Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781938730221
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
This 8.5 x 11 inch hardbound book captures the history, culture and traditions of Cuyahoga Falls' rich heritage, from its founding as a pioneer town 200 years ago to the vibrant and progressive city that it is today. The book is printed on 80 lb. enamel, double-coated paper, used for superior photo reproduction. An abundance of striking images of the city's past and present, personal accounts from long-time residents, information available from new media and much more fills 216 pages. This book also covers all the highlights from the entire Bicentennial year, which includes an event each month through December 12, 2012. Compiled and edited by Carol S. Morganti with the support of Valerie Dapp, Gerald Lewis, Pete Mellinger, Mike Richard, Erin Schaad, Marty Shoemaker and Carrie Hummel Snyder.
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Bicentennial History 2012
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781938730221
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
This 8.5 x 11 inch hardbound book captures the history, culture and traditions of Cuyahoga Falls' rich heritage, from its founding as a pioneer town 200 years ago to the vibrant and progressive city that it is today. The book is printed on 80 lb. enamel, double-coated paper, used for superior photo reproduction. An abundance of striking images of the city's past and present, personal accounts from long-time residents, information available from new media and much more fills 216 pages. This book also covers all the highlights from the entire Bicentennial year, which includes an event each month through December 12, 2012. Compiled and edited by Carol S. Morganti with the support of Valerie Dapp, Gerald Lewis, Pete Mellinger, Mike Richard, Erin Schaad, Marty Shoemaker and Carrie Hummel Snyder.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781938730221
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
This 8.5 x 11 inch hardbound book captures the history, culture and traditions of Cuyahoga Falls' rich heritage, from its founding as a pioneer town 200 years ago to the vibrant and progressive city that it is today. The book is printed on 80 lb. enamel, double-coated paper, used for superior photo reproduction. An abundance of striking images of the city's past and present, personal accounts from long-time residents, information available from new media and much more fills 216 pages. This book also covers all the highlights from the entire Bicentennial year, which includes an event each month through December 12, 2012. Compiled and edited by Carol S. Morganti with the support of Valerie Dapp, Gerald Lewis, Pete Mellinger, Mike Richard, Erin Schaad, Marty Shoemaker and Carrie Hummel Snyder.
High Bridge Glens of Cuyahoga Falls
Author: Mary L. McClure
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738593616
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Thanks to its breathtaking waterfalls, mysterious caves, and thrilling roller coaster--rumored to be one of the first in the United States--the High Bridge Glens and Caves Park, located along the banks of the thundering Cuyahoga River, made the northeast Ohio community of Cuyahoga Falls one of the leading tourist destinations in the state in the late 1800s. At the height of its popularity, the park attracted more than 8,000 visitors per day. Guests ranged from future US president (then congressman) William McKinley to internationally known trapeze artists. Although reporters quickly dubbed the park "the Niagara of Ohio" and predicted it would become famous abroad, by the early 1900s the High Bridge Glens had faded into obscurity, ultimately leaving behind little evidence that it ever existed at all.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738593616
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Thanks to its breathtaking waterfalls, mysterious caves, and thrilling roller coaster--rumored to be one of the first in the United States--the High Bridge Glens and Caves Park, located along the banks of the thundering Cuyahoga River, made the northeast Ohio community of Cuyahoga Falls one of the leading tourist destinations in the state in the late 1800s. At the height of its popularity, the park attracted more than 8,000 visitors per day. Guests ranged from future US president (then congressman) William McKinley to internationally known trapeze artists. Although reporters quickly dubbed the park "the Niagara of Ohio" and predicted it would become famous abroad, by the early 1900s the High Bridge Glens had faded into obscurity, ultimately leaving behind little evidence that it ever existed at all.
It Happened in Ohio
Author: Carol Cartaino
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1461747368
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Thirty episodes from the history of the Buckeye State, including memorable events such as the Kent State Riots, but also featuring lesser-known tales.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1461747368
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Thirty episodes from the history of the Buckeye State, including memorable events such as the Kent State Riots, but also featuring lesser-known tales.
