Author: Lyman Horace WeeksPublisher:
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Prominent Families of New York
Author: Lyman Horace WeeksPublisher:
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Leaves from the Note-books of Lady Dorothy Nevill
Author: Lady Dorothy NevillPublisher: London, Macmillan and Company, limited
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Prices of Clothing
Author: John M. CurranPublisher:
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Category : Clothing and dress
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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A Century of Premiers
Author: D. LeonardPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230511503
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
During the course of the Twentieth Century, nineteen men and one woman - from Robert Cecil, Third Marquis of Salisbury to Tony Blair - have occupied the post of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
When Old Technologies Were New
Author: Carolyn MarvinPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198021380
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
In the history of electronic communication, the last quarter of the nineteenth century holds a special place, for it was during this period that the telephone, phonograph, electric light, wireless, and cinema were all invented. In When old Technologies Were New, Carolyn Marvin explores how two of these new inventions--the telephone and the electric light--were publicly envisioned at the end of the nineteenth century, as seen in specialized engineering journals and popular media. Marvin pays particular attention to the telephone, describing how it disrupted established social relations, unsettling customary ways of dividing the private person and family from the more public setting of the community. On the lighter side, she describes how people spoke louder when calling long distance, and how they worried about catching contagious diseases over the phone. A particularly powerful chapter deals with telephonic precursors of radio broadcasting--the "Telephone Herald" in New York and the "Telefon Hirmondo" of Hungary--and the conflict between the technological development of broadcasting and the attempt to impose a homogenous, ethnocentric variant of Anglo-Saxon culture on the public. While focusing on the way professionals in the electronics field tried to control the new media, Marvin also illuminates the broader social impact, presenting a wide-ranging, informative, and entertaining account of the early years of electronic media.
My Early Life
Author: Winston ChurchillPublisher: Leo Cooper Books
ISBN: 9780850522570
Category : Prime ministers
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
This memoir was first published in 1930 and describes the author's school days, his time in the Army, his experiences as a war correspondent and his first years as a member of Parliament.
Brief History of English and American Literature
Author: Henry Augustin BeersPublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 646
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Under Four Administrations
Author: Oscar Solomon StrausPublisher:
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Category : Ambassadors
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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The Colonial and State Political History of Hertford County, N.C.
Author: Benjamin Brodie WinbornePublisher:
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Category : Hertford County (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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A History of Lake County, Illinois
Author: John J. HalseyPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 902
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