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Book Riverwest

Download or read book Riverwest written by Thomas L. Tolan and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents 170 years of Riverwest, a Milwaukee neighborhood "tucked neatly into a long curve of the Milwaukee River, north of downtown ... echoes some of the dominant themes in American history, from European immigration to racial integration and from urban decay to urban rebirth"--Foreword, p. [v]-vi.

Book Live and Let Live

    Book Details:
  • Author : Evelyn M. Perry
  • Publisher : UNC Press Books
  • Release : 2016-12-22
  • ISBN : 1469631393
  • Pages : 249 pages

Download or read book Live and Let Live written by Evelyn M. Perry and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2016-12-22 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are in a bind," writes Evelyn M. Perry. While conventional wisdom asserts that residential racial and economic integration holds great promise for reducing inequality in the United States, Americans are demonstrably not very good at living with difference. Perry's analysis of the multiethnic, mixed-income Milwaukee community of Riverwest, where residents maintain relative stability without insisting on conformity, advances our understanding of why and how neighborhoods matter. In response to the myriad urban quantitative assessments, Perry examines the impacts of neighborhood diversity using more than three years of ethnographic fieldwork and interviews. Her in-depth examination of life "on the block" expands our understanding of the mechanisms by which neighborhoods shape the perceptions, behaviors, and opportunities of those who live in them. Perry challenges researchers' assumptions about what "good" communities look like and what well-regulated communities want. Live and Let Live shifts the conventional scholarly focus from "What can integration do?" to "How is integration done?"

Book Lost Milwaukee

    Book Details:
  • Author : Carl Swanson
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2018
  • ISBN : 1467138630
  • Pages : 208 pages

Download or read book Lost Milwaukee written by Carl Swanson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From City Hall to the Pabst Theater, reminders of the past are part of the fabric of Milwaukee. Yet many historic treasures have been lost to time. An overgrown stretch of the Milwaukee River was once a famous beer garden. Blocks of homes and apartments replaced the Wonderland Amusement Park. A quiet bike path now stretches where some of fastest trains in the world previously thundered. Today's Estabrook Park was a vast mining operation, and Marquette University covers the old fairgrounds where Abraham Lincoln spoke. Author Carl Swanson recounts these stories and other tales of bygone days.

Book At the End of the World  Turn Left

Download or read book At the End of the World Turn Left written by Zhanna Slor and published by Polis Books. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HONORABLE MENTION CRIMEREADS' THE BEST DEBUT NOVELS OF 2022 NAMED ONE OF THE "40 NEW BOOKS FOR SUMMER READING 2021" BY THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL A riveting debut novel from an unforgettable new voice that is literary, suspenseful, and a compelling story about identity and how you define “home”. Masha remembers her childhood in the former USSR, but found her life and heart in Israel. Anna was just an infant when her family fled, but yearns to find her roots. When Anna is contacted by a stranger from their homeland and then disappears, Masha is called home to Milwaukee to find her. In 2008, college student Anna feels stuck in Milwaukee, with no real connections and parents who stifle her artistic talents. She is eager to have a life beyond the heartland. When she’s contacted online by a stranger from their homeland—a girl claiming to be her long lost sister—Anna suspects a ruse or an attempt at extortion. But her desperate need to connect with her homeland convinces her to pursue the connection. At the same time, a handsome grifter comes into her life, luring her with the prospect of a nomadic lifestyle. Masha lives in Israel, where she went on Birthright and unexpectedly found home. When Anna disappears without a trace, Masha’s father calls her back to Milwaukee to help find Anna. In her former home, Masha immerses herself in her sister’s life—which forces her to recall the life she, too, had left behind, and to confront her own demons. What she finds in her search for Anna will change her life, and her family, forever.

Book Nebraska National Forest  N F    Allotment Management Planning in the Fall River West and Oglala Geographic Areas  Dawes and Sioux Counties  Nebraska  Fall River County  South Dakota

Download or read book Nebraska National Forest N F Allotment Management Planning in the Fall River West and Oglala Geographic Areas Dawes and Sioux Counties Nebraska Fall River County South Dakota written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Annual Report Upon the Inprovement of Great Kanawha River  West Virginia in Charge of Wm  P  Craighill  Being Appendix S of the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1876

Download or read book Annual Report Upon the Inprovement of Great Kanawha River West Virginia in Charge of Wm P Craighill Being Appendix S of the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1876 written by William Price Craighill and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bike Lanes are White Lanes

Download or read book Bike Lanes are White Lanes written by Melody L. Hoffmann and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The number of bicyclists are increasing in the United States, especially among the working class and people of color. In contrast to the demographics of bicyclists in the United States, advocacy for bicycling has focused mainly on the interests of white, upwardly mobile bicyclists, leading to neighborhood conflicts and accusations of racist planning. In Bike Lanes Are White Lanes, scholar Melody L. Hoffmann argues that the bicycle has varied cultural meaning as a "rolling signifier." That is, the bicycle's meaning changes in different spaces, with different people, and in different cultures. The rolling signification of the bicycle contributes to building community, influences gentrifying urban planning, and upholds systemic race and class barriers. In this study of three prominent U.S. cities--Milwaukee, Portland, and Minneapolis--Hoffmann examines how the burgeoning popularity of urban bicycling is trailed by systemic issues of racism, classism, and displacement. From a pro-cycling perspective, Bike Lanes Are White Lanes highlights many problematic aspects of urban bicycling culture and its advocacy as well as positive examples of people trying earnestly to bring their community together through bicycling. "--

Book Gentrification  Displacement  and Neighborhood Revitalization

Download or read book Gentrification Displacement and Neighborhood Revitalization written by J. John Palen and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1985-06-30 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing an empirical, objective approach to a topic that has often been the source of emotional and uninformed controversy, Gentrification, Displacement and Neighborhood Revitalization provides an introduction to major issues in urban revitalization, new research findings, and a discussion of theoretical perspectives. This is the first broad-based survey of a scattered literature that has not been readily accessible. The book's comprehensive introduction leads to informative analyses of new research by sociologists, planners, geographers, and urban studies faculty. A concluding essay examines the present state of knowledge about gentrification and discusses its implications, suggesting future developments and trends.

Book Walking Milwaukee

    Book Details:
  • Author : Royal Brevvaxling
  • Publisher : Wilderness Press
  • Release : 2020-09-01
  • ISBN : 1643590219
  • Pages : 257 pages

Download or read book Walking Milwaukee written by Royal Brevvaxling and published by Wilderness Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get to Know the Wisconsin City’s Most Vibrant and Historic Neighborhoods Milwaukee is richly historic. This savvy, entertaining guide explores the best of it all. Local authors Royal Brevvaxling and Molly Snyder guide you through 31 unique walking tours that traverse Milwaukee’s length and breadth. Dive deep into the city with tours that illuminate its diverse neighborhoods, like the trendy East Side and the country-esque Northridge Lakes. Find everything from legendary Frank Lloyd Wright houses to custard stands to the birthplace of Harley-Davidson motorcycles. These urban treks are great ways to soak in the vibe of Brew City. Inside you’ll find 31 self-guided tours through this amalgam of small town and big city Tips on where to dine, have a drink, and shop Clear neighborhood maps and vital public transportation and parking details Trivia about local culture, neighborhood history, and architecture Each self-guided tour includes full-color photographs, a map, and need-to-know details like distance, difficulty, and more. Route summaries make each walk easy to follow, and a “Points of Interest” section lists the highlights of every tour. Walking Milwaukee provides the perfect path for a weekend or an after-work ramble. So grab your walking shoes, and become an urban adventurer!

Book River East  River West

    Book Details:
  • Author : Aube Rey Lescure
  • Publisher : HarperCollins
  • Release : 2024-01-09
  • ISBN : 0063257874
  • Pages : 347 pages

Download or read book River East River West written by Aube Rey Lescure and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2024-01-09 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set against the backdrop of developing modern China, this mesmerizing literary debut is part coming-of-age tale, part family and social drama, as it follows two generations searching for belonging and opportunity in a rapidly changing world—perfect for readers of Behold the Dreamers, White Ivy, and The Leavers. Shanghai, 2007: Fourteen-year-old Alva has always longed for more. Raised by her American expat mother, she’s never known her Chinese father, and is certain a better life awaits them in America. But when her mother announces her engagement to their wealthy Chinese landlord, Lu Fang, Alva’s hopes are dashed, and so she plots for the next best thing: the American School in Shanghai. Upon admission, though, Alva is surprised to discover an institution run by an exclusive community of expats and the ever-wilder thrills of a city where foreigners can ostensibly act as they please. 1985: In the seaside city of Qingdao, Lu Fang is a young, married man and a lowly clerk in a shipping yard. Though he once dreamed of a bright future, he is one of many casualties in his country’s harsh political reforms. So when China opens its doors to the first wave of foreigners in decades, Lu Fang’s world is split wide open after he meets an American woman who makes him confront difficult questions about his current status in life, and how much will ever be enough. In a stunning reversal of the east-to-west immigrant narrative and set against China’s political history and economic rise, River East, River West is an intimate family drama and a sharp social novel. Alternating between Alva and Lu Fang’s points of view, this is a profoundly moving exploration of race and class, cultural identity and belonging, and the often-false promise of the American Dream.

Book Rivers West

    Book Details:
  • Author : Louis L'Amour
  • Publisher : Bantam
  • Release : 2004-06-01
  • ISBN : 0553899686
  • Pages : 194 pages

Download or read book Rivers West written by Louis L'Amour and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His dream was to build magnificent steamboats to ply the rivers of the American frontier. But when Jean Talon began his journey westward, he stumbled upon a deadly conspiracy involving a young woman’s search to find her missing brother, and a ruthless band of renegades. Led by the brazen Baron Torville, this makeshift army of opportunists is plotting a violent takeover of the Louisiana Territory. Jean swears to find a way to stop this daring plan. If he doesn’t, it will not only put an end to all his dreams; it will change the course of history—and destroy the promise of the American frontier.

Book Milwaukee Magazine

Download or read book Milwaukee Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The River of the West

Download or read book The River of the West written by Frances Fuller Victor and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joe Meek was one of the West's irresistible characters. He was dashing, devil-may-care, cheeky, irreverent, and more fun than a playful grizzly cub. Initially, he covers his early life adventuring in the Rocky Mountains, California, and the Southwest. His firsthand account of fur-traders is priceless, as are his descriptions of the country, mountains, and the life of a mountain man. Then, Joe Meek's life as pioneer, sheriff, U.S. Marshall, and legislator is told in his own engaging voice. The turbulent years in the Northwest include the story of trappers, traders, missionaries, women, pioneers, and Native Americans that finally came together and created a state--Oregon.

Book Senate documents

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1884
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1324 pages

Download or read book Senate documents written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 1324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report on the Condition of the Sea Fisheries of the South Coast of New England

Download or read book Report on the Condition of the Sea Fisheries of the South Coast of New England written by United States. Bureau of Fisheries and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 1328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report of the Commissioner for

Download or read book Report of the Commissioner for written by United States Fish Commission and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 1320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries

Download or read book Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries written by United States. Bureau of Fisheries and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 1328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: