Tag: 1877

Silent Films, 1877-1996 A Critical Guide to 646 Movies


Free Download Robert K. Klepper, "Silent Films, 1877-1996: A Critical Guide to 646 Movies"
English | ISBN: 0786421649 | 2005 | 596 pages | PDF | 66 MB
This film reference covers 646 silent motion pictures, starting with Eadweard Muybridge’s initial motion photography experiments in 1877 and even including The Taxi Dancer (1996). Among the genres included are classics, dramas, Westerns, light comedies, documentaries and even poorly produced early pornography. Masterpieces such as Joan the Woman (1916), Intolerance (1916) and Faust (1926) can be found, as well as rare titles that have not received critical attention since their original releases.

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Russo-Turkish Naval War 1877-1878


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English | ISBN: 8365281368 | 2017 | 200 pages | EPUB | 34 MB
The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 was a conflict between the Ottoman Empire and the Eastern Orthodox coalition led by the Russian Empire and composed of Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro.

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Reunion and Reaction The Compromise of 1877 and the End of Reconstruction


Free Download C. Vann Woodward, "Reunion and Reaction: The Compromise of 1877 and the End of Reconstruction"
English | ISBN: 0195064232 | | 288 pages | AZW3 | 3 MB
Between the era of America’s landmark antebellum compromises and that of the Compromise of 1877, a war had intervened, destroying the integrity of the Southern system but failing to determine the New South’s relation to the Union. While it did not restore the old order in the South, or restore the South to parity with the Union, it did lay down the political foundations for reunion, bring Reconstruction to an end, and shape the future of four million freedmen.

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