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Ludington: 1830-1930 (Images of America) (Images of America)
James L. Cabot

Arcadia Publishing, 2005

The lumbering industry brought thousands of workers and their families to labor in the mills of Ludington and in the forests along the Pere Marquette River in the 19th century. Though some moved on to new lumbering areas, many remained and prospered as Ludington grew to become a manufacturing, transportation, and tourism center in the 20th century. Ludington: 1830?1930 features more than 220 images from the collection assembled by Ludington ...

American Wrench Makers: 1830-1930, Second Edition

1 review
Kenneth Cope

Astragal Pr, 2002

The perfect resource
Kenneth L. Cope has really outdone himself with this edition. The entire book has been revamped and reorganized, and it also includes MANY new entries. What Cope has presented us is a fascinating look into the history of this excellent tool and how it has technically advanced over the years. I was really impressed by the accuracy of which Cope dates each model. He doesn't simply include when ...

The Adirondacks 1830-1930 (NY) (Images of America)

1 review
Donald R. Williams

Arcadia Publishing, 2002

a good review of the history
Another example of one of those books that are becoming so popular using photos or postcards as the basis of the review. Great old photos with short paragraphs of information. It is an "easy read", that captures the essence of the times ass they changed in the Adirondacks. A must book for those who want to get caught up quickly with the history of the area

European Imperialism: 1830 to 1930 (Problems in European Civilization Series)

1 review
Alice L. Conklin, Ian Christopher Fletcher

Wadsworth Publishing, 1998

A good book if you are interested in European Imperialism
As much of the books in the Problems in European Civilization Series, this book is great for people who have gone through history classes wishing to understand a period, aspect or event in history better. This book deals with many of the major theories on the cause of european imperialism and why it is that it ultimately failed (there are even writings from Lenin and Ghandi in this book on the ...

An Illustrated History of Hairstyles 1830-1930

1 review
Marian I. Doyle

Schiffer Publishing, 2003

An Illustrated History of Hairstyles 1930-1930
Great Book. If you are looking to see "real" hairstyles on "real" folks this is the book for you. There are great photo's and descriptions. If you are involved in a re-enactment society this book is very helpful as to how folks wore their hair during each period and even afew "how to's".

Rockingham Ware in American Culture, 1830-1930: Reading Historical Artifacts
Jane Perkins Claney

UPNE, 2004

Rockingham ware was an inexpensive brown-glazed ceramic that was ubiquitous in America from the mid-nineteenth through the early twentieth century. Popular as an antique today, it is regularly sold at venues ranging from flea markets to antique shows. Despite its prevalence in American life for nearly a century and its continued presence as a collector's item, little has been written on this subject of vast interest to collectors, museum ...

Their Sisters' Keepers: Women's Prison Reform in America, 1830-1930 (Women and Culture Series)
Estelle B. Freedman

University of Michigan Press, 1984

This study of prison reform adds a new chapter to the history of women's struggle for justice in America

Female Adolescence in American Scientific Thought, 1830--1930 (New Studies in American Intellectual and ...
Crista DeLuzio

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007

In this groundbreaking study, Crista DeLuzio asks how scientific experts conceptualized female adolescence in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Revisiting figures like G. Stanley Hall and Margaret Mead and casting her net across the disciplines of biology, psychology, and anthropology, DeLuzio examines the process by which youthful femininity in America became a contested cultural category. Challenging accepted views that ...

Contagion and the State in Europe, 1830-1930
Peter Baldwin

Cambridge University Press, 2005

This book explains the historical reasons for the divergence in public health policies adopted in Britain, France, Germany and Sweden, and the spectrum of responses to the threat of contagious diseases such as cholera, smallpox and syphilis. In particular the book examines the link between politics and prevention, and uses medical history to illuminate broader questions of the development of statutory intervention and the comparative and ...

A Singing Ambivalence: American Immigrants Between Old World and New, 1830-1930

1 review
Victor R. Greene

Kent State University Press, 2004

Drawing important connections between themes, immigrant group concerns, and how immigrants expressed themselves
Nine key immigrant groups from Irish and Eastern Europeans to Chinese and Mexicans responded to their new lives in America through music, expressing the sorrow of leaving homeland and loved ones and the troubles experienced in fitting into a new society. Historian Victor Greene's A Singing Ambivalence: American Immigrants Between Old World And New, 1830-1930 surveys the music associated with ...

American Silk, 1830 - 1930: Entrepreneurs And Artifacts (Costume Society of America)

2 reviews
Jacqueline Field, Marjorie Senechal, ...

Texas Tech University Press, 2007

American Silk - New Family History
I went right to the middle section of this book to read about The Haskell Silk Mills in Westbrook, Maine. Why? Because my Great Grandfather Edwin Haskell was the founder. Excellent research by the author and her obvious love of the subject matter gave us, the Haskell descendants, an incredible look at the success and subsequent failure of this local business. I learned much more about my ...

Origins of Law and Economics: The Economists' New Science of Law, 1830-1930 (Historical Perspectives on ...

1 review
Heath Pearson

Cambridge University Press, 2005

Law and economics did not start in Chicago around 1960
This book is written by a historian and deals with law-and-economics avant la lettre in Europe. It is worth every penny of its rather expensive $64.95 for 202 pages. In a very rich survey, it shows how during the 19th and early 20th century, Europeans, Germans in particular, and some Americans asked the same questions about the origins of property rights and the role of legal institutions, as did ...

Sail's Last Century: The Merchant Sailing Ship, 1830-1930 (Conway's History of the Ship)

1 review

Book Sales, 2001

A great selection from a great series
As a reader of Great Lakes maritime history I see a lot of different ships mentioned in passing. Here is a book that will give you the technical details on those ships and what factors drove the particulars of their construction. Of couse this book is a study of seafaring worldwide, but much of this technology was in heavy use on the inland seas in the late nineteenth century. This makes this ...

The Golden Century: Classic Motor Yachts, 1830-1930

6 reviews
Ross Mactaggart

W. W. Norton & Company, 2001

GREAT PICTURES, GREAT OPINIONS!
It's funny, but contrary to the adjacent review, I found the author's opinions of classic yacht design to be right on target, and I learned an incredible amount of historical information. Did we read the same book? Through the text (and amazing images!) I learned a great deal about the evolution of yacht design. Fascinating as well were the many "sidebars" offering a wealth of information on ...

Separate Spheres No More: Gender Convergence in American Literature, 1830-1930

1 review

University Alabama Press, 2000

Highly useful
Excellent book for any student of gender issues and literature.

Exotic Nations: Literature and Cultural Identity in the United States and Brazil, 1830-1930
Renata Wasserman

Cornell University Press, 1994

In this highly original and critically informed book, Renata R. Mautner Wasserman looks at how, during the first decades following political independence, writers in the United States and Brazil assimilated and subverted European images of an "exotic" New World to create new literatures that asserted cultural independence and defined national identity. Exotic Nations demonstrates that the language of exoticism thus became part of the New World's ...

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