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Book War and Society in Europe  1870 1970

Download or read book War and Society in Europe 1870 1970 written by Brian Bond and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1998 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Europe descended into an era of war and 19th century hopes for peace faded, warfare was itself transformed by the growth of nationalism and technological advances. This study assesses the influence of war on European society between 1870 and 1970.

Book Gay American Novels  1870 1970

Download or read book Gay American Novels 1870 1970 written by Drewey Wayne Gunn and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-02-04 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the development of gay American fiction and providing an essential reading list, this literary survey covers 257 works--novels, novellas, a graphic story cycle and a narrative poem--in which gay and bisexual male characters play a major role. Iconic works, such as James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room and Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man, are included, along with titles not given attention by earlier surveys, such as Wallace Thurman's Infants of the Spring, Dashiel Hammett's The Maltese Falcon, Julian Green's Each in His Darkness, Ursula Zilinsky's Middle Ground and David Plante's The Ghost of Henry James. Chronological entries discuss each work's plot, significance for gay identity, and publication history, along with a brief biography of the author.

Book Madera Valley 1870 1970

    Book Details:
  • Author : Darlene Ellison Chandler
  • Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
  • Release : 2014-02-21
  • ISBN : 1493152955
  • Pages : 472 pages

Download or read book Madera Valley 1870 1970 written by Darlene Ellison Chandler and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-02-21 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Madera Valley 1870 to 1970 Irrigation Water to Drinking Water This is the story of the Madera Valley in Reeves County from 1870 to 1970. It traces the history of the valley from the Indians, Mexican, and settlers who came into the valley. The valley had plenty of water for irrigation, but drinkable water was not obtained for the whole valley until 1970. The book is unique in that the history from 1906 to 1915 comes from a letter written from E. D. Balcom to the author. Some of the history of the schools, churches, and individuals who lived during these first one hundred years are described briefly.

Book Art Needlework and Embroidery Transfers 1870 1970

Download or read book Art Needlework and Embroidery Transfers 1870 1970 written by Molly Proctor and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Molly Proctor, notable collector of historical needlework and author of Needlework Tools and Accessories: A Collectors' Guide and Victorian Canvas Work: Berlin Wool Work has now turned her attention to the hitherto neglected field of needlework stitched from printed transfers. Proctor interviewed workers (many of whom are now dead) connected with the transfer print industry and reveals a history of patent disputes, Victorian patterns, Art Deco and Art Nouveau artists, needle etchings, occupational therapy for wounded soldiers, even a soldier stitching at Dunkirk while waiting for rescue. Illustrated throughout with beautiful colour photographs, this is a book both to inform the historian and inspire the needlewoman.

Book The Transformation of the Psyche in British Primary Care  1870 1970

Download or read book The Transformation of the Psyche in British Primary Care 1870 1970 written by Rhodri Hayward and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conflicting models of selfhood have become central to debates over modern medicine. Yet we still lack a clear historical account of how this psychological sensibility came to be established. The Transformation of the Psyche in British Primary Care, 1880-1970 will remedy this situation by demonstrating that there is nothing inevitable about the current connection between health, identity and personal history. It traces the changing conception of the psyche in Britain over the last two centuries and it demonstrates how these changes were rooted in transformed patterns of medical care. The shifts from private medicine through to National Insurance and the National Health Service fostered different kinds of relationship between doctor and patient and different understandings of psychological distress. The Transformation of the Psyche in British Primary Care, 1880-1970 examines these transformations and, in so doing, provides new critical insights into our modern sense of identity and changing notions of health that will be of great value to anyone interested in the modern history of British medicine.

