Author: Jeff Holmes
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ISBN: 9781845024529
Category : River city (Television program)
Languages : en
Pages : 182
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Published to coincide with the show's 10th anniversary, this is the definitive companion to 'River City', featuring 10 years of drama, unforgettable characters and behind-the-scenes secrets.
Author: Peter Hessler
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062028987
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 382
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A New York Times Notable Book Winner of the Kiriyama Book Prize In the heart of China's Sichuan province, amid the terraced hills of the Yangtze River valley, lies the remote town of Fuling. Like many other small cities in this ever-evolving country, Fuling is heading down a new path of change and growth, which came into remarkably sharp focus when Peter Hessler arrived as a Peace Corps volunteer, marking the first time in more than half a century that the city had an American resident. Hessler taught English and American literature at the local college, but it was his students who taught him about the complex processes of understanding that take place when one is immersed in a radically different society. Poignant, thoughtful, funny, and enormously compelling, River Town is an unforgettable portrait of a city that is seeking to understand both what it was and what it someday will be.
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Languages : en
Pages : 286
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Author: Marion Primas
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Category : Community mental health services
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Author: Patricia L. Walsh
Publisher: Toa Press LLC
ISBN: 9780982298909
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Walsh chronicles the dedication, self sacrifice, trials, and triumphs of practicing combat medicine in Vietnam in 1967.
Author: Christopher J. Castaneda
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822979187
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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Often referred to as “the Big Tomato,” Sacramento is a city whose makeup is significantly more complex than its agriculture-based sobriquet implies. In River City and Valley Life, seventeen contributors reveal the major transformations to the natural and built environment that have shaped Sacramento and its suburbs, residents, politics, and economics throughout its history. The site that would become Sacramento was settled in 1839, when Johann Augustus Sutter attempted to convert his Mexican land grant into New Helvetia (or “New Switzerland”). It was at Sutter’s sawmill fifty miles to the east that gold was first discovered, leading to the California Gold Rush of 1849. Nearly overnight, Sacramento became a boomtown, and cityhood followed in 1850. Ideally situated at the confluence of the American and Sacramento Rivers, the city was connected by waterway to San Francisco and the surrounding region. Combined with the area’s warm and sunny climate, the rivers provided the necessary water supply for agriculture to flourish. The devastation wrought by floods and cholera, however, took a huge toll on early populations and led to the construction of an extensive levee system that raised the downtown street level to combat flooding. Great fortune came when local entrepreneurs built the Central Pacific Railroad, and in 1869 it connected with the Union Pacific Railroad to form the first transcontinental passage. Sacramento soon became an industrial hub and major food-processing center. By 1879, it was named the state capital and seat of government. In the twentieth century, the Sacramento area benefitted from the federal government’s major investment in the construction and operation of three military bases and other regional public works projects. Rapid suburbanization followed along with the building of highways, bridges, schools, parks, hydroelectric dams, and the Rancho Seco nuclear power plant, which activists would later shut down. Today, several tribal gaming resorts attract patrons to the area, while “Old Sacramento” revitalizes the original downtown as it celebrates Sacramento’s pioneering past. This environmental history of Sacramento provides a compelling case study of urban and suburban development in California and the American West. As the contributors show, Sacramento has seen its landscape both ravaged and reborn. As blighted areas, rail yards, and riverfronts have been reclaimed, and parks and green spaces created and expanded, Sacramento’s identity continues to evolve. As it moves beyond its Gold Rush, Transcontinental Railroad, and government-town heritage, Sacramento remains a city and region deeply rooted in its natural environment.
Author: Paul M. Pedersen
Publisher: Human Kinetics
ISBN: 1718202997
Category : Physical education and training
Languages : en
Pages : 537
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"Short, factual description of the book (summary of what it includes, without subjective or promotional language.) This classic but thoroughly updated introductory text is designed so students will understand sport management as a field of study and a vibrant professional environment. It emphasizes critical-thinking, ethics, and diversity while providing a broad introduction to the major functional areas and issues that student will encounter in their careers"--
Author: Donald B. Yarbrough
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1483376559
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 385
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With oversight from the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation, Yarbrough, Schulha, Hopson, and Caruthers have revised and illustrated this new edition of the Program Evaluation Standards. These thirty standards support the core attributes of evaluation quality: utility, feasibility, propriety, accuracy, and accountability, and provide guidance to anyone interested in planning, implementing, or using program evaluations. The book is an invaluable resource for practicing evaluators, students, evaluation users, and clients.
Author: Orville D. Menard
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803248334
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"An exploration of political bossism and machine politics of the early twentieth century focused on Omaha, Nebraska, and Thomas Dennison"--Provided by publisher.
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Languages : en
Pages : 340
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