Exploring America
Author | : Ray Notgrass |
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Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781609990671 |
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Author | : Ray Notgrass |
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Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781609990671 |
Author | : D. H. Montgomery |
Publisher | : Christian Liberty Press |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 2007-08 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781930092969 |
Author | : Ashley E. Remer |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2021-05-07 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1538120909 |
Who are the girls that helped build America? Conventional history books shed little light on the influence and impact of girls’ contributions to society and culture. This oversight is challenged by Girl Museum and their team, who give voices to the most neglected, yet profoundly impactful, historical narratives of American history: young girls. Exploring American Girls’ History through 50 Historic Treasures showcases girls and their experiences through the lens of place and material culture. Discover how the objects and sites that girls left behind tell stories about America that you have never heard before. Readers will journey from the first peoples who called the continent home, to 21st century struggles for civil rights, becoming immersed in stories that show how the local impacts the global and vice versa, as told by the girls who built America. Their stories, dreams, struggles, and triumphs are the centerpiece of the nation’s story as never before, helping to define both the struggle and meaning of being “American.” This full-color book is a must-read for those who yearn for more balanced representation in historic narratives, as well as an inspiration to young people, showing them that everyone makes history. It includes color photographs of all the treasured objects explored.
Author | : Tegan Kehoe |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2022-02-15 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 1538135477 |
Healthcare history is more than leeches and drilling holes in skulls. It is stories of scientific failures and triumphs. Exploring American Healthcare through 50 Historic Treasures presents a visual and narrative history of health and medicine in the United States, tracing paradigm shifts such as the introduction of anesthesia, the adoption of germ theory, and advances in public health. In this book, museum artifacts are windows into both famous and ordinary people’s experiences with healthcare throughout American history, from patent medicines and faith healing to laboratory science. With 50 vignette-like chapters and 50 color photographs, Exploring American Healthcare through 50 Historic Treasures showcases little-known objects that illustrate the complexities of our relationship with health, such as a bottle from the short period when the Schlitz beer company sold lager that was supposed to be high in vitamin D during the first vitamin craze. It also highlights famous moments in medicine, such as the discovery of penicillin, as illustrated by a mold-culturing pan. Each artifact tells some piece of the story of how its creators or users approached fundamental questions in health. Some of these questions are, “What causes sickness, and what causes health?” and “How much can everyone master the principles of health, and how much do laypeople need to rely on outside authorities?” Exploring American Healthcare through 50 Historic Treasures describes the days when surgeons worked on patients without anesthesia and wiped their scalpels on their coats, and the day that EMTs raced to provide help when the Twin Towers were attacked in 2001. The book discusses social and cultural influences that have shaped healthcare, providing insight relevant to today’s problems and colorful anecdotes along the way.
Author | : Jerry Coleman |
Publisher | : Whitechapel Productions |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
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Author | : Susan A. Fletcher |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 327 |
Release | : 2020-05-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1538118750 |
A full-color trip through the treasures of American Childhood from 1650 to today. Remember the toys you played with when you were growing up? Each of those objects has a story to tell about the history of American childhood and play. Construction toys like Lincoln Logs and Erector Set offer insight into America’s booming urban infrastructure in the early 1910s and 20s, and the important role toys played in preparing children for future careers in engineering and architecture. A stuffed toy monkey from Germany tells the story of young Jewish refugees to the United States during World War II. The board game Candyland has its origins in the dreaded polio epidemic of 1950s. Exploring Childhood and Play Through 50 Historic Treasures brings together a collection of beloved toys and games from the last two centuries to guide readers on a journey through the history of American childhood and play, 1840-2000. Through color photographs and short essays on each object, this book examines childhood against the backdrop of culture, politics, religion, technology, gender, parenting philosophies, and more. The book features ten categories of objects including board and electronic games, dolls, action figures, art toys, optical toys, animal toys, construction sets, and sports. Each essay tells the story of the individual object its historic context, and each passage builds upon one another to create a fascinating survey of how childhood and play changed over the course of two centuries.
Author | : Ray Notgrass |
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Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781609990848 |
Author | : Ray Notgrass |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Church history |
ISBN | : 9781609990619 |
Author | : Paul Finkelman |
Publisher | : Salem Press |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780979775819 |
A new series combining full-text primary source documents with expert analysis and commentary.
Author | : |
Publisher | : Rizzoli Publications |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2019-04-16 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0847864510 |
This pocket-sized gift and souvenir photo book captures the beauty of America's quintessential wilderness hiking trail. From desert California to the Washington-Canada border, the compelling photography of Bart Smith brings the entire 2,650-mile trail to life. This beautifully illustrated book, officially published with the Pacific Crest Trail Association in a pocket-sized gift and souvenir format, highlights this legendary footpath with more than 170 spectacular contemporary images taken by the foremost hiking photographer in America. Readers can experience the trail as if their boots were on the path--passing by the trail blazes, taking in the surrounding wilderness at scenic overlooks, meeting other hikers at lean-tos or shelters, and freezing at the sight of bear, elk, or other majestic wildlife. Designated as one of the first two national scenic trails in 1968, the Pacific Crest Trail is a continuous footpath of more than 2,650 miles--from the Mexican to the Canadian border. It is often called the "wilderness trail" because roughly half of it runs through federal wilderness--25 national forests, six national parks, five state parks, three national monuments, and 48 federal wilderness areas. The trail symbolizes everything there is to love--and protect--in the western United States. This book is perfect for anyone interested in conservation, outdoor recreation, or American history, or for those who dream of one day becoming thru-hikers themselves.