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Reginald Horsman

    Reginald Horsman je emeritní profesor historie, který se specializuje na americké dějiny. Jeho práce se zaměřuje na politické a sociální dějiny Spojených států, zejména na období expanze a formování národní identity. Horsman detailně zkoumá motivace a důsledky americké expanze a její dopad na různé skupiny obyvatelstva. Jeho přístup je založen na důkladném historickém bádání a analytickém zkoumání dobových dokumentů.

    Feast or Famine: Food and Drink in American Westward Expansion
    Frontier Doctor: William Beaumont, America's First Great Medical Scientist
    • This is the biography of William Beaumont, a 19th century doctor whose pioneering research on human digestion gained him international renown as a physiologist. The book details his medical career in the army, his experiments and research, and his publications.

      Frontier Doctor: William Beaumont, America's First Great Medical Scientist
    • "Drawing on the journals and correspondence of pioneers, Horsman examines more than a hundred years of history, recording components of the diets of various groups, including travelers, settlers, fur traders, soldiers, and miners. He discusses food-preparation techniques, including the development of canning, and foods common in different regions"--Provided by publisher.

      Feast or Famine: Food and Drink in American Westward Expansion