Author: Harold E. KanarekPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baltimore (Md.)
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
A Monument to an Engineer's Skill
Author: Harold E. KanarekPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baltimore (Md.)
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The Mid-Atlantic Engineers
Author: Harold KanarekRace, Class and Power in the Building of Richmond, 1870–1920
Author: Steven J. HoffmanPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 078648084X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Using post–Civil War Richmond, Virginia, as a case study, Hoffman explores the role of race and class in the city building process from 1870 to 1920. Richmond’s railroad connections enabled the city to participate in the commercial expansion that accompanied the rise of the New South. A highly compact city of mixed residential, industrial and commercial space at the end of the Civil War, Richmond remained a classic example of what historians call a “walking city” through the end of the century. As city streets were improved and public transportation became available, the city’s white merchants and emerging white middle class sought homes removed from the congested downtown. The city’s African American and white workers generally could not afford to take part in this residential migration. As a result, the mixture of race and class that had existed in the city since its inception began to disappear. The city of Richmond exemplified characteristics of both Northern and Southern cities during the period from 1870 to 1920. Retreating Confederate soldiers had started fires that destroyed the city in 1865, but by 1870, the former capital of the Confederacy was on the road to recovery from war and reconstruction, reestablishing itself as an important manufacturing and trade center. The city’s size, diversity and economic position at the time not only allows for comparisons to both Northern and Southern cities but also permits an analysis of the role of groups other than the elite in city building process. By taking a look at Richmond, we are able to see a more complete picture of how American cities have come to be the way they are.
Professional Memoirs, Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large
Author: Yale Scientific Monthly
Author: Engineers' Bulletin
Author: Colorado Society of EngineersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Engineering and Contracting
Author: Investigation of Panama Canal Matters
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interoceanic CanalsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Panama Canal (Panama)
Languages : en
Pages : 1078
Book Description
Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers
Author: American Institute of Mining EngineersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 1198
Book Description
Congressional Record
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1442
Book Description
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)