Local history Books
Arcadia Publishing Library Editions Rainelle
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£22.49
Arcadia Publishing Library Editions Hudson
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£22.49
Arcadia Publishing Library Editions Mount Hood National Forest
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£22.49
Arcadia Publishing Library Editions California's Highway 99: Modesto to Bakersfield
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£18.74
Arcadia Publishing Library Editions Bullhead City
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£18.74
Arcadia Publishing Library Editions Littleton
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£18.74
Arcadia Publishing Library Editions St. George Reef Lighthouse
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£22.49
Arcadia Publishing Library Editions Pend Oreille County
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£22.49
iUniverse The Dustman Family of Trumbull and Mahoning
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£34.15
Arcadia Publishing Library Editions University of Cincinnati Health Colleges: 200
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£24.29
Arcadia Publishing Library Editions Carlisle
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£20.24
History Press Library Editions Hidden History of Terre Haute
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£18.74
Lightning Source Long Island's Vanished Heiress: The Unsolved
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£23.39
New Village Press In the Struggle: Scholars and the Fight against
Book SynopsisA call to action in an ongoing battle against industrial agriculture From the early twentieth century and across generations to the present, In the Struggle brings together the stories of eight politically engaged scholars, documenting their opposition to industrial-scale agribusiness in California. As the narrative unfolds, their previously censored and suppressed research, together with personal accounts of intimidation and subterfuge, is introduced into the public arena for the first time. In the Struggle lays out historic, subterranean confrontations over water rights, labor organizing, and the corruption of democratic principles and public institutions. As California’s rural economy increasingly consolidates into the hands of land barons and corporations, the scholars’ work shifts from analyzing problems and formulating research methods to organizing resistance and building community power. Throughout their engagement, they face intense political blowback as powerful economic interests work to pollute and undermine scientific inquiry and the civic purposes of public universities. The findings and the pressure put upon the work of these scholars—Paul Taylor, Ernesto Galarza, and Isao Fujimoto among them—are a damning indictment of the greed and corruption that flourish under industrial-scale agriculture. After almost a century of empirical evidence and published research, a definitive finding becomes clear: land consolidation and economic monopoly are fundamentally detrimental to democracy and the well-being of rural societies.Trade Review"In the Struggle is a definitive study of the forces that have shaped the politics, environment, and economics of the San Joaquin Valley, one of earth’s precious areas that produces the fruits and vegetables that feed the world, yet where workers and their families are relegated to poverty, and the land is desecrated by poisons and contamination. Agribusiness corporations want to replicate this model throughout the world, and this book gives us practical, attainable solutions to fight back. We are all the beneficiaries of the harvest; we all have to take action for land justice, farmworkers’ rights, and a healthy environment." -- —Dolores Huerta, Cofounder, United Farm Workers; Founding President, Dolores Huerta Foundation"In the Struggle is a devastating indictment against California's agribusiness and just as importantly, the various institutions, including the University of California, that are implicated in enabling its stranglehold over the lives of far too many Californians. It is also a wonderful primer on community-engaged research drawing from the courageous praxis of those who dared to speak truth to power; it is a must-read for activist-scholars." -- Robyn Magalit Rodriguez, author of Migrants for Export: How the Philippine State Brokers Workers to the World and Founding Director, Bulosan Center for Filipinx Studies"Years ago, when I was president of the Association of American Law Schools, I chose as the theme for our annual conference, ‘Engaged Scholarship.’ In the Struggle illustrates the importance of keeping our work grounded and why I chose that theme. In a series of gripping and illuminating chapters, Daniel J. O'Connell and Scott J. Peters put us in conversation with the scholars who were pivotal in pulling back the curtain on California agribusiness and populated the landscape with real people, with real lives, with real dignity. It is rare for a work of scholarship to be so moving. This is one of those books." -- Gerald Torres, Professor of Environmental Justice, Yale School of the Environment, Yale Law School"This sure-footed book follows a breed of scholars who pried open the secrets of California's Central Valley. In the dust of the most industrialized farm belt in the world, they found that the plantation South—its lords and serfs, its brutal execution—had come West. Their long battle for justice is not yet won. But their ample lessons are ripe for picking by a new generation's fighters." -- Mark Arax, author of The Dreamt Land"In the Struggle is required reading for anyone who seeks to understand the devastating impacts of agribusiness’ powerful hold on the San Joaquin Valley of California. By telling the stories of resistance through the eyes of the scholar activists whose research documents these harms, the book brings this critical historical record to life." -- Mary Louise Frampton, Professor, University of California Davis School of Law & Counsel, National Land for People"This book is SO IMPORTANT, because it is about the future of agriculture, informed by scholars who defended the foundations of agrarian democracy in California. They knew that the future of agriculture was not about ‘get big or get out’ and ‘farm fence-row to fence-row,’ it is about diverse, equitable communities and self-renewing, self-regulating natural systems!" -- Frederick Kirschenmann, Distinguished Fellow, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University"In the Struggle is an urgent read for anyone who cares about the enduring damage wrought by California’s industrial agriculture. The intimate narratives of scholar-activists remind us that research is critical in the fight for social and economic justice and is also dangerous business. Together the quilt of stories provides detailed evidence of the widespread negative impacts of industrial agriculture and how scholars allied with farmworker movements and communities who aim to tell these truths have been censured, silenced, and threatened—by industry, government, and the very academic institutions in which they work. Yet, In the Struggle also brings joy and hope through the personal narratives of life-long seekers of truth and justice." -- Erica Kohl-Arenas, author of The Self-Help Myth: How Philanthropy Fails to Alleviate Poverty; Faculty Director, Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life
£16.49
Georgetown University Press Of the Land: The Art and Poetry of Lou Stovall
Book SynopsisThe emergence of a master artist alongside his first major collection, created during a golden age of art in the nation’s capital Renowned for his innovative work with silkscreen printing, Lou Stovall’s works are part of numerous collections, including the National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and Phillips Collection. Washington Post art critic Paul Richard once wrote, “As a printer of his own art, and of the art of many others, as a framer and installer and shepherd of collections, Stovall has inserted more art into Washington than almost anyone in town.” Of the Land: The Art and Poetry of Lou Stovall presents a series of prints and accompanying poems that showcase the artist’s work during the 1970s, when he was developing his unique silkscreen technique and exploring both natural and abstract elements. An introduction by the book’s editor and artist’s son, Will Stovall, along with an autobiography from the artist anchor the Of the Land series in its time and place—a period of jazz, protest, and prolific art production in Washington, DC, that birthed the Washington Color School. Stovall’s contributions, as well as his collaborations with well-known artists like Jacob Lawrence, Sam Gilliam, Elizabeth Catlett, and Robert Mangold, have cemented him as one of the most significant American artists of our age. Part of a tradition of African American artists and thinkers who met at Howard University, Lou Stovall created the Workshop in 1968, a small, active silkscreen studio printing posters for arts and DC-focused events. His deep influence on the silkscreen medium, the art community, and DC will be part of his lasting legacy.Table of ContentsVisions Mirrored in a Sky Of the Land Prelude (February 1973) Part I (1974) Drawings Prelude (January 1974) Prints Part II (1977) Drawings Prints Origins On the Greening of the Artist My Story About Lou Stovall About the Editor
£18.00
Turner Publishing Company Remembering Lexington
Book SynopsisWith a selection of fine historic images from his bestselling book Historic Photos of Lexington, W. Gay Reading provides a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the growth and development of Lexington. From early on, Lexington earned a reputation for innovation in arts, commerce, and education. The frontier city’s accomplishments in education, architecture, and economics far exceeded the expectations of its eastern counterparts. Four wars and urban redevelopment have repeatedly altered the city’s landscape and culture. Through its changes, Lexington has endured and prospered through the persistence and innovation of its civic leaders. This volume, Remembering Lexington, captures the journey in still photography collected from the finest archives in private and public collections. The book follows life, government, education, and events spanning two centuries of Lexington’s history. It captures unique and rare scenes through the lens of more than a hundred historic photographs. The images portray the events and people important to Lexington’s history.
