In 1875, Icelandic immigrants established a colony on the southwest shore of Lake Winnipeg. The timing and location of New Iceland was not accidental. Across the Prairies, the Canadian government was creating land reserves for Europeans...
Territorial expansion
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Auteur:Lenz, LawrenceSommaire:Through its military policy and foreign policy, America attained superpower status in a remarkably short period of time. Nations survive based on their ability to provide internal order and external defense. Unfortunately, foreign...
- Auteur:Pearson, Monte L.Sommaire:
Many articles in the media examine contemporary American issues and compare them to the problems that led to the fall of the Roman Empire. But before the rise of the Empire, a time of one-man rule and limited freedoms, there was the...
- Auteur:Immerwahr, DanielSommaire:
A pathbreaking history of the United States' overseas possessions and the true meaning of its empire We are familiar with maps that outline all fifty states. And we are also familiar with the idea that the United States is an...
- Auteur:Brands, H. W.Sommaire:
From a New York Times -bestselling author, a sweeping history of the American West In Dreams of El Dorado, H.W. Brands tells the thrilling, panoramic story of the settling of the American West. He takes us from John Jacob Astor's...
