Author: Iliff (John W.) & CoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Iliff's Imperial Atlas of the World: Geographical, Historical, Political, Astronomical, Statistical, Educational, Agricultural, Commercial and Descriptive
Author: Iliff (John W.) & CoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
The West Virginia School Journal
Author: The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Chicago
Author: Dominic A. PacygaPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226644324
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Chicago has been called by many names. Nelson Algren declared it a “City on the Make.” Carl Sandburg dubbed it the “City of Big Shoulders.” Upton Sinclair christened it “The Jungle,” while New Yorkers, naturally, pronounced it “the Second City.” At last there is a book for all of us, whatever we choose to call Chicago. In this magisterial biography, historian Dominic Pacyga traces the storied past of his hometown, from the explorations of Joliet and Marquette in 1673 to the new wave of urban pioneers today. The city’s great industrialists, reformers, and politicians—and, indeed, the many not-so-great and downright notorious—animate this book, from Al Capone and Jane Addams to Mayor Richard J. Daley and President Barack Obama. But what distinguishes this book from the many others on the subject is its author’s uncommon ability to illuminate the lives of Chicago’s ordinary people. Raised on the city’s South Side and employed for a time in the stockyards, Pacyga gives voice to the city’s steelyard workers and kill floor operators, and maps the neighborhoods distinguished not by Louis Sullivan masterworks, but by bungalows and corner taverns. Filled with the city’s one-of-a-kind characters and all of its defining moments, Chicago: A Biography is as big and boisterous as its namesake—and as ambitious as the men and women who built it.
Texas School Journal
Author: The Century Atlas of the World
Author: Benjamin Eli SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 936
Book Description
Complete Atlas of the World, 2nd Edition
Author: DKPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 146540130X
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
DK's highly regarded, eye-catching, and comprehensive cartography is presented in classic form in this fully updated geographic tome, the second edition of Complete Atlas of the World. All maps enjoy a full double-page spread, maximizing the space for geographic information. The continents are broken down into 330 carefully selected map areas reflecting a meaningful division of the modern world. A section on thought-provoking global topics and an index of 100,000 placenames support the core atlas. This atlas is has been structured into four sections. The first section is a world overview, containing a stimulating series of global thematic maps which explore Earth's place in the universe, its physical forms and processes, the living world, and the human condition. The second section comprises the main atlas, examined in a series of 330 maps, including more than 100 city plans. In section three, all 195 countries of the world are presented along with up-to-date geopolitical facts. In the fourth and final section, a clearly styled index of all 100,000 placenames is provided.
The Century Atlas of the World
Author: Checklist of Printed Maps of the Middle West to 1900
Author: Robert W. KarrowPublisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Author: