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More Important Than the Music
A History of Jazz Discography
E-bok, 2013
1015 kr
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Today, jazz is considered high art, America’s national music, and the catalog of its recordings—its discography—is often taken for granted. But behind jazz discography is a fraught and highly colorful history of research, fanaticism, and the intense desire to know who played what, where, and when. …
Peddling Bicycles to America
The Rise of an Industry
Häftad, 2010
491 kr
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This economic and technical history of the early American bicycle industry focuses on the crucial period from 1876 to the beginning of World War I. It looks particularly at the life and career of the industry's most significant personality during this era, Albert Augustus Pope. After becoming …
Roads Through the Everglades
The Building of the Ingraham Highway, the Tamiami Trail and Conners Highway, 1914-1931
Häftad, 2016
502 kr
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In 1915, the road system in south Florida had changed little since before the Civil War. Travelling from Miami to Ft. Myers meant going through Orlando, 250 miles north of Miami. Within 15 years, three highways were dredged and blasted through the Everglades: Ingraham Highway from Homestead, 25 …
Moulton Bicycle
A History of the Innovative Compact Design
Häftad, 2018
517 kr
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In 1963, British inventor Alex Moulton (1920-2012) introduced an innovative compact bicycle. Architectural Review editor Reyner Banham (1922-1988) predicted it would give rise to "a new class of cyclists," young urbanites riding by choice, not necessity. Forced to sell his firm in 1967, Moulton …
Draining the Swamp, Southern Style
North Carolina and Florida Wetlands and the Wright Report Scandal, 1896-1926
Häftad, 2021
602 kr
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In 1912, a Congressional committee met to investigate allegations that the Secretary of Agriculture had suppressed a report by J. O. Wright on drainage in the Florida Everglades. The following seven months of committee hearings uncovered a veritable horror-show of corruption, self-dealing, misuse …
More Important Than the Music
A History of Jazz Discography
Inbunden, 2013
462 kr
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Today, jazz is considered high art, America's national music, and the catalog of its recordings-its discography-is often taken for granted. But behind jazz discography is a fraught and highly colorful history of research, fanaticism, and the simple desire to know who played what, where, and when. …
Bicycles in American Highway Planning
The Critical Years of Policy-Making, 1969-1991
Häftad, 2014
324 kr
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The United States differs from other developed nations in the extent to which its national bicycle transportation policy relies on the use of unmodified roadways, with cyclists obeying the same traffic regulations as motor vehicles. This policy--known as "vehicular cycling"--evolved between 1969, …
