Author: Henry Clay Alder
Publisher: The University of Akron Press
ISBN: 9781884836985
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
In the late 1830s or early 1840s, probably at the insistence of his family and friends, Alder composed his memoirs, in which he recounted his life with the Ohio Indians and his experiences as one of the area's earliest pioneers."--Jacket.
A History of Jonathan Alder
Author: Henry Clay Alder
Publisher: The University of Akron Press
ISBN: 9781884836985
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
In the late 1830s or early 1840s, probably at the insistence of his family and friends, Alder composed his memoirs, in which he recounted his life with the Ohio Indians and his experiences as one of the area's earliest pioneers."--Jacket.
Publisher: The University of Akron Press
ISBN: 9781884836985
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
In the late 1830s or early 1840s, probably at the insistence of his family and friends, Alder composed his memoirs, in which he recounted his life with the Ohio Indians and his experiences as one of the area's earliest pioneers."--Jacket.
The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth
Author: James Pierson Beckwourth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crow Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crow Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Jonathan Adler on Happy Chic Accessorizing
Author: Jonathan Adler
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781402774300
Category : Interior decoration accessories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Reveals the author's tricks and tips to achieve a unique look at home from aranging pillowscapes and consoles to adding eccentric objects and artwork.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781402774300
Category : Interior decoration accessories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Reveals the author's tricks and tips to achieve a unique look at home from aranging pillowscapes and consoles to adding eccentric objects and artwork.
Neptune’s Laboratory
Author: Antony Adler
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674972015
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
An eyewitness to profound change affecting marine environments on the Newfoundland coast, Antony Adler argues that the history of our relationship with the ocean lies as much in what we imagine as in what we discover. We have long been fascinated with the oceans, seeking “to pierce the profundity” of their depths. In studying the history of marine science, we also learn about ourselves. Neptune’s Laboratory explores the ways in which scientists, politicians, and the public have invoked ocean environments in imagining the fate of humanity and of the planet—conjuring ideal-world fantasies alongside fears of our species’ weakness and ultimate demise. Oceans gained new prominence in the public imagination in the early nineteenth century as scientists plumbed the depths and marine fisheries were industrialized. Concerns that fish stocks could be exhausted soon emerged. In Europe these fears gave rise to internationalist aspirations, as scientists sought to conduct research on an oceanwide scale and nations worked together to protect their fisheries. The internationalist program for marine research waned during World War I, only to be revived in the interwar period and again in the 1960s. During the Cold War, oceans were variously recast as battlefields, post-apocalyptic living spaces, and utopian frontiers. The ocean today has become a site of continuous observation and experiment, as probes ride the ocean currents and autonomous and remotely operated vehicles peer into the abyss. Embracing our fears, fantasies, and scientific investigations, Antony Adler tells the story of our relationship with the seas.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674972015
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
An eyewitness to profound change affecting marine environments on the Newfoundland coast, Antony Adler argues that the history of our relationship with the ocean lies as much in what we imagine as in what we discover. We have long been fascinated with the oceans, seeking “to pierce the profundity” of their depths. In studying the history of marine science, we also learn about ourselves. Neptune’s Laboratory explores the ways in which scientists, politicians, and the public have invoked ocean environments in imagining the fate of humanity and of the planet—conjuring ideal-world fantasies alongside fears of our species’ weakness and ultimate demise. Oceans gained new prominence in the public imagination in the early nineteenth century as scientists plumbed the depths and marine fisheries were industrialized. Concerns that fish stocks could be exhausted soon emerged. In Europe these fears gave rise to internationalist aspirations, as scientists sought to conduct research on an oceanwide scale and nations worked together to protect their fisheries. The internationalist program for marine research waned during World War I, only to be revived in the interwar period and again in the 1960s. During the Cold War, oceans were variously recast as battlefields, post-apocalyptic living spaces, and utopian frontiers. The ocean today has become a site of continuous observation and experiment, as probes ride the ocean currents and autonomous and remotely operated vehicles peer into the abyss. Embracing our fears, fantasies, and scientific investigations, Antony Adler tells the story of our relationship with the seas.
