Author: Kimberly A. Jarvis
Publisher: UPNE
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781584656272
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An early 20th century case study of evolving grassroots notions of preservation and the role of women in the American conservation movement
Author: Anne Kelly Knowles
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2013-01-15
Total Pages: 343
ISBN-13: 0226448592
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Veins of iron run deep in the history of America. Iron making began almost as soon as European settlement, with the establishment of the first ironworks in colonial Massachusetts. Yet it was Great Britain that became the Atlantic world’s dominant low-cost, high-volume producer of iron, a position it retained throughout the nineteenth century. It was not until after the Civil War that American iron producers began to match the scale and efficiency of the British iron industry. In Mastering Iron, Anne Kelly Knowles argues that the prolonged development of the US iron industry was largely due to geographical problems the British did not face. Pairing exhaustive manuscript research with analysis of a detailed geospatial database that she built of the industry, Knowles reconstructs the American iron industry in unprecedented depth, from locating hundreds of iron companies in their social and environmental contexts to explaining workplace culture and social relations between workers and managers. She demonstrates how ironworks in Alabama, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia struggled to replicate British technologies but, in the attempt, brought about changes in the American industry that set the stage for the subsequent age of steel. Richly illustrated with dozens of original maps and period art work, all in full color, Mastering Iron sheds new light on American ambitions and highlights the challenges a young nation faced as it grappled with its geographic conditions.
Author: Bryant Franklin Tolles
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 328
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An expert looks at the historic role of summer cottages in New Hampshire's popular White Mountain region.
Author: Bryant Franklin Tolles
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 296
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This carefully researched, profusely illustrated volume identifies and explores some thirty outstanding resort complexes, explaining their architectural details, their social histories, and the often surprising stories behind their lovely wooden facades.
Author: Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County. Reynolds Historical Genealogy Department
Publisher:
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 590
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: E. John B. Allen
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 256
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"The first full-length study of skiing in the United States, this book traces the history of the sport from its utilitarian origins to its advent as a purely recreational and competitive activity." "During the mid-1800s, inhabitants of frontier mining communities in the Sierra and Rocky mountains used skis for many practical reasons, including mail and supply delivery, hunting, and railroad repair. In some towns skis were so common that, according to one California newspaper, "the ladies do nearly all their shopping and visiting on them."" "But it was Norwegian immigrants in the Midwest, clinging to their homeland traditions, who first organized the skisport. Through the founding of local clubs and the National Ski Association, this ethnic group dominated American skiing until the 1930s." "At this time, a wave of German immigrants infused America with the ethos of what we today call Alpine skiing. This type of skiing became increasingly popular, especially in the East among wealthy collegians committed to the romantic pursuit of the "strenuous life." Ski clubs proliferated in towns and on college campuses and specialized resorts cropped up from New England to California. At the same time, skiing became mechanized with tows and lifts, and the blossoming equipment and fashion industries made a business of the sport." "On the eve of World War II, as the book concludes its story, all the elements were in place for the explosion in recreational and competitive skiing that erupted after 1945."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author: Committee for a New England Bibliography
Publisher: Boston : G. K. Hall
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13:
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