Author: William Smith (F.S.A.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A Yorkshireman's Trip to the United States and Canada
Author: William Smith (F.S.A.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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The Yankee Yorkshireman
Author: Mary H. BlewettPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252076133
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
This study is a textual and contextual appraisal of the writings of Yorkshire-born Hedley Smith (1909-94) whose depiction of the fictional mill village of Briardale, Rhode Island, captures an early twentieth-century labor diaspora peopled with textile workers. Enraged and embittered at the transformatory experience of his own emigration, Smith used fiction to explore Yorkshire immigrants' culture and stubborn refusal to assimilate, their vital sexuality, and their vivid social customs. As Smith's writings reveal, emigration involves grief and anger, often universally concealed and problematic. Adopting a transnational perspective, Mary H. Blewett links Smith's fictional community to empirical data on the substance of working-class lives both in Yorkshire and in New England's worsted textile industries.
British Comment on the United States
Author: Ada NisbetPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520915824
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
This bibliography of more than three thousand entries, often extensively annotated, lists books and pamphlets that illuminate evolving British views on the United States during a period of great change on both sides of the Atlantic. Subjects addressed in various decades include slavery and abolitionism, women's rights, the Civil War, organized labor, economic, cultural, and social behavior, political and religious movements, and the "American" character in general.
Anthology and Bibliography of Niagara Falls
Author: Charles Mason DowPublisher:
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Category : Niagara Falls
Languages : en
Pages : 790
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Journal
Author: Manchester Geographical SocietyPublisher:
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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Diverging Tracks
Author: Trevor K. SnowdonPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476671540
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The advent of mass railroad travel in the 1800s saw the extension of a system of global transport that developed various national styles of construction, operation, administration, and passenger experiences. Drawing on travel narratives and a broad range of other contemporary sources, this history contrasts the railroad cultures of 19th century England and America, with a focus on the differing social structures and value systems of each nation, and how the railroad fit into the wider industrial landscape.
The Western Antiquary
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Category : Cornwall (England : County)
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
"Reprinted after revision and correction from the 'Weekly Mercury,'" Mar. 1881-May 1884.
The Western Antiquary, Or, Devon and Cornwall Notebook
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Category : Cornwall (England : County)
Languages : en
Pages : 342
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The Western Antiquary; Or, Devon and Cornwall Note-book
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Cornwall (England : County)
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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Prisons, Asylums, and the Public
Author: Janet MironPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442661623
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
The prisons and asylums of Canada and the United States were a popular destination for institutional tourists in the nineteenth-century. Thousands of visitors entered their walls, recording and describing the interiors, inmates, and therapeutic and reformative practices they encountered in letters, diaries, and articles. Surprisingly, the vast majority of these visitors were not members of the medical or legal elite but were ordinary people. Prisons, Asylums, and the Public argues that, rather than existing in isolation, these institutions were closely connected to the communities beyond their walls. Challenging traditional interpretations of public visiting, Janet Miron examines the implications and imperatives of visiting from the perspectives of officials, the public, and the institutionalized. Finding that institutions could be important centres of civic activity, self-edification, and 'scientific' study, Prisons, Asylums, and the Public sheds new light on popular nineteenth-century attitudes towards the insane and the criminal.