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Davis, California: 1910s-1940s

Author : John Lofland
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781531600976
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Davis, California: 1910s-1940s written by John Lofland and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2000-03 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded in 1868, Davis 's history is divided into an initial "village " period (1860s -1900s), a middle four-decade "town " period (1910s -1940s), and a current and on-going "city " period (1950s to present). Much of what people think of as quintessential "Davis " was created in the middle, town period. About 1910 and with the start of the University of California experimental farm, Davis began to grow and become a striving and thriving town. Focusing on the four decades of the 1910s to the 1940s, this book contains over two hundred images of Davis, including downtown streetscapes and businesses, public events and gatherings, prominent families and homes, churches, government, the Old East, Old North, and College Park neighborhoods, schools, and the University Farm."

Davis

Author : John Lofland
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439656061
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Davis written by John Lofland and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-09 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Davis has undergone a major transformation from the mid-20th century to today, growing from a small college town of about 3,000 residents and 1,500 students to a world-class university city of 80,000 area residents and 35,000 students. Major features of this revolution include the creation of a vibrant downtown, environmentally sensitive politics, diverse and innovative neighborhoods, and a citywide system of bike lanes. A thriving University of California at Davis campus was the economic dynamo that attracted talented students and faculty. Their environmentalist values spurred innovations in solar energy, waste recycling, bicycle infrastructure, subsidized public transit, energy-saving construction, and farm-to-fork localization of food supplies, among other new civic directions that remain an essential part of the city's culture today.

After the Gold Rush

Author : David Vaught
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801897807
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book After the Gold Rush written by David Vaught and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dramatic history of a group of families in post-gold rush California who turned to agriculture when mining failed. “It is a glorious country,” exclaimed Stephen J. Field, the future U.S. Supreme Court justice, upon arriving in California in 1849. Field’s pronouncement was more than just an expression of exuberance. For an electrifying moment, he and another 100,000 hopeful gold miners found themselves face-to-face with something commensurate to their capacity to dream. Most failed to hit pay dirt in gold. Thereafter, one illustrative group of them struggled to make a living in wheat, livestock, and fruit along Putah Creek in the lower Sacramento Valley. Like Field, they never forgot that first “glorious” moment in California when anything seemed possible. In After the Gold Rush, David Vaught examines the hard-luck miners-turned-farmers—the Pierces, Greenes, Montgomerys, Careys, and others—who refused to admit a second failure, faced flood and drought, endured monumental disputes and confusion over land policy, and struggled to come to grips with the vagaries of local, national, and world markets. Their dramatic story exposes the underside of the American dream and the haunting consequences of trying to strike it rich. “An excellent history of farming in the Sacramento Valley in the late nineteenth century.” —California History “Vaught tells a riveting story of two generations of farmers who “committed themselves not only to the market but to community life as well.” He argues that these twin commitments, born of their failures in the gold fields, were an essential part of the culture of American capitalism that emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century.” —Business History Review “Vaught set himself the goal of writing a “new” rural history of California, examining the state’s wheat farmers in their social and cultural contexts. In After the Gold Rush, he achieves his goal admirably.” —Journal of American History “An agricultural history that weaves together an unpredictable creek, a fluctuating market, and the perseverance of the American Dream.” —Journal of Interdisciplinary History 2008 Winner of the Albert J. Beveridge Award of the American Historical Association

Davis, California, 1910s-1940s

Author : John Lofland
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 9780738501512
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Davis, California, 1910s-1940s written by John Lofland and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded in 1868, Davis,'s history is divided into an initial ,"village," period (1860s,-1900s), a middle four-decade ,"town," period (1910s,-1940s), and a current and on-going ,"city," period (1950s to present). Much of what people think of as quintessential ,"Davis," was created in the middle, town period. About 1910 and with the start of the University of California experimental farm, Davis began to grow and become a striving and thriving town. Focusing on the four decades of the 1910s to the 1940s, this book contains over two hundred images of Davis, including downtown streetscapes and businesses, public events and gatherings, prominent families and homes, churches, government, the Old East, Old North, and College Park neighborhoods, schools, and the University Farm.

