Bøger af George Rapp

Title: Thoughts on the destiny of man, particularly with reference to the present times.Author: George RappPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP00650000CollectionID: CTRG10184432-BPublicationDate: 18240101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Translation of: Rapp, George. Gedanken uber die Bestimmung des Menschen, besonders in Hinsicht der gegenwartigen Zeit (Shoemaker 16443; First cent. of German lang. printing in the U.S., 2655) Johann Christoph Muller operated the Harmony Society Press at New Harmony, Ind., in 1824. "Manuscripts in the [Harmony] Society archives reveal that printing of this title was not completed until 1825 and the title page was printed for the Society by Eichbaum and Johnston of Pittsburgh."--Byrd & Peckham.Collation: [2], 96 p.; 18 cm

This book provides a wealth of information for mineralogists, geologists and archaeologists involved in archaeometric studies. This second edition takes an updated look at the human use of rocks and minerals from the Paleolithic through to the 18th century.