£12.34
Cityfiles Press Chicago Exposed: Defining Moments from the
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£22.49
Rocky Mountain Books A River Captured: The Columbia River Treaty and
Book SynopsisA River Captured explores the controversial history of the Columbia River Treaty and its impact on the ecosystems, Indigenous peoples, contemporary culture, cross-border politics and recent history of the Pacific Northwest.The Columbia River Basin is a vast region in North America, primarily located in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and parts of Canada. It covers portions of seven U.S. states: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, and Utah, as well as the Canadian province of British Columbia. The basin is defined by the watershed of the Columbia River and its tributaries, making it one of the largest river basins in North America.Long lauded as a model of international co-operation, the Columbia River Treaty governs the storage and management of the waters of the upper Columbia River basin, a region rich in water resources and with a natural geography well suited to hydroelectric megaprojects. The Treaty also displaced more than 2,000 residents of over a dozen communities, flooded and destroyed archaeological sites, and upended once-healthy fisheries.Paying special attention to First Nations history, ecology, economics, politics, and CanadaUS relations, this investigative work weaves from the present day to the past and back again in an engaging and unflinching examination of how and why Canada decided to sell water storage rights to American interests.With one of the Treaty's provisions set to change in 2024 and termination of the treaty requiring a 10-year notice period, this updated edition of A River Captured looks at the destructive mistakes of our collective past in order to save us from an even more difficult future
£17.09
Birlinn General Insurrection: Scotland's Famine Winter
Book Synopsis'A gripping, heart-breaking account of the famine winter of 1847' - Rosemary Goring, The Herald Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize When Scotland’s 1846 potato crop was wiped out by blight, the country was plunged into crisis. In the Hebrides and the West Highlands a huge relief effort came too late to prevent starvation and death. Further east, meanwhile, towns and villages from Aberdeen to Wick and Thurso, rose up in protest at the cost of the oatmeal that replaced potatoes as people’s basic foodstuff. Oatmeal’s soaring price was blamed on the export of grain by farmers and landlords cashing in on even higher prices elsewhere. As a bitter winter gripped and families feared a repeat of the calamitous famine then ravaging Ireland, grain carts were seized, ships boarded, harbours blockaded, a jail forced open, the military confronted. The army fired on one set of rioters. Savage sentences were imposed on others. But thousands-strong crowds also gained key concessions. Above all they won cheaper food. Those dramatic events have long been ignored or forgotten. Now, in James Hunter, they have their historian. The story he tells is, by turns, moving, anger-making and inspiring. In an era of food banks and growing poverty, it is also very timely.Trade Review'Hunter adds to his remarkable body of work with a new and in-depth exploration of the impact of the potato famine on the north of Scotland. …Scene after scene of popular resistance and the state’s bungling responses are brought to life through Hunter’s clear prose. His loving attention to detail shines through' * The Bottle Imp (Best Scottish Books, 2019) *'Hunter never forgets that history is first of all narrative – and this book is rich in stories – or that is subject is the experience of individual men and women, creatures of flesh and blood, not abstractions. Insurrection is fascinating reading, both painful and uplifting' -- Allan Massie * The Scotsman *'A gripping, heart-breaking account of the famine winter of 1847. … Hunter’s pacily written history turns a telescope on the society and culture, and the economic and political predicament of these regions. Insurrection takes the generalisation and theories of [the communist manifesto] and puts a face to them. They stare out from this book – thousands upon thousands of them – gaunt and helpless with hunger' -- Rosemary Goring * Herald *'The Scottish potato famine was caused by the same blight that brought disaster to Ireland, … Insurrection describes how Scottish landowners were both the cause and cure of the famine' * Times *'Tells the story of a savage, brutal, largely forgotten episode in Scotland’s history through the human tales Hunter uncovered in his research' * Sunday Post *'No one has done more to help us understand the reality of life in the Highlands and Islands over the past few centuries. Graphs and statistical analyses he leaves to others – his focus has been to give individual Highlanders a voice. It is a deeply troubling yet quite uplifting tale that this most readable book tells' * Press and Journal *'Distinguished Highland historian Jim Hunter sheds light on a turbulent episode in the history of the north' * Caithness Courier *'Insurrection is an inspiring story of forgotten history' -- Martin Empson * ResoluteReader *
£12.34
DB Publishing It Wasn't Me Sir!: The Childhood and Schooldays of Bernard Carter
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£9.49
The Mercier Press Ltd St Stephen's Green: A History of the Green and
Book SynopsisA random collection of tales of human tragedy, eccentrics, crime and punishment, hanging and rioting on 'The Green'. 'The Green' for several hundred years was effectively the killing fields of Dublin, where the city's criminals were taken to be hanged. Within these pages you will find tales of high-profile executions and lesser-known ones such as the hanging of the brothel-keeper Darky Kelly and the barbaric execution of Mary Fairfield the last person to be hanged there [1784]. Also included are Dan 'The Liberator,' who fought a battle with his love rival at Harcourt Fields, the champion archer Celia Betham, and Bridget Hitler, sister-in-law of Adolf. Tales of rioting on the Green, a race in the Iveagh Gardens between a man and a horse called Rover and a host of characters and incidents that you won't find in any guidebook.
£999.99
Alan Godfrey Maps Dudley Castle & Tipton Green 1913: Staffordshire
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Alan Godfrey Maps Glasgow East End 1910
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£4.18
Acair The Nicolson Institute: The History of an Island
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£18.00
Y Lolfa Pub Life - Last Orders at Rhondda Pubs and Clubs
Book SynopsisA revealing and humorous trawl through the drinking establishments of the Rhondda Valley in south Wales, UK. Pub Life details pubs and clubs past and present, highlighting the characters that frequent them and the impact they''ve had as hubs of the Valleys community.
£12.00
Graffeg Limited Lost Lines of England and Wales: Wye Valley
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£8.99
The History Press Ltd The Little Book of Belfast
Book SynopsisDid You Know? Belfast’s motto is Pro Tanto Quid Retribuamus: ‘What shall we give in return for so much?’ In 1170, the first Belfast Castle was established in what is now Castle Place. The present castle on Cavehill dates from 1870 and was gifted to the city in 1937. The Belfast News Letter was the first paper outside of America to publish the Declaration of Independence. The Little Book of Belfast is a compendium of obscure, strange and entertaining facts about the city’s fascinating past and present.Funny, fast-paced and fact-packed, here you will find out about Belfast’s trade and industry, crime and punishment, music, literature and sport, architectural heritage, and its famous (and occasionally infamous) men and women. It covers not only the major elements in Belfast’s history but also those unusual, little-known facts that could so easily have been forgotten.A reliable reference and a quirky guide, this book can be dipped into time and again to reveal something new about the people, heritage and secrets of this ancient city.
£11.69
The History Press Ltd Not Just Milk Stout: The Mackeson Family and
Book SynopsisThis is the story of how the Mackeson brothers of Deal bought a brewery in the small Kent town of Hythe and transformed it into a producer of one of the biggest brewing success stories of the twentieth century – milk stout. The drink was a favourite in pubs and shops across the country and famously found its way into the snug in Coronation Street’s ‘Rover’s Return’.The family’s journey was not a smooth one. From 1801, four generations struggled with economic depression and recession; war; a suicide; bankruptcies; lawsuits; wastrel and importunate relatives; and premature deaths. But there were triumphs along the way, too: transporting the Koh-i-Noor diamond to Queen Victoria, discovering a new dinosaur and finally the reward of a baronetcy.
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Bygone East Ham
Book SynopsisEast Ham was sparsely inhabited in the fourteenth century and had not changed much with the advent of the railway in the 1850s. Farmers and market gardeners grew crops for the ‘distant’ London market, their houses scattered thinly from Wanstead flats in the north to just south of the turnpike road.A phenomenal transformation came in the second half of the nineteenth century as the demands of Britain’s growing industries and population led to the use of land for factories and, eventually, to a house-building boom. Fortunately, photos of these amazingly rapid changes have survived to add great impact to this narrative of East Ham’s past.Brian Evans captures the rise of East Ham from an area of fields and marshes to a county borough by 1914. Bygone East Ham will fascinate all who know the place whilst adding greatly to our understanding of the making of the present district.
