Author: Great BritainPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
The Statutes at Large
Author: Great BritainAn Overview of the Prehistory of Western and Central North Dakota
Author: Dale DavidsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Mythic Frontiers
Author: Daniel R. MaherPublisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813063949
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
“Maher explores the development of the Frontier Complex as he deconstructs the frontier myth in the context of manifest destiny, American exceptionalism, and white male privilege. A very significant contribution to our understanding of how and why heritage sites reinforce privilege.”— Frederick H. Smith, author of The Archaeology of Alcohol and Drinking “Peels back the layer of dime westerns and True Grit films to show how their mythologies are made material. You’ll never experience a ‘heritage site’ the same way again.”—Christine Bold, author of The Frontier Club: Popular Westerns and Cultural Power, 1880–1924 The history of the Wild West has long been fictionalized in novels, films, and television shows. Catering to these popular representations, towns across America have created tourist sites connecting such tales with historical monuments. Yet these attractions stray from known histories in favor of the embellished past visitors expect to see and serve to craft a cultural memory that reinforces contemporary ideologies. In Mythic Frontiers, Daniel Maher illustrates how aggrandized versions of the past, especially those of the “American frontier,” have been used to turn a profit. These imagined historical sites have effectively silenced the violent, oppressive, colonizing forces of manifest destiny and elevated principal architects of it to mythic heights. Examining the frontier complex in Fort Smith, Arkansas—where visitors are greeted at a restored brothel and the reconstructed courtroom and gallows of “Hanging Judge” Isaac Parker feature prominently—Maher warns that creating a popular tourist narrative and disconnecting cultural heritage tourism from history minimizes the devastating consequences of imperialism, racism, and sexism and relegitimizes the privilege bestowed upon white men.
The British Architect
Author: Circulars
Author: Johns Hopkins UniversityPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Journal
Author: Mississippi. Legislature. House of RepresentativesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislative journals
Languages : en
Pages : 1098
Book Description
Includes called, adjourned and extraordinary sessions.
The Statutes of the Realm
Author: Great BritainThe Unruly City
Author: Mike RapportPublisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465094953
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
A lauded expert on European history paints a vivid picture of Paris, London, and New York during the Age of Revolutions, exploring how each city fostered or suppressed political uprisings within its boundaries In The Unruly City, historian Mike Rapport offers a vivid history of three intertwined cities toward the end of the eighteenth century-Paris, London, and New York-all in the midst of political chaos and revolution. From the British occupation of New York during the Revolutionary War, to agitation for democracy in London and popular uprisings, and ultimately regicide in Paris, Rapport explores the relationship between city and revolution, asking why some cities engender upheaval and some suppress it. Why did Paris experience a devastating revolution while London avoided one? And how did American independence ignite activism in cities across the Atlantic? Rapport takes readers from the politically charged taverns and coffeehouses on Fleet Street, through a sea battle between the British and French in the New York Harbor, to the scaffold during the Terror in Paris. The Unruly City shows how the cities themselves became protagonists in the great drama of revolution.
The Gunsmith #362
Author: J. R. RobertsPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110155438X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
MAN ON A MISSION A former slave, Bass Reeves is a man proud to wear the badge and uphold the law. While on the trail of a gang of masked bank robbers, the Deputy Marshal discovers that the murderous men aren’t any old criminals: they’re former Buffalo Soldiers. Bass knows that he’s going to need help capturing the rest of the gang—and he knows just the Gunsmith for the job. Clint Adams isn’t the kind of man to ignore a friend in his time of need, so he readily agrees to help Bass. But besides bringing the men to justice, Clint is determined to help Bass with his second, more personal mission—finding out what made a bunch of former Buffalo Soldiers go from protecting people to killing them… OVER 15 MILLION GUNSMITH BOOKS IN PRINT!
The Pennsylvania Railroad
Author: William B. SipesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Jersey
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Book describing and referencing the published literature on the nutritional properties, the botanical characteristics and the ethnic uses of traditional food plants of Indigenous Canadian Peoples.