Author: Edward Wilton CarpenterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amherst (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1068
Book Description
The History of the Town of Amherst, Massachusetts
Author: Edward Wilton CarpenterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amherst (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1068
Book Description
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Author: Marla R. MillerPublisher: Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN: 9781616891121
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The newest title in our Campus Guide series takes readers on an architectural tour of University of Massachusetts Amherst. As one of the nation's oldest public universities, and the largest in the Northeast, the University has a rich and storied history. Initially chartered as the Massachusetts Agricultural College, the school has grown from fifty farmers to close to 24,000 students of diverse backgrounds and academic interests. The University's campus has also expectedly experienced parallel growth. From a few barns on the Berkshire foothills, the University now sits atop nearly 1,500 acres. Five carefully considered tours put the architectural history of the campus into context.
The History of the Black Population of Amherst, Massachusetts, 1728-1870
Author: James Avery SmithPublisher: New England Historic Genealogical Society(NEHGS)
ISBN: 9780880820943
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
UMass Rising
Author: Katharine GreiderPublisher: University of Massachusetts Amherst
ISBN: 9781558499898
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 1863, just a year after Congress enacted the Land-Grant Colleges Act, Massachusetts Agricultural College embarked on its mission to offer instruction to the state's citizens in the agricultural, mechanical, and military arts. The school boasted a faculty of 4 and a student body of 56. As UMass Amherst celebrates its sesquicentennial in 2013, its full-time faculty numbers nearly 1,200 and the combined undergraduate/graduate student population is close to 28,000. The principles that undergirded Mass Aggie's founding continue to form the basis for UMass Amherst's mission of preparing young people to make their way in life by stretching boundaries in all disciplines, from the physical and social sciences to the liberal arts. UMass Rising looks at the school over the course of its first 150 years and mines that history to reveal not only how these principles have been fostered, but also the whys and whos. The engaging text is enhanced by features on all aspects of life at this unique university. The reader encounters a cavalcade of notable people, as well as many little-known anecdotes, from the humorous to the touching. All are anchored by a gathering of contemporary and archival images, some published here for the first time. Distributed for the University of Massachusetts Amherst by University of Massachusetts Press.
The Love Bunglers
Author: Jaime HernandezPublisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1606997297
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
The suppression of family history is the initial thread that ties together The Love Bunglers, featuring Hernandez's longtime Love and Rockets heroine Maggie. Because these secrets can't be dealt with openly, their lingering effect is even more powerful. But Maggie's ability to navigate and find meaning in her life - despite losing her culture, her brother, her profession, and her friends - is what's made her a compelling character. After a lifetime of losses, Maggie finds, in the second half, her longtime off and on lover, Ray Dominguez. Much like John Updike in his four Rabbitnovels, Jaime Hernandez has been following his longtime character Maggie around for several decades, all of which has seemed to be building towards this book in particular.
Slavery in the Connecticut Valley of Massachusetts
Author: Robert H. RomerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780981982007
Category : Deerfield (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Source Hierarchy List
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corporate headings (Cataloging)
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
The World of Emily Dickinson
Author: Polly LongsworthPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393316568
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
A beautiful, visual biography of America's greatest woman poet, containing over 275 photographs and illustrations.
Public Documents of Massachusetts
Author: MassachusettsA Prison in the Woods
Author: Clarence Jefferson HallPublisher: Environmental History of the N
ISBN: 9781625345363
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Since the mid-nineteenth century, Americans have known the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York as a site of industrial production, a place to heal from disease, and a sprawling outdoor playground that must be preserved in its wild state. Less well known, however, has been the area's role in hosting a network of state and federal prisons. A Prison in the Woods traces the planning, construction, and operation of penitentiaries in five Adirondack Park communities from the 1840s through the early 2000s to demonstrate that the histories of mass incarceration and environmental consciousness are interconnected. Clarence Jefferson Hall Jr. reveals that the introduction of correctional facilities -- especially in the last three decades of the twentieth century -- unearthed long-standing conflicts over the proper uses of Adirondack nature, particularly since these sites have contributed to deforestation, pollution, and habitat decline, even as they've provided jobs and spurred economic growth. Additionally, prison plans have challenged individuals' commitment to environmental protection, tested the strength of environmental regulations, endangered environmental and public health, and exposed tensions around race, class, place, and belonging in the isolated prison towns of America's largest state park.