Destruction And Reconstruction

Author : Richard Taylor
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Destruction and Reconstruction written by Richard Taylor and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Destruction and Reconstruction" is one of the most credited books of the Civil War. "The opinions expressed are sincerely entertained, but of their correctness such readers as I may find must judge. I have in most cases been a witness to the facts alleged, or have obtained them from the best sources. Where statements are made upon less authority, I have carefully endeavored to indicate it by the language employed."

Author : Richard Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Destruction and reconstruction: personal experiences of the late war written by Richard Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Taylor
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 187994121X
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Destruction and Reconstruction written by Richard Taylor and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1998 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Taylor (1826-1879), son of President Zachary Taylor and brother-in-law of Jefferson Davis, was a planter, politician, and general. Taylor's memoir of his Civil War and Reconstruction experiences is regarded as one of the best-written of the period. His recollections focus on his service in Virginia under Stonewall Jackson and later as commander of the department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana.

Author : Richard Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Destruction and Reconstruction written by Richard Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Olivia Muñoz-Rojas
Publisher : Apollo Books
ISBN 13 : 9781845194369
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ashes and Granite written by Olivia Muñoz-Rojas and published by Apollo Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the wartime destruction and post-war rebuilding of three prominent sites in Madrid, Bilbao and Barcelona in the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath. This title reveals aspects of the Spanish Civil War and the evolution of the Franco regime from an original and fruitful angle.

Author : Jane Schneider
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000184838
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wounded Cities written by Jane Schneider and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the seemingly apocalyptic scale of the World Trade Center disaster continues to haunt people across the globe, it is only the most recent example of a city tragically wounded. Cities are, in fact, perpetually caught up in cycles of degeneration and renewal. As with the WTC, from time to time these cycles are severely ruptured by a sudden, unpredictable event. In the wake of recent terrorist activities, this timely book explores how urban populations are affected by wounds inflicted through violence, civil wars, overbuilding, drug trafficking, and the collapse of infrastructures, as well as natural disasters such as earthquakes. Mexico City, New York, Beirut, Belfast, Bangkok and Baghdad are just a few examples of cities riddled with problems that undermine, on a daily basis, the quality of urban life. What does it mean for urban dwellers when the infrastructure of a city collapses transport, communication grids, heat, light, roads, water, and sanitation? What are the effects of foreign investment and huge construction projects on urban populations and how does this change the look and character of a city? How does drug trafficking intersect with class, race, and gender, and what impact does it have on vulnerable urban communities? How do political corruption and mafia networks distort the built environment? Drawing on in-depth case studies from across the globe, this book answers these intriguing questions through its rigorous consideration of changing global and national contexts, social movements, and corrosive urban events. Adopting a grass roots up approach, it places emphasis on peoples experiences of uneven development and inequality, their engagement with memory in the face of continual change, and the relevance of political activism to bettering their lives. It is especially attentive to the historical interaction of particular cities with wider political and economic forces, as these interactions have shaped local governance over time.

Author : Peter J. Larkham
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351893890
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Blitz and its Legacy written by Peter J. Larkham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Triggered in part by contemporary experiences in the Balkans, the Middle East and elsewhere, there has been a rise in interest in the blitz and the subsequent reconstruction of cities, especially as many of the buildings and areas rebuilt after the Second World War are now facing demolition and reconstruction in their turn. Drawing together leading scholars and new researchers from across the fields of planning, history, architecture and geography, this volume presents an historical and cultural commentary on the immediate and longer-term impacts of wartime destruction. The book's contents in 14 chapters cover the spread of themes from experiencing the war to reconstruction and its experiences; and although many chapters draw upon the UK experience, there is deliberate inclusion of some material from mainland Europe and Japan to emphasise that the experiences, processes and products are not London-specific. A comparative book tracing destruction to reconstruction is a relative rarity, and yet of the utmost importance in possessing wider relevance to post-disaster reconstructions. The Blitz and Its Legacy is a fascinating volume which includes war experiences of destruction, architecture, urban design, the political process of planning and reconstruction, and also popular perceptions of rebuilding. Its findings provide very timely lessons which highlight the value of learning from historical precedent.

Author : Louise Bourgeois
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Destruction of the Father, Reconstruction of the Father written by Louise Bourgeois and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the age of twelve, internationally renowned sculptor Louise Bourgeois has been writing diaries, notes and reflections on her everyday life. This book contains a selection of her writings and sketches.

Author : Richard Taylor
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences from the Civil War written by Richard Taylor and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-08 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good Press presents the Civil War Memories Series. This meticulous selection of the firsthand accounts, memoirs and diaries is specially comprised for Civil War enthusiasts and all people curious about the personal accounts and true life stories of the unknown soldiers, the well known commanders, politicians, nurses and civilians amidst the war. "Destruction and Reconstruction" is one of the most credited books of the Civil War. "The opinions expressed are sincerely entertained, but of their correctness such readers as I may find must judge. I have in most cases been a witness to the facts alleged, or have obtained them from the best sources. Where statements are made upon less authority, I have carefully endeavored to indicate it by the language employed."

Author : Åslaug Ommundsen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317086732
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nordic Latin Manuscript Fragments written by Åslaug Ommundsen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-14 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of what is known about the past often rests upon the chance survival of objects and texts. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in the fragments of medieval manuscripts re-used as bookbindings in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Such fragments provide a tantalizing, yet often problematic glimpse into the manuscript culture of the Middle Ages. Exploring the opportunities and difficulties such documents provide, this volume concentrates on the c. 50,000 fragments of medieval Latin manuscripts stored in archives across the five Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. This large collection of fragments (mostly from liturgical works) provides rich evidence about European Latin book culture, both in general and in specific relation to the far north of Europe, one of the last areas of Europe to be converted to Christianity. As the essays in this volume reveal, individual and groups of fragments can play a key role in increasing and advancing knowledge about the acquisition and production of medieval books, and in helping to distinguish locally made books from imported ones. Taking an imaginative approach to the source material, the volume goes beyond a strictly medieval context to integrate early modern perspectives that help illuminate the pattern of survival and loss of Latin manuscripts through post-Reformation practices concerning reuse of parchment. In so doing it demonstrates how the use of what might at first appear to be unpromising source material can offer unexpected and rewarding insights into diverse areas of European history and the history of the medieval book.