Author: University of Florida
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Catalog
Author: University of Florida
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 276
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The Man Who Saved Sea Turtles
Author: Frederick Davis
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199885958
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Archie Carr, one of the greatest biologists of the twentieth century, played a leading part in finding a new and critical role for natural history and systematics in a post-1950s world dominated by the glamorous science of molecular biology. With the rise of molecular biology came a growing popular awareness of species extinction. Carr championed endangered sea turtles, and his work reflects major shifts in the study of ecology and evolution. A gifted nature writer, his books on the natural history of sea turtles and their habitats in Florida, the Caribbean, and Africa entertained and educated a wide audience. Carr's conservation ethic grew from his field work as well as his friendships with the fishermen who supplied him with many of the stories he retold so engagingly. With Archie Carr as the focus, The Man Who Saved Sea Turtles explores the evolution of the naturalist tradition, biology, and conservation during the twentieth century.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199885958
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Archie Carr, one of the greatest biologists of the twentieth century, played a leading part in finding a new and critical role for natural history and systematics in a post-1950s world dominated by the glamorous science of molecular biology. With the rise of molecular biology came a growing popular awareness of species extinction. Carr championed endangered sea turtles, and his work reflects major shifts in the study of ecology and evolution. A gifted nature writer, his books on the natural history of sea turtles and their habitats in Florida, the Caribbean, and Africa entertained and educated a wide audience. Carr's conservation ethic grew from his field work as well as his friendships with the fishermen who supplied him with many of the stories he retold so engagingly. With Archie Carr as the focus, The Man Who Saved Sea Turtles explores the evolution of the naturalist tradition, biology, and conservation during the twentieth century.
J. C. Penney
Author: David Delbert Kruger
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806158417
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
What is now called JCPenney, a fixture of suburban shopping malls, started out as a small-town Main Street store that fused its founder’s interests in agriculture, retail business, religion, and philanthropy. This book—at once a biography of Missouri farm boy–turned–business icon James Cash Penney and the story of the company he started in 1902—brings to light the little-known agrarian roots of an American department store chain. David Delbert Kruger explores how the company, its stores, and their famous founder shaped rural America throughout the twentieth century. “Most of our stores,” Penney explained in 1931, “are located in agricultural regions where the tide of merchandising rises and falls with the prosperity of the farmers.” Despite the growth of cities in the early twentieth century, Penney maintained his stores’ commitment to serving the needs of farmers and small-town folk. Tracing this dedication to Penney’s rural upbringing, Kruger describes how, from one store in the sheep-ranching and mining town of Kemmerer, Wyoming, J. C. Penney Co. became a familiar chain on Main Street, USA, purveying value, providing good jobs, and marking rites of passage in many an American childhood. Kruger paints a biographical and historical picture of an American business mogul distinctly different from comparable capitalists such as Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, or Sam Walton. Despite his chain’s corporate structure, Penney imbued each store with a Golden Rule philosophy that demanded mutual respect between customers, employees, competitors, suppliers, and communities. By tracing that spirit to its agrarian source, and following it through the twentieth century, J. C. Penney: The Man, the Store, and American Agriculture provides a new perspective on this American cultural institution—and on its founder’s unique brand of American capitalism.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806158417
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
What is now called JCPenney, a fixture of suburban shopping malls, started out as a small-town Main Street store that fused its founder’s interests in agriculture, retail business, religion, and philanthropy. This book—at once a biography of Missouri farm boy–turned–business icon James Cash Penney and the story of the company he started in 1902—brings to light the little-known agrarian roots of an American department store chain. David Delbert Kruger explores how the company, its stores, and their famous founder shaped rural America throughout the twentieth century. “Most of our stores,” Penney explained in 1931, “are located in agricultural regions where the tide of merchandising rises and falls with the prosperity of the farmers.” Despite the growth of cities in the early twentieth century, Penney maintained his stores’ commitment to serving the needs of farmers and small-town folk. Tracing this dedication to Penney’s rural upbringing, Kruger describes how, from one store in the sheep-ranching and mining town of Kemmerer, Wyoming, J. C. Penney Co. became a familiar chain on Main Street, USA, purveying value, providing good jobs, and marking rites of passage in many an American childhood. Kruger paints a biographical and historical picture of an American business mogul distinctly different from comparable capitalists such as Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, or Sam Walton. Despite his chain’s corporate structure, Penney imbued each store with a Golden Rule philosophy that demanded mutual respect between customers, employees, competitors, suppliers, and communities. By tracing that spirit to its agrarian source, and following it through the twentieth century, J. C. Penney: The Man, the Store, and American Agriculture provides a new perspective on this American cultural institution—and on its founder’s unique brand of American capitalism.
Research Catalogue
Author: American Geographical Society of New York
Publisher:
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 812
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 812
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Report of Acting Director of the Division of Intercourse and Education
Author: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Division of Intercourse and Education
Publisher:
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Category : Peace
Languages : en
Pages : 562
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Category : Peace
Languages : en
Pages : 562
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National Library of Medicine Current Catalog
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1256
Book Description
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
Publisher:
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1256
Book Description
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
The Reserve Pharmacon
Author:
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Category : Pharmacy
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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Category : Pharmacy
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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The Book Lover's Guide to Florida
Author: Kevin M. McCarthy
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc
ISBN: 9781561640126
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
"Here is the book lover's literary tour of Florida, an exhaustive survey of writers, books, and literary sites in every part of the state. The state is divided into ten areas and each one is described from a literary point of view. You will learn what authors lived in or wrote about a place, which books describe the place, what important movies were made there, even the literary trivia which the true Florida book lover will want to know. You can use the book as a travel guide to a new way to see the state, as an armchair guide to a better understanding of our literary heritage, or as a guide to what to read next time you head to a bookstore or library."--Publisher.
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc
ISBN: 9781561640126
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
"Here is the book lover's literary tour of Florida, an exhaustive survey of writers, books, and literary sites in every part of the state. The state is divided into ten areas and each one is described from a literary point of view. You will learn what authors lived in or wrote about a place, which books describe the place, what important movies were made there, even the literary trivia which the true Florida book lover will want to know. You can use the book as a travel guide to a new way to see the state, as an armchair guide to a better understanding of our literary heritage, or as a guide to what to read next time you head to a bookstore or library."--Publisher.
The Official Record of the United States Department of Agriculture
Author: United States. Department of Agriculture
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 900
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 900
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Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
Author: American Veterinary Medical Association
Publisher:
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Category : Veterinary medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
Vols. for 1915-49 and 1956- include the Proceedings of the annual meeting of the association.
Publisher:
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Category : Veterinary medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
Vols. for 1915-49 and 1956- include the Proceedings of the annual meeting of the association.