Timeless North America

Author : Jade Summers
Publisher : Jade Summers
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9798224442140

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A Journey Through Art: Premier Museum Tours in North America by Jade Summers Pdf

Embark on an unforgettable adventure with "A Journey Through Art: Premier Museum Tours in North America," a captivating guide that takes readers on a curated exploration of the most prestigious museums across the continent. This book is an essential companion for art enthusiasts, travelers, and culture seekers alike, offering a detailed look at the rich tapestry of art and history housed within North America’s top museum destinations. Each chapter provides an in-depth tour of a renowned museum, from the iconic halls of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art to the avant-garde exhibits of Los Angeles' Getty Center. Discover the must-see masterpieces, hidden gems, and unique collections that define each institution. Alongside stunning visuals, you will find insightful commentary and practical tips to enhance your museum visits. Whether you are planning a cultural trip or simply wish to experience the beauty of art from the comfort of your home, "A Journey Through Art" is your ultimate guide to the finest museum tours in North America. Let this book inspire your next adventure and deepen your appreciation for the world of art.

Author : National Geographic
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781426218545

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Timeless Journeys by National Geographic Pdf

From Machu Picchu to the Pyramids of Giza and beyond, this travel-lover's delight takes readers on a breathtaking visual journey to the world's most historic wonderlands. Pack your bags for an extraordinary adventure with National Geographic to more than 50 places that have captivated our imaginations for centuries. In this visually stunning volume, the world's leading authority on cultural travel and history showcases bucket-list-ready destinations on every continent, from Easter Island's haunting stone moai to Kyoto's breathtaking temples. Vintage photographs from the National Geographic archives tell the backstory of the discovery and earliest visitors to places like Carthage, Pompeii, Victoria Falls, and more, while showstopping contemporary photographs bring them to life in exquisite detail. Full-spread features highlight lesser-known hidden sites, such as Pompeii's better-preserved sister city Herculaneum and the less-visited Maya city El Mirador in Guatemala’s jungle, offer readers extraordinary opportunities to deepen their travel experience and discover places where the past can truly come to life. With practical travel tips to help readers get started planning their own legendary journey, this is the perfect gift to keep—or share.

Author : Francesco Petretti
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : National parks and reserves
ISBN : 1435106261

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Timeless North America by Francesco Petretti Pdf

This volume, beautifully illustrated with an exhaustive collection of photographs, describes the national parks and other large protected areas of North America, in particular focusing on the United States, Canada, Mexico and Guatemala. The choice of the areas covered has been guided by a desire to investigate all the diverse natural environments.

Author : Marcin Kilarski
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027258977

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A History of the Study of the Indigenous Languages of North America by Marcin Kilarski Pdf

The languages indigenous to North America are characterized by a remarkable genetic and typological diversity. Based on the premise that linguistic examples play a key role in the origin and transmission of ideas within linguistics and across disciplines, this book examines the history of approaches to these languages through the lens of some of their most prominent properties. These properties include consonant inventories and the near absence of labials in Iroquoian languages, gender in Algonquian languages, verbs for washing in the Iroquoian language Cherokee and terms for snow and related phenomena in Eskimo-Aleut languages. By tracing the interpretations of the four examples by European and American scholars, the author illustrates their role in both lay and professional contexts as a window onto unfamiliar languages and cultures, thus allowing a more holistic view of the history of language study in North America.

Author : Mark S. Massa, S.J.
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0199780064

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The American Catholic Revolution by Mark S. Massa, S.J. Pdf

In the 1960s, the Second Vatican Council enacted the most sweeping changes the Catholic Church had seen in centuries. In readable and compelling prose, Mark S. Massa tells the story of the cultural war these changes ignited in the United States - a war that is still being waged today. Suddenly, one Sunday, the mass as the faithful had always known it was different, and so was the Church they had believed was timeless and unchanging. Once the Church opened the door to change, Massa argues, it could not be closed again. Skirmishes broke out over the proper way to worship. Soon, Catholics were bitterly divided over birth control, abortion, celibacy, female priests, and the authority of the Church itself. As he narrates these turbulent events, Massa takes us beyond stereotypes of liberals and conservatives, offering new insights into the last fifty years of American Catholicism.

Author : Jesse Lynch
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780847866113

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Climbing Rock by Jesse Lynch Pdf

A dream list of the most celebrated climbing destinations in North America, each explored in depth. Climbing Rock features some of the most classic and cutting-edge climbing areas across the magnificent and the most diverse landscapes of North America. The author recommends twenty-two of the best climbing areas to be found, spanning the year's seasons: ranging from Rifle, CO, in spring, to Canada's Bugaboos in the summer, to New York's Shawangunks in the fall, to Mexico's Potrero Chico in winter. These legendary locations cover the full spectrum of climbing experiences, including masterful big-wall free-climbing on Yosemite's El Capitan; desert trad climbing at Red Rock, NV, and Indian Creek, UT; classic sport climbing in Rumney, NH, and Red River Gorge, KY; oceanside cragging in California; and bouldering in Bishop, CA, and Chattanooga, TN. François Lebeau's artful photographs uniquely capture both the stark beauty of the rock walls and the adventurous spirit of those who journey upward. Climbing Rock is the perfect book for anyone interested in climbing, from athletes of all abilities to readers who appreciate breathtaking photography of improbable physical feats across stunning North American landscapes.

