern world. 16 pages of halftones. |
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... road which exceeds an inch in any of its dimensions is mischievous . " You could not get a smooth surface without small stones , and smooth- ness was the key to a good , durable road . " Any person , " he said , " who will take the ...
... road which exceeds an inch in any of its dimensions is mischievous . " You could not get a smooth surface without small stones , and smooth- ness was the key to a good , durable road . " Any person , " he said , " who will take the ...
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... road intersections . ” 76 Telford would have loved to build a high - speed national road sys- tem solely for long - distance traffic - a motorway network , in short , 150 years before such came into being . While building his Holyhead road ...
... road intersections . ” 76 Telford would have loved to build a high - speed national road sys- tem solely for long - distance traffic - a motorway network , in short , 150 years before such came into being . While building his Holyhead road ...
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... road he had strung between Florence , Alabama , and New Orleans , the best route into the lower Mississippi area . There were also the Great Valley Road , the Upper Federal Road , and the Fall Line Road . These roads were rough by the ...
... road he had strung between Florence , Alabama , and New Orleans , the best route into the lower Mississippi area . There were also the Great Valley Road , the Upper Federal Road , and the Fall Line Road . These roads were rough by the ...
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TWO The Congress Dances | 63 |
and return 75 Before during and after the Battle | 101 |
THREE The End of the Wilderness | 165 |
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