Patchwork Society

Author : Sharon Johnston
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459737075

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Patchwork Society by Sharon Johnston Pdf

A sweeping tale of life in Sault Ste. Marie from the 1930s through the Second World War. Clara Durling and her teenage daughter, Ivy, move to Sault Ste. Marie in 1932, where Clara is starting a job as head nurse at the local residential school. As Clara adjusts to life in the Soo, she discovers the town is a many-layered society. Clara works with Indigenous children who have been ripped from their communities and now live frightening, lonely lives in a crumbling building. While Clara struggles to deal with the despair at the school, Ivy makes a friend from the working-class Italian community and has a brush with the bootlegging underworld. After high school, Ivy heads to nursing school in Montreal but finds society’s expectations for young women do not foster their self-reliance. As Ivy struggles with sexism and societal norms, she and Clara seek to bring humanity to those living at the margins of society.

Author : Sharon Johnston
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459728981

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Matrons and Madams by Sharon Johnston Pdf

A Globe and Mail Bestseller! Clara Durling, a British widow of the First World War, arrives in Canada as the new superintendent of the Lethbridge Hospital just as wounded soldiers stream home. Lily Parsons is a young, widowed schoolteacher from Nova Scotia who ends up in the same city, managing a brothel called The Last Post. Set against the backdrop of love, union organizers, amorous bachelors, gamblers, drinkers, and prostitutes, the lives of these two women unexpectedly intertwine when Clara, in the heat of local politics and responding to the highest incidence of venereal disease in the province, establishes the first venereal disease clinic in the province, with Lily’s help. In this sprawling saga, Lily and Clara must confront the city’s conservative thinkers to bring help and compassion to wounded veterans.

Author : Katharine Guerrier
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005-02
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1402722443

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The Encyclopedia of Quilting and Patchwork Techniques by Katharine Guerrier Pdf

This comprehensive guide to traditional and contemporary techniques provides the reader with all the information they need to produce beautiful quilting and patchwork projects. For beginners, there is how-to-start advice and step-by-step photographs, diagrams and instructions to guide them through each stage of their work, and for more experienced quilters there are advanced techniques that they can dip into for help with a particular problem. For the busy but creative quilter, a section on rotary cutting and speed piecing shows how to achieve satisfying results in no time. The book ends with a gallery of stunning items that will inspire the reader to create amazing patchwork and quilting projects of their own, whatever their ability.

Author : Jacqueline Andre Schmeal
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-13
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1609380215

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Patchwork by Jacqueline Andre Schmeal Pdf

Their stories - of impoverished childhoods, hardscrabble work, and strong families - are enhanced by over seventy color photographs of historic quilts ranging from the early 1800s to the 1950s."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Jeff Keshen,Raymond Benjamin Blake
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1551115441

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Social Fabric Or Patchwork Quilt by Jeff Keshen,Raymond Benjamin Blake Pdf

Both historical and contemporary features of Canadian social welfare are explored in this wide-ranging and in-depth collection. Social Fabric or Patchwork Quilt explores the evolution of the Canadian social welfare state from a system based upon voluntarism and philanthropy to one in which the State's involvement has increased considerably. It also shows how the roles of governments at all levels have changed in recent times. Chapters describe the developing Canadian welfare state from Confederation to the present. Beginning with an integrative framework in the general introduction, the selected essays represent many perspectives: chronological, regional, multidisciplinary and ideological. An important feature of this collection is the consideration of providers and recipients. Such wide-ranging outlooks are possible given the diverse backgrounds of contributors, which include historians, sociologists, social workers, public policy experts and political scientists. As well as historical and sociological studies, topics include key programs (discussed in detail), the quality of services received by principal target groups, new directions in research; some contributions even revisit foundational older works and key government documents.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 982 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Missions, British
ISBN : HARVARD:AH6MXW

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The Chronicle of the London Missionary Society by Anonim Pdf

Author : Pat Sloan
Publisher : Leisure Arts
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781601405227

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Tour Ireland with Pat Sloan by Pat Sloan Pdf

Travel along with designer Pat Sloan as she leads a group of quilters on a fun-filled tour of Ireland. From her traditional pieced Irish Chain to her folksy, appliquéd Sheep On The Mountain, Pat has designed 12 quilts to appeal to every skill level. Whether you are planning a trip to Ireland or just love all things Irish, you are sure to find the perfect design in this book. So come on, enjoy the tour, make the quilts, and feel a bit Irish, too! 12 Projects: Blooms Of Ireland; Cobblestones Of Ireland; Irish Coffee; Lady Of The Lake; Sheep's Feet; With Needle And Thread; Luck Of The Irish Wall Hanging; Luck Of The Irish Table Runner; Dreaming Of Shamrocks; Sheep On The Mountain; Irish Chain; and Streets Of Dublin. Tour Ireland With Pat Sloan (Leisure Arts #4291)

Author : Thomas J. Meyers,Steven M. Nolt
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0253345383

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An Amish Patchwork by Thomas J. Meyers,Steven M. Nolt Pdf

Offers an overview of the Amish and Mennonite communities in Indiana, describing the traditions, beliefs, and contributions of each community and discussing their impact on the state's history.

