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Author | : Susan E. Maycock |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016-11-04 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0262034808 |
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An extensively illustrated, comprehensive exploration of the architecture and development of Old Cambridge from colonial settlement to bustling intersection of town and gown. Old Cambridge is the traditional name of the once-isolated community that grew up around the early settlement of Newtowne, which served briefly as the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and then became the site of Harvard College. This abundantly illustrated volume from the Cambridge Historical Commission traces the development of the neighborhood as it became a suburban community and bustling intersection of town and gown. Based on the city's comprehensive architectural inventory and drawing extensively on primary sources, Building Old Cambridge considers how the social, economic, and political history of Old Cambridge influenced its architecture and urban development. Old Cambridge was famously home to such figures as the proscribed Tories William Brattle and John Vassall; authors Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and William Dean Howells; publishers Charles C. Little, James Brown, and Henry O. Houghton; developer Gardiner Greene Hubbard, a founder of Bell Telephone; and Charles Eliot, the landscape architect. Throughout its history, Old Cambridge property owners have engaged some of the country's most talented architects, including Peter Harrison, H. H. Richardson, Eleanor Raymond, Carl Koch, and Benjamin Thompson. The authors explore Old Cambridge's architecture and development in the context of its social and economic history; the development of Harvard Square as a commercial center and regional mass transit hub; the creation of parks and open spaces designed by Charles Eliot and the Olmsted Brothers; and the formation of a thriving nineteenth-century community of booksellers, authors, printers, and publishers that made Cambridge a national center of the book industry. Finally, they examine Harvard's relationship with Cambridge and the community's often impassioned response to the expansive policies of successive Harvard administrations.
Author | : Susannah R. Ottaway |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2004-02-02 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 9780521815802 |
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The Decline of Life is an ambitious and absorbing study of old age in eighteenth-century England. Drawing on a wealth of sources - literature, correspondence, poor house and workhouse documents and diaries - Susannah Ottaway considers a wide range of experiences and expectations of age in the period, and demonstrates that the central concern of ageing individuals was to continue to live as independently as possible into their last days. Ageing men and women stayed closely connected to their families and communities, in relationships characterised by mutual support and reciprocal obligations. Despite these aspects of continuity, however, older individuals' ability to maintain their autonomy, and the nature of the support available to them once they did fall into necessity declined significantly in the last decades of the century. As a result, old age was increasingly marginalised. Historical demographers, historical gerontologists, sociologists, social historians and women's historians will find this book essential reading.
Author | : Daphne Abeel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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20 essays on the history, culture, politics, architecture, literary scene of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Author | : Malcolm Godden |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 381 |
Release | : 2013-05-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 052119332X |
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This updated edition has been thoroughly revised to take account of recent scholarship and includes five new chapters.
Author | : Mary Evelyn Monckton Jones |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Cambridge (Cambridgeshire) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : John Boardman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1059 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780521850735 |
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Author | : G K Chesterton |
Publisher | : Legare Street Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-07-18 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781022003378 |
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In this charming and insightful book, G.K. Chesterton provides readers with a rare look at the history and culture of Old Cambridge, including its architecture, customs, and everyday life. Drawing on his own experiences and observations, Chesterton brings the region to life with vivid descriptions and engaging anecdotes. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of Cambridge or the culture of 19th-century England. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author | : David J. Collins, S. J. |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 897 |
Release | : 2015-03-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1316239497 |
Download The Cambridge History of Magic and Witchcraft in the West Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book presents twenty chapters by experts in their fields, providing a thorough and interdisciplinary overview of the theory and practice of magic in the West. Its chronological scope extends from the Ancient Near East to twenty-first-century North America; its objects of analysis range from Persian curse tablets to US neo-paganism. For comparative purposes, the volume includes chapters on developments in the Jewish and Muslim worlds, evaluated not simply for what they contributed at various points to European notions of magic, but also as models of alternative development in ancient Mediterranean legacy. Similarly, the volume highlights the transformative and challenging encounters of Europeans with non-Europeans, regarding the practice of magic in both early modern colonization and more recent decolonization.
Author | : P. J. Marshall |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2001-08-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521002547 |
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Up to World War II and beyond, the British ruled over a vast empire. Modern western attitudes towards the imperial past tend either towards nostalgia for British power or revulsion at what seem to be the abuses of that power. The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire adopts neither of these approaches. It aims to create historical understanding about the British empire on the assumption that such understanding is important for any informed appreciation of the modern world. Through striking illustration and a text written by leading experts, this book examines the experience of colonialism in North America, India, Africa, Australia, and the Caribbean, as well as the impact of the empire on Britain itself. Emphasis is placed on social and cultural history, including slavery, trade, religion, art, and the movement of ideas. How did the British rule their empire? Who benefited economically from the empire? And who lost?
Author | : Mary Evelyn Monckton [From Old C Jones |
Publisher | : Palala Press |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2016-05-05 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781355548003 |
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