Portsmouth in Transition
Portsmouth in Transition

Author: Robert Hind

Publisher:

Published: 2017-11-13

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9780857043092

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Portsmouth was a prominent target for German bombs in the Second World War.Much of the city had to be re-built so that post-war some parts of it wereunrecognisable. However, for a variety of reasons, much of that mid-centuryreconstruction itself grew tired and unloved so that from the 1960s widespreadredevelopment took place.Using contemporary images from the 1960s and 1970s ¿ many sourced from thePortsmouth Evening News ¿ local historian Robert Hind compares the historicscene with current views to show just how much change has occurred within asingle short lifetime. Whole areas of the city changed so drastically in the tenyears between 1968 and 1978 that anyone who left the city before those yearsand returned today would have trouble recognising where they were.Robert Hind has a fascination for Portsmouth which he shares in this totallyabsorbing comparison between the city of today and the city of `the day beforeyesterday¿

Portsmouth
Portsmouth

Author: Ellen Fulcher Cloud

Publisher:

Published: 2017-05-20

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9780998788104

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PORTSMOUTH ISLAND, THE GHOST VILLAGE OF THE OUTER BANKS, attracts curiosity seekers and history lovers, both. A small, now uninhabited island southwest of Ocracoke Island, Portsmouth was once a thriving seaport serving the North Carolina coast.Ellen Fulcher Cloud's Portsmouth: The Way It Was shares the island's early history, based on information never before documented: records of storms, wars, and Federal occupation during the Civil War (and claims to the government for losses), along with numerous personal letters and photographs. War activities from the Spanish Invasion through the Civil War are documented, as is the story of America's first marine hospital, established on Portsmouth in 1820, and of Dr. Samuel Dudley, the wealthy second physician in charge. We meet John Wallace, the businessman "Governor of Shell Castle," and the brave members of the Life-Saving Service. We learn of the integral role of the island's one black family, listen in on a daylong interview with Mrs. Mattie Gilgo (1885-1976) about Portsmouth life a century ago, and get an inside look at the village school and postal service. And we learn of Portsmouth's eventual transition to an oddity -- a village of empty homes, church and post office, maintained today by the National Park Service.The book depicts a way of life on the Outer Banks that is all but forgotten.Long almost impossible to find, Portsmouth: The Way It Was is back in an enhanced second edition, with more pages and photographs, computer-enhanced photo resolution and, for the first time, a keepsake, hardcover binding.It is a book that should find its way onto the shelf of every Outer Banks lover.

Portsmouth
Portsmouth

Author: Ellen Fulcher Cloud

Publisher:

Published: 2021-09

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781736132135

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PORTSMOUTH ISLAND, THE GHOST VILLAGE OF THE OUTER BANKS, attracts curiosity seekers and history lovers, both. The island was once a thriving seaport. Now it is uninhabited.This is its true story.Ellen Fulcher Cloud's "PORTSMOUTH: The Way It Was" shares the island's history, based on documents, personal letters and photographs she unearthed. Learn of military forays from the Spanish Invasion through the Civil War. Discover the story of America's first marine hospital, established here in 1820, and of Dr. Samuel Dudley, the wealthy physician later in charge. Meet John Wallace, the businessman "Governor of Shell Castle," and the brave members of the U.S. Life-Saving Service. Understand the integral role of the island's one Black family, listen in on a daylong conversation with Mrs. Mattie Gilgo about life more than a century ago, and get an inside look at the village school and postal service. Then witness Portsmouth's eventual transition to a modern-day oddity-an empty village of still-standing homes, lifesaving station, church, and post office, maintained by the National Park Service with help from the Friends of Portsmouth Island . . . a virtual "Ghost Village."This award-winning book depicts a way of life that is all but forgotten. It should find its way onto the shelf of every Outer Banks lover.

WPAs in Transition
WPAs in Transition

Author: Courtney Adams Wooten

Publisher: University Press of Colorado

Published: 2018-04-23

Total Pages: 457

ISBN-13: 1607326337

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WPAs in Transition shares a wide variety of professional and personal perspectives about the costs, benefits, struggles, and triumphs experienced by writing program administrators making transitions into and out of leadership positions. Contributors to the volume come from various positions, as writing center directors, assistant writing program administrators, and WPAs; mixed settings, including community colleges, small liberal arts colleges, and research institutions; and a range of career stages, from early to retiring. They recount insightful anecdotes and provide a scholarly context in which WPAs can share experiences related to this long-ignored aspect of their work. During such transitions, WPAs and other leaders who function as both administrators and faculty face the professional and personal challenges of redefining who they are, the work they do, and with whom they collaborate. WPAs in Transition creates a grounded and nuanced experiential understanding of what it means to navigate changing roles, advancing the dialogue around WPAs’ and other administrators’ identities, career paths, work-life balance, and location, and is a meaningful addition to the broader literature on administration and leadership. Contributors: Mark Blaauw-Hara, Christopher Blankenship, Jennifer Riley Campbell, Nicole I. Caswell, Richard Colby, Steven J. Corbett, Beth Daniell, Laura J. Davies, Jaquelyn Davis, Holland Enke, Letizia Guglielmo, Beth Huber, Karen Keaton Jackson, Rebecca Jackson, Tereza Joy Kramer, Jackie Grutsch McKinney, Kerri K. Morris, Liliana M. Naydan, Reyna Olegario, Kate Pantelides, Talinn Phillips, Andrea Scott, Paul Shovlin, Bradley Smith, Cheri Lemieux Spiegel, Sarah Stanley, Amy Rupiper Taggart, Molly Tetreault, Megan L. Titus, Chris Warnick

Transitions
Transitions

Author: Society for Developmental Education

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 9780962738906

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Governance in Transition
Governance in Transition

Author: Ján Buček

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-04-15

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 9400755031

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This book looks at experience in government restructuring and devolution from a variety of national and international perspectives, both within the European Union and elsewhere, focusing on lessons learned and ways forward.Since the 1980s, there has been a global trend to give more power to local governments. Even in Korea and the United Kingdom, the most centralised countries in the OECD, local government powers have increased, with substantial economic benefits. Within the European Union, the principle of subsidiarity has enshrined the idea of devolution. New member states, particularly in central and eastern Europe, have significantly created new and self-sufficient local and regional governments. However, this process has been complicated. Devolution is not a panacea in its own right, and need not lead to economic growth. While it can encourage savings through collaboration, it can also lead to confused lines of authority and can complicate policy formation and implantation. Devolution can strain local budgets, forcing local governments to rely on their own sources of finance, rather than central government transfers. Suburbanisation, rural depopulation, the growth of some regions, and the decline of others have raised new problems, particularly related to inter-governmental cooperation among local governments and different levels of government. In many cases, an increased number of governments has increased administrative costs.