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This is John Hannavy's reflective look at how Scotland was depicted
in photographs and postcards 100 - 170 years ago. In many ways, it
redefines our view of Scotland's past as we are familiar with
seeing Victorian and Edwardian people and views in sepia, but these
are in colour, adding a warmth and realism to the scenes which
photographers immortalized. The subject matter of the pictures was
as wide and varied as Edwardian life and work itself and it is here
that the reader meets eccentrics and worthies, sees people going
about their daily work, catching buses and trains, embarking on
steamers, and simply enjoying Scotland's spectacular scenery. Many
aspects of Scottish life are explored from people's jobs to the
many ways in which they occupied their limited holiday and leisure
time between 1840 and the outbreak of the Great War.These include
Creating Tourist Scotland - how Victorian and Edwardian Scotland
was sold to the world and the birth of Scotland's tourist industry;
Scotland's Railways - the development of the railway network and
some of the splendid photographs and postcards which were sold to
travellers; Industrial Might; The Ubiquitous Steamer; Gateways to
the World; Fisherfolk; Working the Land; The Textile Industry;
Taking to the Road; The Scots at War - from the Crimean War, the
first to be photographed, to the skirmishes leading up to the Great
War; Out in the Scots Fresh Air; On Scotland's Canals; Village
Life; Family Life; That's Entertainment; Town and City Life; What
we did on Holiday and Sports and Outdoor Pursuits. Included are
fine studies of the hardy Scotch Fisher Lassies who worked their
way down the east coast of Britain gutting and pickling the
herring; the people who lived and worked on Scotland's canals; the
men who crewed the country's trains, trams and ferries, together
with a host of others. In effect, it opens the book on what was
perceived as an almost mystical and mysterious landscape, 'north of
the border'.With almost 270 photographs, many of them previously
unpublished, The Way We Were brings Scotland's colourful past to
life.
The attractive Lakeland town of Kendal has achieved fame well
beyond its modest size. Who hasn't heard of Kendal Mint Cake, K
Shoes or 'The Gateway to the Lakes'? Although these are indeed all
facets of Kendal and its past, they are but a small part of its
long and varied history. Written by renowned local historian Andrew
White, The History of Kendal is a wonderfully readable,
comprehensive account, beautifully illlustrated with a wide range
of images. From Roman times right up to date, the book reveals and
assesses the events, industries, people and influences that have
shaped the place we see today. This lovely book epitomises exactly
what local history should be: informative, accessible and
attractive. As such, it is certain to have universal appeal, and to
be a classic for years to come.
Between 1942 and 1945, tens of thousands of young American
servicemen arrived in Britain. This book is an examination of the
way their presence affected them and the local people during the
Second World War. It is a social history and studies the various
relationships forged between the British public and their American
guests.
Urban Villages and Local Identities examines immigration to the
Great Plains by surveying the experiences of three divergent ethnic
groups-Volga Germans, Omaha Indians, and Vietnamese-that settled in
enclaves in Lincoln, Nebraska, beginning in 1876, 1941, and 1975,
respectively. These urban villages served as safe havens that
protected new arrivals from a mainstream that often eschewed
unfamiliar cultural practices. Lincoln's large Volga German
population was last fully discussed in 1918; Omahas are rarely
studied as urban people although sixy-five percent of their
population lives in cities; and the growing body of work on
Vietnamese tends to be conducted by social scientists rather than
historians, few of whom contrast Southeast Asian experiences with
those of earlier waves of immigration. As a comparative study,
Urban Villages and Local Identities is inspired, in part, by
Reinventing Free Labor, by Gunther Peck. By focusing on the
experiences of three populations over the course of 130 years,
Urban Villages connects two distinct eras of international border
crossing and broadens the field of immigration to include Native
Americans. Ultimately, the work yields insights into the
complexity, flexibility, and durability of cultural identities
among ethnic groups and the urban mainstream in one capital city.
Settled by successive waves of incomers, Northamptonshire is a
typical English shire county with prehistoric camps, Roman towns,
Saxon burhs, castles and fortified houses, representing
fortification over the centuries, a process punctuated by momentous
events including the birth of Richard III and the execution of
Mary, Queen of Scots, both at Fotheringhay Castle; King John's
sieges at Northampton, Rockingham and Fotheringhay; the Battle of
Northampton placing Edward IV on the throne; and the decisive
defeat of Charles I at Naseby. The great ordnance depot at Weedon
was (allegedly) chosen as a bolt-hole for George III in the place
furthest from Napoleon's likely invasion. The Victorian period saw
the army reorganized and the Volunteer Force develop. Both world
wars mobilized the population and the county filled up with army
camps, airfields and munitions plants. In the Cold War, nuclear
missiles were pointed towards Russia. Many signs of all these
events are still visible: Northampton's militia armoury in the
guise of a mediaeval castle; the genuine castles of Barnwell and
Rockingham: the launch-pads of Harrington's THOR missiles; the
Ordnance Stores at Weedon Bec; and the banks and ditches of
Hunsbury Camp or Little Houghton. This book illustrates and
explains these sites.
For fans all over the world the thrilling partnership of
Silverstone and Formula 1 has long represented one of the pinnacles
of motor sport. Here the broad sweep of Silverstone's Formula 1
history, a kaleidoscopic pageant of great cars and drivers, is
explored in a new and highly accessible way through nine specific
eras, each one delightfully and freshly illustrated: * The First
Grand Prix and International Trophy (1948-49) * Forza, Alfa! Forza,
Ferrari! (1950-51) * The Front-Engined Finale (1952-59) * Clark's
Dark Golden Age (1960-68) * The Stewart Dominance (1969-73) * The
Hunt-Lauda Epoch (1973-79) * Three Titans: Prost, Mansell and Senna
(1981-93) * The Schumacher Era (1994-2006) * New Heights: Hamilton
and The Wing (2007 onwards) This photographic history of
Silverstone and Formula 1 should appeal to motor racing fans
everywhere, as it neatly captures the essence of what the highest
level of a most demanding sport has meant to this very special
venue.
This enchanting collection of stories gathers together legends from
across Scotland in one special volume. Drawn from The History
Press' popular Folk Tales series, herein lies a treasure trove of
tales from a wealth of talented storytellers. From the Spaeman's
peculiar advice and a laird who is transformed into a frog, to a
fugitive hiding in a dark cave and the stoor worm battling with
Assipattle, this book celebrates the distinct character of
Scotland's different customs, beliefs and dialects, and is a treat
for all who enjoy a well-told story.
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A case study about the formation of American pluralism and
religious liberty, The Spires Still Point to Heaven explores
why-and more importantly how-the early growth of Cincinnati
influenced the changing face of the United States. Matthew Smith
deftly chronicles the urban history of this thriving metropolis in
the mid-nineteenth century. As Protestants and Catholics competed,
building rival domestic missionary enterprises, increased religious
reform and expression shaped the city. In addition, the different
ethnic and religious beliefs informed debates on race, slavery, and
immigration, as well as disease, temperance reform, and education.
Specifically, Smith explores the Ohio Valley's religious landscape
from 1788 through the nineteenth century, examining its appeal to
evangelical preachers, abolitionists, social critics, and rabbis.
He traces how Cincinnati became a battleground for newly energized
social reforms following a cholera epidemic, and how grassroots
political organizing was often tied to religious issues. He also
illustrates the anti-immigrant sentiments and anti-Catholic
nativism pervasive in this era. The first monograph on Cincinnati's
religious landscape before the Civil War, The Spires Still Point to
Heaven highlights Cincinnati's unique circumstances and how they
are key to understanding the cultural and religious development of
the nation.
Collection of approximately 200 archive images accompanied by
captions.
In Your Children Are Very Greatly in Danger, the veteran journalist
Justin Murphy makes the compelling argument that the educational
disparities in Rochester, New York, are the result of historical
and present-day racial segregation. Education reform alone will
never be the full solution; to resolve racial inequity, cities such
as Rochester must first dismantle segregation. Drawing on
never-before-seen archival documents as well as scores of new
interviews, Murphy shows how discriminatory public policy and
personal prejudice combined to create the racially segregated
education system that exists in the Rochester area today. Alongside
this dismal history, Murphy recounts the courageous fight for
integration and equality, from the advocacy of Frederick Douglass
in the 1850s to a countywide student coalition inspired by the
Black Lives Matter movement in the 2010s. This grinding antagonism,
featuring numerous failed efforts to uphold the promise of Brown v.
Board of Education, underlines that desegregation and integration
offer the greatest opportunity to improve educational and economic
outcomes for children of color in the United States. To date, that
opportunity has been lost in Rochester, and persistent poor
academic outcomes have been one terrible result. Your Children Are
Very Greatly in Danger is a history of Rochester with clear
relevance for today. The struggle for equity in Rochester, like in
many northern cities, shows how the burden of history lies on the
present. A better future for these cities requires grappling with
their troubled pasts. Murphy's account is a necessary contribution
to twenty-first-century Rochester.