Rebecca Dickinson
Author: Marla Miller
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 042997745X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Rebecca Dickinson's powerful voice, captured through excerpts from the pages of her journal, allows colonial and revolutionary-era New England to come alive. Dickinson's life illustrates the dilemmas faced by many Americans in the decades before, during, and after the American Revolution, as well as the paradoxes presented by an unmarried woman who earned her own living and made her own way in the small town where she was born. Rebecca Dickinson: Independence for a New England Woman, uses Dickinson's world as a lens to introduce readers to the everyday experience of living in the colonial era and the social, cultural, and economic challenges faced in the transformative decades surrounding the American Revolution. About the Lives of American Women series: selected and edited by renowned women's historian Carol Berkin, these brief biographies are designed for use in undergraduate courses. Rather than a comprehensive approach, each biography focuses instead on a particular aspect of a women's life that is emblematic of her time, or which made her a pivotal figure in the era. The emphasis is on a 'good read', featuring accessible writing and compelling narratives, without sacrificing sound scholarship and academic integrity. Primary sources at the end of each biography reveal the subject's perspective in her own words. Study questions and an annotated bibliography support the student reader.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 042997745X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Rebecca Dickinson's powerful voice, captured through excerpts from the pages of her journal, allows colonial and revolutionary-era New England to come alive. Dickinson's life illustrates the dilemmas faced by many Americans in the decades before, during, and after the American Revolution, as well as the paradoxes presented by an unmarried woman who earned her own living and made her own way in the small town where she was born. Rebecca Dickinson: Independence for a New England Woman, uses Dickinson's world as a lens to introduce readers to the everyday experience of living in the colonial era and the social, cultural, and economic challenges faced in the transformative decades surrounding the American Revolution. About the Lives of American Women series: selected and edited by renowned women's historian Carol Berkin, these brief biographies are designed for use in undergraduate courses. Rather than a comprehensive approach, each biography focuses instead on a particular aspect of a women's life that is emblematic of her time, or which made her a pivotal figure in the era. The emphasis is on a 'good read', featuring accessible writing and compelling narratives, without sacrificing sound scholarship and academic integrity. Primary sources at the end of each biography reveal the subject's perspective in her own words. Study questions and an annotated bibliography support the student reader.
History of the Colony of New Haven, Before and After the Union with Connecticut
Author: Edward Rodolphus Lambert
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Branford (Conn. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Branford (Conn. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
A History of the Arab Peoples
Author: Albert Habib Hourani
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674010178
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Chronicles the history of Arab civilization, looking at the beauty of the great mosques, the importance attached to education, the achievements of Arab science, the role of women, internal conflicts, and the Palestinian question.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674010178
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Chronicles the history of Arab civilization, looking at the beauty of the great mosques, the importance attached to education, the achievements of Arab science, the role of women, internal conflicts, and the Palestinian question.
Before Religion
Author: Brent Nongbri
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300154178
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Examining a wide array of ancient writings, Brent Nongbri dispels the commonly held idea that there is such a thing as ancient religion. Nongbri shows how misleading it is to speak as though religion was a concept native to pre-modern cultures.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300154178
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Examining a wide array of ancient writings, Brent Nongbri dispels the commonly held idea that there is such a thing as ancient religion. Nongbri shows how misleading it is to speak as though religion was a concept native to pre-modern cultures.
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Author: S. Victor Fleischer
Publisher: Ohio History and Culture
ISBN: 9781629220468
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Rubber as Seen through the Lens visually chronicles the rich and fascinating history of Goodyear, highlighting the products that helped make Goodyear a household name and Akron the "Rubber Capital of the World." This collection features over two hundred rare and visually stunning historic photographs from the collection, many of which have never been published before.
Publisher: Ohio History and Culture
ISBN: 9781629220468
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Rubber as Seen through the Lens visually chronicles the rich and fascinating history of Goodyear, highlighting the products that helped make Goodyear a household name and Akron the "Rubber Capital of the World." This collection features over two hundred rare and visually stunning historic photographs from the collection, many of which have never been published before.
The History of Madison County, Ohio
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Madison County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 1176
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Madison County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 1176
Book Description