Author: Sarah N. WelchPublisher:
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Category : Franconia (N.H.)
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
A History of Franconia, New Hampshire, 1772-1972
Author: Sarah N. WelchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Franconia (N.H.)
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Index to History of Franconia, N.H., 1772-1972
Author: Franconia Notch and the Women who Saved it
Author: Kimberly A. JarvisPublisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781584656272
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
An early 20th century case study of evolving grassroots notions of preservation and the role of women in the American conservation movement
Mastering Iron
Author: Anne Kelly KnowlesPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226448592
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Veins of iron run deep in the history of America. Iron making began almost as soon as European settlement, with the establishment of the first ironworks in colonial Massachusetts. Yet it was Great Britain that became the Atlantic world’s dominant low-cost, high-volume producer of iron, a position it retained throughout the nineteenth century. It was not until after the Civil War that American iron producers began to match the scale and efficiency of the British iron industry. In Mastering Iron, Anne Kelly Knowles argues that the prolonged development of the US iron industry was largely due to geographical problems the British did not face. Pairing exhaustive manuscript research with analysis of a detailed geospatial database that she built of the industry, Knowles reconstructs the American iron industry in unprecedented depth, from locating hundreds of iron companies in their social and environmental contexts to explaining workplace culture and social relations between workers and managers. She demonstrates how ironworks in Alabama, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia struggled to replicate British technologies but, in the attempt, brought about changes in the American industry that set the stage for the subsequent age of steel. Richly illustrated with dozens of original maps and period art work, all in full color, Mastering Iron sheds new light on American ambitions and highlights the challenges a young nation faced as it grappled with its geographic conditions.
The Early History of Franconia, New Hampshire
Author: Phyllis Bond HerbertPublisher:
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Category : Franconia (N.H. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Historical New Hampshire
Author: New Hampshire, a Bibliography of Its History
Author: Committee for a New England BibliographyPublisher: Boston : G. K. Hall
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Legacy of Dissent
Author: Donald Alan SmithPublisher:
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Category : Religion and politics
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
From Skisport to Skiing
Author: E. John B. AllenPublisher:
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Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
"The first full-length study of skiing in the United States, this book traces the history of the sport from its utilitarian origins to its advent as a purely recreational and competitive activity." "During the mid-1800s, inhabitants of frontier mining communities in the Sierra and Rocky mountains used skis for many practical reasons, including mail and supply delivery, hunting, and railroad repair. In some towns skis were so common that, according to one California newspaper, "the ladies do nearly all their shopping and visiting on them."" "But it was Norwegian immigrants in the Midwest, clinging to their homeland traditions, who first organized the skisport. Through the founding of local clubs and the National Ski Association, this ethnic group dominated American skiing until the 1930s." "At this time, a wave of German immigrants infused America with the ethos of what we today call Alpine skiing. This type of skiing became increasingly popular, especially in the East among wealthy collegians committed to the romantic pursuit of the "strenuous life." Ski clubs proliferated in towns and on college campuses and specialized resorts cropped up from New England to California. At the same time, skiing became mechanized with tows and lifts, and the blossoming equipment and fashion industries made a business of the sport." "On the eve of World War II, as the book concludes its story, all the elements were in place for the explosion in recreational and competitive skiing that erupted after 1945."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Family Fare
Author: Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County. Reynolds Historical Genealogy DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description