Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Maine
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
State O' Maine Facts
Author: Facts about the States
Author: Joseph Nathan KanePublisher: H. W. Wilson
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
**** The first edition (1989) of this appealing popular reference is cited in ARBA 1990, Sheehy Suppl., and--we blush--RandR Book News. It provides a detailed yet concise portrait of every state (as well as D.C. and Puerto Rico), combining facts and statistics to profile the state's history, economy, population, cultural development, natural resources, and political system. Each chapter concludes with an extensive bibliography of nonfiction and reference volumes and an annotated list of literary works (fiction, memoirs, and biographies) in which the state and its people play a major role. Included in this revised and updated edition are two new sections, one covering the environment, the other presenting unusual state facts. For a broad audience. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
State Mineral Profiles
Author: United States. Bureau of MinesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Maine Politics & Government
Author: Kenneth T. PalmerPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803287181
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Remote and thinly populated, Maine has been insulated from many of the demo-graphic and economic trends of states to the south. But Maine Politics and Government shows how rapidly this situation is changing. In the 1970s and 1980s, Maine?once dependent on agriculture, manufacturing, and maritime trades?underwent extensive commercial development. High-tech businesses and fashionable suburbs, concentrated in the southern counties, began to assert a new political force. The authors of this book view these changes in the context of the state's long history. Although Maine's population and economy have become more diversified, its public policies more complex, and its government more professionalized and centralized, there remains a remarkable degree of stability in political attitudes. And Maine still operates under its original 1819 constitution; the amendments added over time have largely maintained its original structure while allowing for changing conditions. This book illumi-nates the workings of Maine's executive, legislative, and judicial branches and its relations with the federal government, as well as local concerns, without losing sight of the Pine Tree State's uniqueness.
Maine Politics and Government
Author: Kenneth T. PalmerPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803226470
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Remote and thinly populated, Maine was long insulated from many of the demographic and economic trends of states to the south. Maine Politics and Government traces recent changes in the state's system as agriculture, manufacturing, and maritime trades have ceded dominance to high-tech businesses, extensive commercial development, and an expanding governmental sector.
Minerals in the Economy of Maine
Author: Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1140
Book Description
Maine
Author: David J. ClarkePublisher: ABDO
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
From hiking up Mount Katahdin to visiting the historic Portland Head Light, Maine is full of adventures. This title introduces the state's people, culture, and places to visit. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Kids Core is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Hidden History of Maine
Author: Harry GratwickPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614231346
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Discover 400 years of New England history you won’t find in guidebooks in this collection of true stories and colorful characters from The Pine Tree State. Maine wouldn’t be the magical place it is today without the contributions of little-known individuals whose inspiring and adventuresome lives make up the story of Maine's "hidden history." Journalist and Maine historian Harry Gratwick presents vividly detailed portraits of these Mainers, from the controversial missionary Sebastien Rale to Woolwich native William Phips, whose seafaring attacks against French Canada earned him the first governorship of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Gratwick also profiles inventors such as Robert Benjamin Lewis, an African American from Gardiner who patented a hair growth product in the 1830s, and Margaret Knight, a York native who defied nineteenth-century sexism to earn the nickname "the female Edison." From soprano Lillian Nordica, who left Farmington to become the most glamorous American opera singer of her day, to slugger George "Piano Legs" Gore, the only Mainer to ever win a Major League Baseball batting championship, Hidden History of Maine reveals the men and women who made history without making it into history books.
Maine, the Pine Tree State
Author: Deborah H. DeFordPublisher: Gareth Stevens
ISBN: 9780836851519
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Presents the history, geography, people, government, economy, social life and customs, and state events and attractions of Maine.