Handbook of Ethnography

Author : Paul Atkinson
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446204820
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Ethnography written by Paul Atkinson and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2007-04-25 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I wish the Handbook of Ethnography had been available to me as a fledgling ethnographer. I would recommend it for any graduate student who contemplates a career in the field. Likewise for experienced ethnographers who would like the equivalent of a world atlas to help pinpoint their own locations in the field." - Journal of Contemporary Ethnography "No self-respecting qualitative researcher should be without Paul Atkinson′s handbook on ethnography. This really is encyclopaedic in concept and scope. Many "big names" in the field have contributed so this has to be the starting point for anyone looking to understand the field in substantive topic, theoretical tradition and methodology." - SRA News Ethnography is one of the chief research methods in sociology, anthropology and other cognate disciplines in the social sciences. This Handbook provides an unparalleled, critical guide to its principles and practice. The volume is organized into three sections. The first systematically locates ethnography firmly in its relevant historical and intellectual contexts. The roots of ethnography are pinpointed and the pattern of its development is demonstrated. The second section examines the contribution of ethnography to major fields of substantive research. The impact and strengths and weaknesses of ethnographic method are dealt with authoritatively and accessibly. The third section moves on to examine key debates and issues in ethnography, from the conduct of research through to contemporary arguments. The result is a landmark work in the field, which draws on the expertise of an internationally renowned group of interdisicplinary scholars. The Handbook of Ethnography provides readers with a one-stop critical guide to the past, present and future of ethnography. It will quickly establish itself as the ethnographer′s bible.

Artists in California, 1786-1940

Author : Edan Milton Hughes
Publisher : Hughes
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Artists in California, 1786-1940 written by Edan Milton Hughes and published by Hughes. This book was released on 1989 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biographical dictionary of artists in California up to the Golden Gate International Exposition in 1940. It includes painters, sculptors, engravers, printmakers, teachers, and others.

Bruce Conner

Author : Rudolf Frieling
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520290569
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Bruce Conner written by Rudolf Frieling and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-07-04 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is published by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art on the occasion of the exhibition Bruce Conner: It's All True, co-curated by Stuart Comer, Rudolf Frieling, Gary Garrels, and Laura Hoptman, with Rachel Federman"--Colophon.

Artists in California, 1786-1940: L-Z

Author : Edan Milton Hughes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Artists in California, 1786-1940: L-Z written by Edan Milton Hughes and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The All-American Christmas Cookbook

Author : Chronicle Books
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811861441
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book The All-American Christmas Cookbook written by Chronicle Books and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A state-by-state tour of America's favorite Christmas recipes features classic regional recipes--ranging from Alabama's pecan divinity to New York's oyster stew and Utah's quick peppermint stick cake--highlighted by vintage artwork evoking the spirit of Christmas past.

International Photography

Author : Andrew H. Eskind
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN 13 : 9780783803258
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book International Photography written by Andrew H. Eskind and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 3-vol. work constitutes a vastly enlarged and expanded new edition of the Index to American Photographic Collections, 3rd enlarged edition, differing from the previous editions in two important respects. First is the inclusion of holdings from outside the United States, a natural evolution in our shrinking world. The second is the inclusion of exhibition histories, cross-referenced by photographer and sponsoring institution, providing a useful new context for evaluating less well-known photographers.

A Dictionary of the Underworld

Author : Eric Partridge
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317445538
Total Pages : 904 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of the Underworld written by Eric Partridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-12 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds. It includes entries from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, as well as from Britain and America and offers a fascinating and unique study of language. The book provides an invaluable insight into social history, with the British vocabulary dating back to the 16th century and the American to the late 18th century. Each entry comes complete with the approximate date of origin, the etymology for each word, and a note of the milieu in which the expression arose.

