Author | : Richard M. Candee |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Richard M. Candee |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Architecture |
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Author | : Rodney K. Watterson |
Publisher | : US Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (U.S.) |
ISBN | : 9781591149538 |
In the 1930s, the Portsmouth Navy Yard in New Hampshire built less than two submarines a year, yet in 1944 it completed an astonishing 32 submarines, and over the course of the war produced 37 per cent of all U.S. submarines. This book analyzes the factors behind the small yard s record-setting production, including streamlined operations, innovative management practices, the Navy s commitment to develop the yard s resources as an alternative to private industry, and the yard s ability to adapt quickly to a decentralized wartime shipbuilding environment. The author highlights similarities betw.
Author | : Mark Sammons |
Publisher | : UPNE |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781584652892 |
Few people think of a rich Black heritage when they think of New England. In the pioneering book Black Portsmouth, Mark J. Sammons and Valerie Cunningham celebrate it, guiding the reader through more than three centuries of New England and Portsmouth social, political, economic, and cultural history as well as scores of personal and site-specific stories. Here, we meet such Africans as the "likely negro boys and girls from Gambia," who debarked at Portsmouth from a slave ship in 1758, and Prince Whipple, who fought in the American Revolution. We learn about their descendants, including the performer Richard Potter and John Tate of the People’s Baptist Church, who overcame the tragedies and challenges of their ancestors’ enslavement and subsequent marginalization to build communities and families, found institutions, and contribute to their city, region, state, and nation in many capacities. Individual entries speak to broader issues—the anti-slavery movement, American religion, and foodways, for example. We also learn about the extant historical sites important to Black Portsmouth—including the surprise revelation of an African burial ground in October 2003—as well as the extraordinary efforts being made to preserve remnants of the city’s early Black heritage.
Author | : Rosemary Thornton |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2010-11-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1614235988 |
From 1908 to 1940, Sears, Roebuck and Co. sold nearly seventy-five thousand homes through its mail-order Modern Homes program. Families across the nation set about assembling the kits, using the thick instruction manual to puzzle out how twelve thousand pieces of house might fit together. The resulting dwellings were as durable as they were enchanting, swiftly becoming icons of the American landscape. Follow leading expert Rosemary Thornton through a lavishly illustrated history of the homes many Illinoisans dont know they are living in. Recognize your own front porch on a page in the Neo-Tudor section of the style gallery and tell your plumber hes helping to preserve a Barrington.