Rivermen

Author : Michael R. Allen
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1994-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0807119075

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Western Rivermen, 1763–1861 by Michael R. Allen Pdf

Western Rivermen, the first documented sociocultural history of its subject, is a fascinating book. Michael Allen explores the rigorous lives of professional boatmen who plied non-steam vessels—flatboats, keelboats, and rafts—on the Ohio and lower Mississippi rivers from 1763-1861. Allen first considers the mythical “half horse, half alligator” boatmen who were an integral part of the folklore of the time. Americans of the Jacksonian and pre-Civil War period perceived the rivermen as hard-drinking, straight-shooting adventurers on the frontier. Their notions were reinforced by romanticized portrayals of the boatmen in songs, paintings, newspaper humor, and literature. Allen contends that these mythical depictions of the boatmen were a reflection of the yearnings of an industrializing people for what they thought to be a simpler time. Allen demonstrates, however, that the actual lives of the rivermen little resembled their portrayals in popular culture. Drawing on more than eighty firsthand accounts—ranging from a short letter to a four-volume memoir—he provides a rounded view of the boatmen that reveals the lonely, dangerous nature of their profession. He also discusses the social and economic aspects of their lives, such as their cargoes, the river towns they visited, and the impact on their lives of the steamboat and advancing civilization. Allen’s comprehensive, highly informative study sheds new light on a group of men who played an important role in the development of the trans-Appalachian West and the ways in which their lives were transformed into one of the enduring themes of American folk culture.

Author : Patrick Thornton,Walter T. Champion Jr.,Lawrence Ruddell,Larry Ruddell
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780763743840

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Sports Ethics for Sports Management Professionals by Patrick Thornton,Walter T. Champion Jr.,Lawrence Ruddell,Larry Ruddell Pdf

Directed at future sports executives and sports managers, the book contains numerous case studies that allow students to apply the ethical decision-making process to a sports-related ethical dispute. Unlike other texts that spend too much time discussing ethical theories, Sports Ethics for Sports Management Professionals addresses the important issues sports professionals may actually encounter during their career --Book Jacket.

Author : Robert E. Pike
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1999-07-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393248609

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Tall Trees, Tough Men by Robert E. Pike Pdf

In this robust, informal book, Robert E. Pike tells the colorful story of logging and log-driving in New England. The New England loggers and river drivers were a unique breed of men. Working with their axes and peaveys through Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, they contributed mightily to the development of the United States. The daily life of the loggers was hard — working in deep icy water fourteen hours a day, sleeping in wet blankets, eating coarse food, and constantly risking their lives. Their pay was very low, yet they were proud to call themselves loggers. When they came out of the woods after the spring drives, they ebulliently spent their pay carousing in the staid New England towns. Robert E. Pike, who as a youth worked in the woods and on the rivers, writes affectionately and knowingly, with humorous anecdotes, of every detail of lumbering. He describes the daily life of the logging camps, giving a picture of the different specialist jobs: the camp boss, the choppers, the sawyers and filers, the scaler, the teamsters, the river men, the railroaders, and the lumber kings. His descriptions bring the reader vividly into the woods, smelling the tangy, newly cut timber, hearing the boom of the falling trees. "The author's lively prose matches the temper of his subject. . . . This is basic history, geography, psychology, economics, and folklore all rolled into one top-quality volume." — R. S. Monahan, New York Times Book Review

Author : Stefano Berretti,Guan-Ming Su
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-13
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783031220616

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Smart Multimedia by Stefano Berretti,Guan-Ming Su Pdf

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Third International Conference on Smart Multimedia, ICSM 2022, which was held in Marseille, France, during August 25–27, 2022. The 30 full papers and 4 short paper presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 68 submissions. The contributions were organized in topical sections as follows: Machine Learning for Multimedia; Image Processing; Multimedia Applications; Multimedia for Medicine and Health-Care; Smart Homes; Multimedia Environments and Metaverse; Deep Learning on Video and Music; Haptic; Industrial.

Author : Kris Hotvedt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015014941531

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Fry Breads, Feast Days, and Sheeps by Kris Hotvedt Pdf

Author : Jon K. Lauck,Gleaves Whitney,Joseph Hogan
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781496208798

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Finding a New Midwestern History by Jon K. Lauck,Gleaves Whitney,Joseph Hogan Pdf

In comparison to such regions as the South, the far West, and New England, the Midwest and its culture have been neglected both by scholars and by the popular press. Historians as well as literary and art critics tend not to examine the Midwest in depth in their academic work. And in the popular imagination, the Midwest has never really ascended to the level of the proud, literary South; the cultured, democratic Northeast; or the hip, innovative West Coast. Finding a New Midwestern History revives and identifies anew the Midwest as a field of study by promoting a diversity of viewpoints and lending legitimacy to a more in-depth, rigorous scholarly assessment of a large region of the United States that has largely been overlooked by scholars. The essays discuss facets of midwestern life worth examining more deeply, including history, religion, geography, art, race, culture, and politics, and are written by well-known scholars in the field such as Michael Allen, Jon Butler, and Nicole Etcheson.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1824
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555010098

