The Mortal Sea

The Mortal Sea
Author: W. Jeffrey Bolster
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2012-10-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 0674067215

Since the time of the Vikings, the Atlantic has shaped the lives of people who depend on it for survival, and people have shaped the Atlantic. In his account of this interdependency, Bolster, a historian and professional seafarer, takes us through a millennium-long environmental history of our impact on one of the largest ecosystems in the world.

Chapters in the History of Social Legislation in the United States to 1860

Chapters in the History of Social Legislation in the United States to 1860
Author: Henry Walcott Farnam
Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Total Pages: 518
Release: 2000
Genre: Social legislation
ISBN: 1584770546

A social history of the class system in the United States from the colonial period through the constitutional era that primarily concerns itself with the issue of slavery. Other legislative areas affected by the social structure of the times covered include laws of debt, land tenure, fair trade, and food supply...Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection of New York University (1953) 809.

Report of the State Librarian

Report of the State Librarian
Author: Pennsylvania State Library
Publisher:
Total Pages: 570
Release: 1855
Genre: Pennsylvania
ISBN:

Includes catalogs of accessions and special bibliographical supplements.