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The Challenge of Pittsburgh (Classic Reprint)

Author : Daniel L. Marsh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330917039
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Challenge of Pittsburgh (Classic Reprint) written by Daniel L. Marsh and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Challenge of Pittsburgh About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Challenge of Pittsburgh

Author : Daniel Lash Marsh
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230431161
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book The Challenge of Pittsburgh written by Daniel Lash Marsh and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... PREFACE This book is issued under the auspices of the Pittsburgh Council of Churches of Christ. When the publishers first brought the proposition to the Council, a committee of six members was appointed to canvass the situation, and if, in their judgment, the book should be written, they were authorized to have the manuscript prepared. This committee was composed as follows: Daniel L. Marsh, Superintendent, Methodist Episcopal Church Union of Pittsburgh. George W. Montgomery, Superintendent, Presbytery of Pittsburgh, Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. R. A. Hutchison, Corresponding Secretary, Board of Home Missions of the United Presbyterian Church. H. C. Gleiss, Financial and Corresponding Secretary, Pittsburgh Baptist Association. G. Herbert Ekins, Pastor, North Side Congregational Church. Charles Reed Zahniser, Executive Secretary, Pittsburgh Council of Churches of Christ. The committee, deeming it highly desirable that such a book should be brought out, asked me to write it. My life is an exceedingly busy one. I have had to gather up the odds and ends of time left over after the performance of a multiplicity of duties. If the unity of style is broken, charge it to this necessity, for some parts have been written on the street cars and trains as I have traveled about; some in fragments of time found in my office; and again some parts have been written at home at night, often after some evening engagement. The gathering of statistics and the working out of comparisons have taken considerable time and labor, much more than will appear in the reading of the book. Great kindness has been shown me by officials and others to whom I have gone for information. Members of the committee have rendered valuable assistance. Whenever I have used...

The Challenge of Pittsburgh

Author : Daniel Lash Marsh
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781358582998
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (829 download)

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Download or read book The Challenge of Pittsburgh written by Daniel Lash Marsh and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Challenge of Pittsburgh

Author : Daniel Lash Marsh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Challenge of Pittsburgh written by Daniel Lash Marsh and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Report on the Pittsburgh Transportation Problem

Author : Bion J. Arnold
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333341848
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (418 download)

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Download or read book Report on the Pittsburgh Transportation Problem written by Bion J. Arnold and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report on the Pittsburgh Transportation Problem: Submitted to Honorable William A. Magee, Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh The immediate needs of transportation in the Pittsburgh District have been covered by several reports during the past two years and definite recommendations have been made by the State Railroad Commission. It is not intended that this report shall discuss these findings in detail, as the attention of the City and the Railway officials has already been called to these improve ments which should be made immediately without waiting for a complete solution of the larger problems. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Pickles to Pittsburgh

Author : Judi Barrett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442449675
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Pickles to Pittsburgh written by Judi Barrett and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this charming sequel to the classic Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Kate and Henry eagerly await Grandpa's return from a vacation that his postcard says has been one of the best and most unusual ever. Thinking about that postcard Kate drifts off to sleep that night and... "With Henry as my co-pilot..." she visits the strange land of Chewandswallow -- a land characterized by massive amounts of food, immense carrots, leafy jungles of lettuce, and tuna fish sandwiches so gigantic they have to be moved by helicopter. What the people of Chewandswallow are doing with all that food is most intriguing of all. Fans of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs will applaud this return trip with its underlying message of generosity and a world community.

The Problem to Be Solved

Author : Henry Kendall
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781396134746
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book The Problem to Be Solved written by Henry Kendall and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Problem to Be Solved: A Thanksgiving Sermon, Delivered in the Third Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pa The subject suggests as a theme of thought for discourse this day - The responsibility of American Citizens. Responsibility may come from having in charge important interests, from rare opportunities to do great good, or from unusual capacities, or from all these combined. All these things unite to give magnitude to our responsibilities; and without making them dividing lines in my discourse, you will be able to see, I trust, that they all enter into the esti mate which I make. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Pittsburgh Its Industry Commerce, Embracing Statistics of the Coal, Iron, Glass, Steel, Copper, Petroleum, and Other Manufacturing Interests of Pittsburgh (Classic Reprint)

