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The New Deal at the Grass Roots: Programs for People in Otter Tail County, Minnesota
ISBN: 9780873512336 / Angielski / Miękka / 215 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the first case study of its kind, Tweton explores the New Deal in one Minnesota county: how programs operated, what impact they had on communities and people, and how people responded. The story he tells is based on oral history interviews, township and village records, files of government papers, and county newspapers.
In the first case study of its kind, Tweton explores the New Deal in one Minnesota county: how programs operated, what impact they had on communities ...
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49,53 |
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The Fires of Autumn: Cloquet-Moose Lake Disaster of 1918
ISBN: 9780873512589 / Angielski / Miękka / 261 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the fall of 1918, devastating forest fires swept across a major portion of northeastern Minnesota. Drawing on both published survivors' accounts and on trial testimony never publicized, the authors bring to light this saga of destruction, resurrection, and resilience in the face of adversity.
The origins of the fires and the dramatic stories of the fire sufferers and their survival are featured in the early chapters. Subsequent chapters deal with relief operations and the controversial legal battles that followed among the victims, the U.S. Railroad Administration, and the U.S.... In the fall of 1918, devastating forest fires swept across a major portion of northeastern Minnesota. Drawing on both published survivors' accounts an...
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75,83 |
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The Story of Minnesota's Past
ISBN: 9780873512671 / Angielski / Miękka / 231 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Story of Minnesota's Past embraces the broad sweep of change over this land now called Minnesota from glacial ages to the 1980s. This richly illustrated book was first published as a textbook for Minnesota middle-school students. A paperback edition was produced to serve as a readable and authoritative history for newcomers, old-timers, and all those in the general reading audience who want to know more about the state's past.
"This book . . . strives to represent fairly the men, women, and children of all groups and cultures who have been part of Minnesota's past. And I hope... The Story of Minnesota's Past embraces the broad sweep of change over this land now called Minnesota from glacial ages to the 1980s. This richly illus...
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101,78 |
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Kinsmen of Another Kind: Dakota-White Relationships in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1650-1862
ISBN: 9780873513531 / Angielski / Miękka / 383 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In August 1862 the Dakota or Eastern Sioux, frustrated at being defrauded by the United States government and at losing their land and livelihood, resorted to armed conflict against the white settlers of southern Minnesota. Gary Clayton Anderson is the first historian to use an ethnohistorical approach to explain why, after more than two centuries of friendly interaction, the bonds of peace between the Dakota and whites suddenly broke apart.
In Kinsmen of Another Kind, Anderson shows how the Dakota concept of kinship affected the tribe's complex relationships with the whites. The... In August 1862 the Dakota or Eastern Sioux, frustrated at being defrauded by the United States government and at losing their land and livelihood, res...
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112,85 |
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The Haymakers: A Chronicle of Five Farm Families
ISBN: 9780873513951 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Winner of the Minnesota Book Award and the Red River Heritage Award The Haymakers is an epic--the history of man's struggle with nature as well as man's struggle against machines. It relates the story of farmers and their obligations to their families, to the animals they fed, and to the land they tended. But The Haymakersis also an elegy--to a way of life fast disappearing from our landscape. In the most heartfelt essays, Hoffbeck chronicles his own family's struggle to hold onto their family farm and his personal struggle in deciding to leave farming for another way of life. Winner of the Minnesota Book Award and the Red River Heritage Award
The Haymakers is an epic--the history of man's struggle with nature as... |
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75,83 |
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Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia
ISBN: 9780873513968 / Angielski / Twarda / 736 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The names of places, the names that people give to the land, the rivers, the towns, and the cities, contain miniature history lessons, stories wrapped up in a few words. Naming a place is a way of connecting to it and making it more familar. An important aspect of identity, place names honor the past, telling who came before us, and they speak to the future, telling of our hopes and ambitions. And sometimes, they're simply products of our whimsy.
