Historic Laredo

Historic Laredo
Author: Maria Eugenia Guerra
Publisher: HPN Books
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1893619168

An illustrated history of Loredo, Texas, paired with histories of the local companies.

Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science

Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science
Author: John Gunn
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1971
Release: 2004-08-02
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1135455082

The Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science contains 350 alphabetically arranged entries. The topics include cave and karst geoscience, cave archaeology and human use of caves, art in caves, hydrology and groundwater, cave and karst history, and conservation and management. The Encyclopedia is extensively illustrated with photographs, maps, diagrams, and tables, and has thematic content lists and a comprehensive index to facilitate searching and browsing.

Paying the Price of Freedom

Paying the Price of Freedom
Author: Christine Hünefeldt
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1994-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780520082922

"I know of no other work on Latin American slavery during the decades before emancipation that captures the slaves' relentless pursuit of freedom as poignantly as does this one."--Francisco A. Scarano, University of Wisconsin, Madison "A splendid and important contribution to a growing body of literature on nineteenth-century slavery and abolition."--Frederick P. Bowser, Stanford University "I know of no other work on Latin American slavery during the decades before emancipation that captures the slaves' relentless pursuit of freedom as poignantly as does this one."--Francisco A. Scarano, University of Wisconsin, Madison