They had two future Hall of Famers, the last pitcher to win thirty games, and a supporting cast of some of the most peculiar individuals ever to play in the majors.
Experience the mosaic of mid-century Manhattan in this exuberant oral history that begins in the postWorld War II years when the city came into its own, and ends in the mid-1970s when it nearly went bust.
Useful for academic and recreational archaeologists alike, this book identifies and describes over 200 projectile points and stone tools used by prehistoric Native American Indians in Texas.
In November 1905, the peak of foxhunting season across the Midlands of England and up and down the east coast of North America, two towns in Virginia saw the coming of illustrious and wealthy men.
A vivid history of life in Princeton, New Jersey, told through the voices of its African American residentsI Hear My People Singing shines a light on a small but historic black neighborhood at the heart of one of the most elite and world-renowned Ivy-League towns-Princeton, New Jersey.
During the civil rights era, Atlanta thought of itself as "e;The City Too Busy to Hate,"e; a rare place in the South where the races lived and thrived together.
An intimate look at war through the lives of soldiers and their families at Fort HoodMaking War at Fort Hood offers an illuminating look at war through the daily lives of the people whose job it is to produce it.
A close look at the aftereffects of the Mount Laurel affordable housing decisionUnder the New Jersey State Constitution as interpreted by the State Supreme Court in 1975 and 1983, municipalities are required to use their zoning authority to create realistic opportunities for a fair share of affordable housing for low- and moderate-income households.
How Hawai'i became an emblem of multiculturalism during its journey to statehood in the mid-twentieth centuryGateway State explores the development of Hawai'i as a model for liberal multiculturalism and a tool of American global power in the era of decolonization.
In this series, private investigators pick up where the historians left off, taking on a series of major cold cases in history, starting with the mishandling of evidence relating to the life and times of Billy the Kid.
Zwei Frauen im Nachkriegsfrankreich auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit1915: Eve Gardiner, schüchtern und stotternd, wird unerwartet vom Geheimdienst angeworben.
In Moby-Dick, Ishmael declares, "e;Be it known that, waiving all argument, I take the good old fashioned ground that a whale is a fish, and call upon holy Jonah to back me.
The reasons behind Detroit's persistent racialized poverty after World War IIOnce America's "e;arsenal of democracy,"e; Detroit is now the symbol of the American urban crisis.
After its establishment in 1872, Yellowstone National Park was sufficiently famous that numerous people risked bear maulings, Indian attacks, and geyser burns just to glimpse its wonders.
Una selva de palabras: Literaturas indígenas contemporáneas de Brasil, Guatemala y Colombia trata de las voces indígenas que han irrumpido en el campo de la literatura, en consonancia con los avances y logros del movimiento indígena de las últimas cinco décadas.
El ejercicio de reunir estas historias, estos conocimientos disponibles, se propuso para encontrar las palabras y los signos que, como prenociones sobre la vida cotidiana de un grupo individuos, ilustraran (no solo) un mar de problemas (sociológicos): anomías, malestares —por ejemplo, los delirios de violencia, el abuso de alcohol y drogas, las rencillas familiares, etc.
'Britain is full of amazing pubs and this man will guide you to the very best' Phil CarrAfter spontaneously hosting a birthday pub crawl through London's finest alehouses, Thomas J.
El Archivo de la Catedral de Valencia custodia en la actualidad una coleccion de 117 ejemplares incunables correspondientes a 85 ediciones, la mas antigua de las cuales se remonta al ano 1468.
Este libro en su conjunto constituye una aproximacion actualizada al movimiento reivindicativo inicial, a la revuelta y a la guerra civil de la Germania (1519-1522), asi como a la represion posterior desde una perspectiva comarcal o territorial.
Aquest volum estudia la dimensió formativa de la festa, en tant que manifestació social, expressió simbòlica del poble i mecanisme de vinculació al territori.
Aquesta monografia recull les reflexions de diferents professors de la Universitat de València realitzades en diferents localitats del territori valencià durant el programa 2014-15.
Polly Pullar tells the fascinating tale of one of the Hebrides unique thriving small communities through the colourful anecdotes of Lawrence MacEwen, whose family have owned the island since 1896.
Aquest volum conté la documentació generada pel notari Miquel Llagària, una activitat que es prolongà durant vint anys, des de la dècada de 1540 fins a l'any 1561.
La memoria de más de un centenar de personas entrevistadas y el registro de numerosos archivos han permitido al autor de trazar una amplia panorámica de las vivencias del pueblo de Alcàsser, durante la Guerra Civil y la inmediata posguerra.