£14.39
The History Press Ltd The Little History of Oxfordshire
Book SynopsisOxfordshire is the hive to which great artists, scientists, thinkers and warlords have swarmed for 2,000 years. You will be amazed at how many historical figures have enjoyed or suffered their defining moments in this exciting and interesting county.From flint arrowheads to RAF bases, from the Ridgeway to the M40 and from the Roman Conquest to the Cold War, this book tells the story of Oxfordshire's diverse people and their trades, triumphs and tribulations.The history of Oxfordshire is, indeed, the history of England in miniature, and Paul Sullivan shares it in all its glory in this well-researched book.
£11.69
Signal Books Ltd Wear A Mask!: Oxford's Pandemic Portraits
Book SynopsisBetween early 2020 and spring 2021, Oxford - like the rest of the UK - was subject to a series of restrictions to combat the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. After initial hesitation, the government stipulated that face masks should be worn in certain contexts to reduce transmission. These masks soon became obligatory but also a matter of personal choice in terms of how they looked and what they signified. Over a year, Oxford-based photographer Martin Stott recorded hundreds of images of masked individuals in the city, revealing the extraordinary diversity and individuality at play in a public health measure that was previously unfamiliar to most people. Politics, identity, fashion, subversion and resilience are all colourfully expressed in Stott's subjects who were photographed in a range of everyday contexts. This book presents 56 of these photographs. Wear a Mask!, echoing Anthony Fauci's memorable plea for collective action, provides a striking visual record of how Oxford's population reacted to an unprecedented public health crisis and turned face masks into a powerful expression of identityTrade Review'The Covid19 pandemic is a unique moment in British history. The variety and individual taste that these photographs demonstrate is totally fascinating. Martin Stott has located a wonderful collection of mask wearers.'--Martin Parr; 'As this striking diversity of photographs illustrate . . . masking policies have not changed who we are: they have helped reveal who we are.'--Trisha Greenhalgh, Professor of Primary Care, University of Oxford
£9.00
Birlinn General Metagama: A Journey from Lewis to the New World
Book SynopsisIn April 1923 the SS Metagama weighed anchor off Stornoway and set sail for Montreal. On board were three hundred young men and women bound for a new life in North America. Partly driven by the lure of opportunities overseas, these young Leosachs were also participants in the new government programme of state-aided emigration. Based on personal interviews with those who travelled to the New World on the Metagama and other ships, Jim Wilkie sets their story in the context of emigration in Lewis over the centuries, to produce a fascinating insight into one of the central events in the island’s history.Trade Review'My one regret is that this book was not written 15 or 20 years ago … one must be grateful to Jim Wilkie for having caught the last few authentic voices before they are still forever' -- James Shaw Grant * Stornoway Gazette *
£12.34
Stenlake Publishing Old Anstruther
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Stenlake Publishing Old Dromore, Hillsborough and Donaghcloney
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£999.99
Stenlake Publishing The Country Houses, Castles and Mansions of East
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£13.25
Stenlake Publishing Old Orkney
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£13.25
Stenlake Publishing Old Monifieth
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£999.99
Stenlake Publishing Old Pollokshields
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£9.36
Stenlake Publishing The Lost Railways of Yorkshire's North Riding
£11.35
Stenlake Publishing Steamers of the Lakes: v. 2: Coniston,
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£999.99
Stenlake Publishing Muirkirk - Then and Now
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£9.00
Stenlake Publishing Catrine - Then and Now
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£999.99
Stenlake Publishing Wheels Around Perth
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£12.41
Stenlake Publishing The Lost Railways of Yorkshire's West Riding:
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£11.35
Stenlake Publishing Old Halifax, Sowerby Bridge, Ripponden and
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£999.99
Stenlake Publishing Old Fort William
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£11.35
Stenlake Publishing Old County Donegal
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£21.80
Stenlake Publishing Old Rosemount
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£999.99
