Ebook > Ciência Espiritual > Histórico > David Jenkins: From Ship's Cook to Baronet (PDF)

David Jenkins
From Ship’s Cook to Baronet
Sir William Reardon Smith’s Life in Shipping, 1856-1935

Apoio

Adobe DRM

Capa do David Jenkins: From Ship's Cook to Baronet (PDF)

Sir William Reardon Smith (1856-1935) was one of the foremost figures in south Wales in the early twentieth century. His was a classic story of ‘rags to riches’ – starting life as a deck-hand and ship’s cook, he made a fortune in the shipping industry at the zenith of the Welsh coal trade.

€8.99

Língua Inglês ● Formato PDF ● Páginas 192 ● ISBN 9780708324240 ● Tamanho do arquivo 5.7 MB ● Editora University of Wales Press ● Publicado 2011 ● Edição 1 ● Carregável 24 meses ● Moeda EUR ● ID 2635841 ● Proteção contra cópia Adobe DRM

Requer um leitor de ebook capaz de DRM

Mais ebooks do mesmo autor(es) / Editor

213.572 Ebooks nesta categoria

Capa do Pepijn (University of Groningen, the Netherlands) Corduwener: The Problem of Democracy in Postwar Europe

Pepijn (University of Groningen, the Netherlands) Corduwener: The Problem of Democracy in Postwar Europe

The current perception of democratic crisis in Western Europe gives a renewed urgency to a new perspective on the way democracy was reconstructed after World War II and the principles that underpinne …

Capa do Ivelaw L Griffith & Betty N. Sedoc-Dahlberg: Democracy And Human Rights In The Caribbean

Ivelaw L Griffith & Betty N. Sedoc-Dahlberg: Democracy And Human Rights In The Caribbean

The Caribbean, like regions elsewhere, is caught in what has been called democracy’s global "Third Wave." In this volume, contributors examine the nature of democratization in the region …

Capa do Ross J. S. Hoffman: Great Britain and the German Trade Rivalry

Ross J. S. Hoffman: Great Britain and the German Trade Rivalry

Originally published in 1933, this volume covers 3 features of British history in the 40 years prior to the First World War: the inroad made by commercial and industrial Germany on the far-flung …

Capa do Lawrence Aje & Nicolas Gachon: Traces and Memories of Slavery in the Atlantic World

Lawrence Aje & Nicolas Gachon: Traces and Memories of Slavery in the Atlantic World

Traces and Memories deals with the foundation, mechanisms and scope of slavery-related memorial processes, interrogating how descendants of enslaved populations reconstruct the history of their ances …

Capa do George Yerby: The Economic Causes of the English Civil War

George Yerby: The Economic Causes of the English Civil War

This is a coordinated presentation of the economic basis of revolutionary change in 16th- and early-17th century England, addressing a crucial but neglected phase of historical development. It traces …

Capa do Coryne Hall: Queen Victoria and The Romanovs

Coryne Hall: Queen Victoria and The Romanovs

Capa do Shaul Esh & Julius Gould: Jewish Life in Modern Britain

Shaul Esh & Julius Gould: Jewish Life in Modern Britain

Originally published in 1964, this volume aims to convey global perspectives on the Jewish situation in the late 20th Century by discussing research in Jewish social structure and social problems. Hi …

Capa do Coleman A. Dennehy & Robin Eagles: Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington, and his World

Coleman A. Dennehy & Robin Eagles: Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington, and his World

This book offers the first major reassessment of the life and work of Sir Henry Bennet, earl of Arlington, for over a century. Arlington was one of Charles II s chief ministers and the book charts …

Capa do Daniel (Department of History, Claremont Mckenna College, USA) Michon & D. A. Smith: To Serve God in Holy Freedom

Daniel (Department of History, Claremont Mckenna College, USA) Michon & D. A. Smith: To Serve God in Holy Freedom

This book presents one of the first accounts of Christianity in colonial India by a nun. Set in Goa in the early eighteenth century, this translation of Soror Magdalena’s account from Portuguese brin …

Capa do Honey Oberoi Vahali: Lives in Exile

Honey Oberoi Vahali: Lives in Exile

This book explores the devastating consequences and psychological ruptures of refugeehood as it evocatively recounts the life histories of dislocated Tibetans expelled from their homes since 1959. Fo …

Próxima página >>>