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The New evangelical magazine and theological review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Betty Wood
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0820316679

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Women's Work, Men's Work by Betty Wood Pdf

In Women's Work, Men's Work, Betty Wood examines the struggle of bondpeople to secure and retain for themselves recognized rights as producers and consumers in the context of the brutal, formal slave economy sanctified by law. Wood examines this struggle in the Georgia lowcountry over a period of eighty years, from the 1750s to the 1830s, when, she argues, the evolution of the system of informal slave economies had reached the point that it would henceforth dominate Savannah's political agenda until the Civil War and emancipation. The daily battles of bondpeople to secure rights as producers and consumers reflected and reinforced the integrity of the private lives they were determined to fashion for themselves, Wood posits. Their families formed the essential base upon which, and for which, they organized their informal economies. An expanding market in Savannah provided opportunities for them to negotiate terms for the sale of their labor and produce, and for them to purchase the goods and services they sought. In considering the quasi-autonomous economic activities of bondpeople, Wood outlines the equally significant, but quite different, roles of bondwomen and bondmen in organizing these economies. She also analyzes the influence of evangelical Protestant Christianity on bondpeople, and the effects of the fusion of religious and economic morality on their circumstances. For a combination of practical and religious reasons, Wood finds, informal slave economies, with their impact on whites, became the single most important issue in Savannah politics. She contends that, by the 1820s, bondpeople were instrumental in defining the political agenda of a divided city--a significant, if unintentional, achievement.

Author : Darlene Clark Hine,Earnestine Jenkins
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1999-10-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0253213436

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A Question of Manhood, Volume 1 by Darlene Clark Hine,Earnestine Jenkins Pdf

Each of these essays illuminates an important dimension of the complex array of Black male experiences as workers, artists, warriors, and leaders. The essays describe the expectations and demands to struggle, to resist, and facilitate the survival of African American culture and community. Black manhood was shaped not only in relation to Black womanhood, but was variously nurtured and challenged, honed and transformed against a backdrop of white male power and domination, and the relentless expectations and demands on them to struggle, resist, and to facilitate the survival of African-American culture and community.

Author : Soviet Union. Posolʹstvo (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1160 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : HARVARD:HL1GHY

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Information Bulletin by Soviet Union. Posolʹstvo (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Paul O'Neil
Publisher : Time Life Medical
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN : 0809414988

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The Rivermen by Paul O'Neil Pdf

Riverboating in the19th century in the U.S.

Author : Orson Scott Card
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781416991793

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Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card Pdf

From the internationally bestselling author of "Ender's Game"--a brand-new series that draws readers into the world of Rigg, a teenager who possesses a secret talent that allows him to see the paths of people's pasts.

Author : H. L. Sayler
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781775453451

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On the Edge of the Arctic by H. L. Sayler Pdf

If you're craving a stiff dose of adventure set on the freezing-cold fringes of human civilization, check out On the Edge of the Arctic by H.L. Sayler. Packed with plenty of action and intrigue, this well-paced tale is sure to please readers in every age group.

Author : Victoria L. Harrison
Publisher : Southern Illinois University Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780809336777

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Fight Like a Tiger by Victoria L. Harrison Pdf

Focusing on the life of ambitious former slave Conway Barbour, Victoria L. Harrison argues that the idea of a black middle class traced its origins to the free black population of the mid-nineteenth century and developed alongside the idea of a white middle class. Although slavery and racism meant that the definition of middle class was not identical for white people and free people of color, they shared similar desires for advancement. Born a slave in western Virginia about 1815, Barbour was a free man by the late 1840s. His adventurous life took him through Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky; Cleveland, Ohio; Alton, Illinois; and Little Rock and Lake Village, Arkansas. In search of upward mobility, he worked as a steamboat steward, tried his hand at several commercial ventures, and entered politics. He sought, but was denied, a Civil War military appointment that would have provided financial stability. Blessed with intelligence, competence, and energy, Barbour was quick to identify opportunities as they appeared in personal relationships—he was simultaneously married to two women—business, and politics. Despite an unconventional life, Barbour found in each place he lived that he was one of many free black people who fought to better themselves alongside their white countrymen. Harrison’s argument about black class formation reframes the customary narrative of downtrodden free African Americans in the mid-nineteenth century and engages current discussions of black inclusion, the concept of “otherness,” and the breaking down of societal barriers. Demonstrating that careful research can reveal the stories of people who have been invisible to history, Fight Like a Tiger complicates our understanding of the intersection of race and class in the Civil War era.

Author : Bill Caldwell
Publisher : Down East Books
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781461745457

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Rivers of Fortune by Bill Caldwell Pdf

This fast-paced and fascinating story, originally published in 1983, covers a vital part of coastal Maine's history too long overlooked: the cultural history of the Penobscot, Kennebec, Saco, and Damariscotta Rivers. More than three hundred years are covered, from the days of pioneer settlers, sea captains, river men, and lumberjacks, to the shipbuilders, merchants, and lumber barons who made millions from Maine's vast natural and human resources.