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Author : Making Of America Project
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780428188153
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (881 download)

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Download or read book Pittsburgh Its Industry Commerce, Embracing Statistics of the Coal, Iron, Glass, Steel, Copper, Petroleum, and Other Manufacturing Interests of Pittsburgh (Classic Reprint) written by Making Of America Project and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Pittsburgh Its Industry Commerce, Embracing Statistics of the Coal, Iron, Glass, Steel, Copper, Petroleum, and Other Manufacturing Interests of Pittsburgh The papers on the various subjects treated of, have been prepared with great care and thoroughness of research. The aim has been to give the truth. Exaggeration would destroy their value, and defeat the purpose contemplated. We think they will justify the conclusion, that from the very nature of things - the logic of facts, as it were - no city in the Union presents such inducements as are set forth by the workshops, the mills, foundries and factories of Pittsburgh. In cheapness of production, in the character of goods and wares, and in accessibility by river and rail to markets, the Iron City challenges the competition of continent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Companion to the Book of Common Worship

Author : Peter C. Bower
Publisher : Geneva Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664502324
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Companion to the Book of Common Worship written by Peter C. Bower and published by Geneva Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published during the tenth anniversary of the Book of Common Worship (1993), The Companion to the Book of Common Worship is a practical guide, answering questions such as how do I use the Book of Common Worship to its fullest advantage? and how can the Book of Common Worship form a congregation into a community that glorifies and enjoys God?

Pittsburgh Main Thoroughfares and the Down Town District

Author : Frederick Law Olmsted
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332337439
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book Pittsburgh Main Thoroughfares and the Down Town District written by Frederick Law Olmsted and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Pittsburgh Main Thoroughfares and the Down Town District: Improvements Necessary to Meet the City's Present and Future Needs Dear Sir: - I have the honor to submit herewith a report upon desirable Improvements in the main thoroughfares and the down town district of Pittsburgh, prepared in accordance with the instructions of your Committee and in consultation with its members. In submitting the report I wish to take the opportunity of expressing my appreciation of the attitude of your Committee throughout the twelve months during which the investigations and the preparation of the report have continued, and of the part which the keen interest of its members and their helpful criticism have had in making the report a useful one. The closeness of the connection between the problems discussed in this report and those of the Traction System, which have been concurrently studied by Mr. Bion J. Arnold, has involved frequent conferences with Mr. Arnold and his assistant, Mr. George A. Damon, as well as with Mr. John P.Fox, engaged by the Mayor for a study of the same problem; and the information and suggestions furnished by them have been of great assistance. In the preparation of the report on the Allegheny River bridge problems, submitted jointly by Colonel T.W. Symons and myself and printed in Part V of this report, information furnished by Colonel H. C. Newcomer, in charge of the local office of U.S. Government engineers, has been of the utmost value. I am also greatly indebted to the Flood Commission, and especially to Mr. E. K. Morse, Chairman of the Engineers Committee of that Commission, for the use of maps and other data gathered by them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Mortal Questions (Canto Classics)

Author : Thomas Nagel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107604710
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book Mortal Questions (Canto Classics) written by Thomas Nagel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-26 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preface Sources 1 Death 2 The absurd 3 Moral luck 4 Sexual perversion 5 War and massacre 6 Ruthlessness in public life 7 The policy of preference 8 Equality 9 The fragmentation of value 10 Ethics without biology 11 Brain bisection and the unity of consciousness 12 What is it like to be a bat? 13 Panpsychism 14 Subjective and objective Index.

