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Author: William T. Utter
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Published: 1987
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ISBN-13: 9780975575765
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Author: William T. Utter
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Published: 1987
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ISBN-13: 9780975575765
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Martin Wainwright
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
Published: 2011-10-31
Total Pages: 175
ISBN-13: 1843177943
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fascinating compendium of interesting details, facts, customs and lore, this is an unabashed toast to the English village, as well as a record of a disappearing world.
Author: Scott Tong
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2017-11-17
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 022633905X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn “immensely readable” journey through modern Chinese history told through the experiences of the author’s extended family (Christian Science Monitor). When journalist Scott Tong moved to Shanghai, his assignment was to start the first full-time China bureau for “Marketplace,” the daily business and economics program on public radio stations across the US. But for Tong the move became much more: an opportunity to reconnect with members of his extended family who’d remained there after his parents fled the communists six decades prior. Uncovering their stories gave him a new way to understand modern China’s defining moments and its long, interrupted quest to go global. A Village with My Name offers a unique perspective on China’s transitions through the eyes of regular people who witnessed such epochal events as the toppling of the Qing monarchy, Japan’s occupation during WWII, exile of political prisoners to forced labor camps, mass death and famine during the Great Leap Forward, market reforms under Deng Xiaoping, and the dawn of the One Child Policy. Tong focuses on five members of his family, who each offer a specific window on a changing country: a rare American-educated girl born in the closing days of the Qing Dynasty, a pioneer exchange student, a toddler abandoned in wartime who later rides the wave of China’s global export boom, a young professional climbing the ladder at a multinational company, and an orphan (the author’s daughter) adopted in the middle of a baby-selling scandal fueled by foreign money. Through their stories, Tong shows us China anew, visiting former prison labor camps on the Tibetan plateau and rural outposts along the Yangtze, exploring the Shanghai of the 1930s, and touring factories across the mainland—providing a compelling and deeply personal take on how China became what it is today. “Vivid and readable . . . The book’s focus on ordinary people makes it refreshingly accessible.” —Financial Times “Tong tells his story with humor, a little snark, [and] lots of love . . . Highly recommended, especially for those interested in Chinese history and family journeys.” —Library Journal (starred review)
Author: George Gordon Coulton
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 641
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Caroline Farrar Ware
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1994-01-01
Total Pages: 548
ISBN-13: 9780520085664
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Greenwich Village represents American social science during the interwar years at its best. It remains the best community study of New York, important both for its innovative method and for its substantive findings about intergroup relations in a pluralistic, open, and urban society--during a period of crisis and reform ferment."--Thomas Bender, New York University
Author: Rosa Sophia
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2020-10-19
Total Pages: 151
ISBN-13: 1439669724
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile North Palm Beach itself is relatively young--just about retirement age--the history of this area is as broad as the horizon. Long before this village was founded in 1956, the Jeaga tribe lived and thrived here. In 1883, perhaps with a mind to farm pineapples, two men began purchasing local plots, becoming the area's first landowners. From there, through fits and starts, this idyll of small-town life began to take shape. The population surged in 1956 when Pratt & Whitney built a facility west of town, making the village a destination for professionals and their families. Former village historian Rosa Sophia traces the long and fascinating history of North Palm Beach, touching on the little known and providing broader understanding of the people and events that nurtured the undeniable community atmosphere that exists today.
Author: Thomas DEACON (Topographical Writer.)
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Published: 1828
Total Pages: 134
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Andrew Douglas (of Montrose. [from old catalogue].)
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Published: 1857
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: D. Birmingham
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2000-05-09
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780333800140
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSwitzerland is a remarkable country half of whose territory lies in the Alps. The raising of cattle and the making of cheese eventually brought a modest wealth to the peasants but the destructive Napoleonic invasion brought revolution and poverty. The democratic unification of Switzerland created a common market and a single currency. This history of one alpine village illustrates a one-thousand-year struggle for survival on the edge of this white wilderness.
Author: Anthony Lofaso
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2015-01-16
Total Pages: 251
ISBN-13: 1499085494
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis second edition digs more deeply into the question of what the village of Yorkville was and who its people were. Who were its leaders? Why did it start? And also the issue of slavery in our city and the major role it played in its development, including the area that eventually became Yorkville and the often neglected role of the area during the revolutionary war, except, perhaps, to scholars. The introduction to this edition is written by two Yorkville alumni, John and Joseph Gindele, PhDs, DITs. They are the coauthors of Yorkville Twins, an engrossing book of the life and times of two twin brothers growing up in Yorkville in the 1940s and 50s. For anyone interested in the history of New York City, this book makes the ongoing connection between the history of the city as a whole and its continuing impact on the area that would become Yorkville. In the process, in sites other areas of the city as well, including Lenox Hill, Harlem, Hellgate Seneca, and others. It is a must-read for any historian interested in the city of New York.