Author: Deirdre Mask
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1250134781
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Finalist for the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction | One of Time Magazines's 100 Must-Read Books of 2020 | Longlisted for the 2020 Porchlight Business Book Awards "An entertaining quest to trace the origins and implications of the names of the roads on which we reside." —Sarah Vowell, The New York Times Book Review When most people think about street addresses, if they think of them at all, it is in their capacity to ensure that the postman can deliver mail or a traveler won’t get lost. But street addresses were not invented to help you find your way; they were created to find you. In many parts of the world, your address can reveal your race and class. In this wide-ranging and remarkable book, Deirdre Mask looks at the fate of streets named after Martin Luther King Jr., the wayfinding means of ancient Romans, and how Nazis haunt the streets of modern Germany. The flipside of having an address is not having one, and we also see what that means for millions of people today, including those who live in the slums of Kolkata and on the streets of London. Filled with fascinating people and histories, The Address Book illuminates the complex and sometimes hidden stories behind street names and their power to name, to hide, to decide who counts, who doesn’t—and why.
The Address Book
Author: Deirdre Mask
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1250134781
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Finalist for the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction | One of Time Magazines's 100 Must-Read Books of 2020 | Longlisted for the 2020 Porchlight Business Book Awards "An entertaining quest to trace the origins and implications of the names of the roads on which we reside." —Sarah Vowell, The New York Times Book Review When most people think about street addresses, if they think of them at all, it is in their capacity to ensure that the postman can deliver mail or a traveler won’t get lost. But street addresses were not invented to help you find your way; they were created to find you. In many parts of the world, your address can reveal your race and class. In this wide-ranging and remarkable book, Deirdre Mask looks at the fate of streets named after Martin Luther King Jr., the wayfinding means of ancient Romans, and how Nazis haunt the streets of modern Germany. The flipside of having an address is not having one, and we also see what that means for millions of people today, including those who live in the slums of Kolkata and on the streets of London. Filled with fascinating people and histories, The Address Book illuminates the complex and sometimes hidden stories behind street names and their power to name, to hide, to decide who counts, who doesn’t—and why.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1250134781
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Finalist for the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction | One of Time Magazines's 100 Must-Read Books of 2020 | Longlisted for the 2020 Porchlight Business Book Awards "An entertaining quest to trace the origins and implications of the names of the roads on which we reside." —Sarah Vowell, The New York Times Book Review When most people think about street addresses, if they think of them at all, it is in their capacity to ensure that the postman can deliver mail or a traveler won’t get lost. But street addresses were not invented to help you find your way; they were created to find you. In many parts of the world, your address can reveal your race and class. In this wide-ranging and remarkable book, Deirdre Mask looks at the fate of streets named after Martin Luther King Jr., the wayfinding means of ancient Romans, and how Nazis haunt the streets of modern Germany. The flipside of having an address is not having one, and we also see what that means for millions of people today, including those who live in the slums of Kolkata and on the streets of London. Filled with fascinating people and histories, The Address Book illuminates the complex and sometimes hidden stories behind street names and their power to name, to hide, to decide who counts, who doesn’t—and why.
Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Seth L. Milliken
Author: United States. Congress
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Languages : en
Pages : 90
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Languages : en
Pages : 90
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Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of J. William Stokes (late a Representative from South Carolina), Delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate, Fifty-seventh Congress, First Session
Author: United States. 57th Congress, 1st session, 1901-1902
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Languages : en
Pages : 110
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Languages : en
Pages : 110
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Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of James B. Beck (a Senator from Kentucky) Delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives August 23 and September 13, 1890
Author: W. Michael
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
James Burnie Beck was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, in 1822. He immigrated to Kentucky in 1843 and became a manager and foreman on the farm of Drummond Hunt in Fayette County. In 1845, he left to attend school, and graduated from law school at Translyvania University, Lexington, Kentucky. He practiced law at Lexington. Active in politics, he served in the United States House of Representatives and in the Senate. He died at Washington, D.C., in 1890 and was buried at Lexington. He was survived by a daughter, Mrs. Green Clay Goodloe.
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Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
James Burnie Beck was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, in 1822. He immigrated to Kentucky in 1843 and became a manager and foreman on the farm of Drummond Hunt in Fayette County. In 1845, he left to attend school, and graduated from law school at Translyvania University, Lexington, Kentucky. He practiced law at Lexington. Active in politics, he served in the United States House of Representatives and in the Senate. He died at Washington, D.C., in 1890 and was buried at Lexington. He was survived by a daughter, Mrs. Green Clay Goodloe.
Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of James B. Beck, a Senator from Kentucky, Delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives, August 23 and September 13, 1890
Author: W. H. Michael
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Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
James Burnie Beck was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, in 1822. He immigrated to Kentucky in 1843 and became a manager and foreman on the farm of Drummond Hunt in Fayette County. In 1845, he left to attend school, and graduated from law school at Translyvania University, Lexington, Kentucky. He practiced law at Lexington. Active in politics, he served in the United States House of Representatives and in the Senate. He died at Washington, D.C., in 1890 and was buried at Lexington. He was survived by a daughter, Mrs. Green Clay Goodloe.
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Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
James Burnie Beck was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, in 1822. He immigrated to Kentucky in 1843 and became a manager and foreman on the farm of Drummond Hunt in Fayette County. In 1845, he left to attend school, and graduated from law school at Translyvania University, Lexington, Kentucky. He practiced law at Lexington. Active in politics, he served in the United States House of Representatives and in the Senate. He died at Washington, D.C., in 1890 and was buried at Lexington. He was survived by a daughter, Mrs. Green Clay Goodloe.
Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Richard P. Bland (late a Representative from Missouri)
Author: United States. 56th Congress, 1st sess., 1899-1900
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Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Joshua S. Salmon (late a Representative from New Jersey), Delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate, Fifty-seventh Congress, First Session
Author: United States. 57th Congress, 1st session, 1901-1902
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Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of John Edward Kenna (a Senator from West Virginia)
Author: United States. Congress
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Languages : en
Pages : 152
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Languages : en
Pages : 152
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Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Jonathan T. Updegraff (a Represenative from Ohio)
Author: United States. Congress
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Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Joseph Rankin, (a Representative from Wisconsin)
Author: United States. Congress
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Category : Legislators
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Category : Legislators
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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