Author : Bruce Burgett,Glenn Hendler
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780814707975

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Keywords for American Cultural Studies, Second Edition by Bruce Burgett,Glenn Hendler Pdf

The latest vocabulary of key terms in American Studies Since its initial publication, scholars and students alike have turned to Keywords for American Cultural Studies as an invaluable resource for understanding key terms and debates in the fields of American studies and cultural studies. As scholarship has continued to evolve, this revised and expanded second edition offers indispensable meditations on new and developing concepts used in American studies, cultural studies, and beyond. It is equally useful for college students who are trying to understand what their teachers are talking about, for general readers who want to know what’s new in scholarly research, and for professors who just want to keep up. Designed as a print-digital hybrid publication, Keywords collects more than 90 essays30 of which are new to this edition—from interdisciplinary scholars, each on a single term such as “America,” “culture,” “law,” and “religion.” Alongside “community,” “prison,” "queer," “region,” and many others, these words are the nodal points in many of today’s most dynamic and vexed discussions of political and social life, both inside and outside of the academy. The Keywords website, which features 33 essays, provides pedagogical tools that engage the entirety of the book, both in print and online. The publication brings together essays by scholars working in literary studies and political economy, cultural anthropology and ethnic studies, African American history and performance studies, gender studies and political theory. Some entries are explicitly argumentative; others are more descriptive. All are clear, challenging, and critically engaged. As a whole, Keywords for American Cultural Studies provides an accessible A-to-Z survey of prevailing academic buzzwords and a flexible tool for carving out new areas of inquiry.

Author : Bruce Jackson,Diane Christian
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780807882641

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In This Timeless Time by Bruce Jackson,Diane Christian Pdf

In this stark and powerful book, Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian explore life on Death Row in Texas and in other states, as well as the convoluted and arbitrary judicial processes that populate all Death Rows. They document the capriciousness of capital punishment and capture the day-to-day experiences of Death Row inmates in the official "nonperiod" between sentencing and execution. In the first section, "Pictures," ninety-two photographs taken during their fieldwork for the book and documentary film Death Row illustrate life on cell block J in Ellis Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections. The second section, "Words," further reveals the world of Death Row prisoners and offers an unflinching commentary on the judicial system and the fates of the men they met on the Row. The third section, "Working," addresses profound moral and ethical issues the authors have encountered throughout their careers documenting the Row. Included is a DVD of Jackson and Christian's 1979 documentary film, Death Row.

Author : Francesco Petretti
Publisher : White Star Publishers
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Travel
ISBN : 8854402141

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Timeless North America by Francesco Petretti Pdf

This book, the second in a series dedicated to the fascinating variety of nature on the continents, depicts a surprising portrait of North America's ecological riches and resources. Over 40 areas are presented. They have been selected from the continent's great national parks and wild nature reserves. The essays, by an eminent zoologist, reflect meticulous scientific research yet are written with a delightful, easy-to-read style. The book also features a comprehensive collection of pictures, with panoramic photographs and close-ups of the different environments and their fauna to help readers discover the natural riches of North America.

Author : Roy Harvey Pearce
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1988-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520062276

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Savagism and Civilization by Roy Harvey Pearce Pdf

First published in 1953, revised in 1964, and presented here with a new foreword by Arnold Krupat and new postscript by the author, Roy Harvey Pearce's Savagism and Civilization is a classic in the genre of history of ideas. Examining the political pamphlets, missionaries' reports, anthropologists' accounts, and the drama, poetry, and novels of the 18th and early 19th centuries, Professor Pearce traces the conflict between the idea of the noble savage and the will to Christianize the heathen and appropriate their land, which ended with the near extermination of Native American culure.

Author : Lar Hothem
Publisher : Gower Publishing Company, Limited
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : WISC:89073129660

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North American Indian Artifacts by Lar Hothem Pdf

This Collector's identification and value guide is completely revised with 2,000 new photos and updated pricing. Fully illustrated, showing many pieces in full color.

Author : Simon Middleton,Billy G. Smith
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0812205561

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Class Matters by Simon Middleton,Billy G. Smith Pdf

As a category of historical analysis, class is dead—or so it has been reported over the past two decades. The contributors to Class Matters contest this demise. Although differing in their approaches, they all agree that socioeconomic inequality remains indispensable to a true understanding of the transition from the early modern to modern era in North America and the rest of the Atlantic world. As a whole, they chart the emergence of class as a concept and its subsequent loss of analytic purchase in Anglo-American historiography. The opening section considers the dynamics of class relations in the Atlantic world across the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries—from Iroquoian and Algonquian communities in North America to tobacco lords in Glasgow. Subsequent chapters examine the cultural development of a new and aspirational middle class and its relationship to changing economic conditions and the articulation of corporate and industrial ideologies in the era of the American Revolution and beyond. A final section shifts the focus to the poor and vulnerable—tenant farmers, infant paupers, and the victims of capital punishment. In each case the authors describe how elite Americans exercised their political and social power to structure the lives and deaths of weaker members of their communities. An impassioned afterword urges class historians to take up the legacies of historical materialism. Engaging the difficulties and range of meanings of class, the essays in Class Matters seek to energize the study of social relations in the Atlantic world.

Author : C. King
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781136769177

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Native Americans and Sport in North America by C. King Pdf

This text offers a considerate and critical account of the Native American sporting experience. It challenges popular images of indigenous athletes and athletics exploring social categories, particularly gender and race and their implications.

Author : Americana Books,Books Americana Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : WISC:89060400397

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North American Indian Points by Americana Books,Books Americana Staff Pdf

Author : Raka Ray,Jennifer Carlson,Abigail Andrews
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781506300511

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The Social Life of Gender by Raka Ray,Jennifer Carlson,Abigail Andrews Pdf

The Social Life of Gender provides a comprehensive approach to gender as an organizing principle of institutions, history, and unequal interpersonal relations. This new title will develop students’ capacity to use gender analysis to question social life more broadly, presenting a critical sociology based on the unique insights gleaned from the study of gender. Through bold, concise, and intellectually generative writing, the authors explore culture, geopolitics, and the economy, providing students with a succinct, accessible, and critical grasp of core debates in the sociology of gender.