The Pittsburgh Survey, Vol. 1 of 6 (Classic Reprint)

Author : John Underwood Fitch
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780364188651
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (886 download)

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Download or read book The Pittsburgh Survey, Vol. 1 of 6 (Classic Reprint) written by John Underwood Fitch and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pittsburgh Survey, Vol. 1 of 6 Underlying the initial reasons for such a portrayal of labor conditions in the steel industry, is another reason which developed in the course of the inquiry, and which, as with the Mariner's tale, leaves no choice open as to the telling. The issues which Mr. Fitch takes up are of a sort which are not publicly discussed in the mill towns of the Pittsburgh district. Old employes do not dare petition their employers to consider them. Men have been dis charged for calling meetings to discuss them. It would mean instant dismissal for large numbers of men should they act to gether to affect these things in the way that farmers would take up freight rates or the price of apples at a grange hall; and dismissal would mean the entire dislocation of life. An old resident is quoted by Miss Byington as saying, If you want to talk in Home stead, you must talk to yourself. It is fully time to bring these issues out into the open, where a man will not risk his livelihood by discussing it. That is the manner of America. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Nowa Huta

Author : Kinga Pozniak
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 082298024X
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Nowa Huta written by Kinga Pozniak and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2014-11-07 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1949 construction of the planned town of Nowa Huta began on the outskirts of Krakow, Poland. Its centerpiece, the Lenin Steelworks, promised a secure future for workers and their families. By the 1980s, however, the rise of the Solidarity movement and the ensuing shock therapy program of the early 1990s rapidly transitioned the country from socialism to a market-based economy, and like many industrial cities around the world Nowa Huta fell on hard times. Kinga Pozniak shows how the remarkable political, economic, and social upheavals since the end of the Second World War have profoundly shaped the historical memory of these events in the minds of the people who lived through them. Through extensive interviews, she finds three distinct, generationally based framings of the past. Those who built the town recall the might of local industry and plentiful jobs. The following generation experienced the uprisings of the 1980s and remembers the repression and dysfunction of the socialist system and their resistance to it. Today's generation has no direct experience with either socialism or Solidarity, yet as residents of Nowa Huta they suffer the stigma of lower-class stereotyping and marginalization from other Poles. Pozniak examines the factors that lead to the rewriting of history and the formation of memory, and the use of history to sustain current political and economic agendas. She finds that despite attempts to create a single, hegemonic vision of the past and a path for the future, these discourses are always contested—a dynamic that, for the residents of Nowa Huta, allows them to adapt as their personal experience tells them.

Some Engineering Phases of Pittburgh's Smoke Problem (Classic Reprint)

Author : Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266254546
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (545 download)

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Download or read book Some Engineering Phases of Pittburgh's Smoke Problem (Classic Reprint) written by Mellon Institute of Industrial Research and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Some Engineering Phases of Pittburgh's Smoke Problem Map of Pittsburgh and vicinity Soot-fall map of Pittsburgh Relief map of Pittsburgh View down the Ohio River when the city was free from smoke Same view as in F igure 4 on a smoky day View of North Side when the city was free from Same view as in Figure 6 on a smoky day View of the Downtown Section when the city was free from smoke Same view as in F igure 8 on a smoky day View up the Allegheny River when the city was free from smoke Same view as in F igure 10 on a smoky day View in direction of Pennsylvania Station when city was free from smoke. Same view as in Figure 12 on a smoky day View east across the city when it was free from smoke Same view as in F igure 14 on a smoky day Shows how industrial plants line the river banks Smoky condition in neighborhood of metallurgical furnaces Smoke from locomotive m a residence section of Pittsburgh Steamboat on the Monongahela River Dutch oven setting as applied to horizontal return tubular Kent' 5 wing-wall furnace as applied to Babcock 8: Wilcox water-tube boiler 2. Woolley furnace applied to Babcock 8: Wilcox water tube boi er Usual method of setting horizontal return tubular Horizontal return tubular boiler with fire-brick arch over grates and under boiler shell 25. Horizontal return tubular boiler with fire-brick arch over grates Heine water tube boiler equipped with Hawley down-draft furnace 27. Chain-grate with short ignition arch as applied to Bab cock 8: Wilcox water-tube boiler 28. Chain-grate with short ignition arch as applied to Heine water-tube boiler Special setting of chain-grate stoker and Babcock Wil cox water tube boiler 30. Special setting of chain-grate stoker and Babcock 81 Wil cox water-tube boiler Chain-grate stoker as applied to Wickes vertical water tube boiler Chain-grate stoker as applied to Stirling water-tube Loiler Detailed construction of Roney stoker Front-feed stoker, Roney model, as applied to Babcock Wilcox water-tube boiler Front-feed stoker, Roney model, as applied to Babcock 8: Wilcox water-tube boiler, Alert type of setting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Proceedings of the Pittsburgh Conference for Good City Government and the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the National Municipal League

