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Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Riders across the centuries is a celebration of the several decades Jose Cisneros has decorated, with grace and consummate artistry, so many of the titles published by Texas Western Press.
Author: Richard Bak
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738533728
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this new addition to the Images of America series, Richard Bak takes us on a visual journey through Detroit's golden era, encompassing the first three decades of the twentieth century. It was during this time that the City of Detroit experienced its most rapid physical growth and underwent an unprecedented pace of social and technological change. Detroit: 1900-1930 contains nearly 190 illustrations, including studio portraits, snapshots, postcards, songsheet covers, and period advertisements. Collectively, these images evoke a past that is often too easily forgotten as older Detroiters pass away. As you thumb through the pages of this book, you will encounter such influential people as Henry Ford and other automotive pioneers who helped to "put the world on wheels." Experience daily life as it was lived at the time of the First World War, and discover the major role Detroit played in this historic conflict. This volume highlights the wave of immigration that occurred here at the turn of the century, when roughly half of the city's population hailed from other countries. Also featured are various scenes from the "Roaring Twenties," the ill-fated experiment in Prohibition, and the effect of the Great Depression on the city's economy.
Author: Jaroslav Pelikan
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1996-01-01
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780300076615
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Explores how Mary has been represented in theology, art, music, and literature throughout the ages
Author: Houghton Mifflin Company
Publisher:
Published: 1993-01-01
Total Pages: 557
ISBN-13: 9780395549049
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Introduces students in grade 7 to world history and geography from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment.
Author: Gerald A. Larue
Publisher:
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 516
ISBN-13: 9780931779039
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: McClaine Lee
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9781581127737
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is the edition you have been waiting for! A clear, detailed explanation of more than 400 prophecies of Nostradamus pertaining to the 20th and 21st centuries. The destinies of the European Union, the current Russian Commonwealth, Asia, the Middle East, and America are incredibly revealed. Not only are the U.S. presidencies of Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton described, but the future of the first president and vice-president of the 21st Century. Wars, past and future, inventions, and earth-shaking events and personalities are unveiled from their former clouded obscurity. Perhaps you believe your opinions of the oracles of Nostradamus are quite strong one way or the other. Either way, Across Centuries: Nostradamus will rock your opinions as the former cryptic quatrains are deciphered in time to prepare you to live in the 21st Century.
Author: William S. Powell
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Published: 2010-01-20
Total Pages: 671
ISBN-13: 0807898988
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This successor to the classic Lefler-Newsome North Carolina: The History of a Southern State, published in 1954, presents a fresh survey history that includes the contemporary scene. Drawing upon recent scholarship, the advice of specialists, and his own knowledge, Powell has created a splendid narrative that makes North Carolina history accessible to both students and general readers. For years to come, this will be the standard college text and an essential reference for home and office.
Author: Michael Tomz
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2012-01-09
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 1400842921
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →How does cooperation emerge in a condition of international anarchy? Michael Tomz sheds new light on this fundamental question through a study of international debt across three centuries. Tomz develops a reputational theory of cooperation between sovereign governments and foreign investors. He explains how governments acquire reputations in the eyes of investors, and argues that concerns about reputation sustain international lending and repayment. Tomz's theory generates novel predictions about the dynamics of cooperation: how investors treat first-time borrowers, how access to credit evolves as debtors become more seasoned, and how countries ascend and descend the reputational ladder by acting contrary to investors' expectations. Tomz systematically tests his theory and the leading alternatives across three centuries of financial history. His remarkable data, gathered from archives in nine countries, cover all sovereign borrowers. He deftly combines statistical methods, case studies, and content analysis to scrutinize theories from as many angles as possible. Tomz finds strong support for his reputational theory while challenging prevailing views about sovereign debt. His pathbreaking study shows that, across the centuries, reputations have guided lending and repayment in consistent ways. Moreover, Tomz uncovers surprisingly little evidence of punitive enforcement strategies. Creditors have not compelled borrowers to repay by threatening military retaliation, imposing trade sanctions, or colluding to deprive defaulters of future loans. He concludes by highlighting the implications of his reputational logic for areas beyond sovereign debt, further advancing our understanding of the puzzle of cooperation under anarchy.
Author: Helleke van den Braber
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Published: 2021-04-20
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9048544408
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →As marketing specialists know all too well, our experience of products is prefigured by brands: trademarks that identify a product and differentiate it from its competitors. This process of branding has hitherto gained little academic discussion in the field of literary studies. Literary authors and the texts they produce, though, are constantly 'branded': from the early modern period onwards, they have been both the object and the initiator of a complex marketing process. This book analyzes this branding process throughout the centuries, focusing on the case of the Netherlands. To what extent is our experience of Dutch literature prefigured by brands, and what role does branding play when introducing European authors in the Dutch literary field (or vice versa)? By answering these questions, the volume seeks to show how literary scholars can account for the phenomenon of branding.