Author: Bentley Historical Library
Publisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 406

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Author: New York Public Library. Research Libraries
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 602

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Author: United States. U.S. Savings Bonds Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bonds
Languages : en
Pages : 268

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Author: Maryland Historical Society
Publisher: Buccaneer Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400

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Author: Katie Pickles
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719063909
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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Through a study of the British Empire's largest women's patriotic organisation, formed in 1900, and still in existence, this book examines the relationship between female imperialism and national identity. It throws new light on women's involvement in imperialism; on the history of 'conservative' women's organisations; on women's interventions in debates concerning citizenship and national identity; and on the history of women in white settler societies. After placing the IODE (Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire) in the context of recent scholarly work in Canadian, gender, imperial history and post-colonial theory, the book follows the IODE's history through the twentieth century. Tracing the organisation into the postcolonial era, where previous imperial ideas are outmoded, it considers the transformation from patriotism to charity, and the turn to colonisation at home in the Canadian North.

Author: Alexander Turnbull Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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Author: United States. National Archives and Records Administration
Publisher:
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 92

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Author: Vicki Ingham
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625857810
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 158

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When shoppers went to Younkers, they experienced something magical. Celebrities signed autographs, chefs gave cooking demonstrations and Miss Universe discussed the latest styles in swimwear. The flagship store, a showplace in the heart of downtown Des Moines, boasted dazzling selling spaces equipped with the first escalator and air conditioner in the state. The Tea Room established a legendary reputation for its food, fashion shows and Theater Nights. A great place to work, it gave thousands of teens their first paychecks and afforded hundreds of associates a lifelong career. Join Vicki Ingham for Younkers' journey to become one of the most important department store chains in the Midwest.

Author: Eric Homberger
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300105155
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350

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Mrs Astor, queen of New York society in the decades before World War I, used her prestige to create a social aristocracy in the city. Mrs Astor's story, told here by Eric Homberger, sheds light on the origins, extravagant lifestyle, and social competitiveness of this aristocracy.

Author: Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316040339
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 218

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A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist and New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Harlem Is Nowhere brilliantly captures the essence of Harlem at a crucial moment in the neighborhood's history. For a century Harlem has been celebrated as the capital of black America, a thriving center of cultural achievement and political action. As gentrification encroaches, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts untangles the myth and meaning of Harlem's legacy. Examining the epic Harlem of official history and the personal Harlem that begins at her front door, Rhodes-Pitts introduces us to a wide variety of characters, past and present. At the heart of their stories, and her own, is the hope carried over many generations, hope that Harlem would be the ground from which blacks fully entered America's democracy. Rhodes-Pitts is a brilliant new voice who, like other significant chroniclers of places -- Joan Didion on California, or Jamaica Kincaid on Antigua -- captures the very essence of her subject. "No geographic or racial qualification guarantees a writer her subject . . . Only interest, knowledge, and love will do that -- all of which this book displays in abundance." -- Zadie Smith, Harper's