Author: William S. PowellPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780807833995
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places and Their History
The North Carolina Gazetteer
Author: William S. PowellPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780807833995
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places and Their History
The Book Buyer's Manual
Author: G.P. Putnam & CoThe Book Buyer's Manual
Author: G.P. Putnam (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Publishers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
After the Prosperous Age
Author: Seunghyun HanPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 1684170850
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Scholars have described the eighteenth century in China as a time of “state activism” when the state sought to strengthen its control on various social and cultural sectors. The Taiping Rebellion and the postbellum restoration efforts of the mid-nineteenth century have frequently been associated with the origins of elite activism. However, drawing upon a wide array of sources, including previously untapped Qing government documents, After the Prosperous Age argues that the ascendance of elite activism can be traced to the Jiaqing and Daoguang reigns in the early nineteenth century, and that the Taiping Rebellion served as a second catalyst for the expansion of elite public roles rather than initiating such an expansion. The first four decades of the nineteenth century in China remain almost uncharted territory. By analyzing the social and cultural interplay between state power and local elites of Suzhou, a city renowned for its economic prosperity and strong sense of local pride, from the eighteenth to the early nineteenth century, Seunghyun Han illuminates the significance of this period in terms of the reformulation of state–elite relations marked by the unfolding of elite public activism and the dissolution of a centralized cultural order.
The North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed
Author: William S. PowellPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807898295
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
The North Carolina Gazetteer first appeared to wide acclaim in 1968 and has remained an essential reference for anyone with a serious interest in the Tar Heel State, from historians to journalists, from creative writers to urban planners, from backpackers to armchair travelers. This revised and expanded edition adds approximately 1,200 new entries, bringing to nearly 21,000 the number of North Carolina cities, towns, crossroads, waterways, mountains, and other places identified here. The stories attached to place names are at the core of the book and the reason why it has stood the test of time. Some recall faraway places: Bombay, Shanghai, Moscow, Berlin. Others paint the locality as a little piece of heaven on earth: Bliss, Splendor, Sweet Home. In many cases the name derivations are unusual, sometimes wildly so: Cat Square, Huggins Hell, Tater Hill, Whynot. Telling us much about our own history in these snapshot histories of particular locales, The North Carolina Gazetteer provides an engaging, authoritative, and fully updated reference to place names from all corners of the Tar Heel State.
The Book Buyer's Manual
Author: Putnam, firm, publishers, New YorkPublisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Publishers'
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The Vermont Encyclopedia
Author: John J. DuffyPublisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781584650867
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The definitive sourcebook for Vermont facts, figures, people, events, and history
Gazetteer
Author: George P. RowellSmarter New York City
Author: André Corrêa d'AlmeidaPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231545118
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Innovation is often presented as being in the exclusive domain of the private sector. Yet despite widespread perceptions of public-sector inefficiency, government agencies have much to teach us about how technological and social advances occur. Improving governance at the municipal level is critical to the future of the twenty-first-century city, from environmental sustainability to education, economic development, public health, and beyond. In this age of acceleration and massive migration of people into cities around the world, this book explains how innovation from within city agencies and administrations makes urban systems smarter and shapes life in New York City. Using a series of case studies, Smarter New York City describes the drivers and constraints behind urban innovation, including leadership and organization; networks and interagency collaboration; institutional context; technology and real-time data collection; responsiveness and decision making; and results and impact. Cases include residential organic-waste collection, an NYPD program that identifies the sound of gunshots in real time, and the Vision Zero attempt to end traffic casualties, among others. Challenging the usefulness of a tech-centric view of urban innovation, Smarter New York City brings together a multidisciplinary and integrated perspective to imagine new possibilities from within city agencies, with practical lessons for city officials, urban planners, policy makers, civil society, and potential private-sector partners.
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