FREE/BARGAIN — Non-Fiction

[Little.Egret]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

Charles River Editors, free

The South Sea Company: The History of the British Empire's South American Stock Company

Economists have called the South Sea bubble “one of the most famous and dramatic episodes in the history of speculation.” The company’s spectacular fall impacted not only its investors, but public confidence in corporations, investments, and even banking worldwide.


https://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search...ld-title=-kids

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Le Mont Saint-Michel: The History and Legacy of France's Most Famous Island Commune

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[Little.Egret]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

ADDENDUM to my post #251:

It occurs to me that the free Open Access book that I mentioned may only be about the British navy, or at least have its focus on it.

{. . .} the fact that it is published by Westminster University Press (I had never heard of it before; it has a total of two books in its Open Access catalog at the present time, but it looks like that's going to grow a lot in the near future), which I assume is in Great Britain somewhere, so the perspective of the book may be on Great Britain. We Yanks may not be mentioned much in the book.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Westminster
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univer...tminster_Press

[HarryT]

The only context in which a book about the Royal Navy (not British Navy, please ) between 1700 and 1850 is going to mention the United States is as an enemy.

[Little.Egret]

Originally Posted by HarryT

The only context in which a book about the Royal Navy (not British Navy, please ) between 1700 and 1850 is going to mention the United States is as an enemy.

/Naval Leadership/


http://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/s.../#epubcfi(/6/2[id001]!4/1:0)

Seems to include contributions on French and Spanish Admirals too.

And

6. Admiral Louis Guillouet, Comte d’Orvilliers (1710–92): A Style of Command in the Age of the American War (Olivier Chaline)

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Westminster
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univer...tminster_Press

There are some "Westminsters" in the U.S., too. There are several towns, and a denomination called Westminster Presbyterian Church. Probably some other things, too. Those just showed up in the first couple of pages of the results of a Google search. But I knew that odds were that it was in Great Britain somewhere. I didn't see any in Florida. ha

BTW--many people in the U.S., especially those who have not visited G.B. have a penchant for saying "Westminister. I cringe when people say it, but don't correct them. Now, if I knew that they were about to take a trip over there, that might be different. Wouldn't want the Brits to talk about how ignorant the Yanks are.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by HarryT

The only context in which a book about the Royal Navy (not British Navy, please ) between 1700 and 1850 is going to mention the United States is as an enemy.

Correct appellation of the navy in Great Britain duly noted.

I was actually only intending to use "British Navy" as a possessive, however--"the navy of Great Britain"--not as the name. But I did not know that "Royal Navy" was the precise name. Oddly, I do recall, for some reason, that the marines are the Royal Marines.

[issybird]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

There are some "Westminsters" in the U.S., too. Several towns, and a denomination called Westminster Presbyterian Church. Probably some other things, too. Those just showed up in the first couple of pages of the results of a Google search. But I knew that odds were it was in Great Britain somewhere. I didn't see any in Florida.

BTW--many people in the U.S., especially those who have not visited G.B. have a penchant for saying "Westminister. I cringe when people say it, but don't correct them. Now, if I knew that they were about to take a trip over there, that might be different . . . .

The most famous academic Westminster in the US is Westminster College in Fulton, Mo., where Churchill coined the phrase "Iron Curtain" in 1946.

I have never heard an American say "Westminister."

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by issybird

I have never heard an American say "Westminister."

Nor I.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

/Naval Leadership/


http://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/s.../#epubcfi(/6/2[id001]!4/1:0)

Seems to include contributions on French and Spanish Admirals too.

And

6. Admiral Louis Guillouet, Comte d’Orvilliers (1710–92): A Style of Command in the Age of the American War (Olivier Chaline)

Thanks for the info. I love the ocean and ships and navies, but have been a landlubber all of my life. On top of that, I like Western history, in general. I'm looking forward to reading this book.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by issybird

The most famous academic Westminster in the US is Westminster College in Fulton, Mo., where Churchill coined the phrase "Iron Curtain" in 1946.

You know, I kept thinking that there was an institution of higher learning somewhere in the U.S. by that name, but my quick Googling of "Westminster" didn't reveal it.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by issybird

I have never heard an American say "Westminister."

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Nor I.

Glad to hear that. The average Southerner, is probably not as well educated as the typical Northerner, though (note that I did not say "inherently less intelligent"). I've lived in the South all of my life. You wouldn't believe some of the things that I've heard my fellow Southerners say in ignorance. But this is not the forum for elaborating on that.

So, to be more precise, I should not have said "many in the U.S. . . . " There may be "many in the deep South," but I really think that I would have been overstating things even then.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

There are some "Westminsters" in the U.S., too. There are several towns, and a denomination called Westminster Presbyterian Church. Probably some other things, too. Those just showed up in the first couple of pages of the results of a Google search. But I knew that odds were that it was in Great Britain somewhere. I didn't see any in Florida. ha

BTW--many people in the U.S., especially those who have not visited G.B. have a penchant for saying "Westminister. I cringe when people say it, but don't correct them. Now, if I knew that they were about to take a trip over there, that might be different. Wouldn't want the Brits to talk about how ignorant the Yanks are.

Some reason you looked up my town?
That is where the church is.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by issybird

The most famous academic Westminster in the US is Westminster College in Fulton, Mo., where Churchill coined the phrase "Iron Curtain" in 1946.

I have never heard an American say "Westminister."

Me either.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Glad to hear that. The average Southerner, is probably not as well educated as the typical Northerner, though (note that I did not say "inherently less intelligent"). I've lived in the South all of my life. You wouldn't believe some of the things that I've heard my fellow Southerners say in ignorance. But this is not the forum for elaborating on that.

So, to be more precise, I should not have said "many in the U.S. . . . " There may be "many in the deep South," but I really think that I would have been overstating things even then.

Well now what do you expect? You have swamp gases and swamp people.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Well now what do you expect? You have swamp gases and swamp people.

Watch it. I can say some things about west Texas.