Driving the National Road & Route 40 in Ohio
Author: William Flood
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781949478563
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781949478563
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
When They Hid the Fire
Author: Daniel French
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822981939
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
When They Hid the Fire examines the American social perceptions of electricity as an energy technology that were adopted between the mid-nineteenth and early decades of the twentieth centuries. Arguing that both technical and cultural factors played a role, Daniel French shows how electricity became an invisible and abstract form of energy in American society. As technological advancements allowed for an increasing physical distance between power generation and power consumption, the commodity of electricity became consciously detached from the environmentally destructive fire and coal that produced it. This development, along with cultural forces, led the public to define electricity as mysterious, utopian, and an alternative to nearby fire-based energy sources. With its adoption occurring simultaneously with Progressivism and consumerism, electricity use was encouraged and seen as an integral part of improvement and modernity, leading Americans to culturally construct electricity as unlimited and environmentally inconsequential—a newfound "basic right" of life in the United States.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822981939
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
When They Hid the Fire examines the American social perceptions of electricity as an energy technology that were adopted between the mid-nineteenth and early decades of the twentieth centuries. Arguing that both technical and cultural factors played a role, Daniel French shows how electricity became an invisible and abstract form of energy in American society. As technological advancements allowed for an increasing physical distance between power generation and power consumption, the commodity of electricity became consciously detached from the environmentally destructive fire and coal that produced it. This development, along with cultural forces, led the public to define electricity as mysterious, utopian, and an alternative to nearby fire-based energy sources. With its adoption occurring simultaneously with Progressivism and consumerism, electricity use was encouraged and seen as an integral part of improvement and modernity, leading Americans to culturally construct electricity as unlimited and environmentally inconsequential—a newfound "basic right" of life in the United States.
Ohio and Its People
Author: George W. Knepper
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
In 1989, when Ohio and Its People was first published, the state was still reeling from severe economic blows. Now its economy is resurgent. Its cities have made great progress in renewing portions of their downtowns and, in some cases, their neighborhoods.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
In 1989, when Ohio and Its People was first published, the state was still reeling from severe economic blows. Now its economy is resurgent. Its cities have made great progress in renewing portions of their downtowns and, in some cases, their neighborhoods.
Red Rising
Author: Julia Crowe
Publisher: ECW Press
ISBN: 1770903089
Category : Guitarists
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Whether it is a beautiful and classic model or an unglamorous and inexpensive starter instrument, a musician's first guitar can be the catalyst that motivates a lifelong passion. The pages of this book contain interviews with 70 of the world's most well-known guitarists across musical genres and playing styles to discover how their love of the instrument compelled them to pursue music as a career. These guitar icons reveal how they got their first instrument, the music they loved, and their heroes and inspirations. With an impressive list of subjectsincluding Dick Dale, Melissa Etheridge, Jimmy Page, Les Paul, and Carlos Santanaas well as childhood photos from such guitar legends as Alex Lifeson, Joe Satriani, and Jimmie Vaughan, this book has appeal for guitar heroes and nonmusicians alike.
Publisher: ECW Press
ISBN: 1770903089
Category : Guitarists
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Whether it is a beautiful and classic model or an unglamorous and inexpensive starter instrument, a musician's first guitar can be the catalyst that motivates a lifelong passion. The pages of this book contain interviews with 70 of the world's most well-known guitarists across musical genres and playing styles to discover how their love of the instrument compelled them to pursue music as a career. These guitar icons reveal how they got their first instrument, the music they loved, and their heroes and inspirations. With an impressive list of subjectsincluding Dick Dale, Melissa Etheridge, Jimmy Page, Les Paul, and Carlos Santanaas well as childhood photos from such guitar legends as Alex Lifeson, Joe Satriani, and Jimmie Vaughan, this book has appeal for guitar heroes and nonmusicians alike.
As If She Were Free
Author: Erica L. Ball
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108493408
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
A groundbreaking collective biography narrating the history of emancipation through the life stories of women of African descent in the Americas.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108493408
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
A groundbreaking collective biography narrating the history of emancipation through the life stories of women of African descent in the Americas.
