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Object Lessons and the Formation of Knowledge explores the museums, libraries, and special collections of the University of Michigan on its bicentennial. Since its inception, U-M has collected and p……続きを見る

Isambard Kingdom Brunel considered the Great Western Railway the 'finest work in England' and he contributed many groundbreaking features, none so unorthodox as the decision not to adopt the 'standa……続きを見る

For a hundred years the Royal Air Force has been at the forefront of the UK's defences. In the 1920s and 1930s, the RAF protected Britain's empire; during the Second World War it played a key role i……続きを見る

The London and North Eastern Railway, or LNER as it was familiarly known, was one of the Big Four companies that took control of Britain's railway network following the 'Grouping' in 1923. This netw……続きを見る

The Land Speed Record is a fascinating story of human endeavour – of man and machine battling time to be the fastest. Since 1898 many have dreamed of being the fastest on earth, first with electric,……続きを見る

◎作者具備專業的音樂素養與豐富的影視配樂經驗，努力以新時代的科技保存固有文化的聲音。 ◎紀錄實地音源取樣的過程，包含北管、泰雅族獵首笛、排灣族鼻笛等，透過聲音的追尋，一步步接近古老的文化靈魂。 ◎自述進……続きを見る

O autor de Conhecendo as Raízes do Brasil, Professor Ademar Campos da Silva Campos, escreveu na apresentação de seu livro: “Nosso maior objetivo foi, atendendo aos propósitos do legislador, estudar ……続きを見る

From the 1940s to the 1960s, the microcar posed a challenge to the large companies that mass-produced cars to uniform designs. The microcar was the opposite, produced by small entrepreneurial start-……続きを見る

Higher Education in Texas is the first book to tell the history, defining events, and critical participants in the development of higher education in Texas from approximately 1838 to 1970. Charles M……続きを見る

The year of 1968 was a pivotal year in a period of great change and, with the march of so-called "progress" that included man being a matter of months away from walking on the moon, the ti……続きを見る

Described as the most hated civil servant in Britain, it was half a century ago that Dr Richard Beeching was appointed as chairman of British Railways with one key directive - to cut the soaring los……続きを見る

It's hard to think of any institution that more readily represents London than the Underground system. Practical, egalitarian, efficient, popular, logical, organised and yet infuriating, maddening a……続きを見る

Presented in chronological order, the last locomotive class featured in this volume of 60 classic engines is the British Railways standard 2-10-0 9F freight class which included Evening Star, the la……続きを見る

From the first incarnation of the Ark Royal - a ship that spearheaded the attack on the Spanish Armada in 1588 - to the aircraft carrier that was the Royal Navy's flagship until its decommissioning ……続きを見る

The Foundational words of the Constitution have not changed but the present implementation is NOT what the Founders Intended. We tell the elected and the bureaucrats to ‘Stand on the Constitution’! ……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Geschichte der Päd., Note: 1,0, Universität Hamburg (Erziehungswissenschaften), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Arbeit verhande……続きを見る

'Leyland Rover' is an account of Ken Ryeland’s several tours of the Far East as a service engineer for British Leyland during the early 1970s. After serving an engineering apprenticeship and several……続きを見る

The Thomas B. Jeffery Company existed as an automobile maker from 1902 to 1916 and in that short span created a corporate foundation that would lead to successor firms Nash Motors, Nash-Kelvinator, ……続きを見る

First published in 1930, this is the personal adventure narrative of Henri de Monfreidーnobleman, writer, adventurer and inspiration for the swashbuckling gun runner in the Adventures of Tintin. “He……続きを見る

The Richard Perkins warship identification albums form one of the most detailed studies ever undertaken of the changes to the appearance of Royal Navy ships. However, it is a unique hand-drawn manus……続きを見る

This book comprehensively chronicles the history of the education policymaking in India from 1947 to 2016 with a focus on the developments after 1964 when the Kothari Commission was constituted. The……続きを見る

The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal runs along the north side of the Potomac River from Cumberland, Md., to Georgetown in the District of Columbia. It is a 184.5-mile-long engineering marvel that has 11 a……続きを見る

Texas Southern University is often said to have been “conceived in sin.” Located in Houston, the school was established in 1947 as an “emergency” state-supported university for African Americans, to……続きを見る

In August 1943 Norwegian-American CBS correspondent Eric Sevareid was aboard a C-46 transport plane that crashed en route to Chunking, China. The army command transport came down in the Burmese jung……続きを見る

Allison Davis (1902–83), a preeminent black scholar and social science pioneer, is perhaps best known for his groundbreaking investigations into inequality, Jim Crow America, and the cultural biases……続きを見る

FROM THE SHORT PREFACE This book will be a turning point in your life. That's because the unlikely source for these stories and their many lessons come from a great turning point in America’s histor……続きを見る

“Their Greatest Disgrace” outlines the 17-year campaign to clear the names of two RAF pilots who had been maliciously blamed for the 1994 crash on the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland in which 29 died. The……続きを見る

The Camper Book will captivate all those who dream of waving good-bye to the rat race from the window of their own moveable home, be it a camper, RV, travel trailer, camper van, or tiny camper. Not ……続きを見る

By 1969, the muscle car war among Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler had reached a fevered pitch. Plymouth's Road Runner, Mopar's intermediate entry, was leading the charge. For 1970, the Road Runne……続きを見る

The book sets forth the early developments established by colonial leaders to place public education in the forefront of their new America. The ups and downs of the educational perspectives of the m……続きを見る