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Total Pages : 620 pages
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Download or read book Kansas History written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gwyneth Anne Thayer
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700619135
Total Pages : 312 pages
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Download or read book Going to the Dogs written by Gwyneth Anne Thayer and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2013-06-13 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1970s sitcom The Odd Couple, Felix and Oscar argue over a racing greyhound that Oscar won in a bet. Animal lover Felix wants to keep the dog as a pet; gambling enthusiast Oscar wants to race it. This dilemma fairly reflects America's attitude toward greyhound racing. This book, the first cultural history of greyhound racing in America, charts the sport's meteoric rise-and equally meteoric decline-against the backdrop of changes in American culture during the last century. Gwyneth Anne Thayer takes us from its origins in "coursing" in England, through its postwar heyday, and up to its current state of near-extinction. Her entertaining account offers fresh insight into the development of American sport and leisure, the rise of animal advocacy, and the unique place that dogs hold in American life. Thayer describes greyhound racing's dynamic growth in the 1920s in places like Saint Louis, Chicago, and New Orleans, then explores its phenomenal popularity in Florida, where promoters exploited its remote association with the upper class and helped foster a celebrity culture around it. By the end of the century media reports of alleged animal cruelty had surfaced as well as competition from other gaming pursuits such as state lotteries and Indian casinos. Greyhound racing became so suspect that even Homer Simpson derided it. In exploring the socioeconomic, political, and ideological factors that fueled the rise and fall of dog racing in America, Thayer has consulted participants and critics alike in order to present both sides of a contentious debate. She examines not only the impact of animal protectionists, but also suspected underworld ties, longstanding tensions between dogmen and track owners over racing contracts, and the evolving relationship between consumerism and dogs. She captures the sport's glory days in dozens of photographs that recall its coursing past or show celebrities like Frank Sinatra and Babe Ruth with winning racing hounds. Thayer also records the growth of the adoption movement that rescues ex-racers from possible euthanasia. Today there are fewer than half as many greyhound tracks, in half as many states, as there were 10 years ago-and half of them are in Florida. Thayer's in-depth, meticulously balanced account is an intriguing look at this singular activity and will teach readers as much about American cultural behavior as about racing greyhounds.
Author : Special Libraries Association
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Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Special Library Resources ... written by Special Libraries Association and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert H. Ferrell
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 0826210503
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (262 download)
Download or read book Harry S. Truman written by Robert H. Ferrell and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of president Harry S. Truman, discussing his life, political career, and presidency.
Author : Lorrin L. Morrison
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Total Pages : 530 pages
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Download or read book Journal of the West written by Lorrin L. Morrison and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 778 pages
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Author : Kansas. Traveling Libraries Commission
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Total Pages : 674 pages
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Author : Sheila S. Intner
Publisher : Praeger
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Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Circulation Policy in Academic, Public, and School Libraries written by Sheila S. Intner and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1987-03-23 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intner conducted a survey of academic, public, and school libraries in order to study circulation policies and practices prevalent in the U.S. From the data she gathered, it is evident that much in the circulation process is not patron oriented and that there are still institutions that make access to information difficult. She intimates that if library patrons were aware of the power they have, they could effect drastic changes in circulation practices. The book is of interest to all who use libraries, but it is particularly pertinent reading for administrators. Booklist This informative study is based on the responses of a sampling of academic, public, and school libraries to a survey conducted in 1983. The selection was made with a deliberate effort to include libraries of varying size, focus, and geographic area around the country, and three vitally important policy issues were emphasized: Who may borrow materials from the library? What may they borrow? How are materials borrowed and what process is followed when they are returned? The answers provided by the sample group to these and other questions are described and analyzed, and comparisons are made of the ways in each library formulates, reviews and amends its policies, and which plans are being made for the future.
