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Book Synopsis Printing Landmarks by : Robert Goree
Download or read book Printing Landmarks written by Robert Goree and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-03-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Printing Landmarks tells the story of the late Tokugawa period’s most distinctive form of popular geography: meisho zue. Beginning with the publication of Miyako meisho zue in 1780, these monumental books deployed lovingly detailed illustrations and informative prose to showcase famous places (meisho) in ways that transcended the limited scope, quality, and reliability of earlier guidebooks and gazetteers. Putting into spellbinding print countless landmarks of cultural significance, the makers of meisho zue created an opportunity for readers to experience places located all over the Japanese archipelago. In this groundbreaking multidisciplinary study, Robert Goree draws on diverse archival and scholarly sources to explore why meisho zue enjoyed widespread and enduring popularity. Examining their readership, compilation practices, illustration techniques, cartographic properties, ideological import, and production networks, Goree finds that the appeal of the books, far from accidental, resulted from specific choices editors and illustrators made about form, content, and process. Spanning the fields of book history, travel literature, map history, and visual culture, Printing Landmarks provides a new perspective on Tokugawa-period culture by showing how meisho zue depicted inspiring geographies in which social harmony, economic prosperity, and natural stability made for a peaceful polity.
Book Synopsis Landmarks of a New Generation by : The Getty Conservation Institute
Download or read book Landmarks of a New Generation written by The Getty Conservation Institute and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual resulted from the five “Landmarks” projects sponsored by the Getty Conservation Institute, beginning in 1993 with Picture LA, in which young people photographed and commented on landmarks in their communities. The manual provides general guidelines and step-by-step instructions for creating similar projects in communities throughout the world.
Book Synopsis San Francisco Landmarks by : Catherine Accardi
Download or read book San Francisco Landmarks written by Catherine Accardi and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Francisco is one of the most recognized and beloved cities in the United States, brilliantly illustrated through a visual history of 493 designated local, state, and national landmarks. San Francisco's attributes speak to us through stunning topography, the arts, and a unique array of architectural styles. The city inherited the imprint left by the Spanish with Mission Dolores, by the Gold Rush with Jackson Square, and by 20th-century entrepreneurs with the Bank of Italy. The period from the 1920s to 1950s brought a growing cosmopolitan metropolis with such landmarks as the Mark Hopkins Hotel and the Golden Gate Bridge. Residents and visitors want to know why there is a monument in the neighborhood park and why the delightful Victorians next door have a historic plaque by their front steps. Each landmark embodies the characteristics of the surrounding community and the history of the "City by the Bay."
Book Synopsis Landmarks Preservation and the Property Tax by : David Listokin
Download or read book Landmarks Preservation and the Property Tax written by David Listokin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historic preservation is an issue of growing importance and public commitment. Federal and state mechanisms have been established to identify and support historic buildings/sites, while local governments have been active in supporting and protecting historic resources. Communities across the country have established designation programs whereby individual buildings or districts of historical-architectural significance are accorded landmark status. Designation activity has been accompanied by growing interest in other local incentives/disincentives to the support of historic buildings. In this regard, the property tax is viewed as either a possible powerful drawback to or a catalyst of preservation. This study examines the relationship between historic preservation and the property tax, focusing on the question of how designated buildings should be assessed for real taxation purposes. Listokin focuses on New York City in considering the effects of historic status on property value and in evaluating assessment practices. But this book's findings are transferrable to other communities because the base conditions are similar. Many other cities have designation programs modeled on New York City's. In addition, New York's property-tax system and administrative processes resemble those found in communities across the nation. To enhance the transferability of this study's findings, Listokin refers to the national experience and literature, typically on a side-by-side basis with the New York City counterpart.
Book Synopsis Landmarks in the History of the English Language by : Keith Johnson
Download or read book Landmarks in the History of the English Language written by Keith Johnson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-03-12 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Landmarks in the History of the English Language identifies twelve key landmarks spread throughout the language’s history to provide a lively and interesting introduction to the history of English. Each landmark focuses on one individual associated with the key moment which helps to engage the reader and provide the history of the language with a ‘human face’. The landmarks range from Alfred the Great and his attempts to further English through its use in education, to the spread of English worldwide and the work of the linguist Braj Kachru. The final chapter takes a look into the future through the writings of David Crystal. Whilst focusing on the specific events and people, the book includes a broad outline of the history of English so that the reader can locate each landmark within the language’s history. Written in a student-friendly style and with short activities available online, this book provides a brief introduction for those coming to the topic for the first time, as well an engaging supplementary text for those studying modules on the history of English on degrees in English Language, Linguistics and Literature. General readers with an interest in the English language and its history will also find the book engaging.