These Somerset tales, newly collected or retold with a strong sense
of the land and the waters that shaped them, reflect our enduring
interest in the natural landscape. Let these stories from the
Summer Lands take you on a journey: across wind-wild moors that
plummet to treacherous tides traversed by sea morgans; on a
scramble from gorges shaped by the Devil's spite to caves dwelled
in by bitter witches. Discover ancient mines and dragons' haunts,
and emerge into forests and fields to be befriended by bees or
bedevilled by fairies; then stroll beside ancient waterways, where
willows walk and orchards talk. From Gwyn ap Neath to Joseph of
Arimathea, your travelling companions will meet you from legend,
history and living memory - from the places where they were once
known best. Sharon Jacksties has a sharp eye for the landscape of
Somerset and the seen and unseen stories that it holds, a
sympathetic ear for the dialect of the South West, and a playful
wit that brings this collection of tales to vivid and delightful
life.
In Russian Colonization of Alaska: Baranov's Era, 1799-1818, Andrei
Val'terovich Grinev examines the sociohistorical origins of the
former Russian colonies in Alaska, or "Russian America." The
formation of the Russian-American Company and the concentration in
the hands of Aleksandr Baranov of all the power in south and
southeast Alaska's Russian settlements marked a new stage in the
history of Russian America. Expanding and strengthening Russian
possessions in the New World as much as possible, Baranov acted in
favor of his country before himself, in accordance with the
principle "people for the empire, and not the empire for the
people." Russian Colonization of Alaska is the first comprehensive
study to analyze the origin and evolution of Russian colonization
based on research into political economy, history, and ethnography.
Grinev's study elaborates the social, political, spiritual,
ideological, personal, and psychological aspects of Russian
America, accounting for the idiosyncrasies of the natural
environment, competition from other North American empires, and
challenges from Alaska Natives and individual colonial diplomats.
Rather than being simply a continuation of Russians' colonization
of Siberia, the colonization of Alaska was instead part of
overarching Russian and global history.
Hospital and Haven tells the story of an Episcopal missionary
couple who lived their entire married life, from 1910 to 1938,
among the Gwich’in peoples of northern Alaska, devoting
themselves to the peoples’ physical, social, and spiritual
well-being. The era was marked by great social disruption within
Alaska Native communities and high disease and death rates, owing
to the influx of non-Natives in the region, inadequate sanitation
and hygiene, minimal law enforcement, and insufficient government
funding for Alaska Native health care. Hospital and Haven reveals
the sometimes contentious yet promising relationship between
missionaries, Alaska Natives, other migrants, and Progressive Era
medicine. St. Stephen’s Mission stood at the center of community
life and formed a bulwark against the forces that threatened the
Native peoples’ lifeways and lives. Dr. Grafton (Happy or Hap)
Burke directed the Hudson Stuck Memorial Hospital, the only
hospital to serve Alaska Natives within a several-hundred-mile
radius. Clara Burke focused on orphaned, needy, and convalescing
children, raising hundreds in St. Stephen’s Mission Home. The
Gwich’in in turn embraced and engaged in the church and hospital
work, making them community institutions. Bishop Peter Trimble Rowe
came to recognize the hospital and orphanage work at Fort Yukon as
the church’s most important work in Alaska.
Reforming Philadelphia examines the cyclical efforts of insurgents
to change the city's government over nearly 350 years. Political
scientist Richardson Dilworth tracks reformers as they create a new
purpose for the city or reshape the government to reflect emerging
ideas. Some wish to thwart the "corrupt machine," while others seek
to gain control of the government via elections. These actors
formed coalitions and organizations that disrupted the status quo
in the hope of transforming the city (and perhaps also enriching
themselves). Dilworth addresses Philadelphia's early development
through the present day, including momentous changes from its new
city charter in 1885 and the Republican machine that emerged around
the same time to its transformation to a Democratic stronghold in
the 1950s, when the city also experienced a racial transition.
Focusing primarily on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries,
Dilworth evaluates the terms of Mayors Frank Rizzo, Wilson Goode,
and Ed Rendell, as well as John Street, Michael Nutter, and Jim
Kenney to illustrate how power and resistance function, and how
Philadelphia's political history and reform cycles offer a
conceptual model that can easily be applied to other cities.
