The City She Was

Author : Carmen Giminez Smith
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1457111721
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The City She Was written by Carmen Giminez Smith and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When you open this book, expect serious role-playing and syntactic tap dancing. The City She Was presents a world that brings 'the horizon line into your lexicon' and a poet's muse ('The Endangered You') is lent to a friend and returned 'a little more frayed.' Giménez Smith muddles and enchants with her many masks, leaving the ground a little less stable under our feet." -Matthea Harvey, author of Modern Life, Sad Little Breathing Machine, and Pity the Bathtub Its Forced Embrace of the Human Form

Author : Domenic Vitiello
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812242246
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Philadelphia Stock Exchange and the City It Made written by Domenic Vitiello and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2010-04-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Philadelphia Stock Exchange and the City It Made recounts the history of America's first stock exchange and the ways it shaped the growth and decline of the city around it. Founded in 1790, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, its member firms, and the companies they financed had profound impacts on the city's place in the world economy. At its start, the exchange and its members helped spur the development of the early United States, its financial sector, and its westward expansion. During the nineteenth century, they invested in making Philadelphia the center of industrial America, raising capital for the railroads and coal mines that connected cities to one another and built a fossil fuel-based economy. After financing the Civil War, they underwrote the growth of the modern metropolis, its transportation infrastructure, utility systems, and real estate development. At the turn of the twentieth century, stagnation of the exchange contributed to Philadelphia's loss of power in the national and world economy. This original interpretation of the roots of deindustrialization holds important lessons for other cities that have declined. The exchange's revival following World War II is a remarkable story, but it also illustrates the limits of economic development in postindustrial cities. Unlike earlier eras, the exchange's fortunes diverged from those of the city around it. Ultimately, it became part of a larger, global institution when it merged with NASDAQ in 2008. Far more than a history of a single institution, The Philadelphia Stock Exchange and the City It Made traces the evolving relationship between the exchange and the city. For people concerned with cities and their development, this study offers a long-term history of the public-private partnerships and private sector-led urban development popular today. More generally, it traces the networks of firms and institutions revealed by the securities market and its participants. Herein lies a critical and understudied part of the history of metropolitan economic development.

Author : Cara Anzilotti
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440840989
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book She-Devil in the City of Angels written by Cara Anzilotti and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-06-20 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling study of the American public's response to the fate of accused murderer Hattie Woolsteen uses this legal case to examine the complexities of gender history and societal fears about the changing roles of women during the Victorian era. In October of 1887, a young woman named Hattie Woolsteen was accused of murdering her married lover, Los Angeles dentist Charles Harlan. The subsequent trial captivated the public as few incidents had done before. The idea of a female murderer was particularly disturbing in 19th-century America, and the public quickly labeled her a fiend and a "she-devil." But despite the overwhelming evidence against the accused, Hattie Woolsteen was not only acquitted of the charge, but emerged as the victim in this sordid drama. As the public grappled with the details of Hattie's alleged crime, she became a symbol of female victimization and gender inequality—as well as an unlikely champion of women's rights. This book provides the fascinating and lurid details of the Hattie Woolsteen murder case within the context of 19th-century American social history, allowing readers to view this event in historical perspective. Its chapters examine the various factors that influenced public opinion about the case and its outcome, including Victorian attitudes about gender roles and women's place in American society as well as sexuality and crime, common concerns about the societal consequences of rapid urbanization, the power of the Victorian-era press in shaping public opinion, and the subjective nature of the criminal justice system in that time period.

Author : Clarence Monroe Burton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1152 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922 written by Clarence Monroe Burton and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Carmen Giménez Smith
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1885635230
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The City She Was written by Carmen Giménez Smith and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mountain West Poetry Series Published by the Center for Literary Publishing at Colorado State University

Author : United States. Warren Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 984 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy written by United States. Warren Commission and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warren Commission hearings.

Author : Michelle Sinclair Colman
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 152471500X
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You See, I See: In the City written by Michelle Sinclair Colman and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: See the city through the eyes of a child and parent in this heartwarming exploration of a day spent together. You see a bustling city, I see adventure ahead! What will you see in the city? It depends on who you ask! As a parent and child visit the newspaper stand, the store, the park, and more, each points out what they can see . . . and their perspectives might surprise you! With spare, rhyming text and a bold limited palette, this simple board book captures the fun and tenderness of exploring new places together, and the joy of seeing the world through a child's eyes. Don't miss the first book in this series, You See, I See: On the Farm!

Author : O. T. (Terry) Nelson
Publisher : Carolrhoda Books ®
ISBN 13 : 146773151X
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Girl Who Owned a City written by O. T. (Terry) Nelson and published by Carolrhoda Books ®. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deadly plague has devastated Earth, killing all the adults. Lisa and her younger brother Todd are struggling to stay alive in a world where no one is safe. Other children along Grand Avenue need help as well. They band together to find food, shelter, and protection from dangerous gangs invading their neighborhood. When Tom Logan and his army start making threats, Lisa comes up with a plan and leads her group to a safer place. But how far is she willing to go to protect what's hers?

Author : Kerry Weber
Publisher : Loyola Press
ISBN 13 : 0829438939
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mercy in the City written by Kerry Weber and published by Loyola Press. This book was released on 2014-01-08 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Jesus asked us to feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, and visit the imprisoned, he didn’t mean it literally, right? Kerry Weber, a modern, young, single woman in New York City sets out to see if she can practice the Corporal Works of Mercy in an authentic, personal, meaningful manner while maintaining a full, robust, regular life. Weber, a lay Catholic, explores the Works of Mercy in the real world, with a gut-level honesty and transparency that people of urban, country, and suburban locales alike can relate to. Mercy in the City is for anyone who is struggling to live in a meaningful, merciful way amid the pressures of “real life.” For those who feel they are already overscheduled and too busy, for those who assume that they are not “religious enough” to practice the Works of Mercy, for those who worry that they are alone in their efforts to live an authentic life, Mercy in the City proves that by living as people for others, we learn to connect as people of faith.

Author : Christine de Pizan
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141961015
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Treasure of the City of Ladies written by Christine de Pizan and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2003-10-30 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by Europe’s first professional woman writer, The Treasure of the City of Ladies offers advice and guidance to women of all ages and from all levels of medieval society, from royal courtiers to prostitutes. It paints an intricate picture of daily life in the courts and streets of fifteenth-century France and gives a fascinating glimpse into the practical considerations of running a household, dressing appropriately and maintaining a reputation in all circumstances. Christine de Pizan’s book provides a valuable counterbalance to male accounts of life in the middle ages and demonstrates, often with dry humour, how a woman’s position in society could be made less precarious by following the correct etiquette.