Looking Forward: A Dream of the United States of the Americas in 1999 is a speculative work by Arthur Bird that envisions a future for the Americas at the turn of the 21st century. Written in 1899, the book reflects the aspirations and anxieties of its time, imagining a united continent that transcends national boundaries to form a cohesive entity, the “United States of the Americas.” Bird's narrative captures a sense of optimism about technological advancements, social progress, and polit...

In "Looking Forward: A Dream of the United States of the Americas in 1999," Arthur Bird offers a provocative examination of North and South America's potential union, framed within a vivid tapestry of speculative fiction. Written in a richly descriptive literary style, the narrative envisions a future shaped by cultural synthesis and shared aspirations. Bird's use of allegorical elements and futurist themes invites readers to reflect on the socio-political landscape of the late 20th centur...

“The author respectfully submits it as his firm and immovable conviction, that the United States of America, in the years to come, will govern the entire Western Hemisphere.”These words, written by Arthur Bird in 1899, were his premonition as to the direction of the US one hundred years in the future. Not only did Bird cover the financial status of our country, but the world as a whole. While many of his predictions were quite outlandish, several were remarkably visionary and accur...

The Hawaiian kingdom's last monarch wrote her biography in 1897, the year before the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands by the United States. Her story covers six decades of island history told from the viewpoint of a major historical figure. Introduction by Glen Grant.

This is a brief narrative which describes the slave trade that flourished in central Africa during the 1880's.

This is the complete history of Hawaii.It is the fast-moving narrative of an island nation whose settlement antedates the arrival of European pioneers by a thousand years, and whose destiny it was to become the fiftieth star in the flag of the United States of America. It tells how the Islanders have created a modern-day miracle through education, economic progress, and financial growth in the past 150 years.Olive Wyndette became fascinated by personal cont...

Before the canal, there was the railroad to connect the great oceans. This short pieces tells of the building of the railroad across the isthmus in the mid nineteenth century and details a journey by hand car on the line shortly after it was completed.

Written for an American audience, this is a brief narrative of Lord Elgin's trip to Japan for treaty negotiations during his 1858 visit sojourn from China to Japan.

"To the Person Sitting in Darkness" is an essay by American author Mark Twain published in the North American Review in February 1901. It is a satire exposing imperialism as revealed in the Boxer Uprising and its aftermath, the Boer War, and the Philippine–American War expressing his anti-Imperialist views. It mentions the historical figures Emilio Aguinaldo, William McKinley, Joseph Chamberlain, William Scott Ament and others, and fueled the Twain–Ament indemnities controversy.

This edition features• illustrations• a linked Table of ContentsCONTENTSPrefaceEarly History of the Islands.The British Occupation.The Spanish Colonial Government.The Church in the Colony.The Various Tribes of the Philippines.The Mohammedans of Sulu.Manila.Other Important Cities and Towns.Natural Beauty of the Archipelago.A Village Feast.History of Commerce in the Philippines.Co...

Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com. Information concerning the island of Cuba has been of an exceedingly unsatisfactory character until the search-light of American inquiry was thrown upon it from the beginning of the war for Cuban liberty early in 1895. Although our next-door neighbor to the south, with a perfect winter climate and a host of interesting and picturesque attractions for travelers, tourists had been comparatively few, measured by the numbers that might have been expe...

Panama. They say the word means “a place of many fishes,” but there is some dissension about the exact derivation of the name of the now severed Isthmus. Indeed dissension, quarrels, wars and massacres have been the prime characteristics of Panama for four hundred years. “A place of many battles” would be a more fitting significance for the name of this tiny spot where man has been doing ceaseless battle with man since history rose to record the conflicts. As deadly as the wars between men...