From Big Bird Lake to Cucumber Island, Big Stone to Wanamingo, Puposky Township to the Zumbro River, thousands of discoveries await the... The names of places, the names that people give to the land, the rivers, the towns, and the cities, contain miniature history lessons, stories wrapped...
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252,51 |
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Minnesota, Real & Imagined: Essays on the State and Its Culture
ISBN: 9780873513975 / Angielski / Miękka / 285 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What is it about Minnesota? It is the land of Ventura and of Keillor, a state with both America's most visited wilderness area and the nation's largest shopping mall, and a state with a population equally divided between the metropolitan and the rural. Considering these apparent dichotomies, why has the state emerged as a cultural symbol of a distinct and perhaps lost America? Does this symbol even reflect reality? Thirteen perceptive essays by keen observers explore the past, present, and possible future of a place that is full of contradictions yet unified in its exceptionalism. What is it about Minnesota? It is the land of Ventura and of Keillor, a state with both America's most visited wilderness area and the nation's larges...
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67,62 |
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North Star State: A Minnesota History Reader
ISBN: 9780873514446 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Two hundred years of Minnesota history spring to life in this lively and captivating collection of essays. The North Star State encompasses the wide range of Minnesota's unique past--from the Civil War to the World Wars, from frontier life to the age of technological innovation, from Dakota and Ojibwe history to the story of St. Paul's black sleeping-car porters, from lumber workers and truckers' strikes to the women's suffrage movement.
In addition to investigative articles by the state's top historians, editor Anne Aby has assembled captivating first-person accounts from key... Two hundred years of Minnesota history spring to life in this lively and captivating collection of essays. The North Star State encompasses the wide r...
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132,85 |
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Canoe Voyage Up the Minnay Sotor Volume 1
ISBN: 9780873514859 / Angielski / Miękka / 490 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With an Account of the Lead and Copper Deposits in Wisconsin, of the Gold Region in the Cherokee Country, and Sketches of Popular Manners
Featherstonhaugh, an Englishman by birth, was a geologist by profession and well qualified to comment on the American scene. By the time of his travels in the 1830s, he had lived in the United States for nearly thirty years. He was also a linguist with an attentive ear for speech. In performing his duties as a geologist for the United States, he visited remote sections of the frontier that few other trained observers had yet an opportunity to... With an Account of the Lead and Copper Deposits in Wisconsin, of the Gold Region in the Cherokee Country, and Sketches of Popular Manners
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112,85 |
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Northern Expeditions of Stephen H.Long: The Journals of 1817 and 1823 and Related Documents
ISBN: 9780873514958 / Angielski / Miękka / 426 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Between 1816 and 1823 Stephen Harriman Long headed five expeditions that traveled 26,000 miles from the Atlantic coast to the Rocky Mountains and from the headwaters of the Canadian River in New Mexico to Lake Winnipeg in Canada. This book deals with two of his northern journeys--the only two for which the explorer's personal journals are known to have survived. The 1817 journal describes Long's trip up the Mississippi River to the Falls of St. Anthony at present-day Minneapolis and back down the river to Fort Belle Fontaine on the Missouri. The 1823 journal covers Long's last major...
Between 1816 and 1823 Stephen Harriman Long headed five expeditions that traveled 26,000 miles from the Atlantic coast to the Rocky Mountains and from...
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135,47 |
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Bones from Awatovi, Northeastern Arizona
ISBN: 9780873651950 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bones from Awatovi contains a detailed analysis of the massive collection of both the faunal remains and the bone/antler artifacts recovered from the site of Awatovi. Unique in its size and degree of preservation, the Awatovi faunal collection provides rich ground for analysis and interpretation. Olsen and Wheeler deliver an in-depth examination which is of interest to archaeologists and faunal analysts alike.
Bones from Awatovi contains a detailed analysis of the massive collection of both the faunal remains and the bone/antler artifacts recovered from the ...
