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Miller, Robert Ryal was born on October 3, 1923 in Lake Andes, South Dakota, United States. Son of John Carroll and Hazel C. (Peck) Miller.
(For Science and National Glory: The Spanish Scientific Ex...)
For Science and National Glory: The Spanish Scientific Expedition to America, 1862-1866 (The American Exploration and Travel Series) A history of the often overlooked scientific expedition sent by Spain to the Spanish holdings in America.Keywords: AMERICAN HISTORY
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Hardcover; Fine; No Dust Jacket; 216 pp., frontis, index, bibliography, notes, appendices, photographs, illustrations, map. A fine, tight, unread, unmarked copy protected in a Mylar cover. This is the first full biography of Juan Alvarado (1809-1882) who, at the age of twenty-seven, became the governor of California, gaining the executive office through a revolution he organized in 1836, which toppled the dictatorial military governor. Well researched and written!
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( This book is a skillful synthesis of Mexico's complex a...)
This book is a skillful synthesis of Mexico's complex and colorful history from pre-Columbian times to the present. Utilizing his many years of research and teaching as well as his personal experience in Mexico, the author incorporates recent archaeological evidence, posits fresh interpretations, and analyzes such current problems as foreign debt, dependency on petroleum exports, and providing education and employment for an expanding population. Combining political events and social history in a smooth narrative, the book describes events, places, and individuals, the daily life of peasants and urban workers, and touches on cultural topics, including architecture, art, literature, and music. As a special feature, each chapter contains excerpts from contemporary letters, books, decrees, or poems, firsthand accounts that lend historical flavor to the discussion of each era. Mexico has an exciting history: several Indian civilizations; the Spanish conquest; three colonial centuries, during which there was a blending of Old World and New World cultures; a decade of wars for independence; the struggle of the young republic; wars with the United States and France; confrontation between the Indian president, Juárez, and the Austrian born emperor, Maximilian; a long dictatorship under Diaz; the Great Revolution that destroyed debt peonage, confiscated Church property, and reduced foreign economic power; and the recent drive to modernize through industrialization. Mexico: A History will be an excellent college-level textbook and good reading for the thousands of Americans who have visited Mexico and those who hope to visit.
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This fascinating true story about war, intrigue, defection to the enemy, and brutal military justice is a dramatic example of the conflicts that frequently arise between humanitarian values and inflexible military regulations. Shamrock and Sword's setting is the U.S.-Mexican War, remembered by Americans as an illustration of Manifest Destiny, the inevitable extension of the American frontier. It is remembered differently by Mexicans, who lost a substantial portion of their territory to an invading army. Perceptions on both sides of the border will be reshaped by Robert Ryal Miller's account of American soldiers who deserted to fight in the Mexican army. Miller uncovers the reasons for these desertions, presenting the soldiers' stories as they are revealed in records of the time. Many of these deserters were immigrant Irishmen. Contrary to what has been supposed, however, the Saint Patrick's Battalion included men of a dozen nationalities. Choosing for different reasons to fight under the Mexican flag, all were treated as deserters, and those captured were court-martialed by the U.S. Army. Fifty were executed; others were whipped and branded. The leader of the group, John Riley, was branded with a D on both cheeks. The Mexican government, on the other hand, viewed the men of the Saint Patrick's Battalion as heroes, awarding them honors and erecting a monument to them.
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Miller, Robert Ryal was born on October 3, 1923 in Lake Andes, South Dakota, United States. Son of John Carroll and Hazel C. (Peck) Miller.
AB, University of California, Berkeley, 1948; Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1960.
Assistant professor of history, U. Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, 1959-1960; assistant to associate professor, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, 1960-1968; professor of history, Indiana U. Southeast, New Albany, Indiana, 1970; professor of history, California State University, Hayward, 1970-1980; professor emeritus, California State University, Hayward, since 1980. Visiting professor San Marcos U., Lima, Peru, 1966.
(For Science and National Glory: The Spanish Scientific Ex...)
( This fascinating true story about war, intrigue, defect...)
( This book is a skillful synthesis of Mexico's complex a...)
(Hardcover; Fine; No Dust Jacket; 216 pp., frontis, index,...)
(Book by Miller, Robert Ryal)
Served in the United States Army Air Corps, 1942-1946, Medical. Member Conference on Latin American History, California History Society M C.
Married Penelope Handsaker, June 12, 1955.