Download or read book The Bicentennial Man written by Isaac Asimov and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2000 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic collection includes the title story, acclaimed as Asimov's single finest Robot tale, and now made into a Hollywood movie starring Robin Williams. Each of the eleven stories here sparkle with characteristic Asimov inventiveness and imagination.
Download or read book Becoming Colgate written by James Allen Smith and published by . This book was released on 2019-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History Comes Alive written by M. J. Rymsza-Pawlowska and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1976 Bicentennial celebration, millions of Americans engaged with the past in brand-new ways. They became absorbed by historical miniseries like Roots, visited museums with new exhibits that immersed them in the past, propelled works of historical fiction onto the bestseller list, and participated in living history events across the nation. While many of these activities were sparked by the Bicentennial, M. J. Rymsza-Pawlowska shows that, in fact, they were symptomatic of a fundamental shift in Americans' relationship to history during the 1960s and 1970s. For the majority of the twentieth century, Americans thought of the past as foundational to, but separate from, the present, and they learned and thought about history in informational terms. But Rymsza-Pawlowska argues that the popular culture of the 1970s reflected an emerging desire to engage and enact the past on a more emotional level: to consider the feelings and motivations of historic individuals and, most importantly, to use this in reevaluating both the past and the present. This thought-provoking book charts the era's shifting feeling for history, and explores how it serves as a foundation for the experience and practice of history making today.
Download or read book Texas written by Joe Bertram Frantz and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1976 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history and development of Texas and discusses the state and its people today.
Download or read book Amherst in the World written by Martha Saxton and published by Amherst College Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Amherst College, a group of scholars and alumni explore the school's substantial past in this volume. Amherst in the World tells the story of how an institution that was founded to train Protestant ministers began educating new generations of industrialists, bankers, and political leaders with the decline in missionary ambitions after the Civil War. The contributors trace how what was a largely white school throughout the interwar years begins diversifying its student demographics after World War II and the War in Vietnam. The histories told here illuminate how Amherst has contended with slavery, wars, religion, coeducation, science, curriculum, town and gown relations, governance, and funding during its two centuries of existence. Through Amherst's engagement with educational improvement in light of these historical undulations, it continually affirms both the vitality and the utility of a liberal arts education. Contributions by Martha Saxton, Gary J. Kornblith, David W. Wills, Frederick E. Hoxie, Trent Maxey, Nicholas L. Syrett, Wendy H. Bergoffen, Rick López, Matthew Alexander Randolph, Daniel Levinson Wilk, K. Ian Shin, David S. Reynolds, Jane F. Thrailkill, Julie Dobrow, Richard F. Teichgraeber III, Debby Applegate, Michael E. Jirik, Bruce Laurie, Molly Michelmore, and Christian G. Appy.
Download or read book The Bicentennial Story in Chemung County written by Chemung County Bicentennial Commission and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Unique Slant of Light written by Michael Sartisky and published by University Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lushly illustrated celebration of two centuries of creative work from Louisiana
Download or read book Kanawha County Images written by Stan Cohen and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ohio and Its People written by George W. Knepper and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1989, when Ohio and Its People was first published, the state was still reeling from severe economic blows. Now its economy is resurgent. Its cities have made great progress in renewing portions of their downtowns and, in some cases, their neighborhoods.
Download or read book Bicentennial Wagon Train Pilgrimage written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Re-enactment of the covered wagon journeys across America, using historic trails, Conestoga wagons, and period costume.
Download or read book Something in the Ether written by Webster Bull and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sweeping narrative history, drawn from archival resources and over 100 personal interviews, traces the development of Massachusetts General Hospital from a hospital with only two doctors and a handful of patients to its present position as the largest civilian employer in Boston, one of the most prestigious hospitals in the world, and the largest hospital-based biomedical research institution in the United States. Today, Mass General is not merely a quaternary care mecca, for the treatment of patients with the rarest conditions; it is also a research powerhouse, where physician scientists search for everything from a cure for AIDS to the origins of life in the universe. In addition, it is one of the most sought-after places of training for young doctors, attracting some of the brightest men and women from all over the globe.
Download or read book Ready for Sea written by Frank J. Allston and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Supply Corps's history is the story of its people, those who served first as naval agents, then pursers, paymasters, Pay Corps officers, and finally as Supply Corps officers.
Download or read book Wythe County Virginia written by Mary B. Kegley and published by Wytheville-Wythe-Bland Chamber of. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Friends Past and Present written by Sabrina Darnowsky and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-26 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It began simply. Just a few Quaker families, settlers in a remote frontier town. As early as 1811, they began gathering in one another's homes, silently awaiting the leading of the Spirit. They could not have known that they were starting a faith community that would touch the lives of people around the world. This book provides an in-depth look at Cincinnati Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, how it has changed over the past two centuries, and how it fits into broader trends in Quaker history, Cincinnati history, and American history. From opposing slavery, to founding such local institutions as The Children's Home, to advocating for peace and civil rights, the members of this meeting have made an impact that continues to be felt.
Download or read book My Bicentennial Story Book written by Verl M. Short and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bedford Boys written by Alex Kershaw and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2008-03-18 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: June 6, 1944: Nineteen boys from Bedford, Virginia -- population just 3,000 in 1944 -- died in the first bloody minutes of D-Day. They were part of Company A of the 116th Regiment of the 29th Division, and the first wave of American soldiers to hit the beaches in Normandy. Later in the campaign, three more boys from this small Virginia town died of gunshot wounds. Twenty-two sons of Bedford lost--it is a story one cannot easily forget and one that the families of Bedford will never forget. The Bedford Boys is the true and intimate story of these men and the friends and families they left behind. Based on extensive interviews with survivors and relatives, as well as diaries and letters, Kershaw's book focuses on several remarkable individuals and families to tell one of the most poignant stories of World War II--the story of one small American town that went to war and died on Omaha Beach.
Download or read book The Positronic Man written by Isaac Asimov and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
