Author: Joanne RyanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
The Egyptian Obelisk as a Tombstone in Two New England Cemeteries
Author: Joanne RyanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Writings on New England History
Author: Markers
Author: Historic New England
Author: Patricia HarrisPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493024558
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
National Historic Landmarks are touchstones of our collective past that still resonate with our present. The six New England states have nearly 400 such places. However, important doesn't always translate into interesting and so we have Historic New England: A Tour of the Region’s Top 100 National Historic Landmarks––those with the most intriguing and rewarding history. In addition to historic houses, tall ships, and such quirky spots as one of the country's oldest weather stations, carousels, and sandy beaches. The book appeals to the historical enthusiast, the armchair traveler, and both local visitors and tourists alike.
The Future of Nuclear Waste
Author: Rosemary JoycePublisher:
ISBN: 019088813X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
In this book, a contemporary archaeologist critically examines designs experts advising the US government suggested to mark nuclear waste sites and prevent their excavation thousands of years into the future: to build either an artificial ruin, or install a landscape scale artwork; and explores why planners thought they would work.
Sightseeking
Author: Christopher J. LenneyPublisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781584654636
Category : Historic sites
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
A startlingly original synthesis of keen observation and interpretive skill that will transform one s understanding of New England s man-made landscape"
The Rough Guide to New England
Author: Sarah HullPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1409359735
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
The new full colour Rough Guide to New England is the ultimate travel guide to this compelling historic region, packed with comprehensive coverage of every attraction. Honest, accurate reviews with first-hand opinions, clear maps, detailed practical information, insider tips and illuminating photographs throughout will ensure that your visit is a truly memorable one. Discover New England's highlights with in-depth accounts on everything from apple picking and beachcombing to Yankee cooking and zip lines. Hike the Appalachian Trail, or meander down country roads amid autumn foliage; savour New England's best clam chowder, regional beer and blueberry pie; spot a lighthouse, or even a whale; and walk in the footsteps of revolutionaries. Explore it all with our inspiring new itineraries, up-to-date descriptions and stylish colour maps pinpointing New England's best hotels, shops, restaurants and drinking taverns, for all budgets, so that you don't miss a thing. Now available in ePub format.
New England Cemeteries
Author: Andrew KullThe Obelisk
Author: Richard BarnesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Obelisks
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Richard Barnes' book celebrates the long history and variety of Britain's obelisks, and pursues the absorbing question of why this feature of art and architecture has survived and thrived through the centuries.
Civil War Monuments and the Militarization of America
Author: Thomas J. BrownPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469653753
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
This sweeping new assessment of Civil War monuments unveiled in the United States between the 1860s and 1930s argues that they were pivotal to a national embrace of military values. Americans' wariness of standing armies limited construction of war memorials in the early republic, Thomas J. Brown explains, and continued to influence commemoration after the Civil War. As large cities and small towns across the North and South installed an astonishing range of statues, memorial halls, and other sculptural and architectural tributes to Civil War heroes, communities debated the relationship of military service to civilian life through fund-raising campaigns, artistic designs, oratory, and ceremonial practices. Brown shows that distrust of standing armies gave way to broader enthusiasm for soldiers in the Gilded Age. Some important projects challenged the trend, but many Civil War monuments proposed new norms of discipline and vigor that lifted veterans to a favored political status and modeled racial and class hierarchies. A half century of Civil War commemoration reshaped remembrance of the American Revolution and guided American responses to World War I. Brown provides the most comprehensive overview of the American war memorial as a cultural form and reframes the national debate over Civil War monuments that remain potent presences on the civic landscape.