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Book The Tennessee Valley  A Photographic Portrait

Download or read book The Tennessee Valley A Photographic Portrait written by Robert Kollar, Kelly Leiter and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Robert Kollar captures the diversity, color, and dramatic scale of life in the Tennessee Valley in this collection of 240 color photographs. He records the Friday night high school football games, county fairs, family reunions, and Sunday dinners that make the region so appealing. Kelly Leiter s text reveals the real people behind the faces-their concerns and their pride, their savvy, and their traditionalism."

Book The Tennessee Valley

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert Kollar
  • Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
  • Release : 1998-08-27
  • ISBN : 9780813120515
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Tennessee Valley written by Robert Kollar and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 1998-08-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Robert Kollar captures the diversity, color, and dramatic scale of life in the Tennessee Valley in this collection of 240 color photographs. He records the Friday night high school football games, county fairs, family reunions, and Sunday dinners that make the region so appealing. Kelly Leiter s text reveals the real people behind the faces-their concerns and their pride, their savvy, and their traditionalism."

Book TVA Photography  1963  2008

    Book Details:
  • Author :
  • Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
  • Release :
  • ISBN : 9781617035272
  • Pages : 208 pages

Download or read book TVA Photography 1963 2008 written by and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs that document the evolution of a critical government agency

Book TVA photography

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  • Author :
  • Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
  • Release :
  • ISBN : 9781617035265
  • Pages : 198 pages

Download or read book TVA photography written by and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tennessee Valley Authority was a New Deal agency created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his first hundred days in office. At that time the region served by the Authority was one of the most economically depressed areas of the nation. TVA was charged not only to improve the navigability of the Tennessee River and to provide flood control and cheap electricity but also to help in improving the overall quality of life. Photography documented the efforts the agency took to meet this mandate. This book highlights the TVA's first thirty years and focuses on the talented photographers who snapped the images during the period 1933 to 1963. Primarily represented in this volume are Lewis Hine and Charles Krutch, whose work came to define the public image of TVA. Their photographs, providing a glimpse into the past, afford a view of a depressed region of the South as it was transformed into a place where one of the most technological advancements of our time, the atomic bomb, was created. Book jacket.

Book Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy

Download or read book Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tennessee Simply Beautiful

Download or read book Tennessee Simply Beautiful written by and published by . This book was released on 2005-02-28 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the blues clubs of Beale Street to the horse farms of the lush Foothills Parkway in the Great Smoky Mountains, from the glittering Nashville skyline to the graceful historic mansions of Memphis, Tennessee, is a land of vast geographical and cultural contrasts. Photographer Bob Schatz captures the beauty and the variety of the Volunteer State, from the funky Meditation Gardens at Graceland to the wild Ococee River in the Cherokee National Forest. Complemented with a thoughtful foreword by Tipper Gore.

Book Photographs of Environmental Phenomena

Download or read book Photographs of Environmental Phenomena written by Gisela Parak and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since well before the debates about global warming and climate change, images have played an important part in bringing changes in nature and the environment to the attention of the general public. Moreover, most of these images have historic precursors. Gisela Parak illuminates how the synergy of photography and science gave rise to a class of photographs of environmental phenomena in the history of the United States of America, and how these images supported and instructed the scientific pursuit of knowledge, and were furthermore used as a persuasive means for directing public opinion.

Book TVA Photography

    Book Details:
  • Author : Patricia Bernard Ezzell
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 200 pages

Download or read book TVA Photography written by Patricia Bernard Ezzell and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given in memory of James C. Ross, Jr. by the Staff of the Bryan/College Station Library System.

Book An Indexed Bibliography of the Tennessee Valley Authority

Download or read book An Indexed Bibliography of the Tennessee Valley Authority written by and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Watershed

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  • Author : Jeff Rich
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2017
  • ISBN : 9780998649092
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Watershed written by Jeff Rich and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project began on December 22, 2008. The failure of a containment pond dyke spilled 5.4 million cubic yards of coal ash belonging to the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Kingston Fossil Plant into the Emory River and its surrounding landscape. What led to this point?Jeff Rich investigates the river itself and the TVA's vast reach and power throughout the region. It has forever changed the environment of its watershed that is in every way at odds with the natural evolution and ecology of the Tennessee River system.

Book Lewis Hine

Download or read book Lewis Hine written by Timothy J. Duerden and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-04-26 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly 80 years after his death, Lewis Hine's name is revered in the world of photography and practically synonymous with the labor reforms of the Progressive Era. His body of work--much of it a century old or more--remains vital as both aesthetic statement and social document. Drawing on a range of sources, including information from surviving family members, this first full-length illustrated biography presents a detailed and personal portrait of the sociologist and photographer whose haunting images of children at work in cotton mills and coal mines sparked the movement to end child labor, culminating with the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. There are 62 of his penetrating photographs included.