Book Synopsis Culinary Landmarks by : Elizabeth Driver
Download or read book Culinary Landmarks written by Elizabeth Driver and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 1326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culinary Landmarks is a definitive history and bibliography of Canadian cookbooks from the beginning, when La cuisinière bourgeoise was published in Quebec City in 1825, to the mid-twentieth century. Over the course of more than ten years Elizabeth Driver researched every cookbook published within the borders of present-day Canada, whether a locally authored text or a Canadian edition of a foreign work. Every type of recipe collection is included, from trade publishers' bestsellers and advertising cookbooks, to home economics textbooks and fund-raisers from church women's groups. The entries for over 2,200 individual titles are arranged chronologically by their province or territory of publication, revealing cooking and dining customs in each part of the country over 125 years. Full bibliographical descriptions of first and subsequent editions are augmented by author biographies and corporate histories of the food producers and kitchen-equipment manufacturers, who often published the books. Driver's excellent general introduction sets out the evolution of the cookbook genre in Canada, while brief introductions for each province identify regional differences in developments and trends. Four indexes and a 'Chronology of Canadian Cookbook History' provide other points of access to the wealth of material in this impressive reference book.
Book Synopsis Historic American Landmarks by : A. G. Smith
Download or read book Historic American Landmarks written by A. G. Smith and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2005-09-08 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visit 30 famous, man-made American landmarks -- from the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor to the USS Arizona Memorial in Hawaii. Captions accompany easy-to-color illustrations.
Book Synopsis Downtown Urban Renewal Area Landmarks, Washington D.C. by : United States. National Capital Planning Commission
Download or read book Downtown Urban Renewal Area Landmarks, Washington D.C. written by United States. National Capital Planning Commission and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Public Buildings, Landmarks and Historic Sites of the United States by : United States. Superintendent of Documents
Download or read book Public Buildings, Landmarks and Historic Sites of the United States written by United States. Superintendent of Documents and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto by : John Ross Robertson
Download or read book Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto written by John Ross Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Historic Sites and Landmarks That Shaped America [2 volumes] by : Mitchell Newton-Matza
Download or read book Historic Sites and Landmarks That Shaped America [2 volumes] written by Mitchell Newton-Matza and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 1243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the significance of places that built our cultural past, this guide is a lens into historical sites spanning the entire history of the United States, from Acoma Pueblo to Ground Zero. Historic Sites and Landmarks That Shaped America: From Acoma Pueblo to Ground Zero encompasses more than 200 sites from the earliest settlements to the present, covering a wide variety of locations. It includes concise yet detailed entries on each landmark that explain its importance to the nation. With entries arranged alphabetically according to the name of the site and the state in which it resides, this work covers both obscure and famous landmarks to demonstrate how a nation can grow and change with the creation or discovery of important places. The volume explores the ways different cultures viewed, revered, or even vilified these sites. It also examines why people remember such places more than others. Accessible to both novice and expert readers, this well-researched guide will appeal to anyone from high school students to general adult readers.
Book Synopsis Landmarks of Detroit by : Robert Budd Ross
Download or read book Landmarks of Detroit written by Robert Budd Ross and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 1568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Potential Ecological/geological Landmarks on the Interior Low Plateaus by : Elsie Quarterman
Download or read book Potential Ecological/geological Landmarks on the Interior Low Plateaus written by Elsie Quarterman and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Landmarks of Freemasonry by : Silas H. Shepherd
Download or read book The Landmarks of Freemasonry written by Silas H. Shepherd and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shelf Aware written by V.R. Ferose and published by Hachette India. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BIBLIOPHILIA: A perfectly acceptable addiction marked by obsessive reading, aggressive book-sniffing and strategic hoarding. For as long as Ferose, a San Francisco-based techie and 'gently mad' bibliophile, has understood books, he has devoured them with the unmitigated enthusiasm of a toddler on a sugar rush. For him, reading has been more than a weekend pursuit or a hobby on steroids. It has been a lifestyle - generously peppered with serendipitous first edition finds and deliberate in-store title hunting - of which he kept meticulous notes. In this intimate and refreshingly honest essay collection - illustrated by artists on the autism spectrum - Ferose professes his undying love for books and elaborates on his relationship with the life-affirming act of reading. Enthusiastically noting titles that carry scribbles in the neglected margins to gushing over one-of-a-kind collectibles, he delves into his varied picks, bringing his most formative bookish adventures to readers. Part memoir and part fascinating study of the quiet, fulfilling act of reading and collecting books, this joyous meld of anecdotes and recollections explores the sweeping genius of books and storytelling, and how they continually refine our collective conscience.
Book Synopsis Landmarks of Wayne County and Detroit by : Robert Budd Ross
Download or read book Landmarks of Wayne County and Detroit written by Robert Budd Ross and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 1616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Landmarks of African American History by : James Oliver Horton
Download or read book Landmarks of African American History written by James Oliver Horton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-03-24 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Landmarks of African American History, James Oliver Horton chooses thirteen historic sites to explore the struggles and triumphs of African Americans and how they helped shape the rich and varied history of the United States. Horton begins with the first Africans brought to Jamestown, Virginia, and the start of slavery in the colonies that became the United States. Boston's Old State House provides the backdrop to the martyrdom of Crispus Attucks, the former slave killed in the Boston Massacre, the confrontation with British troops that led to the American Revolution. After the Civil War, former slaves settled the desolate area of Nicodemus, Kansas, and turned it into a thriving community. The USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and Boston's Old State House illustrate African American contributions to the defense of their country and reveal racial tensions within the military. And the black students who demanded service at Woolworth's racially segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, launched the sit-in movement and advanced the fight for civil rights. Horton brings together a wide variety of African American historical sites to tell of the glory and hardship, of the great achievement and determination, of the people and events that have shaped the values, ideals, and dreams of our nation.