Author: Leila Lee
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Category : Children's stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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The Dales in New Port
Author: Leila Lee
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Category : Children's stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Category : Children's stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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Bulletin
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 668
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 668
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Proceedings of the Newport Natural History Society 1886-7
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368658697
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1887.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368658697
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1887.
History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Staffordshire
Author: William White
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Category : Coventry (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 800
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Category : Coventry (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 800
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Historical traditions and facts relating to Newport and Caerleon, by a member of the Caerleon and Monmouthshire antiquarian society [C.O.S. Morgan].
Author: Charles Octavius S. Morgan
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Languages : en
Pages : 812
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Languages : en
Pages : 812
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First Resorts
Author: Jon Sterngass
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
ISBN: 0801876966
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 569
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“[A] scrupulously researched and beautifully crafted account of how nineteenth-century Americans went in search of health, rest, and diversion.” —Lena Lencek and Gideon Bosker, coauthors of The Beach. The History of Paradise on Earth In First Resorts: Pursuing Pleasure at Saratoga Springs, Newport, and Coney Island, Jon Sterngass follows three of the best-known northeastern American resorts across a century of change. Saratoga Springs, Newport, and Coney Island began, he finds, as similar pleasure destinations, each of them featuring “grand” hotels where visitors swarmed public spaces such as verandas, dining rooms, and parlors. As the century progressed, however, Saratoga remained much the same, while Newport turned to private (and lavish) “cottages” and Coney Island shifted its focus to amusements for the masses. Fifty-nine illustrations enliven Sterngass’s unique study of the commodification of pleasure that occurred as capitalist values flourished, travel grew more accessible, and leisure time became democratized. These three resorts, he argues, served as forerunners of twentieth-century pleasure cities such as Aspen, Las Vegas, and Orlando. “An engaging, creative book replete with evocative illustrations and witty quotes . . . a pleasant read.” —Thomas A. Chambers, New York Academy of History “Sterngass’s discussions about privacy, community, commercialization, consumption, leisure, and the desire to be conspicuous are important and new. With its well-chosen illustrations, this is a handsome book as well as an important one.” —Kathryn Allamong Jacob, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University “Having mined every conceivable source about his three sites, Sterngass has presented a wealth of interesting material not only about the resort experience but also about the residents, politicians, and entrepreneurs who built them.” —Journal of American History
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
ISBN: 0801876966
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 569
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“[A] scrupulously researched and beautifully crafted account of how nineteenth-century Americans went in search of health, rest, and diversion.” —Lena Lencek and Gideon Bosker, coauthors of The Beach. The History of Paradise on Earth In First Resorts: Pursuing Pleasure at Saratoga Springs, Newport, and Coney Island, Jon Sterngass follows three of the best-known northeastern American resorts across a century of change. Saratoga Springs, Newport, and Coney Island began, he finds, as similar pleasure destinations, each of them featuring “grand” hotels where visitors swarmed public spaces such as verandas, dining rooms, and parlors. As the century progressed, however, Saratoga remained much the same, while Newport turned to private (and lavish) “cottages” and Coney Island shifted its focus to amusements for the masses. Fifty-nine illustrations enliven Sterngass’s unique study of the commodification of pleasure that occurred as capitalist values flourished, travel grew more accessible, and leisure time became democratized. These three resorts, he argues, served as forerunners of twentieth-century pleasure cities such as Aspen, Las Vegas, and Orlando. “An engaging, creative book replete with evocative illustrations and witty quotes . . . a pleasant read.” —Thomas A. Chambers, New York Academy of History “Sterngass’s discussions about privacy, community, commercialization, consumption, leisure, and the desire to be conspicuous are important and new. With its well-chosen illustrations, this is a handsome book as well as an important one.” —Kathryn Allamong Jacob, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University “Having mined every conceivable source about his three sites, Sterngass has presented a wealth of interesting material not only about the resort experience but also about the residents, politicians, and entrepreneurs who built them.” —Journal of American History
The History of the Descendants of John Dwight, of Dedham, Mass
Author: Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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Languages : en
Pages : 632
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The History of the Descendants of John Dwight
Author: Benjamin Dwight
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368833634
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368833634
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
A list of the country banks of England and Wales, private and proprietary; also of the names of all the shareholders of joint-stock banks [&c.].
Author: England
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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