Book Politics  Civil Rights  and Law in Black Atlanta  1870 1970

Download or read book Politics Civil Rights and Law in Black Atlanta 1870 1970 written by Herman Mason and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Science  Technology and the British Industrial  Decline   1870 1970

Download or read book Science Technology and the British Industrial Decline 1870 1970 written by David Edgerton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-06-28 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The place of science and technology in the British economy and society is widely seen as critical to our understanding of the British 'decline'. There is a long tradition of characterising post-1870 Britain by its lack of enthusiasm for science and by the low social status of the practitioners of technology. David Edgerton examines these assumptions, analysing the arguments for them and pointing out the different intellectual traditions from which they arise. Drawing on a wealth of statistical data, he argues that British innovation and technical training were much stronger than is generally believed, and that from 1870 to 1970 Britain's innovative record was comparable to that of Germany. This book is a comprehensive study of the history of British science and technology in relation to economic performance. It will be of interest to scientists and engineers as well as economic historians, and will be invaluable to students approaching the subject for the first time.

Book The Spanish Historical Novel  1870 1970

Download or read book The Spanish Historical Novel 1870 1970 written by Madeleine de Gogorza Fletcher and published by Tamesis Books. This book was released on 1974 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book American Genesis

    Book Details:
  • Author : Thomas Parke Hughes
  • Publisher : Penguin (Non-Classics)
  • Release : 1990
  • ISBN : 9780140097412
  • Pages : 548 pages

Download or read book American Genesis written by Thomas Parke Hughes and published by Penguin (Non-Classics). This book was released on 1990 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Genesis is the story of America's love affair-and inextricable entaglement-with technology from 1870-1970, the greatest period of productivity the world has ever known.

Book The Boy Problem

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  • Author : Julia Grant
  • Publisher : JHU Press
  • Release : 2014-03-15
  • ISBN : 1421412594
  • Pages : 240 pages

Download or read book The Boy Problem written by Julia Grant and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2014-03-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical perspective on the factors affecting boys’ relationships with school and the criminal justice system. Outstanding Academic Title, Choice America’s educational system has a problem with boys, and it’s nothing new. The question of what to do with boys—the “boy problem”—has vexed educators and social commentators for more than a century. Contemporary debates about poor academic performance of boys, especially those of color, point to a myriad of reasons: inadequate and punitive schools, broken families, poverty, and cultural conflicts. Julia Grant offers a historical perspective on these debates and reveals that it is a perennial issue in American schooling that says much about gender and education today. Since the birth of compulsory schooling, educators have contended with what exactly to do with boys of immigrant, poor, minority backgrounds. Initially, public schools developed vocational education and organized athletics and technical schools as well as evening and summer continuation schools in response to the concern that the American culture of masculinity devalued academic success in school. Urban educators sought ways to deal with the "bad boys"—almost exclusively poor, immigrant, or migrant—who skipped school, exhibited behavioral problems when they attended, and sometimes landed in special education classes and reformatory institutions. The problems these boys posed led to accommodations in public education and juvenile justice system. This historical study sheds light on contemporary concerns over the academic performance of boys of color who now flounder in school or languish in the juvenile justice system. Grant's cogent analysis will interest education policy-makers and educators, as well as scholars of the history of education, childhood, gender studies, American studies, and urban history.

Book Quality of Surface Waters of the United States  1970

Download or read book Quality of Surface Waters of the United States 1970 written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Surface Water Supply of the Philippine Islands  1908 1922

Download or read book Surface Water Supply of the Philippine Islands 1908 1922 written by Philippines. Bureau of Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Long Term Factors in American Economic Growth

Download or read book Long Term Factors in American Economic Growth written by Stanley L. Engerman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These classic studies of the history of economic change in 19th- and 20th-century United States, Canada, and British West Indies examine national product; capital stock and wealth; and fertility, health, and mortality. "A 'must have' in the library of the serious economic historian."—Samuel Bostaph, Southern Economic Journal

Book Piety and Profession

    Book Details:
  • Author : Glenn Miller
  • Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
  • Release : 2007-06-11
  • ISBN : 0802829465
  • Pages : 846 pages

Download or read book Piety and Profession written by Glenn Miller and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2007-06-11 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the urbanization of the Gilded Age to the upheavals of the Haight-Ashbury era, this encyclopedic work by Glenn Miller takes readers on a sweeping journey through the landscape of American theological education, highlighting such landmarks as Princeton, Andover, and Chicago, and such fault lines as denominationalism, science, and dispensationalism. The first such exhaustive treatment of this time period in religious education, Piety and Profession is a valuable tool for unearthing the key trends from the Civil War well into the twentieth century. All those involved in theological education will be well served by this study of how the changing world changed educational patterns.

