Vermont Tradition
Author: Dorothy Canfield Fisher
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Published: 1953
Total Pages: 488
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Dorothy Canfield Fisher
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Published: 1953
Total Pages: 488
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: William Doyle
Publisher:
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780961548612
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This revised Bicentennial Edition includes the 1990 election in Vermont & the winning campaign of Independent Bernard Saunders, the first Socialist elected to Congress in 50 years. Themes of the book include independence, citizen legislature, political participation, the Vermont Town Meeting, political equality & support for public education & the environment. University of Vermont Professor Sam Hand termed the book "the best short introduction to Vermont politics available." The book has been adopted by many schools & colleges.
Author: Elise A. Guyette
Publisher: UPNE
Published: 2010-07-31
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 1584659084
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The search for an African American community in rural Vermont
Author: Jane C. Beck
Publisher: Vermont Council on the Arts Distributed by University Press
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 152
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This engaging portrayal of history & people, past & present, tells much about self-reliance, pride of work, & craftsmanship.
Author: Frank Bryan
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Published: 1991-01-04
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1603580522
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ted Murin
Publisher: UPNE
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781584651888
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The definitive how-to guide to watching and enjoying birds in Vermont including a special section for beginners
Author: Paul M. Searls
Publisher: UPNE
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9781584655602
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Two Vermonts establishes a little-known fact about Vermont: that the state's fascination with tourism as a savior for a suffering economy is more than a century old, and that this interest in tourism has always been dogged by controversy. Through this lens, the book is poised to take its place as the standard work on Vermont in the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era. Searls examines the origins of Vermont's contemporary identity and some reasons why that identity ("Who is a Vermonter?") is to this day so hotly contested. Searls divides nineteenth-century Vermonters into conceptually "uphill," or rural/parochial, and "downhill," or urban/cosmopolitan, elements. These two groups, he says, negotiated modernity in distinct and contrary ways. The dissonance between their opposing tactical approaches to progress and change belied the pastoral ideal that contemporary urban Americans had come to associate with the romantic notion of "Vermont." Downhill Vermonters, espousing a vision of a mutually reinforcing relationship between tradition and progress, unilaterally endeavored to foster the pastoral ideal as a means of stimulating economic development. The hostile uphill resistance to this strategy engendered intense social conflict over issues including education, religion, and prohibition in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The story of Vermont's vigorous nineteenth-century quest for a unified identity bears witness to the stirring and convoluted forging of today's "Vermont." Searls's engaging exploration of this period of Vermont's history advances our understanding of the political, economic, and cultural transformation of all of rural America as industrial capitalism and modernity revolutionized the United States between 1865 and 1910. By the late Progressive Era, Vermont's reputation was rooted in the national yearning to keep society civil, personal, and meaningful in a world growing more informal, bureaucratic, and difficult to navigate. The fundamental ideological differences among Vermont communities are indicative of how elusive and frustrating efforts to balance progress and tradition were in the context of effectively negotiating capitalist transformation in contemporary America.
Author: Christopher McGrory Klyza
Publisher: University Press of New England
Published: 2015-01-06
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 1611684021
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this second edition of their classic text, Klyza and Trombulak use the lens of interconnectedness to examine the geological, ecological, and cultural forces that came together to produce contemporary Vermont. They assess the changing landscape and its inhabitants from its pre-human evolution up to the present, with special focus on forests, open terrestrial habitats, and the aquatic environment. This edition features a new chapter covering from 1995 to 2013 and a thoroughly revised chapter on the futures of Vermont, which include discussions of Tropical Storm Irene, climate change, eco-regional planning, and the resurgence of interest in local food and energy production. Integrating key themes of ecological change into a historical narrative, this book imparts specific information about Vermont, speculates on its future, and fosters an appreciation of the complex synergy of forces that shaped this region. This volume will interest scholars, students, and Vermonters intrigued by the state's long-term natural and human history.
Author: Cynthia D. Bittinger
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2012-05-15
Total Pages: 201
ISBN-13: 1614235619
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Vermont's constitution, drafted in 1777, was one of the most enlightened documents of its time, but in contrast, the history of Vermont has largely been told through the stories of influential white men. This book takes a fresh look at Vermont's history, uncovering hidden stories, from the earliest inhabitants to present-day citizens striving to overcome adversity and be advocates for change. Native Americans struggled to maintain an identity in the state while their land and rights were disappearing. Lucy Terry Prince was the first female African American poet who rose above racism to argue her case before Vermont's governor and won. Educator and historian Cynthia Bittinger unearths these and other inspirational stories of the contributions of women, Native Americans and African Americans to Vermont's history.