The University Of Pennsylvania

Author : George E. Thomas
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 9781568983158
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book University of Pennsylvania written by George E. Thomas and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benjamin Franklin, founder of America's first university, the University of Pennsylvania, hoped that its students would learn "everything that is useful and everything that is ornamental." The same might be said of the architecture of its campus, both useful and ornamental. The newest title in our highly acclaimed Campus Guide Series takes readers on an insider's tour of this historic school, unique in the Ivy League for its single urban campus. The guide presents architectural walks of a campus that is distinguished by landmark buildings. Thomas traces the university's rich history from its founding in 1749 to the present wave of construction on the modern campus. Hand-colored maps and detailed descriptions of the buildings guide to readers on their tour.

Author : Jacob A.C. Remes
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812299728
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Critical Disaster Studies written by Jacob A.C. Remes and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2021-08-20 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book announces the new, interdisciplinary field of critical disaster studies. Unlike most existing approaches to disaster, critical disaster studies begins with the idea that disasters are not objective facts, but rather are interpretive fictions—and they shape the way people see the world. By questioning the concept of disaster itself, critical disaster studies reveals the stakes of defining people or places as vulnerable, resilient, or at risk. As social constructs, disaster, vulnerability, resilience, and risk shape and are shaped by contests over power. Managers and technocrats often herald the goals of disaster response and recovery as objective, quantifiable, or self-evident. In reality, the goals are subjective, and usually contested. Critical disaster studies attends to the ways powerful people often use claims of technocratic expertise to maintain power. Moreover, rather than existing as isolated events, disasters take place over time. People commonly imagine disasters to be unexpected and sudden, making structural conditions appear contingent, widespread conditions appear local, and chronic conditions appear acute. By placing disasters in broader contexts, critical disaster studies peels away that veneer. With chapters by scholars of five continents and seven disciplines, Critical Disaster Studies asks how disasters come to be known as disasters, how disasters are used as tools of governance and politics, and how people imagine and anticipate disasters. The volume will be of interest to scholars of disaster in any discipline and especially to those teaching the growing number of courses on disaster studies.

Author : Sean-Michael Green
Publisher : Theleigh Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780692603178
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Things I Learned in College written by Sean-Michael Green and published by Theleigh Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals what life is like for students who are able to study in the Ivy League and explores the myths and secrets of the institutions.

Author : University of Pennsylvania
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book University of Pennsylvania Bulletin written by University of Pennsylvania and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : University of Pennsylvania
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2212 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Undergraduate Courses of Study written by University of Pennsylvania and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 2212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Pennsylvania. University. [from old catalog]
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The College of the University of Pennsylvania written by Pennsylvania. University. [from old catalog] and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edward Potts Cheyney
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 081220879X
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the University of Pennsylvania, 1740-1940 written by Edward Potts Cheyney and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following his retirement from teaching in 1934, Edward Potts Cheyney was invited by the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania to write a history of the University in celebration of its bicentennial. Cheyney completed the project, published as the present work, in 1940. This, then, is his history of the University of Pennsylvania from its founding to its bicentennial anniversary.

Author : University of Pennsylvania. General Alumni Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pennsylvania, a Glimpse of the University written by University of Pennsylvania. General Alumni Society and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Bacon Wood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early History of the University of Pennsylvania from Its Origin to the Year 1827 written by George Bacon Wood and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : University of Pennsylvania
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
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Download or read book Report of the Provost of the University of Pennsylvania written by University of Pennsylvania and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: