Download or read book Levittown written by Margaret Lundrigan Ferrer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1997-03-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When developer Abraham Levitt and his two sons conceived the idea for Levittown in 1946, they were probably unaware of the future impact of their radical concept--to build cellarless, affordable tract housing on Long Island farmland. Levittown became the prototype suburban community that has been mirrored in towns throughout America and around the world. This delightful photographic history chronicles the growth and development of Levittown as returning World War II GIs flocked to it in droves, attracted by the promise of the American Dream of becoming homeowners. Despite criticism of its "stunning conformity," Levittown and its residents thrived as they raised families, started businesses, and created a close-knit community that exists to this day. This enchanting collection of photographs reveals the joys and struggles of Levittown's founders and residents as they carved their niche in American history.

Download or read book Zambia written by Andrew Sardanis and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-13 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 24 October 1964, the Republic of Zambia was formed, replacing the territory which had formerly been known as Northern Rhodesia. Fifty years on, Andrew Sardanis provides a sympathetic but critical insider's account of Zambia, from independence to the present. He paints a stark picture of Northern Rhodesia at decolonisation and the problems of the incoming government, presented with an immense uphill task of rebuilding the infrastructure of government and administration - civil service, law, local government and economic development. As a friend and colleague of many of the most prominent names in post-independence Zambia - from the presidencies of founding leader Kenneth Kaunda to the incumbent Michael Sata - Sardanis uses his unique eyewitness experience to provide an inside view of a country in transition.

Download or read book Video Art the First Fifty Years written by Barbara London and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2021-09-02 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A personal and expert account of the artists and events that defined the medium's first 50 years - now in paperback Since the introduction of portable consumer electronics nearly a half century ago, artists throughout the world have adapted their latest technologies to art-making. In this new paperback edition of her acclaimed book, curator Barbara London traces the history of video art as it transformed into the broader field of media art - from analog to digital, small TV monitors to wall-scale projections, and clunky hardware to user-friendly software. In doing so, she reveals how video evolved from fringe status to be seen as one of the foremost art forms of today.

Download or read book Dillard s the first fifty years written by Leon Joseph Rosenberg and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Fifty Year Mission The Complete Uncensored Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek The First 25 Years written by Edward Gross and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume one of a fifty year oral history of Star Trek by the people who were there, in their own words, sharing never-before-told stories.

Download or read book A Cause for Our Times written by Maggie Black and published by Oxfam. This book was released on 1992 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maggie Black gives a wide-ranging, sometimes critical, account of Oxfam's first 50 years. In doing so, she projects Oxfam's own development against a backcloth of changing ideas in international affairs and charitable giving, of which its growth is both an inspiration and an expression.

Download or read book The First Fifty Years of Relief Society written by Jill Mulvay Derr and published by Church Historian Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each document has been meticulously transcribed and is placed in historical context with an introduction and annotation. Taken together, the accounts featured here allow readers to study this founding period in Latter-day Saint women's history and to situate it within broader themes in nineteenth-century American religious history.

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Download or read book India and Pakistan written by Selig S. Harrison and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading specialists on South Asia assess the progress and problems of India and Pakistan, their foreign and defense policies, and their relations with the United States.

Download or read book Only Fifty Years Ago written by Gladys Hasty Carroll and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nostalgic memoir of the Hasty family during the year 1909 with one chapter devoted to each month of the period.

Download or read book VW Bus written by Keith Seume and published by Bay View Books Limited. This book was released on 1999 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there any job that the VW bus hasn''t done? Fire engine, ambulance, snow-plough, mobile home, shop, cement mixer, school bus. The list is endless and although critics call it ugly, many owners and fans know different.'

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Download or read book Israel s First Fifty Years written by Robert O. Freedman and published by Orange Grove Texts Plus. This book was released on 2009-09-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Deals authoritatively with some of the most critical issues facing Israel in the last half-century. The authors write with objectivity, presenting original insights in a diverse range of subjects."--Don Peretz, emeritus professor of political science, State University of New York at Binghamton This comprehensive review of the first 50 years of Israel's existence surveys the major events of its history as well as the underlying trends in Israeli politics, economics, and foreign policy that will direct the country's evolution into the new century. Combining a rich variety of viewpoints among Israeli, Arab, and American scholars, representatives of the political left and right, and, among the Jewish scholars, representatives of both secular and religious perspectives, this is the single-volume source for anyone seeking to understand Israel as it enters the 21st century. Contents 1. Moscow and Israel: The Ups and Downs of a Fifty-Year Relationship, by Robert O. Freedman 2. U.S.-Israel Relations since 1948, by Robert J. Lieber 3. Israel and the American Jewish Community: Changing Realities Test Traditional Ties, by George E. Gruen 4. Israel and the Arab States: The Long Road to Normalization, by Malik Mufti 5. Israeli Thinking about the Palestinians: A Historical Survey, by Mark Tessler 6. Labor during Fifty Years of Israeli Politics, by Myron J. Aronoff 7. The Right in Israeli Politics: The Nationalist Ethos in the Jewish Democracy, by Ilan Peleg 8. Religio-Politics and Social Unity in Israel: Israel's Religious Parties, by Chaim J. Waxman 9. The Arab Parties, by Elie Rekhess 10. From Agricultural Pioneers to the "Silicon Valley" of the Middle East: The Changing Political Economy of Israel, by Ofira Seliktar 11. The Press and Civil Society in Israel, by Michael Keren 12. Epilogue: The Israeli Elections of 1999, by Mark Rosenblum Robert O. Freedman is president and Peggy Meyerhoff Pearlstone professor of political science at Baltimore Hebrew University. Among his previous books are The Intifada: Its Impact on Israel, the Arab World, and the Superpowers (UPF, 1991), The Middle East and the Peace Process: The Impact of the Oslo Accords (UPF, 1998), Israel Under Rabin, and Israel in the Begin Era.

Download or read book Private Eye written by Adam Macqueen and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating A-Z history written by Private Eye journalist Adam Macqueen with a wealth of new material forming an in-depth, witty and sometimes critical appraisal of Britain's favourite satirical magazine. Featuring extensive exclusive interviews with the Eye's editors - Ian Hislop, Richard Ingrams and Christopher Booker - and a host of other key figures past and present, along with rare material and photographs featuring former contributors including Peter Cook, Auberon Waugh and Willie Rushton.