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Books > History
Historians investigate the relationships between film, culture, and
energy. American Energy Cinema explores how Hollywood movies have
portrayed energy from the early film era to the present. Looking at
classics like Giant, Silkwood, There Will Be Blood, and Matewan,
and at quirkier fare like A Is for Atom and Convoy, it argues that
films have both reflected existing beliefs and conjured new visions
for Americans about the role of energy in their lives and their
history. The essays in this collection show how film provides a
unique and informative lens to understand perceptions of energy
production, consumption, and infrastructure networks. By placing
films that prominently feature energy within historical context and
analyzing them as historical objects, the contributing authors
demonstrate how energy systems of all kinds are both integral to
the daily life of Americans and inextricable from larger societal
changes and global politics.
The new book from bestselling author Omid Scobie shedding light on
the Royal Family, with unique insight and exclusive access. On
September 8, 2022, the world stood still as news broke of Queen
Elizabeth II’s passing. Her death dismantled the protective
shield around the world’s most famous family, and saw a
long-simmering crisis of confidence in the British monarchy begin
to resurface. Now, with unique insight, deep access and exclusive
revelations, journalist Omid Scobie pulls back the curtain on an
institution in turmoil—exposing the chaos, family dysfunction,
distrust and draconian practices threatening its very future. This
is the monarchy’s endgame. Do they have what it takes to save it?
'Riot!' illuminates a darker moment in Bristol's history. Set
against a backdrop of massive social and political change 'Riot!'
vividly recreates the dreadful sequence of events that led to the
Bristol Bridge Massacre.Compellingly written and meticulously
researched 'Riot!' chronicles the events in Bristol during the
pivotal year of 1793. The book was originally published in 1997.
The new edition includes a foreword by Dr Steve Poole Associate
Professor of Social and Cultural History, University of the West of
England, Bristol. Written in a lively and accessible style 'Riot!'
is essential reading for anyone interested in local history or
politics.
This book will let the reader into the world of migrant workers and how they have used their culture and heritage to reimagine and create a new socio-economic order through the production of cultural goods and services.
This is the story of Kwa Mai Mai; an economic trade zone that has captured the imagination of people who dared to dream. Kwa Mai Mai is the beginning of everything Johannesburg is meant to be, the City of Gold, a place where dreams deferred become true. The book tells a story of a people’s culture, wrapped in beautiful memories of life in villages left behind but collectively remembered by those who refuse to forget, lest they lose themselves in the concrete jungle that knows no mercy.
This is a story of how cultural memory, sacredly preserved and transported to new geographies, can serve both as cultural weapon that can be used to resist subjugation, while unleashing it as an economic weapon to turn those priceless traditions into tradeable commodities. The book narrates a story of how those who are the keepers of cultural memory can wield it as a weapon of survival and use its power to petition the entrepreneurial and creative spirits buried deep down in the souls of their true being.
The book raises an argument built on an assumption that if cultural memory can be stored and retrieved through artefacts, sites, ceremonies, myths and rituals, including texts, then Kwa Mai Mai assembles and converges these into one place and space of worship and celebration. This is a place where the hypervisibility of its bearers is always in a constant fight against being eclipsed by those who would rather pretend it did not exist – the City that created it.
The book combines both the author’s observation and interpretation gathered from ethnographic work of over four years, as well as the voices of those who reluctantly remained in this City when no other alternative presented itself, short of returning to the villages in absolute defeat.
WINNER YOUNG QUILLS AWARD BEST HISTORICAL FICTION 2021 12-year-old
Ada is a laundress of little consequence but the new castle
commander Brian de Berclay has his evil eye on her. Perhaps she
shouldn't have secretly fed the young prisoner in the tower. But
when the King of England crosses the border with an army of over
3000 strong, Ada, her friend Godfrey and all at Caerlaverock
suddenly find themselves under attack, with only 60 men for
protection. Soon, rocks and flaming arrows rain from the sky over
Castle Caerlaverock - and Ada has a dangerous choice to make.
Dit is 1713. VOC-admiraal Johannes van Steelant bring sy ryklik belaaide retoervloot via die Kaapse diensstasie terug na Nederland uit Batavia. Saam op die vlagskip, sy vyf jong kinders. Op die oop see raak hulle een-een siek. Hete koors, maagpyn, swere – die gevreesde pokke.
Op 12 Februarie gaan die gesin, nou almal gesond, aan land in Tafelbaai. Hul skeepsklere word gewas in die VOC se slawelosie. Enkele maande later is byna die helfte van die Kaapse bevolking dood aan pokke.
In Retoervloot bring VOC-kenner Dan Sleigh dié gegewe, en die verbysterende werkinge van die VOC-retoervlootstelsel, lewend voor die oog. Aan die hand van Van Steelant se nuut-ontdekte skeepsjoernaal, met die agtergrondinkleding wat ’n meesterlike geskiedkundige soos Sleigh kan bied, staan die leser op die dek van vlagskip Sandenburg – ’n magtige skip van ’n roemryke organisasie, dog uitgelewer aan die woedende oseaan. Verder is Retoervloot ’n gedenksteen vir Kaapstad se grootste ramp tot op hede
A riveting, immersive account of the agonizing decision to use
nuclear weapons against Japan-a crucial turning point in World War
II and geopolitical history-with you-are-there immediacy by the New
York Times bestselling author of Ike's Bluff and Sea of Thunder.
It was love at first sight. We drove up the long track, pulled into
the yard, and wow! What a view. I did the drawings myself, the
maximum we were told (in those days) about what one could get away
with in terms of planning permission. A local architect did the
formal drawings and submitted them for planning permission. I did
not intend to do the work myself, it simply happened by
circumstance. I put the groundwork out to tender to six
contractors. Only one bothered to reply and the quotation was
astronomic. The steelwork looked very complicated, but I went to
the structural engineer's office in Gloucester to chat about it. I
asked: 'It looks complicated, but could I do this myself?' Peter
Rowntree was very reassuring. 'It looks complicated because you are
looking at it in its entirety. Let me show you this corner here.'
And he then explained how the steels fitted together and how one
wired them up. After a quarter of an hour, he summarised by saying
'Yes, you could do it.' And I did! Working only on Saturdays, and
even then, not every Saturday, it took me seven years to complete
it to a point where we could move into the extension. I was
extremely sad to leave Hydefield and putting this book together has
been cathartic. I was tremendously proud of what I managed to build
and have wanted to produce this photo book to bring back the
memories of every little achievement.
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Apache Trail
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Richard L Powers, Superstition Mountain Historical Society, The Gila County Historical Society Museum
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Pres. Theodore Roosevelt once referred to the Apache Trail as "one
of the most spectacular best-worth-seeing sights of the world." The
once narrow, ancient foot trail built as a supply road for the
construction of Roosevelt Dam has now evolved into a state highway
with majestic scenic vistas and historical grandeur. Even in the
1920s, the Southern Pacific Railroad touted this road as a
"must-see side trip." Each year, thousands of people venture along
the trail to take a step back in time and relish the breathtaking
experience of this fabulous journey. The Fish Creek Hill section
remains much as it was back in the early 1900s, a narrow
one-vehicle passage on an extremely steep incline that drops 900
feet within a mile along the edge of a steep cliff. Although
several miles of the road are now paved, dirt portions remain that
allow tourists a sense of perilous adventure.
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