Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church plate
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
An Illustrated History of English Plate, Ecclesiastical and Secular
Author: An Illustrated History of English Plate, Ecclesiastical and Secular
Author: The Illustrated History of Colour Photography
Author: Jack Howard CootePublisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Brings to life the challenges and developments of Technicolor, Kodachrome, Agfacolor, Kodacolor, Cibachrome, Polaroid and electronic photography.
An Illustrated History of Fashion
Author: Alice MackrellPublisher: B. T. Batsford Limited
ISBN: 9780713486728
Category : Fashion
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
A comprehensive and illuminating survey of 500 years of fashion, as seen through the art of its period. Focusing on the means by which costume has been recorded - from woodcuts, engravings and fashion plates to film, photography and the Internet - it offers examples from all over the world.
Death in England
Author: Peter C. JuppPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719058110
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This work provides a social history of death from the earliest times to Diana, Princess of Wales. As we discard the 20th century taboo about death, this book charts the story of the way in which our forebears coped with aspects of their daily lives.
Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1150
Book Description
Penn State
Author: Michael BezillaPublisher: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Chartered in 1855 as an agricultural college, Penn State was designated Pennsylvania's land-grant school soon after the passage of the Morrill Act in 1862. Through this federal legislation, the institution assumed a legal obligation to offer studies not only in agriculture but also in engineering and other utilitarian fields as well as liberal arts. By giving it land-grant status, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania made the privately chartered Penn State a public instrumentality and assumed a responsibility to assist it in carrying out its work. However, the notion that higher education should have practical value was a novel one in the mid-nineteenth century, and Penn State experienced several decades of drift and uncertainty before winning the confidence of Pennsylvania's citizens and their political leaders. The story of Penn State in the twentieth century is one of continuous expansion in its three-fold mission: instruction, research, and extension. Engineering, agriculture, mineral industries, and science were early strengths; during the Great Depression, liberal arts matured. Further curricular diversification occurred after the Second World War, and a medical school and teaching hospital were added in the 1960s. Penn State was among the earliest land-grant schools to inaugurate extension programs in agriculture, engineering, and home economics. Indeed, the success of extension education indirectly led to the founding of the first branch campuses in the 1930s, from which evolved the extensive Commonwealth Campus system. The history of Penn State encompasses more than academics. It is the personal story of such able leaders as presidents Evan Pugh, George Atherton, and Milton Eisenhower, who saw not the institution that was but the one that could be. It is the story of the confusing and often frustrating relationship between the University and the state government. As much as anything else, it is the story of students, with ample attention given to the social as well as scholastic side of student life. All of this is placed in the context of the history of land-grant education and Pennsylvania's overall educational development. This is an objective, analytical, and at times critical account of Penn State from the earliest days to the 1980s. With hundreds of illustrations and interesting vignettes, this book is a visually exciting and human-oriented history of a major state university.
Standard Books
Author: Charles Frederick TweneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 936
Book Description
The Conquest of the American West
Author: John SelbyPublisher: History Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
This thoroughly researched book is a mammoth tour of the United States, concentrating on the colorful and the dramatic.
Catalogue of English Silversmiths' Work (with Scottish and Irish) Civil and Domestic
Author: Victoria and Albert Museum. Department of MetalworkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description