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Author : Philadelphia (Pa.)
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Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Civic Activities of the City of Philadelphia, April 1907 to November 1911 written by Philadelphia (Pa.) and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Library of Congress
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Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Martin V. Melosi
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 0822972689
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)
Download or read book Garbage In The Cities written by Martin V. Melosi and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2004-11-26 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As recently as the 1880s, most American cities had no effective means of collecting and removing the mountains of garbage, refuse, and manure-over a thousand tons a day in New York City alone-that clogged streets and overwhelmed the senses of residents. In his landmark study, Garbage in the Cities, Martin Melosi offered the first history of efforts begun in the Progressive Era to clean up this mess.Since it was first published, Garbage in the Cities has remained one of the best historical treatments of the subject. This thoroughly revised and updated edition includes two new chapters that expand the discussion of developments since World War I. It also offers a discussion of the reception of the first edition, and an examination of the ways solid waste management has become more federally regulated in the last quarter of the twentieth century.Melosi traces the rise of sanitation engineering, accurately describes the scope and changing nature of the refuse problem in U.S. cities, reveals the sometimes hidden connections between industrialization and pollution, and discusses the social agendas behind many early cleanliness programs. Absolutely essential reading for historians, policy analysts, and sociologists, Garbage in the Cities offers a vibrant and insightful analysis of this fascinating topic.
Author : George Morgan
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Total Pages : 632 pages
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Download or read book The City of First written by George Morgan and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christine Bold
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199913021
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)
Download or read book The Frontier Club written by Christine Bold and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Hollywood films to novels by Louis L'Amour and television series like Gunsmoke and Deadwood, the Wild West has exerted a powerful hold on the cultural imagination of the United States. Beginning with Theodore Roosevelt's founding of the Boone and Crockett Club in 1887, Christine Bold traces the origins and evolution of the western genre, revealing how a group of prominent eastern aristocrats-a cadre she terms "the frontier club" -created and propagated the myth of the Wild West to advance their own self-interest as well as larger systems of privilege and exclusion. Mining institutional archives, personal papers, novels, and films, The Frontier Club excavates the hidden social, political, and financial interests behind the making of the modern western. It re-reads frontier-club fiction, most notably Owen Wister's bestseller The Virginian, in relation to federal policies and cultural spaces (from exclusive gentlemen's clubs to national parks to zoos); it casts new light on key clubmen, both the famous and the forgotten-figures such as Roosevelt, George Bird Grinnell, Silas Weir Mitchell, Henry Cabot Lodge, and Frederic Remington-while recovering the women on whom these men depended and without whom this version of the popular West would not exist; and it considers the costs of the frontier-club formula, in terms of its impact on Indigenous peoples and its marginalization of other popular voices, including western writings by African Americans, women, and working-class white men. An engaging cultural history that covers print culture, big-game hunting, politics, immigration, Jim Crow segregation, and environmental conservation at the turn of the twentieth century, The Frontier Club provides a welcome new perspective on the enduring American myth of the Wild West.
Author : John W. Leonard
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Total Pages : 2504 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Who's who in America written by John W. Leonard and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 2504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 28-30 accompanied by separately published parts with title: Indices and necrology.
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Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The Insurance Press written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Angela Carr
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773564861
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)
Download or read book Toronto Architect Edmund Burke written by Angela Carr and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1995-05-30 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burke's career spanned a key period in Canadian architecture as the profession transcended its colonial beginnings to reach maturity with Canadian-born practitioners who converted both American architectural developments and European traditions into forms appropriate to the new Canadian federation. Burke's contributions to Canadian architecture include introducing the technology of the "Chicago men" to Canada and helping to establish a formal professional organization for architects in Ontario. Carr documents a comprehensive selection of Burke's works, including his firm's famous Robert Simpson store in Toronto, the first curtain-wall construction in Canada. She places Burke's life and career within the larger social context, addressing the influence of American architects and architecture, the sociology of professions, the organization of architectural offices, and the history of particular building forms. Toronto Architect Edmund Burke is not only a study of Burke's life and work; it is also an insightful look into the history of Canadian architecture.
