A Pocketful of History
A Pocketful of History

Author: Jim Noles

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Published: 2009-03-25

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0786731974

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The U.S. Mint's Fifty State Quarters Program-its most ambitious program to date-has been a huge popular success. When the final state quarters are released in 2008, many thousands of individuals will have collected one commemorative quarter for each state in the Union. But what can we learn about our country's history and culture from 12.50 worth of quarters? A Pocketful of History tells the intriguing story behind each state's quarter: how each state chose its quarter's design; what is important about the people, scenes, or themes depicted on the coin; and what the collection tells us about how we view ourselves and our heritage. A Pocketful of History will guide readers on a fascinating journey through America's rich history of change.

The Pocket
The Pocket

Author: Barbara Burman

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2020-04-24

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0300253745

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A New York Times Best Art Book of 2019 “A riveting book . . . few stones are left unturned.”—Roberta Smith’s “Top Art Books of 2019,” The New York Times This fascinating and enlightening study of the tie-on pocket combines materiality and gender to provide new insight into the social history of women’s everyday lives—from duchesses and country gentry to prostitutes and washerwomen—and to explore their consumption practices, sociability, mobility, privacy, and identity. A wealth of evidence reveals unexpected facets of the past, bringing women’s stories into intimate focus. “What particularly interests Burman and Fennetaux is the way in which women of all classes have historically used these tie-on pockets as a supplementary body part to help them negotiate their way through a world that was not built to suit them.”—Kathryn Hughes, The Guardian “A brilliant book.”—Ulinka Rublack, Times Literary Supplement

A Pocket History of Ireland
A Pocket History of Ireland

Author: Joseph McCullough

Publisher: Gill Books

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9780717147298

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From prehistoric times to the present day this comprehensive history presents the story of Ireland in bite-size chunks. With illustrations throughout this is an attractive and practical guide to Ireland's colorful history.

A Pocket Guide to Writing in History
A Pocket Guide to Writing in History

Author: Mary Lynn Rampolla

Publisher: Bedford/st Martins

Published: 2009-06-01

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9780312622985

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A portable and affordable reference tool, A Pocket Guide to Writing in History provides reading, writing, and research advice useful to students in all history courses. Concise yet comprehensive advice on approaching typical history assignments, developing critical reading skills, writing effective history papers, conducting research, using and documenting sources, and avoiding plagiarism -- enhanced with practical tips and examples throughout -- have made this slim reference a best-seller. Now in its sixth edition, the book offers more coverage of working with sources than ever before.

A Pocket Guide to Writing in History
A Pocket Guide to Writing in History

Author: Mary Lynn Rampolla

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2012-01-20

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 0312610416

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A Pocket Guide to Writing in History provides all the advice students need to write effectively in any history course -- from introductory surveys to upper-level seminars -- in a quick-reference format.

Pocket History of the Church
Pocket History of the Church

Author: D. Jeffrey Bingham

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2002-04-10

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9780830827015

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From Roman persecution to the early creeds, from the monastic movement to the Reformation, from the rise of liberalism to missionary expansion, Jeffrey Bingham chronicles the ups and downs of a people and a faith.

A Pocket History of the United States
A Pocket History of the United States

Author: Allan Nevins

Publisher: Pocket Books

Published: 1989-11

Total Pages: 706

ISBN-13: 9780671704957

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"A Pocket History of the United States" traces the history of the nation that is, today, the oldest constitutional democracy in the world. Written by distinguished American historians, it has more than 2,000,000 copies in print worldwide and is one of the classic works in its field.

A Pocket History of Human Evolution: How We Became Sapiens
A Pocket History of Human Evolution: How We Became Sapiens

Author: Silvana Condemi

Publisher: The Experiment, LLC

Published: 2019-11-01

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 1615196056

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Why aren’t we more like other apes? How did we win the evolutionary race? Find out how “wise” Homo sapiens really are. Prehistory has never been more exciting: New discoveries are overturning long-held theories left and right. Stone tools in Australia date back 65,000 years—a time when, we once thought, the first Sapiens had barely left Africa. DNA sequencing has unearthed a new hominid group—the Denisovans—and confirmed that crossbreeding with them (and Neanderthals) made Homo sapiens who we are today. A Pocket History of Human Evolution brings us up-to-date on the exploits of all our ancient relatives. Paleoanthropologist Silvana Condemi and science journalist François Savatier consider what accelerated our evolution: Was it tools, our “large” brains, language, empathy, or something else entirely? And why are we the sole survivors among many early bipedal humans? Their conclusions reveal the various ways ancient humans live on today—from gossip as modern “grooming” to our gendered division of labor—and what the future might hold for our strange and unique species.

A Pocket History of Sex in the Twentieth Century
A Pocket History of Sex in the Twentieth Century

Author: Jane Vandenburgh

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-11

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13: 1458780686

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In the midst of private trauma and loss' Vandenburgh delights in revealing large truths about American culture and her life within it. Quirky' witty' and uncannily wise' A Pocket History of Sex in the Twentieth Century is a brilliant blend of memoir and cultural revelation.