Book Between Memory and Reality

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  • Author : Jane Marie Pederson
  • Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
  • Release : 1992
  • ISBN : 9780299132842
  • Pages : 338 pages

Download or read book Between Memory and Reality written by Jane Marie Pederson and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the small communities of Wisconsin a rich blend of European cultures and practices survive. These communities and their people are unique in the ways they have responded to change in the late nineteenth century and twentieth century.

Book Geological Survey Water supply Paper

Download or read book Geological Survey Water supply Paper written by and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 1018 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Social History of Women in Ireland  1870   1970

Download or read book A Social History of Women in Ireland 1870 1970 written by Rosemary Cullen Owens and published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd. This book was released on 2005-10-25 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Social History of Women in Ireland is an important and overdue book that explores the role and status of women in Ireland from 1870 until 1970, looking at politics, sociology, marriage patterns, religion, education and work among other topics. It provides a vital missing piece in the jigsaw of modern Irish history. Using a combination of primary research and published works, A Social History of Women in Ireland explores the role and status of women in Ireland. It examines lifestyle options available to women during this period as well as providing an overview of the forces working for change within Irish society. In bringing together a wide-ranging portfolio of material, A Social History of Women in Ireland 1870–1970 fills an important gap in the literature of the period by focusing on the experiences of Irish women, a group so often overlooked in histories of revolutionary men and prominent politicians. Crucial to a determination of the status of women throughout this period is an examination of the choices available regarding work, marriage and emigration. Rosemary Cullen Owens stresses at all times the importance of class and land ownership as key determinants for women's lives. A decrease in home industries allied to increasing mechanisation on the farm resulted in a contraction of labour opportunities for rural women. With the establishment of an independent farming class, the distinguishing criteria for status in rural Ireland became ownership of land, in which single-minded patriarchal figures dominated. In this context, the position of women declined, and a society evolved with a high pattern of late-age marriages, large numbers of unwed sons and daughters, and an accepted pattern of emigration. In the cities and towns, the condition of lower-working-class women was especially distressing for most of the period, with particular problems regarding housing, health and sanitation. Through the work of campaigning activists, equal educational and political rights were eventually attained. From the early 1900s there was some expansion in female employment in shops, offices and industry, but domestic service remained a high source of employment. For middle-class women, employment opportunities were limited and usually disappeared on marriage. The civil service — a major employer in an economy that was generally un-dynamic and stagnant — operated a bar on married women for much of the period. Rosemary Cullen Owens not merely traces these injustices but also the campaigns fought to right them. She locates these struggles in the wider social context in which they took place. This important book restores balance to the narrative of modern Irish history, changing the focus from key male political figures to society at large by unveiling the often forgotten story of the country's women over a tumultuous century of change. In doing so, Rosemary Cullen Owens enriches our understanding of Irish history from 1870 to 1970. A Social History of Women in Ireland: Table of Contents Introduction Part 1. Irishwomen in the Nineteenth Century - 'A progressively widening set of objectives'—The Early Women's Movement - Developments in Female Education - Faith and Philanthropy—Women and Religion Part 2. A New Century—Action and Reaction - Radical Suffrage Campaign - Feminism and Nationalism - Pacifism, Militarism and Republicanism Part 3. Marriage, Motherhood and Work - The Social and Economic Role of Women in Post-Famine Ireland - Trade Unions and Irish Women - Women and Work Part 4. Women in the New Irish State - The Quest for Equal Citizenship 1922–1938 - The Politicisation of Women Mid-Twentieth Century Epilogue: A Woman's World?