Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
A Pictorial History of Franklin County: The early years
Author: A Pictorial History of Arkansas
Author: Fay HempsteadPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1264
Book Description
Snapshots
Author: Pediment Group, Incorporated, ThePublisher:
ISBN: 9781597250177
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Pictorial history of the United States from the earliest period to the present time
Author: Benson J. LOSSINGA Pictorial History of Arkansas's Old State House
Author: Mary L. KwasPublisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 1557289557
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Arkansas's Old State House, arguably the most famous building in the state, was conceived during the territorial period and has served through statehood. A History of Arkansas's Old State House traces the history of the architecture and purposes of the remarkable building. The history begins with Gov. John Pope's ideas for a symbolic state house for Arkansas and continues through the construction years and an expansion in 1885. After years of deterioration, the building was abandoned by the state government, and the Old State House then became a medical school and office building. Kwas traces the subsequent fight for the building's preservation on to its use today as a popular museum of Arkansas history and culture. Brief biographies of secretaries of state, preservationists, caretakers, and others are included, and the book is generously illustrated with early and seldom-seen photographs, drawings, and memorabilia.
A Pictorial History of Crittenden County, Kentucky
Author: Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1563117703
Category : Crittenden County (Ky.)
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Uncle Sam Wants You
Author: Christopher CapozzolaPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019971486X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
Based on a rich array of sources that capture the voices of both political leaders and ordinary Americans, Uncle Sam Wants You offers a vivid and provocative new interpretation of American political history, revealing how the tensions of mass mobilization during World War I led to a significant increase in power for the federal government. Christopher Capozzola shows how, when the war began, Americans at first mobilized society by stressing duty, obligation, and responsibility over rights and freedoms. But the heated temper of war quickly unleashed coercion on an unprecedented scale, making wartime America the scene of some of the nation's most serious political violence, including notorious episodes of outright mob violence. To solve this problem, Americans turned over increasing amounts of power to the federal government. In the end, whether they were some of the four million men drafted under the Selective Service Act or the tens of millions of home-front volunteers, Americans of the World War I era created a new American state, and new ways of being American citizens.
Memories Along the South Shore
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9781597256544
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
A treasure trove of history, profiling many aspects of life in Northwest Indiana. There's the first trolley car to enter Crown Point; the 1954 blast at the Whiting Refinery; the efforts to create the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in 1966, and the years of effort that lead up to it. There's World War II, the Korean War, and the Cold War. And there's also people having fun, creating communities, making history on the local level. Savor this trip down memory lane!
A Fragile Capital
Author: Charles Chester ColePublisher: Ohio State University Press
ISBN: 9780814208533
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
"Overall, the book is organized by topic, including business, politics, education, religion, the arts, transportation, and the press. Cole shows how Columbus residents reacted to and reflected the major political, economic, and social trends in the United States at the time. In contrast to earlier accounts that focused primarily on the male, white leadership, this book tries to encompass all economic classes and ethnic and racial groups.".
Franklin County
Author: Lola ShropshirePublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439611238
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Created from a portion of Crawford County in 1837, Franklin County is divided by the Arkansas River into two sections, each with its own county seat: Ozark in the North and Charleston in the South. Northern Franklin County is remote, mysterious, and beautiful, while the southern area enjoys graceful and vastly productive prairie lands. The combination of fertile soil and mild climate in the Ozark Mountains produces fruit, vineyards, precious stones, granite, and forests. Evocative images such as the young girls posing in the Altus schoolyard paint a poignant and revealing picture of everyday life in Franklin County. Coal mining played a large part in the lives of residents, and photographs of soot-covered miners display the hardships of this difficult work. With over two hundred photographs gathered from local collections, this book illustrates the history and culture of Franklin County in vivid detail, with captions that are both entertaining and informative.