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ISBN: 9780895774040
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Each state is profiled with color photos (printed to less-than- dazzling effect), descriptive text, maps featuring major attractions, basic statistics, and such information as "historical highlights," "famous sons and daughters," "places to visit and things to do," and "oddities and specialties." No bibliographies. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
America, Land of Beauty and Splendor
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780895774040
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Each state is profiled with color photos (printed to less-than- dazzling effect), descriptive text, maps featuring major attractions, basic statistics, and such information as "historical highlights," "famous sons and daughters," "places to visit and things to do," and "oddities and specialties." No bibliographies. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780895774040
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Each state is profiled with color photos (printed to less-than- dazzling effect), descriptive text, maps featuring major attractions, basic statistics, and such information as "historical highlights," "famous sons and daughters," "places to visit and things to do," and "oddities and specialties." No bibliographies. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Taking a Stand in a Postfeminist World
Author: Frances E. Mascia-Lees
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791447154
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Ranging across contemporary culture from the academy to shopping malls, this book offers engaged cultural criticism in a postfeminist context.
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791447154
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Ranging across contemporary culture from the academy to shopping malls, this book offers engaged cultural criticism in a postfeminist context.
The Cumulative Book Index
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2456
Book Description
A world list of books in the English language.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2456
Book Description
A world list of books in the English language.
The Heart of America
Author: Tim Palmer
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 9781610910538
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
From the cliffs of Big Sur to the dunes at Cape Hatteras, from the bogs of the Boundary Waters to the deserts of the Rio Grande, the landscape of America has shaped us into the people we are. Not only is it central to ecological health and essential to the economy, it has helped form our culture and serves as a basis of national pride. The heart of America lies in the rock and soil, the mountains and the plains that surround us.In this illuminating portrait of America at the threshold of the new millennium, author Tim Palmer explores and assesses the landscape of the United States -- both timeless wonders of natural beauty and lost places scarred by human exploitation. He takes the reader on an informative and inspirational tour of our most vital landscapes, including mountains, forests, grasslands, deserts, rivers, lakes, wetlands, and seashores. He introduces us to the basic geography and ecological value of each landscape, describes historical patterns of land use, considers the most serious threats, and discusses what is being done to protect the landscape for future generations. Throughout, he instills a deeper understanding of the importance of the land, a sense of outrage at the damage that has been done, and a feeling of hope that those working to correct past abuses will succeed.Weaving together geographical, historical, and ecological information and insights, Palmer draws on thirty years of professional experience as a writer, photographer, conservationist, planner, landscape architect, and veteran traveler to present a fresh look at the past, present, and future of our land.Resounding in its account of these landscapes, compelling in the force of its information and the hope of its timely message, The Heart of America offers a fascinating measure of the land around us and a unique look at the place we call home.
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 9781610910538
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
From the cliffs of Big Sur to the dunes at Cape Hatteras, from the bogs of the Boundary Waters to the deserts of the Rio Grande, the landscape of America has shaped us into the people we are. Not only is it central to ecological health and essential to the economy, it has helped form our culture and serves as a basis of national pride. The heart of America lies in the rock and soil, the mountains and the plains that surround us.In this illuminating portrait of America at the threshold of the new millennium, author Tim Palmer explores and assesses the landscape of the United States -- both timeless wonders of natural beauty and lost places scarred by human exploitation. He takes the reader on an informative and inspirational tour of our most vital landscapes, including mountains, forests, grasslands, deserts, rivers, lakes, wetlands, and seashores. He introduces us to the basic geography and ecological value of each landscape, describes historical patterns of land use, considers the most serious threats, and discusses what is being done to protect the landscape for future generations. Throughout, he instills a deeper understanding of the importance of the land, a sense of outrage at the damage that has been done, and a feeling of hope that those working to correct past abuses will succeed.Weaving together geographical, historical, and ecological information and insights, Palmer draws on thirty years of professional experience as a writer, photographer, conservationist, planner, landscape architect, and veteran traveler to present a fresh look at the past, present, and future of our land.Resounding in its account of these landscapes, compelling in the force of its information and the hope of its timely message, The Heart of America offers a fascinating measure of the land around us and a unique look at the place we call home.
America, the Land We Love
Author: Francis Trevelyan Miller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Most of the plates printed on both sides. Published 1915.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Most of the plates printed on both sides. Published 1915.
Forthcoming Books
Author: Rose Arny
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1610
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1610
Book Description
The Ten Best States of America for Agriculture, Horticulture and General Industries Traversed by the Illinois Central Railroad
Author: Illinois Central Railroad Company
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The Beauty and Glory of the Name America
Author: Heinrich Charles
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Inter-America
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Consists of English translations of articles in the Spanish American press.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Consists of English translations of articles in the Spanish American press.
A Land Without Castles
Author: Thomas K. Murphy
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739102206
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Thomas K. Murphy explores the shifting history of European attitudes toward America, utilizing British and French writing from the late eighteenth through the middle of the nineteenth centuries. Murphy studies a rich collage of literary, philosophical, and political writing by Europeans during this era. The book covers four stages in the development of European attitudes: traditional theories and their modification in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the influence of early American diplomacy on European attitudes, the cultural iconography of the French Revolution and of England during this same period, and the genre of the travel journal. Murphy has created an interesting historiography that augments our understanding of American history, but also illuminates the role that these imaginative texts about the New World played in the formation of significant social and political developments in modern European history.
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739102206
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Thomas K. Murphy explores the shifting history of European attitudes toward America, utilizing British and French writing from the late eighteenth through the middle of the nineteenth centuries. Murphy studies a rich collage of literary, philosophical, and political writing by Europeans during this era. The book covers four stages in the development of European attitudes: traditional theories and their modification in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the influence of early American diplomacy on European attitudes, the cultural iconography of the French Revolution and of England during this same period, and the genre of the travel journal. Murphy has created an interesting historiography that augments our understanding of American history, but also illuminates the role that these imaginative texts about the New World played in the formation of significant social and political developments in modern European history.