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Author : Clinton Rogers Woodruff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330956359
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (563 download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the Pittsburgh Conference for Good City Government and the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the National Municipal League written by Clinton Rogers Woodruff and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Proceedings of the Pittsburgh Conference for Good City Government and the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the National Municipal League: Held November 16, 17, 18, 19, 1908 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Each succeeding conference of the National Municipal League represents a step forward; but the Pittsburgh meeting represented a somewhat longer one than usual. As at Providence, cooperation and coordination were the dominating notes. There were two joint sessions with the American Civic Association, which held its annual meeting at the same time as and in close juxtaposition to the League. There was also a Civic Exhibit which represented the coordination of the work of the Pittsburgh Survey; the Bureau of Municipal Research of New York through its Budget Exhibit; the Committee on Congestion of Population in New York; the New York City Club; the Pittsburgh Bureau of Health; the Associated Charities and the Department of Public Works of Pittsburgh; the Federation of Churches and Christian Organizations of New York; the Kingsley House Association and the Tuberculosis League of Pittsburgh, and the Civic Club of Allegheny County. This Exhibit, which was very happily termed "a program of visualization on civic problems," demonstrated in a most striking manner what was being done to concentrate before the public the facts of the congestion of population, the reckless expenditure of municipal funds, the need for better housing conditions and what is being done to improve these conditions. The results of the highly important and significant Pittsburgh Survey, conducted by the Publication Committee of Charities and The Commons, with the cooperation of the Sage Foundation and the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, were for the first time made public, and their significance described by experts in a series of papers, which likewise dealt with their relations to the whole municipal problem, as well as to those administrative and political phases to which the National Municipal League has from the first given chief place in its consideration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Re-Collecting Black Hawk

Author : Nicholas A. Brown
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822944379
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book Re-Collecting Black Hawk written by Nicholas A. Brown and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The name Black Hawk permeates the built environment in the upper midwestern United States. It has been appropriated for everything from fitness clubs to used car dealerships. Makataimeshekiakiak, the Sauk Indian war leader whose name loosely translates to “Black Hawk,” surrendered in 1832 after hundreds of his fellow tribal members were slaughtered at the Bad Axe Massacre. Re-Collecting Black Hawk examines the phenomena of this appropriation in the physical landscape, and the deeply rooted sentiments it evokes among Native Americans and descendants of European settlers. Nearly 170 original photographs are presented and juxtaposed with texts that reveal and complicate the significance of the imagery. Contributors include tribal officials, scholars, activists, and others including George Thurman, the principal chief of the Sac and Fox Nation and a direct descendant of Black Hawk. These image-text encounters offer visions of both the past and present and the shaping of memory through landscapes that reach beyond their material presence into spaces of cultural and political power. As we witness, the evocation of Black Hawk serves as a painful reminder, a forced deference, and a veiled attempt to wipe away the guilt of past atrocities. Re-Collecting Black Hawk also points toward the future. By simultaneously unsettling and reconstructing the midwestern landscape, it envisions new modes of peaceful and just coexistence and suggests alternative ways of inhabiting the landscape.

Made Free and Thrown Open to the Public

Author : Bernadette A. Lear
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822988631
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Made Free and Thrown Open to the Public written by Bernadette A. Lear and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Made Free and Thrown Open to the Public charts the history of public libraries and librarianship in Pennsylvania. Based on archival research at more than fifty libraries and historical societies, it describes a long progression from private, subscription-based associations to publicly funded institutions, highlighting the dramatic period during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries when libraries were “thrown open” to women, children, and the poor. Made Free explains how Pennsylvania’s physical and cultural geography, legal codes, and other unique features influenced the spread and development of libraries across the state. It also highlights Pennsylvania libraries’ many contributions to the social fabric, especially during World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II. Most importantly of all, Made Free convincingly argues that Pennsylvania libraries have made their greatest strides when community activists and librarians, supported with state and local resources, have worked collaboratively.