Reforming Philadelphia provides a new framework for understanding
the evolving relationship between national politics and local, city
politics.
Using archive photos from the 1860s to the 1960 paired with a
modern viewpoint, Leeds Then and Now shows how the great northern
powerhouse has retained and adapted its classic Victorian
buildings, such as Kirkgate Market, to a 21st-century economy. The
centre of Leeds is the wide thoroughfare of Briggate and it has
been since at least 1207 when the path northwards from the crossing
over the River Aire - literally the bridge gate - was established.
As with most settlements, Leeds started out as dwellings next to
the water. The first mention of Leeds was made by the scholarly
monk The Venerable Bede in his Ecclesiastical History of the
English People of 731 AD when he referred to the region of Loidis,
but he was scant on details. The modern Leeds is a product of the
Industrial Revolution, a great Victorian northern industrial city
shaped by the manufacturing boom that began in the late 18th
century and employed thousands of people for almost 200 years in
industries like textiles, clothing manufacturing, metalworking and
engineering. Using historic images, some dating back to the 19th
century, paired with their modern-day viewpoint, Eric Musgrave
charts the evolution of the city from its industrial heyday through
the disruptions of two world wars, to its position as one of the
most prominent of the northern powerhouses. Sites include: City
Square, Park Place, Leeds University, Leeds Town Hall, Odeon
Cinema, Kirkgate Market, Briggate, Headrow, Boar Lane, Vicar Lane,
Duncan Street, Quarry Hill Flats, Queens Arcade, Cross Arcade,
Leeds Cathedral.
When news of the war broke out in 1914, nothing could prepare the
citizens of Bath for the changes that would envelop their city over
the next four years. The story of Bath in the Great War is both an
interesting and intriguing one. This book covers this historic
city's involvement from the commencement of the Great War in July
1914, to the Armistice in November 1918, describing in great detail
what happened to the city and its people, including their everyday
lives, entertainment, spies and the internment of aliens living
within the city. Bath played a key role in the deployment of troops
to Northern Europe as well as supplying vital munitions. Local men
responded keenly to recruitment drives and thousands of soldiers
were billeted in the city before being sent off to fight the enemy
overseas. The city also played a vital role caring for the many
wounded soldiers who returned home from the front. As the end of
the war was announced there were tremendous celebrations in the
streets, but the effects of war lasted for years to come. By the
end of the conflict, there wasn't a family in Bath who hadn't lost
a son, father, nephew, uncle or brother.Bath features many
forgotten news stories of the day and includes a considerable
collection of rare photographs last seen in newspapers nearly 70
years ago.
The America Ground: 81/2 acres of Hastings town centre that in the
early nineteenth century was an open section of beach, apparently
beyond the borough boundary and with no obvious owner. Free from
the rules of local authority and taxes, this almost lawless area
was gradually occupied by a thousand or more people, many of them
squatters, who lived and worked there - until they were all evicted
by the government in 1835. This is the story of that beach, which
became almost 'independent' of the ancient town (like America had
of England), but ultimately played a crucial role in expanding the
old fishing port into a modern seaside resort.
This nostalgic, humorous and richly illustrated volume celebrates
the Somerset of years gone by. Syd Durston was seven when the
Second World War broke out. As well as causing panic in Britain's
cities, the war transformed life in the countryside in all sorts of
ways. This is how one boy remembers life in rural Somerset during
that time, where from 'the age of ten you were at school between 9
a.m. and noon, and then you could work on the land until 8 p.m.'.
It is an elegy to the levels and the moors, and the rich diversity
of wildlife that could once be found in the fields - 'thousands of
grasshoppers, large and small, hopping everywhere, butterflies of
all kinds feeding on the red clovers that were now in flower; the
smell of the honeysuckle and the dog roses in the hedges' - and a
lament for the landscapes and ways of life that we have now lost.
From the outbreak of war to the drama of D-Day, Syd - whose
watercolour paintings, many of which illustrate this collection,
aim to show the reality of farming life as it was then - captures a
moment in history as it really was. Containing more than 120
paintings, sketches and drawings, it will delight residents and
visitors alike.
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A lively first-hand impression of living in Lewes today, with
glimpses back to yesterday. People from different areas of the town
are our guides, talking about its character, celebrating
individuals who live there, the organisations that matter to them
and community events they take part in.
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