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James Lick S Monument
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Author : Helen Wright
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003-02-13
James Lick S Monument written by Helen Wright and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-02-13 with Nature categories.
This is a remarkable story of the building of the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton in California. Helen Wright's informative account vividly describes the founding of the observatory by the millionaire James Lick, as well as the pioneering role that Captain Richard Floyd played in its eight-year construction. The author details the personalities, the many unique circumstances, and the extraordinary production obstacles that were involved in the building of the first high-altitude astronomical observatory, which was finally opened as part of the University of California on June 1, 1888. Based on exhaustive research, this work makes a valuable contribution to the history of astronomy. The volume is enhanced by a fascinating collection of original photographs from the period that are of great historical interest. James Lick's Monument will appeal to a wide audience, including professional and amateur astronomers, historians of science, and all other readers interested in astronomy and its history.
The Free Thought Magazine
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
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New Outlook
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892
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The Christian Union
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892
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Outlook
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Author : Alfred Emanuel Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892
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Appletons General Guide To The United States And Canada Western And Southern States
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
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San Francisco Municipal Reports
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Author : San Francisco (Calif.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
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Pioneer Mother Monuments
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Author : Cynthia Culver Prescott
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2019-04-04
Pioneer Mother Monuments written by Cynthia Culver Prescott and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-04 with Art categories.
For more than a century, American communities erected monuments to western pioneers. Although many of these statues receive little attention today, the images they depict—sturdy white men, saintly mothers, and wholesome pioneer families—enshrine prevailing notions of American exceptionalism, race relations, and gender identity. Pioneer Mother Monuments is the first book to delve into the long and complex history of remembering, forgetting, and rediscovering pioneer monuments. In this book, historian Cynthia Culver Prescott combines visual analysis with a close reading of primary-source documents. Examining some two hundred monuments erected in the United States from the late nineteenth century to the present, Prescott begins her survey by focusing on the earliest pioneer statues, which celebrated the strong white men who settled—and conquered—the West. By the 1930s, she explains, when gender roles began shifting, new monuments came forth to honor the Pioneer Mother. The angelic woman in a sunbonnet, armed with a rifle or a Bible as she carried civilization forward—an iconic figure—resonated particularly with Mormon audiences. While interest in these traditional monuments began to wane in the postwar period, according to Prescott, a new wave of pioneer monuments emerged in smaller communities during the late twentieth century. Inspired by rural nostalgia, these statues helped promote heritage tourism. In recent years, Americans have engaged in heated debates about Confederate Civil War monuments and their implicit racism. Should these statues be removed or reinterpreted? Far less attention, however, has been paid to pioneer monuments, which, Prescott argues, also enshrine white cultural superiority—as well as gender stereotypes. Only a few western communities have reexamined these values and erected statues with more inclusive imagery. Blending western history, visual culture, and memory studies, Prescott’s pathbreaking analysis is enhanced by a rich selection of color and black-and-white photographs depicting the statues along with detailed maps that chronologically chart the emergence of pioneer monuments.
Guidebook For The Scientific Traveler
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Author : Duane S. Nickell
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2010
Guidebook For The Scientific Traveler written by Duane S. Nickell and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Chemistry categories.
Pioneer Stories From The Buffalo Trace Vol Ii
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Author : James R. Columbia
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2018
Pioneer Stories From The Buffalo Trace Vol Ii written by James R. Columbia and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with American newspapers categories.