Author : Wilson J. Warren
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1587297744
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (872 download)
Download or read book Tied to the Great Packing Machine written by Wilson J. Warren and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ambitious in its historical scope and its broad range of topics, Tied to the Great Packing Machine tells the dramatic story of meatpacking’s enormous effects on the economics, culture, and environment of the Midwest over the past century and a half. Wilson Warren situates the history of the industry in both its urban and its rural settings—moving from the huge stockyards of Chicago and Kansas City to today’s smaller meatpacking communities—and thus presents a complete portrayal of meatpacking’s place within the larger agro-industrial landscape. Writing from the vantage point of twenty-five years of extensive research, Warren analyzes the evolution of the packing industry from its early period, dominated by the big terminal markets, through the development of new marketing and technical innovations that transformed the ways animals were gathered, slaughtered, and processed and the final products were distributed. In addition, he concentrates on such cultural impacts as ethnic and racial variations, labor unions, gender issues, and changes in Americans’ attitudes toward the ethics of animal slaughter and patterns of meat consumption and such environmental problems as site-point pollution and microbe contamination, ending with a stimulating discussion of the future of American meatpacking. Providing an excellent and well-referenced analysis within a regional and temporal framework that ensures a fresh perspective, Tied to the Great Packing Machine is a dynamic narrative that contributes to a fuller understanding of the historical context and contemporary concerns of an extremely important industry.
Author : Harvard University. Graduate School of Design. Library
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Total Pages : 604 pages
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Download or read book Catalogue written by Harvard University. Graduate School of Design. Library and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : American Library Association. Committee on Public Documents
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Total Pages : 232 pages
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Download or read book Public Documents ... written by American Library Association. Committee on Public Documents and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 734 pages
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Download or read book Vertical File Service Catalog written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lois N. Upham
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780866566889
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (668 download)
Download or read book Newspapers in the Library written by Lois N. Upham and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newspapers in the Library discusses the use and handling of newspapers in libraries and information centers. Although newspapers are increasingly recognized as an important, even unequaled, source of information about current history and local events, they have been largely ignored by information specialists. Individuals who work with newspapers on a daily basis--as tools in research or as an ingredient in a larger process--have contributed valuable chapters on bibliographical and physical control of newspapers, working with newspapers in a variety of settings, and international, educational, and technical aspects of using and handling newspapers. A significant resource for scholars, authors, researchers, and information specialists, this volume will help them provide access to and protection of newspapers, and it will encourage them to continue work on this unique resource.
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Total Pages : 264 pages
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Download or read book Vertical File Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kim Cary Warren
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807899445
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book The Quest for Citizenship written by Kim Cary Warren and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Quest for Citizenship, Kim Cary Warren examines the formation of African American and Native American citizenship, belonging, and identity in the United States by comparing educational experiences in Kansas between 1880 and 1935. Warren focuses her study on Kansas, thought by many to be the quintessential free state, not only because it was home to sizable populations of Indian groups and former slaves, but also because of its unique history of conflict over freedom during the antebellum period. After the Civil War, white reformers opened segregated schools, ultimately reinforcing the very racial hierarchies that they claimed to challenge. To resist the effects of these reformers' actions, African Americans developed strategies that emphasized inclusion and integration, while autonomy and bicultural identities provided the focal point for Native Americans' understanding of what it meant to be an American. Warren argues that these approaches to defining American citizenship served as ideological precursors to the Indian rights and civil rights movements. This comparative history of two nonwhite races provides a revealing analysis of the intersection of education, social control, and resistance, and the formation and meaning of identity for minority groups in America.
Author : T. Lindsay Baker
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806119014
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)
Download or read book A Field Guide to American Windmills written by T. Lindsay Baker and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of the use of windmills in the United States and surveys the various types of American windmills
Author : Marlies Janson
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110917858
Total Pages : 1392 pages
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Download or read book World Guide to Special Libraries written by Marlies Janson and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-12-22 with total page 1392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World Guide to Special Libraries lists about 35,000 libraries world wide categorized by more than 800 key words - including libraries of departments, institutes, hospitals, schools, companies, administrative bodies, foundations, associations and religious communities. It provides complete details of the libraries and their holdings, and alphabetical indexes of subjects and institutions.
