Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: A Social History of Modern Florida, Paperback - Gary R. Mormino

Reducere. "This path-breaking book brilliantly explains the explosive growth of Florida from 2.7 million inhabitants in 1950 to 15.9 million in 2000. It focu...

The State of Freedom: A Social History of the British State since 1800 - Patrick Joyce

Reducere. How tourism shaped the Sunshine State"An enlightening journey through Florida's diverse and evolving tourism history, illustrating the changing fac...

Reducere. Mary McLeod Bethune was often called the "First Lady of Negro America, " but she made significant contributions to the political climate of Florida...

Reducere. DescriptionFlorida Historical Society Charlton Tebeau Award When recalling the roots of soul music, most people are likely to name Memphis, Detroit...

Reducere. Parrotheads, Hemingway aficionados, and sun worshipers view Key West as a tropical paradise, and scores of writers have set tales of mystery and ro...

Reducere. Changing TimesWake UpDon't Forget the PoetInvolutionThe Land of DreamsSparkling WaterOn TimeBye, Bye SparrowMousseRimbaud & Verlaine (Live from Kin...

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Reducere. DescriptionMount Dora is known for its southern charm and New England look, yet its history is just as engaging. The "Festival City" began with the...

Reducere. DescriptionParrotheads, Hemingway aficionados, and sun worshipers view Key West as a tropical paradise, and scores of writers have set tales of mys...

Reducere. What is a Notary Public? A notary public is a public officer appointed and commissioned by the Governor whose function is to administer oaths (or a...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Ron Wiggins52 Adventures into the Sunshine State by humor columnist Ron Wiggins.With pluck, derring do, and an infectious s...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: David the GoodAre you tired of failing at your Florida gardening? Are stink bugs puncturing your tomatoes and nematodes gna...

Reducere. Our experiences of dying have been shaped by ancient ideas about death and social responsibility at the end of life. From Stone Age ideas about dyi...

Contributor(s): Author: Maxene RaicesIn 1964 the Vietnam War was heating up, drafting young men into battle. It was an era in which sex was not dis...

Reducere. The people in Marla Cantrell's debut collection of southern short stories dream big, fall hard, and set the record straight. Each is like the liter...

Reducere. DescriptionAm I depressed or just unhappy? In the last two decades, antidepressants have become staples of our medicine cabinets--doctors now write...

Reducere. DescriptionThe early years of the twentieth century were a difficult period for Big Business. Corporate monopolies, the brutal exploitation of labo...

Contributor(s): Author: Joel BrinkleyA generation after the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia shows every sign of having overcome its history--the streets of P...

Reducere. The history of Alaska is filled with stories of new land and new riches -- and ever present are new people with competing views over how the valuab...

Reducere. Jump into the wacky, wild world of Florida For more than 30 years, investigative journalist and New York Times bestselling author Craig Pittman has...

This inspirational history of Kennedy SpaceCenter explores man's attempts to conquer the final frontier from Von Braun to the Space Station.Illustr...

The first three editions of this bestselling book have established A Social History of the Media as a classic, providing a masterful overview of co...

Reducere. Using a wealth of contemporary Ottoman sources, this book recreates the social history of Istanbul, a huge, cosmopolitan metropolis and imperial ca...

DescriptionFlorida is home to two of the world's major types of climate--tropical wet-dry and humid subtropical. It ranks among the top states for ...

Reducere. Florida has long been a beacon for retirees, but for many, the American dream of owning a home there was a fantasy. That changed in the 1950s, when...

Inspired by Heidegger's concept of the clearing of being, and by Wittgenstein's ideas on human practice, Theodore Schatzki offers a novel approach ...

One of the most devastating portraits ever drawn of a human society - life in Hitler's Germany during the Third ReichPublisher: Orion Publishing Co...

Reducere. On March 31, 1968, over 500 Black nationalists convened in Detroit to begin the process of securing independence from the United States. Many concl...

Reducere. A wickedly smart, funny, and irresistibly off-kilter account of an improbable thousand-mile journey on foot into the heart of modern Florida, the s...

Reducere. Florida gardens illustrate the amazing biodiversity of the state as well as plant collections from other tropical areas of the world. In The Garden...

Reducere. Merriam Press Military History. Lika is a region of Croatia known for its soldiers and poverty. This history of Lika has been divided into four epo...

A full-colour short story taken from the world of the Magic Faraway Tree. Perfect for new readers. Discover the magic!

Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture, Paperback

Contributor(s): Editor: Keith WrightsonThe rise of social history has had a transforming influence on the history of early modern England. It has b...

Reducere. The theme of this extraordinary book is the evolution of the modern conception of family life and the modern image; of the nature of children. Arie...

A comprehensive study of Iceland's social and historical development, from tiny fishing settlements to a global economic power. It is of interest t...

Reducere. The American family has undergone a series of transformations from its socially sanctified role as the center of society to today's private, indepe...

Reducere. From bestselling author Gary Krist, a vibrant and immersive account of New Orleans' other civil war, at a time when commercialized vice, jazz cultu...

Reducere. C. Vann Woodward's The Burden of Southern History remains one of the essential history texts of our time. In it Woodward brilliantly addresses the ...

Reducere. In 2015, the beautiful jazz funeral in New Orleans for composer Allen Toussaint coincided with a debate over removing four Confederate monuments. M...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. DescriptionWhen the Chinese communists came to power in 1949, they promised to 'turn society upside down'. Efforts to build a communist society cre...

Reducere. In 1948, a war broke out that would result in Israeli independence and the erasure of Arab Palestine. Over twenty months, thousands of Jews and Ara...

The drum kit has provided the pulse of popular music from before the dawn of jazz up to the present day pop charts. Kick It, a provocative social h...

Americans love "this year's model, " relying on the "new" to be always "improved." Enthusiasm for the new, says Stanley Buder, is essential to Amer...

Reducere. A Social History of American Technology, Second Edition, tells the story of American technology from the tools used by its earliest inhabitants to ...