New Hampshire Icons

Author : Matthew P. Mayo,Jennifer Smith-Mayo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780762786305

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New Hampshire Icons by Matthew P. Mayo,Jennifer Smith-Mayo Pdf

New Hampshire literally has something for everyone: urban types looking for bookstores, coffee shops, swank eateries, and nightclubs; outdoorsy folks searching for endless vistas atop the high peaks of the White Mountains; history buffs seeking clues to the state’s rich past; or snow-loving families hoping to schuss the slopes all day long. It is a place of quaint villages, swimming holes, general stores, and hillside farms. And its people, those singular Granite Staters, are the friendly caretakers who make sure it’s there for all to enjoy. Profiled within these pages are fifty classic symbols of this extraordinary state, revealing little-known facts, longtime secrets, and historical legends. From frost heaves to Robert Frost, from Stonyfield Yogurt to the New Hampshire State House, New Hampshire Icons offers up the inside story on the Granite State. Did you know that New Hampshire has the shortest coastline of any state (18 miles)? That Mt. Washington is the official home of the world’s worst weather? That pumpkins are the official state fruit? New Hampshire Icons features the people, places, events, foods, animals, and traditions that make it the singular state it is.

Author : Matthew P. Mayo,Jennifer Smith-Mayo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780762786336

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Vermont Icons by Matthew P. Mayo,Jennifer Smith-Mayo Pdf

The state of Vermont is illustrated through gorgeous photographs and evocative essays, showcasing 50 iconic places, events, inventions, foods, and objects from the Green Mountain State.

Author : Jonathan Scheff
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780762768479

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Boston Icons by Jonathan Scheff Pdf

Profiled here are fifty classic symbols of this extraordinary city, revealing little-known facts, longtime secrets, and historical legends.

Author : Muriel L. Dubois
Publisher : Capstone Press
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0736805249

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New Hampshire Facts and Symbols by Muriel L. Dubois Pdf

Presents information about the state of New Hampshire, its nickname, motto, and emblems.

Author : Will La Page
Publisher : CABI
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781780640013

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Rethinking Park Protection by Will La Page Pdf

"In today's society, hidden beliefs can subtly guide the management of parks, such as treating them as natural resources rather than national assets. Resulting management practices often lead to deferred maintenance on park infrastructure, causing inadequate protection from vandalism, poaching, and theft of artefacts. A sad demise, often due to an out-dated belief that parks are non-essential leisure services rather than necessities for a vibrant modern life. This book challenges the reader to examine the core beliefs that created our public parklands, comparing them with the beliefs that guide contemporary park stewardship in an effort to improve the management of parks and reassess their purpose in modern life."--pub. desc.

Author : Batya Brutin
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110653212

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Holocaust Icons in Art: The Warsaw Ghetto Boy and Anne Frank by Batya Brutin Pdf

The photographs of the unknown Warsaw Ghetto little boy and the well-known Anne Frank became famous documents worldwide, representing the Holocaust. Many artists adopted them as a source of inspiration to express their feelings and ideas about Holocaust events in general and to deal with the fate of these two victims in particular. Moreover, the artists emphasized the uniqueness of both children, but at the same time used their image to convey social and political messages. By using images of these children, the artists both evoke our attention and sympathy and our anger against the Nazis’ crime of killing one and a half million Jewish children in the Holocaust. Because they represent different sexes, and different aspects - Western and Eastern Jewry - of Holocaust experience, artists used them in many contexts. This book will complete the lack of comprehensive research referring to the visual representations of these children in artworks.

Author : Matthew P. Mayo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493018048

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Hornswogglers, Fourflushers & Snake-Oil Salesmen by Matthew P. Mayo Pdf

Everyone loves a heel, especially one to whom nothing was sacred and who charmed his or her way into the hearts, minds, and wallets of bumpkins and belles alike. This collection offers twenty-four tales of petty bandits, sleazy bunko artists, and conniving conmen and –women who traveled West to seek their fortunes by preying on the men and women who went before them to settle and explore. These stories of who they were, what they did, and why they are remembered for their deeds include ample and engaging historic illustrations of the shady characters at work and at play.

Author : Torstein Theodor Tollefsen,Torstein Tollefsen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198816775

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St Theodore the Studite's Defence of the Icons by Torstein Theodor Tollefsen,Torstein Tollefsen Pdf

"St Theodore the Studite's Defence of the Icons provides an investigation of the icon-theology of St Theodore the Studite, mainly as it is presented in his three refutations of the iconoclasts, the Antirrhetici tres adversus iconomachos. Torstein Theodor Tollefsen explores Theodore's 'philosophy of images', namely his doctrine of images and his arguments that justify the legitimacy of images in general and of Christ in particular. Tollefsen offers a historical, theological, and philosophical exploration of Theodore's doctrine of images and his arguments justifying the legitimacy of images and of Christ. In addition to the main elements of Theodore's defence of the icon, like the Christological issue, the relation between image and prototype, the question of veneration, his explanation of why we may say of an image that 'this is Christ', and his innovative thinking on the representative character of the icon, the book has an introduction that places Theodore in the history of Byzantine philosophy: He has some knowledge of traditional logical topics and is able to utilize argumentative forms in countering his iconoclast opponents. The volume also provides an appendix which shows that the making of images is somehow natural given the character of Christianity as a religion."--Publisher's website.

Author : Terri Raymond
Publisher : HomeSchool Brew Press
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-24
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781629173115

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Symbols, Icons, and Traditions of the United States by Terri Raymond Pdf

If your child is struggling with social science, then this book is for you; the short book covers the topic and also contains 10 discussion questions, 10 activities, and 20 quiz style questions. This subject comes from the book “First Grade Social Science (For Homeschool or Extra Practice)”; it more thoroughly covers more first grade topics to help your child get a better understanding of first grade social science. If you purchased that book, or plan to purchase that book, do not purchase this, as the activities are the same.

Author : Dennis R. Hall,Susan Grove Hall
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 937 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313027673

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American Icons [3 volumes] by Dennis R. Hall,Susan Grove Hall Pdf

What do Madonna, Ray Charles, Mount Rushmore, suburbia, the banjo, and the Ford Mustang have in common? Whether we adore, ignore, or deplore them, they all influence our culture, and color the way America is perceived by the world. In this A-to-Z collection of essays scholars explore more than one hundred people, places, and phenomena as they seek to discover what it means to be labeled icon. From the Alamo to Muhammad Ali, from John Wayne to the zipper, the American icons covered in this unique three-volume set include subjects from culture, law, art, food, religion, and science. By providing numerous ways for the reader to engage in the process of interpreting these images and artifacts, the work serves as a unique resource for students of American history and culture. Features 100 illustrations. What do Madonna, Ray Charles, Mount Rushmore, suburbia, the banjo, and the Ford Mustang have in common? Whether we adore, ignore, or deplore them, they all influence our culture, and color the way America is perceived by the world. This A-to-Z collection of essays explores more than one hundred people, places, and phenomena that have taken on iconic status in American culture. The scholars and writers whose thoughts are gathered in this unique three-volume set examine these icons through a diverse array of perspectives and fields of expertise. Ranging from the Alamo to Muhammad Ali, from John Wayne to the zipper, this selection of American icons represents essential elements of our culture, including law, art, food, religion, and science. Featuring more than 100 illustrations, this work will serve as a unique resource for students of American history and culture. The interdisciplinary scholars in this work examine what it means when something is labeled as an icon. What common features do the people, places, and things we deem to be iconic share? To begin with, an icon generates strong responses in people, it often stands for a group of values (John Wayne), it reflects forces of its time, it can be reshaped or extended by imitation, and it often breaks down barriers between various segments of American culture, such as those that exist between white and black America, or between high and low art. The essays contained in this set examine all these aspects of American icons from a variety of perspectives and through a lively range of rhetoric styles.

Author : Gavin Fridell,Martijn Konings
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442612037

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Age of Icons by Gavin Fridell,Martijn Konings Pdf

This volume assesses the growing role of popular icons in the construction of a culture that appears to incorporate a critical attitude towards the capitalist experience while, in fact, legitimizing the neoliberal character of the modern world.

Author : Alan M. Olson,Christopher Parr,Debra Parr
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791404129

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Video Icons & Values by Alan M. Olson,Christopher Parr,Debra Parr Pdf

This book focuses on the most powerful agency of value formation in our time — the video image as purveyed through television and mass media. Special attention is given to the impact of television on education and the challenges of instructing a generation of children who have never know a time BT, that is, “before television.” Both the negative and the positive implications and consequences of video technology are discussed in the book by a range of experts in the humanities and social sciences. Among the prominent issues and questions: How does television function as an agent of value formation? What is the impact of conventional, commercial format on values and critical judgment? What is a video text and how is it different from a convention text? How do we develop the instructional tools to teach people to be critical viewers? What is television’s place in the arts and what is a video artist? What happens to consciousness after viewing 30,000 or more hours of television by the time an individual graduates from high school? Is the growing problem of aliteracy directly attributable to television? The social and moral implications of television during its “second 50 years” will be profound and far-reaching. The authors of Video Icons and Values provide valuable clues as to what these implications are, will be, and what can be done about them.

Author : Matthew P. Mayo,Jennifer Smith-Mayo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780762768967

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Maine Icons by Matthew P. Mayo,Jennifer Smith-Mayo Pdf

Maine is many things to many people—a haven in a world of headaches, a fir-stippled paradise where summer comes slow and easy, a place that is heartbreaking to leave and a relief to return to. It is the way life should be. More specifically, Maine is 3,500 miles of enchanting coastline, the 5,267-foot elevation of Mount Katahdin, and of course her hardy, friendly folks. Maine Icons illustrates the quintessential symbols that make Maine so fascinating and unique. Profiled here are fifty classic symbols of this extraordinary state, revealing little-known facts, longtime secrets, and historical legends. From bean hole beans to L.L.Bean, here’s the inside story about the very things that give this state its character. Did you know that the annual Maine Lobster Festival includes a parade, a lobster-crate race, and more than 20,000 pounds of lobster cooked in the world’s biggest lobster boiler? That it was a woman, Cornelia Thurza “Fly Rod” Crosby, who became the first licensed, registered Maine Guide in 1897? Or that the earmuff was patented in the 1870s by young Chester Greenwood, who went on to be named one of America’s top fifteen outstanding inventors? For Mainers and newcomers alike, Maine Icons will be a treasured keepsake of this charming state.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Hazardous waste sites
ISBN : NYPL:33433124452974

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National Priorities List Sites by Anonim Pdf

Author : Matthew P. Mayo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780762789146

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Haunted Old West by Matthew P. Mayo Pdf

Howling hauntings from the raw mountain passes and wind-stripped plains of the Old West The Old West is filled with enough phenomenal happenings, curious mysteries, and ghastly ghosts to send chills up and down any spine. Haunted Old West is the petrifyingly perfect collection for campfire gatherings and makes an eerily ideal guide for a ghost-hunting trip to the Old West. In these pages explore horror-filled mine shafts and outrun herds of stampeding spectral cattle. Stumble upon a supernatural saloon, investigate ghost towns teeming with residents of the afterlife, and feel phantom freight trains pass through your body. Haunted Old West provides the inside story on some of the most actively haunted spots in the great American West, including: Ghostly Garnet: In summer, visitors frequent this best-preserved ghost town in Montana, but it is winter when Garnet truly comes alive. Raucous music can be heard within the Kelly Saloon, and the blacksmith’s ringing anvil punctuates the sounds of a busy 1880s street scene. Yes indeed, Garnet puts the “ghost” in ghost town. Bandit Ghoul of Six Mile Canyon: Respected businessman by day, bandit gang leader by night, Big Jack Davis amasses a fortune robbing trains, stagecoaches, and bullion wagons in 1860s Nevada. Shot in the back while robbing a stagecoach, Big Jack is now a shrieking white demon, flapping wings sprouted from his wounds and driving off anyone who gets too close to his buried loot.