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106,91 |
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Mariana Mesa: Seven Prehistoric Settlements in West-Central New Mexico
ISBN: 9780873651981 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A detailed report on the excavations of, and a comprehensive account and analysis of artifacts and materials from, seven settlements that varied in size from units of one or two families to small communities of several dozen individual houses.
A detailed report on the excavations of, and a comprehensive account and analysis of artifacts and materials from, seven settlements that varied in si...
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193,66 |
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Tunica Archaeology
ISBN: 9780873652049 / Angielski / Miękka / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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234,49 |
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Nevada: A History
ISBN: 9780874171792 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An evocative portrait of the state that "didn't deserve to be" but became one anyway. First published in 1977, this edition includes a new preface that reexamines Laxalt's predictions for Nevada made almost 20 years ago and reflects on the changes that have occurred in the state: the urban plight of Las Vegas and Reno, the renewed appreciation of the land by conservationists and opportunists, and the explosive growth of tourism and gaming.
An evocative portrait of the state that "didn't deserve to be" but became one anyway. First published in 1977, this edition includes a new preface tha...
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77,52 |
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A Short History of Reno
ISBN: 9780874172621 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is an anecdotal treatment of Reno's history. Its text and photographs uncover some little known facts and enlighten readers about Reno's colourful past and the parade of larger-than-life characters who left their mark on the city.
This is an anecdotal treatment of Reno's history. Its text and photographs uncover some little known facts and enlighten readers about Reno's colourfu...
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72,67 |
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A History of Hispanics in Southern Nevada
ISBN: 9780874172911 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study covers the long and colourful past of Hispanics in Nevada, analyzes their growing role in the state's present and offers some projections for their future. It argues that the contributions of Hispanics to Nevada are as diverse as their cultures and personalities.
This study covers the long and colourful past of Hispanics in Nevada, analyzes their growing role in the state's present and offers some projections f...
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126,00 |
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Witnesses to the Struggle: Imaging the 1930s California Labor Movement
ISBN: 9780874173055 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A study of the artistic and literary responses to the labour crises of the Golden State. Focusing on the work of John Steinbeck, Carey McWilliams, Paul Taylor, and Dorothea Lange, Loftis examines their personal involvement and both their lasting and immediate impact.
A study of the artistic and literary responses to the labour crises of the Golden State. Focusing on the work of John Steinbeck, Carey McWilliams, Pau...
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121,15 |
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The Pioneering Basques of Idaho
ISBN: 9780874173338 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This presents an account of Basque settlement in Idaho between 1890 and 1999. It charts their presence that began with a few solitary sheepherders and follows their evolution into the prominent ethnic community of the late 1990s.
This presents an account of Basque settlement in Idaho between 1890 and 1999. It charts their presence that began with a few solitary sheepherders and...
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126,00 |
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The Pacific Slope : A History of California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, and Nevada
ISBN: 9780874175189 / Angielski / Miękka / 433 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work synthesizes the history of six western states by examining the historical forces that made the West what it is today. It examines population movements and development patterns, the consequences of geography and climate, and the impact of changes in the technologies of transportation.
This work synthesizes the history of six western states by examining the historical forces that made the West what it is today. It examines population...
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82,36 |
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Oases of Culture: A History of Public and Academic Libraries in Nevada
ISBN: 9780874175448 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The creation of a library system in Nevada presented formidable challenges. Until the middle of the twentieth century, Nevada had the smallest population of any state in the Union, sparsely scattered over a vast area; most towns were very small; and the eco-nomy was largely based on agriculture and a boom-and-bust mining industry, uncongenial to the kind of long-term financial commitments needed to build, stock, and maintain libraries. Yet from the very beginning, efforts were made to create libraries. Many mining camps had reading clubs that offered residents a quiet place to peruse the...
The creation of a library system in Nevada presented formidable challenges. Until the middle of the twentieth century, Nevada had the smallest populat...
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