Book Dictionary of Energy

Download or read book Dictionary of Energy written by Cutler J. Cleveland and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2005-11-15 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when the topic of energy prices, resources and environmental impacts are at the forefront of news stories and political discussions, we are pleased to announce the publication of the exciting new Dictionary of Energy. This authoritative resource, called "an essential reference for energy researchers" by Mark Jaccard, Director of the Energy and Materials Research Group at Simon Fraser University, covers all aspects of energy and its role in society. * Over 8,000 definitions spanning 40 scientific disciplines* More than 100 'window essays' written by experts, and covering topics of particular scientific, historical or social significance* Over 150 photos and illustrationsCo-edited by Cutler J. Cleveland, the Editor-in-Chief of the widely-acclaimed Encyclopedia of Energy, and Christopher Morris, the Editor of the award-winning Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology. In a single volume this unique work provides a comprehensive and organized body of knowledge on what is certain to become an increasingly vital area of scientific study in the 21st century.• Contains over 8,000 clear and concise definitions on virtually every topic in energy, organised in 40 key subject areas• Includes more than 100 mini-essays on subjects of particularly topical interest • Compiled with expert input and advice from a board of outstanding scientists and leaders in the energy field

Book Liberty and Union

    Book Details:
  • Author : Edgar J. McManus
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2013-12-04
  • ISBN : 1136756884
  • Pages : 612 pages

Download or read book Liberty and Union written by Edgar J. McManus and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This, the second of two volumes of Liberty and Union, is a comprehensive constitutional history of the United States from the Progressive Era of the early twentieth century to the most recent decisions of the Supreme Court on contemporary constitutional issues. Written in a clear and engaging narrative style, it successfully unites thorough chronological coverage with a thematic approach, offering critical analysis of core constitutional history topics, set in the political, social, and economic context that made them constitutional issues in the first place. Combining a thoughtful and balanced narrative with an authoritative stance on key issues, the authors deliberately explain the past in the light of the past, without imposing upon it the standards of later generations. Authored by two experienced professors in the field, this textbook has been thoughtfully constructed to offer an accessible alternative to dense scholarly works – avoiding unnecessary technical jargon, defining legal terms and historical personalities where appropriate, and making explicit connections between constitutional themes and historical events. For students in an undergraduate or postgraduate constitutional history course, or anyone with a general interest in constitutional developments, this book will be essential reading. Useful features include: Full glossary of legal terminology Recommended reading A table of cases Extracts from primary documents Companion website Useful documents provided: Declaration of Independence Articles of Confederation Constitution of the United States of America Chronological list of Supreme Court justices

Book Old Butler

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  • Author : Michael DePew
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN : 9780738541716
  • Pages : 134 pages

Download or read book Old Butler written by Michael DePew and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1820, Ezekial "Zeke" Smith built a gristmill on the bank of Roan Creek, forming the community known as Smith Hill. Following the Civil War, it was renamed Butler in honor of Col. Roderick Random Butler. Much of the city's early development can be attributed to the establishment of the Aenon Seminary in 1871 and the advent of the Virginia and South Western Railroad, which provided transportation for residents and the developing logging industry. In 1933, the scenic landscape of the Watauga Valley was altered forever when the Tennessee Valley Authority was created by Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal legislation. TVA provided electric power for the state and controlled the flooding of the rivers in the region. In December 1948, the gates of the Watauga Dam were closed and water began to fill the Watauga Reservoir until Butler, Tennessee, was laid to rest at the bottom of Watauga Lake. The residents of Butler and the surrounding communities were forced to relinquish, demolish, or relocate more than 125 homes and 50 businesses.

Book Scribner s Popular History of the United States

Download or read book Scribner s Popular History of the United States written by William Cullen Bryant and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Franklin D  Roosevelt

Download or read book Franklin D Roosevelt written by Lorena Huddle and published by Encyclopaedia Britannica. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During Franklin D. Roosevelt's twelve years as U.S. president, most people loved him, but many thought he was destroying the country and their way of life. Roosevelt became president in 1933, in the midst of a global business depression. Millions of people had no work or money. He created jobs and helped those who needed help, but to accomplish this he had to change the government's part in national life. He ably led America during World War II and played the principal part in starting the United Nations. Some of his methods may be questioned but his goals were admirable.

Book Photography and the American Civil War

Download or read book Photography and the American Civil War written by Jeff L. Rosenheim and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published to coincide with the 150th anniverary of the battle of Gettysburg, features both familiar and rarely seen Civil War images from such photographers as George Barnard, Mathew Brady, and Timothy O'Sullivan.