Author : Mary Jo Doig
Publisher : She Writes Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781631524509

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Patchwork by Mary Jo Doig Pdf

A wife and mother of a grown son and two teen daughters, a woman enjoying her career and life, Mary Jo Doig wants nothing more from life than to live out her days embraced by the deep roots of family, friends, and her community. Tightly wrapped in a life-long protective cocoon, she has no idea how wounded she is—until, on one starless night following the death of a relative, she has a flashback that opens a dark passageway back to her childhood and the horrific secrets buried deep inside her psyche. Part mystery and part inspirational memoir, Patchwork is the riveting story of one woman who strived to live a life full of love, only to endure tragedies with two of her children and struggles in her marriages—the consequences of a mysterious life-long behavior unnoticed by her family or teachers. Like a needle stitching together a quilt, the memories Mary Jo recovers following her first flashback show her why her early years were threaded with a need to be invisible, as well as core beliefs that she was stupid, not good enough, and vastly different from her peers. Shattered by these revelations, overcome by depression, hopelessness, and a loss of trust in others, Mary Jo embarks on a healing journey through the underground of her life that ultimately leads to transformation.

Author : Marco Z. Garrido
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226643144

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The Patchwork City by Marco Z. Garrido Pdf

In contemporary Manila, slums and squatter settlements are peppered throughout the city, often pushing right up against the walled enclaves of the privileged, creating the complex geopolitical pattern of Marco Z. Garrido’s “patchwork city.” Garrido documents the fragmentation of Manila into a mélange of spaces defined by class, particularly slums and upper- and middle-class enclaves. He then looks beyond urban fragmentation to delineate its effects on class relations and politics, arguing that the proliferation of these slums and enclaves and their subsequent proximity have intensified class relations. For enclave residents, the proximity of slums is a source of insecurity, compelling them to impose spatial boundaries on slum residents. For slum residents, the regular imposition of these boundaries creates a pervasive sense of discrimination. Class boundaries then sharpen along the housing divide, and the urban poor and middle class emerge not as labor and capital but as squatters and “villagers,” Manila’s name for subdivision residents. Garrido further examines the politicization of this divide with the case of the populist president Joseph Estrada, finding the two sides drawn into contention over not just the right to the city, but the nature of democracy itself. The Patchwork City illuminates how segregation, class relations, and democracy are all intensely connected. It makes clear, ultimately, that class as a social structure is as indispensable to the study of Manila—and of many other cities of the Global South—as race is to the study of American cities.

Author : Brian J. Low
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2002-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780889203860

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NFB Kids by Brian J. Low Pdf

Annotation Using a half-century of films from the archival collection of the National Film Board, NFB Kids overcomes a long-standing impasse about what films may be credibly said to document. Here they document not "reality" but social images preserved over time - the "NFB Society"--An evolving, cinematic representation of Canadian families, schools and communities.

Author : Gwen Marston
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004-03-25
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780472068555

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Mary Schafer, American Quilt Maker by Gwen Marston Pdf

The story of the woman who helped create the modern American quilting revival

Author : Pippa Abrahams
Publisher : Ithaca Press
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1859640443

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Patchwork Cushions by Pippa Abrahams Pdf

Instructions for a wide variety of beautiful patchwork cushions. Illus.

Author : Sylvia Ann Landman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781581159592

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Make Money Quilting by Sylvia Ann Landman Pdf

This thorough, no-nonsense business guide helps quilters master the tricky transition from hobby to a profitable, state-of-the-art quilting business. Written by a veteran quilt business expert, this book provides budding quiltmakers with a versatile approach to making money off their creative passion. Whether the goal is general quilting or consulting, writing magazine articles, book publishing, or teaching, this guide lays out a clear plan on how to get there-from the legal groundwork of getting started to the finer points of generating publicity and networking in the wholesale industry.

Author : Peter N. Stearns
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1195 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1993-12-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135583477

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Encyclopedia of Social History by Peter N. Stearns Pdf

A reference surveying the major concerns, findings, and terms of social history. The coverage includes major categories within social history (family, demographic transition, multiculturalism, industrialization, nationalism); major aspects of life for which social history has provided a crucial per