Author : Peter McCaffery
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271040572
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)
Download or read book When Bosses Ruled Philadelphia written by Peter McCaffery and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1903, Muckraker Lincoln Steffens brought the city of Philadelphia lasting notoriety as "the most corrupt and the most contented" urban center in the nation. Famous for its colorful "feudal barons," from "King James" McManes and his "Gas Ring" to "Iz" Durham and "Sunny Jim" McNichol, Philadelphia offers the historian a classic case of the duel between bosses and reformers for control of the American city. But, strangely enough, Philadelphia's Republican machine has not been subject to critical examination until now. When Bosses Ruled Philadelphia challenges conventional wisdom on the political machine, which has it that party bosses controlled Philadelphia as early as the 1850s and maintained that control, with little change, until the Great Depression. According to Peter McCaffery, however, all bosses were not alike, and political power came only gradually over time. McManes's "Gas Ring" in the 1870s was not as powerful as the well-oiled machine ushered in by Matt Quay in the late 1880s. Through a careful analysis of city records, McCaffery identifies the beneficiaries of the emerging Republican Organization, which sections of the local electorate supported it, and why. He concludes that genuine boss rule did not emerge as the dominant institution in Philadelphia politics until just before the turn of the century. McCaffery considers the function that the machine filled in the life of the city. Did it ultimately serve its supporters and the community as a whole, as Steffens and recent commentators have suggested? No, says McCaffery. The romantic image of the boss as "good guy" of the urban drama is wholly undeserved.
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Total Pages : 740 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Special Libraries written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Also includes 1st-5th SLA triennial salary surveys.
Author : Special Libraries Association
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Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Check List of References on City Planning written by Special Libraries Association and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eileen Bowser
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520085343
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (853 download)
Download or read book The Transformation of Cinema, 1907-1915 written by Eileen Bowser and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1994-05-04 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Transformation of Cinema chronicles the history of the American film business from the days of storefront nickelodeons to the premiere of D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation, complete with full symphony orchestra. Eileen Bowser here redresses the imbalance of the "Griffith did it all" cliché by discussing the efforts of countless lesser-known figures who also helped to create Hollywood and shape the growing film industry. The effect of the surroundings -- the size of the hall; whether the film was shown alone or along with vaudeville entertainment; and the size, quality, and relevance of the musical background -- are all examined for their impact on the filmgoing experience. Bowser documents the emergence of the star system, which set the stage for the classic silent-film era. By 1915 the silent film is seen as a full-fledged art form with its own style and place in the world of business."--Back cover.
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Total Pages : 964 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Who's who in Finance, Banking, and Insurance written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : American Political Science Association. Committee on instruction
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Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Teaching of Government written by American Political Science Association. Committee on instruction and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : C.G. Haines
Publisher : Рипол Классик
ISBN 13 : 1275185541
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (751 download)
Download or read book The teaching of government written by C.G. Haines and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 964 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (311 download)
Download or read book Who's who in Banking written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Victoria Kastner
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1797205811
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (972 download)
Download or read book Julia Morgan: An Intimate Portrait of the Trailblazing Architect written by Victoria Kastner and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new biography—featuring over 150 archival images and full-color photographs printed throughout—introduces Julia Morgan as both a pioneering architect and a captivating individual. Julia Morgan was a lifelong trailblazer. She was the first woman admitted to study architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and the first licensed to practice architecture in California. Over the first half of the 20th century, she left an indelible mark on the American West. Of her remarkable 700 creations, the most iconic is Hearst Castle. Morgan spent thirty years constructing this opulent estate on the California coast for the newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst—forging a lifelong friendship and creative partnership with him. Together, they built a spectacular and unequalled residence that once hosted the biggest stars of Hollywood's golden age, and that now welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. This compelling biography draws on interviews, letters, and Morgan's diaries, including never-before-seen reflections on faith, art, and her life experiences. Morgan's friendship with Hearst, her passion for California's landscape, her struggles with familial dementia, and her devotion to architecture reveal her to have been a singularly brilliant and determined artist. PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED CONTENT: Victoria Kastner has spent years compiling photographs, interviews, letters, drawings, and diaries—including material never published before—to create the first truly comprehensive portrait of this amazing woman. OVER 150 PHOTOGRAPHS: This book features over 150 photographs, printed throughout the text. These include both fascinating archival images and beautiful, full-color contemporary shots of Morgan's buildings. INSPIRING STORY: By exploring both Morgan's work and her life, Kastner weaves a captivating tale about courage, vision, and resilience. Julia Morgan forged a path for herself against the odds, and her story will inspire contemporary women and creatives. ARCHITECTURAL ICON: Julia Morgan created 700 buildings during her career, from hotels to churches to private homes. Born in San Francisco and trained in Paris, she developed a distinctive aesthetic that now defines certain regions of California. But only in the last twenty years has her contribution to architecture been fully recognized and celebrated. In 2014, the American Institute of Architects' posthumously awarded her its Gold Medal; she was the first female recipient. Perfect for: • History buffs • Students, enthusiasts, and professional architects • Aspiring creatives in all fields • Feminists seeking role models • Visitors to Hearst Castle and Morgan's other buildings • Californians and visitors to California