China in a Polycentric World

Author : Yingjin Zhang
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804735094
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book China in a Polycentric World written by Yingjin Zhang and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection provides a critical reexamination of the development and current status of comparative literature studies that engage the literary practices of both China and the West. In so doing, it attempts to refashion literary methodologies and cultural theories in Chinese studies and reread several noncanonical texts in ways that cut across disciplines, genders, and modernities. Eschewing conventional taxonomies such as the study of literary influences and parallels, this volume shifts the emphasis from Chinese-Western comparativism to a critical rereading of Chinese or China-related texts using a variety of new critical approaches. Essays that draw on literary history, comparative poetics, modernist aesthetics, feminist studies, gender theory, and postcolonial discourse exemplify how multifaceted approaches can enrich our understanding of this field. The essays are grouped in three parts: studies of disciplines, institutions, and canon formation; gender, sexuality, and the body; and technology, modernity, and aesthetics. They cover a range of subjects, including the challenge of East-West comparative literature, the impact of literary theory on Sinological research, canon formation in traditional Chinese poetry, gender and sexuality in Ming drama, contemporary Chinese fiction and television drama, the problem of translation, the influence of science fiction, and the "cult of poetry in post-Mao China. The introductory chapter traces the rise of the Chinese school of comparative literature and addresses the issues facing Western scholars of Chinese-Western comparative literature. A concluding chapter summarizes recent remappings of the geocultural world and outlines future possibilities for comparative literature.

The Selected Works of Eric Partridge

Author : Eric Partridge
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317431588
Total Pages : 2733 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book The Selected Works of Eric Partridge written by Eric Partridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-14 with total page 2733 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set reissues important selected works by Eric Partridge, covering the period from 1933 to 1968. Together, the books look at many and diverse aspects of language, focusing in particular on English. Included in the collection are a variety of insightful dictionaries and reference works that showcase some of Partridge’s best work. The books are creative, as well as practical, and will provide enjoyable reading for both scholars and the more general reader, who has an interest in language and linguistics.

American Premium Record Guide, 1900-1965

Author : L. R. Docks
Publisher : Iola, WI : Krause Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Premium Record Guide, 1900-1965 written by L. R. Docks and published by Iola, WI : Krause Publications. This book was released on 2001 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated listing of thousands of records in several categories released between 1900 and 1965 in alphabetical order with pricing.

American Exodus

Author : James Noble Gregory
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195071368
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book American Exodus written by James Noble Gregory and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1991 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gregory reaches into the migrants' lives to reveal both their economic trials and their impact on California's culture and society. He traces the development of an 'Okie subculture' which is now an essential element of California's cultural landscape.

The Lonely Life

Author : Bette Davis
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 0316441295
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book The Lonely Life written by Bette Davis and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1962, The Lonely Life is legendary silver screen actress Bette Davis's lively and riveting account of her life, loves, and marriages--now in ebook for the first time, and updated with an afterword she wrote just before her death. As Davis says in the opening lines of her classic memoir: "I have always been driven by some distant music--a battle hymn, no doubt--for I have been at war from the beginning. I rode into the field with sword gleaming and standard flying. I was going to conquer the world." A bold, unapologetic book by a unique and formidable woman, The Lonely Life details the first fifty-plus years of Davis's life--her Yankee childhood, her rise to stardom in Hollywood, the birth of her beloved children, and the uncompromising choices she made along the way to succeed. The book was updated with new material in the 1980s, bringing the story up to the end of Davis's life--all the heartbreak, all the drama, and all the love she experienced at every stage of her extraordinary life. The Lonely Life proves conclusively that the legendary image of Bette Davis is not a fable but a marvelous reality.

Movie-Made Los Angeles

Author : John Trafton
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 0814347789
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Movie-Made Los Angeles written by John Trafton and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the proto-cinematic visual culture of Los Angeles that set the scene for modern Hollywood. Los Angeles was a cinematic city long before the rise of Hollywood. By the dawn of the twentieth century, photography, painting, and tourist promotion in Southern California provided early filmmakers with a template for building a myth-making business and envisioning ideal moviegoers. These art forms positioned California as a land of transformative experiences and catapulted the dusty backwater town of Los Angeles to the largest city on the west coast by 1915. Photography aided the Southern Pacific Railroad Company in opening the region to the rest of nation. Painters gave traditions that were fading in Europe a new lease on life in the California sun, with signature colors and techniques that would be adopted by L.A. real estate companies, agribusiness, and health retreats. Tourism infused the iconography and signature styles of art with cultural mythology of the state’s colonial past, offering proto-cinematic experiences to those who ventured west. Author John Trafton explores how Hollywood, an industry based on world-building, was the product of these art forms in the land of sunshine. A more complete story of the American film industry’s ascendency in Los Angeles emerges when one considers how the City of Angels cultivated its self-image through pre-cinema narrative art.