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Author : Frank Edward Ransom
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Furniture industry and trade
ISBN : UOM:39015071340817
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1074 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OSU:32435028608701
Author : Bertolt Brecht
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-25
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781408179932
This scathing satire and parable transposes the rise of Hitler to gangland Chicago and continues to have relevance wherever totalitarianism appears today.
Author : C. J. Schüler
Publisher : Sandstone Press Ltd
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781913207502
'Meticulously researched yet accessible' GeographicalStanding in the busy streets of South London today, it is hard to imagine that much of this suburban townscape was once a vast wood, stretching unbroken for almost seven miles from Croydon to the Thames at Deptford. In The Wood That Built London, C.J. Schüler takes us on a journey through time, telling tales of invaders and trade guilds, map makers and soldiers, royals and working class people. From the 8th century to current conservation efforts, Schüler offers a fresh perspective on London's history, with tales of murder, Anglo-Saxon treasure, fires, pandemics, the blitz and more along the way. This compelling narrative history charts the fortunes of the North Wood from the earliest times: its ecology, ownership, management, and its gradual encroachment by the expanding metropolis.
Author : Eric H. Monkkonen
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520377127
America's cities: celebrated by poets, courted by politicians, castigated by social reformers. In their numbers and complexity they challenge comprehension. Why is urban America the way it is? Eric Monkkonen offers a fresh approach to the myths and the history of US urban development, giving us an unexpected and welcome sense of our urban origins. His historically anchored vision of our cities places topics of finance, housing, social mobility, transportation, crime, planning, and growth into a perspective which explains the present in terms of the past and ofers a point from which to plan for the future. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1988 with a paperback in 1990.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1790
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : BL:A0022003854
Author : Hendrik Booraem V
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Grand Rapids (Mich.)
ISBN : 9780802869432
GERALD R. FORD (1913-2006), the thirty-eighth president of the United States, grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and by all accounts modeled exemplary behavior. In this biography Hendrik Booraem carefully examines that image and the reputation that Ford earned during his early years, telling about Ford's life up until his graduation from the University of Michigan in 1935. Booraem uses in-depth research of numerous written sources — plus interviews with some twenty people who personally knew Ford — to show how Jerry Ford excelled at academics and athletics, forging his way through challenges, family difficulties, economic setbacks, and more on his way to a remarkable political career. Booraem's historical portrait offers fascinating insight into the early years of this president who sought to heal the nation at a very low point in its history.
Author : Margery Blair Perkins
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780615771793
Local historian Margery Blair Perkins (1907-1981) provides a detailed narrative charting the growth and development of the North Shore city of Evanston, Illinois, a place boasting a rich and multi-layered history. Perkins brings the citys past to life through stories of its residents, architecture, and growth over the years. She charts the development of the city from its earliest days when it was known as the settlement of Grosse Pointe and later Ridgeville to its modern manifestation as a bustling city just outside of Chicago. Within a larger historical narrative, Perkins provides biographies of noted residents as she documents the evolution of the citys organizations, cultural life and institutions, such as Northwestern University.
Author : Scott Knickelbine
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-29
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780870206023
On the night of October 8, 1871, a whirlwind of fire swept through northeastern Wisconsin, destroying the bustling frontier town of Peshtigo. Trees, buildings, and people burst into flames. Metal melted. Sand turned into glass. People thought the end of the world had come. When the “tornado of fire” was over, 2,500 people were dead, and Peshtigo was nothing but a smoking ruin. It was the deadliest wildfire in U.S. history. The Great Peshtigo Fire: Stories and Science from America’s Deadliest Firestorm explores the history, science, and legacy of the 1871 Peshtigo Fire at a fourth-grade reading level. Readers will learn about the history of settlement, agriculture, and forestry in 19th-century Wisconsin. This illuminating text covers a diverse range of topics that will enrich the reader’s understanding of the Peshtigo Fire, including the building and land-use practices of the time that made the area ripe for such a fire, the weather patterns that fostered widespread fires throughout the upper Midwest in the summer and fall of 1871, and exciting first-person accounts that vividly bring the `victims’ stories to life. Connections made between the Peshtigo Fire and the history of fire prevention in the United States encourage critical thinking about issues that remain controversial to this day, such as planned burns and housing development restrictions near forested areas. The Great Peshtigo Fire: Stories and Science from America’s Deadliest Firestorm will inform and captivate its readers as it journeys through the horrifying history of the Peshtigo Fire.
Author : Robert Kerr
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 7336 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4064066056865
Prepare yourslef for discoveries and new adventures with this incredible book about the true origin of wanderlust. This edition forms a complete history of the earliest start and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the early 19th century. First part of the work covers voyages and travels of discovery in the middle ages; from the era of Alfred, King of England, in the ninth century to that of Don Henry of Portugal at the commencement of the fourteenth century. Second part deals with general voyages and travels chiefly of discovery; from the era of Don Henry, in 1412, to that of George III. in 1760. The rest of the work has some particular voyages and travels arranged in systematic order, Geographical and Chronological, and studies voyages during the era of George III conducted upon scientific principles, by which the Geography of the globe has been nearly perfected.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1980-07
Category : Soviet Union
ISBN : UCR:31210023619107
Author : Konrad Wachsmann,Michael Grüning,Christian Sumi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015034511926
The past decade has witnessed - especially among younger architects - a resurging interest in building with wood. The discourse has in no small measure been influenced by Konrad Wachmanns' classic Holzhausbau. And yet, this standard work (originally published in 1930) was out of print for many years. Now Holzhausbau is again available and appears here for the first time in an English language edition. Wachsmann demonstrates how new forms can be achieved when modern manufacturing processes are adapted to the traditional building material wood. He presents three totally different building techniques: the wood frame, the panel, and the log house methods and illustrates then their wide range of application possibilities by analysing plans and photographs of works of some of the century's most renowned architects. Two introductory essays enable the reader to take new hold of the book and a biographical sketch offers an impression of the times in which Wachsmann worked and lived.
Author : William Mattieu Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Norway
ISBN : HARVARD:HWHJIQ
Author : Cecil C. Konijnendijk
Publisher : Springer
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319750767
Amsterdamse Bos, Bois de Boulognes, Epping Forest, Hong Kong’s country parks, Stanley Park: throughout history cities across the world have developed close relationships with nearby woodland areas. In some cases, cities have even developed – and in some cases are promoting – a distinct ‘forest identity’. This book introduces the rich heritage of these city forests as cultural landscapes, and shows that cities and forests can be mutually beneficial. Essential reading for students and researchers interested in urban sustainability and urban forestry, this book also has much wider appeal. For with city forests playing an increasingly important role in local government sustainability programs, it provides an important reference for those involved in urban planning and decision making, public affairs and administration, and even public health. From providers of livelihoods to healthy recreational environments, and from places of inspiration and learning to a source of conflict, the book presents examples of city forests from around the world. These cases clearly illustrate how the social and cultural development of towns and forests has often gone hand in hand. They also reveal how better understanding of city forests as distinct cultural and social phenomena can help to strengthen synergies both between cities and forests, and between urban society and nature.
Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : United States
ISBN : UCAL:B5387767
