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15 produkter
Seminole Voices
Reflections on Their Changing Society, 1970-2000
Av Julian M. Pleasants, Harry A. Kersey
Inbunden, 2010
703 kr
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In a series of interviews conducted from 1969 to 1971 and again from 1998 to 1999, more than two hundred members of the Florida Seminole community described their lives for the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida. Some of those interviews, now showcased in this volume, …
Buncombe Bob
The Life and Times of Robert Rice Reynolds
E-bok, 2003
423 kr
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Robert Rice Reynolds (1884–1963), U.S. senator from North Carolina from 1933 to 1945, was one of the most eccentric politicians in American history. His travels, his five marriages, his public faux pas, and his flamboyant campaigns provided years of amusement for his constituents. This political …
Buncombe Bob
The Life and Times of Robert Rice Reynolds
Häftad, 2009
531 kr
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Robert Rice Reynolds (1884-1963), U.S. senator from North Carolina from 1933 to 1945, was one of the most eccentric politicians in American history. His travels, his five marriages, his public faux pas, and his flamboyant campaigns provided years of amusement for his constituents. This political …
Home Front
North Carolina during World War II
E-bok, 2017
1570 kr
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“Outlines in great detail how the war brought progress to [North Carolina]. . . . Pleasants is a storyteller, and he has gleaned the archives and old newspaper accounts of local wartime activities for facts and stories that will entertain as they help relate the amazing impact the war made on …
Home Front
North Carolina During World War II
Inbunden, 2017
1052 kr
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Home Front argues that World War II was the most significant event in the history of modern North Carolina, an experience that dramatically improved the lives of ordinary citizens by transforming the rural state into an urban and industrialized society.Julian Pleasants uses oral history interviews, …
Home Front
North Carolina during World War II
E-bok, 2018
410 kr
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At the outset of World War II, North Carolina was one of the poorest states in the Union. More than half of the land was rural. Over one-third of the farms had no electricity; only one in eight had a telephone. Illiteracy and a lack of education resulted in the highest rate of draft rejections of …
Home Front
North Carolina During World War II
Häftad, 2018
326 kr
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At the outset of World War II, North Carolina was one of the poorest states in the Union. More than half of the land was rural. Over one-third of the farms had no electricity; only one in eight had a telephone. Illiteracy and a lack of education resulted in the highest rate of draft rejections of …
Political Career of W. Kerr Scott
The Squire from Haw River
E-bok, 2014
227 kr
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"This biography will find its place among a growing literature on post-war Southern politics." —Charles Holden, author of The New Southern University: Academic Freedom and Liberalism at UNCWhen W. Kerr Scott (1896–1958) began his campaign for the North Carolina gubernatorial seat in 1948, his …
Political Career of W. Kerr Scott
The Squire from Haw River
E-bok, 2014
406 kr
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When W. Kerr Scott (18961958) began his campaign for the North Carolina gubernatorial seat in 1948, his opponents derided his candidacy as a farce. However, the plainspoken dairy farmer quickly gathered loyal supporters and mobilized a grassroots attack on the entrenched interests that had long …
Political Career of W. Kerr Scott
The Squire from Haw River
Häftad, 2019
472 kr
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When W. Kerr Scott (1896--1958) began his campaign for the North Carolina gubernatorial seat in 1948, his opponents derided his candidacy as a farce. However, the plainspoken dairy farmer quickly gathered loyal supporters and mobilized a grassroots attack on the entrenched interests that had long …
Frank Porter Graham and the 1950 Senate Race in North Carolina
Av Augustus M. Burns III, Julian M. Pleasants
E-bok, 2017
410 kr
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The tumultuous North Carolina Senate primaries of 1950 are still viewed as the most bitter chapter in the state’s modern political history. The central figure in that frenzied race was the appointed incumbent, Frank Porter Graham, former president of the University of North Carolina (1931–49) and …
Buncombe Bob
The Life and Times of Robert Rice Reynolds
E-bok, 2003
423 kr
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Robert Rice Reynolds (1884–1963), U.S. senator from North Carolina from 1933 to 1945, was one of the most eccentric politicians in American history. His travels, his five marriages, his public faux pas, and his flamboyant campaigns provided years of amusement for his constituents. This political …
Frank Porter Graham and the 1950 Senate Race in North Carolina
Av Augustus M. Burns III, Julian M. Pleasants
E-bok, 2017
410 kr
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The tumultuous North Carolina Senate primaries of 1950 are still viewed as the most bitter chapter in the state’s modern political history. The central figure in that frenzied race was the appointed incumbent, Frank Porter Graham, former president of the University of North Carolina (1931–49) and …
Orange Journalism
Voices from Florida's Newspapers
Av University Press of Florida, Julian M. Pleasants m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
314 kr
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Newspapers in Florida are generally regarded as among the best in the USA. This volume presents 18 writers, editors and publishers who have nurtured and influenced the high quality of print journalism in Florida since the 1950s.
Making of Nova Southeastern University
A Tradition of Innovation, 1964-2014
Inbunden, 2013
278 kr
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Nova Southeastern University is a flourishing university with a fascinating past. Arising from the shared dream of local community businessmen in Broward County, Florida, the university was chartered in 1964. At the time, it had no buildings to its name--just an empty plot of land and a dedicated …
