william coker editor (5 risultati)

Softcover. Condizione: Fair. Covers are poor with some silverfish damage to the rear outer margin and scattered very small stains. Spine is missing the ends and has been reinforced with clear tape. Covers are unevenly browned, with two darker areas on the front from a label and a sticker. Title page and last page are foxed.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition (not stated). xiv, 421 pages. Hardcover: H 25.75cm x L 17.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed; scuffs/nicks, minor tears, and some creasing; front flap is not price-clipped; dj presented in an older rubbed Brodart protector. Tan cloth. Interior leaves are clean. Binding retains some crispness. With Foreword, b/w illustrations, contributor biographical section, and Index. Features sixteen essays: {#1} "The Spanish and the Mississippi Valley-an Introduction" by John Francis Bannon; {#2} "The State of Studies on Spanish Colonial Louisiana" by Charles Edwards O'Neill; {#3} "Resources in Louisiana Depositories for the Study of Spanish Activities in Louisiana" by A. Otis Herbert, Jr.; {#4} "The Mexican Archives and the Historiography of the Mississippi Valley in the Spanish Period" by C. Harvey Gardiner; {#5} "Land Settlement Policies and Practices in Spanish Louisiana" by C. Richard Arena; {#6} "The Bruins and the Formulation of Spanish Immigration Policy in the Old Southwest, 1787-88" by William S. Coker; {#7} "Anglo-Spanish Rivalry on the Louisiana Frontier, 1763-68," by John Preston Moore; {#8} "Governor Bernardo de Galvez and Spanish Espionage in Pensacola, 1777" by Robert L. Gold; {#9} "More on Pedro Vial in Upper Louisiana" by Abraham P. Nasatir; {#10} "Philip Nolan's Entry into Texas in 1800" by Noel M. Loomis; {#11} "The Role of the City Government in the Economic Development of New Orleans: Cabildo and City Council, 1783-1812" by John G. Clark; {#12} "Spanish Regulation of Taverns and the Liquor Trade in the Mississippi Valley" by Jack D.L. Holmes; {#13} "Almonester: Philanthropist and Builder in New Orleans" by Samuel Wilson, Jr.; {#14} "Symbols of Chiefly Authority in Spanish Louisiana" by John C. Ewers; {#15} "The Indomitable Osage in the Spanish Illinois (Upper Louisiana), 1763-1804" by Carl H. Chapman; {#16} "The Myth of the 'Imbecile Governor'-Captain Fernando de Leyba and the Defense of St. Louis in 1780" by John Francis McDermott.

Paperback. Condizione: VERY GOOD CLEAN TEXT. Condizione sovraccoperta: PICTORIAL COVER VERY GOOD. 1978 ED. . 1978 ED. VERY GOOD CLEAN TEXT.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Tight binding, spine has tanning and some wrinkling, slight edge wear, no markings.

Wraps. Condizione: Good. Jerome F. Coling (Cartographer). (illustratore). Presumed First Edition, First printing. xvi, 178, [2] pages. Illustrated cover. Illustrations. Maps. Index by Polly Coker. Cover has some wear and soiling. The proceedings are organized into three sections: The Foreign Military, The United States Military, and Military Education on the Gulf Coast. There are articles on the Military Organization of French Colonial Louisiana, on the Militia System of Spanish Louisiana, and on the British Soldier on the Gulf Coast. There are also articles on the United States Marines, Army and Navy on the Gulf Coast, along with a historical sketch of the Naval Air Station Pensacola and the Training and Testing at Elgin Field in World War II. In the last section there is an overview of education and training in the military as well as articles on army developments in training and manpower technologies and Air Force Education and Training.