History Comes Alive
Author: M. J. Rymsza-Pawlowska
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469633876
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
During the 1976 Bicentennial celebration, millions of Americans engaged with the past in brand-new ways. They became absorbed by historical miniseries like Roots, visited museums with new exhibits that immersed them in the past, propelled works of historical fiction onto the bestseller list, and participated in living history events across the nation. While many of these activities were sparked by the Bicentennial, M. J. Rymsza-Pawlowska shows that, in fact, they were symptomatic of a fundamental shift in Americans' relationship to history during the 1960s and 1970s. For the majority of the twentieth century, Americans thought of the past as foundational to, but separate from, the present, and they learned and thought about history in informational terms. But Rymsza-Pawlowska argues that the popular culture of the 1970s reflected an emerging desire to engage and enact the past on a more emotional level: to consider the feelings and motivations of historic individuals and, most importantly, to use this in reevaluating both the past and the present. This thought-provoking book charts the era's shifting feeling for history, and explores how it serves as a foundation for the experience and practice of history making today.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469633876
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
During the 1976 Bicentennial celebration, millions of Americans engaged with the past in brand-new ways. They became absorbed by historical miniseries like Roots, visited museums with new exhibits that immersed them in the past, propelled works of historical fiction onto the bestseller list, and participated in living history events across the nation. While many of these activities were sparked by the Bicentennial, M. J. Rymsza-Pawlowska shows that, in fact, they were symptomatic of a fundamental shift in Americans' relationship to history during the 1960s and 1970s. For the majority of the twentieth century, Americans thought of the past as foundational to, but separate from, the present, and they learned and thought about history in informational terms. But Rymsza-Pawlowska argues that the popular culture of the 1970s reflected an emerging desire to engage and enact the past on a more emotional level: to consider the feelings and motivations of historic individuals and, most importantly, to use this in reevaluating both the past and the present. This thought-provoking book charts the era's shifting feeling for history, and explores how it serves as a foundation for the experience and practice of history making today.
Fugitive Slaves and Spaces of Freedom in North America
Author: Damian Alan Pargas
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813065798
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This volume introduces a new way to study the experiences of runaway slaves by defining different “spaces of freedom” they inhabited. It also provides a groundbreaking continental view of fugitive slave migration, moving beyond the usual regional or national approaches to explore locations in Canada, the U.S. North and South, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Using newspapers, advertisements, and new demographic data, contributors show how events like the Revolutionary War and westward expansion shaped the slave experience. Contributors investigate sites of formal freedom, where slavery was abolished and refugees were legally free, to determine the extent to which fugitive slaves experienced freedom in places like Canada while still being subject to racism. In sites of semiformal freedom, as in the northern United States, fugitives’ claims to freedom were precarious because state abolition laws conflicted with federal fugitive slave laws. Contributors show how local committees strategized to interfere with the work of slave catchers to protect refugees. Sites of informal freedom were created within the slaveholding South, where runaways who felt relocating to distant destinations was too risky formed maroon communities or attempted to blend in with free black populations. These individuals procured false documents or changed their names to avoid detection and pass as free. The essays discuss slaves’ motivations for choosing these destinations, the social networks that supported their plans, what it was like to settle in their new societies, and how slave flight impacted broader debates about slavery. This volume redraws the map of escape and emancipation during this period, emphasizing the importance of place in defining the meaning and extent of freedom. Contributors: Kyle Ainsworth | Mekala Audain | Gordon S. Barker | Sylviane A. Diouf | Roy E. Finkenbine | Graham Russell Gao Hodges | Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie | Viola Franziska Müller | James David Nichols | Damian Alan Pargas | Matthew Pinsker A volume in the series Southern Dissent, edited by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813065798
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This volume introduces a new way to study the experiences of runaway slaves by defining different “spaces of freedom” they inhabited. It also provides a groundbreaking continental view of fugitive slave migration, moving beyond the usual regional or national approaches to explore locations in Canada, the U.S. North and South, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Using newspapers, advertisements, and new demographic data, contributors show how events like the Revolutionary War and westward expansion shaped the slave experience. Contributors investigate sites of formal freedom, where slavery was abolished and refugees were legally free, to determine the extent to which fugitive slaves experienced freedom in places like Canada while still being subject to racism. In sites of semiformal freedom, as in the northern United States, fugitives’ claims to freedom were precarious because state abolition laws conflicted with federal fugitive slave laws. Contributors show how local committees strategized to interfere with the work of slave catchers to protect refugees. Sites of informal freedom were created within the slaveholding South, where runaways who felt relocating to distant destinations was too risky formed maroon communities or attempted to blend in with free black populations. These individuals procured false documents or changed their names to avoid detection and pass as free. The essays discuss slaves’ motivations for choosing these destinations, the social networks that supported their plans, what it was like to settle in their new societies, and how slave flight impacted broader debates about slavery. This volume redraws the map of escape and emancipation during this period, emphasizing the importance of place in defining the meaning and extent of freedom. Contributors: Kyle Ainsworth | Mekala Audain | Gordon S. Barker | Sylviane A. Diouf | Roy E. Finkenbine | Graham Russell Gao Hodges | Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie | Viola Franziska Müller | James David Nichols | Damian Alan Pargas | Matthew Pinsker A volume in the series Southern Dissent, edited by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller