Remembering Woolworths

Author : Karen Plunkett-Powell
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466867442
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Remembering Woolworth's written by Karen Plunkett-Powell and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remembering Woolworth's brings back to life all the nostalgia and magic of the famous five-and-dime that captured the hearts of Americans for over a century Millions of Americans have fond memories of shopping at Woolworth's, wandering the aisles in search of a humble spool of Woolco thread, festive Christmas decorations, a goldfish or parakeet, or a blue bottle of Evening in Paris perfume. And who could forget the special treat of a grilled-cheese sandwich or ice-cream sundae at the famous lunch counter? These and countless other memories are celebrated in Karen Plunkett-Powell's Remembering Woolworth's. Packed with photos, first-hand remembrances, vivid anecdotes, and a lively, well-researched narrative, the book tells the story of how a poor potato farmer named Frank Woolworth created a merchandising empire that touched the lives of Americans in small towns, big cities, and everywhere in between. Chapters cover the store's humble beginnings, surviving the Great Depression, the civil rights sit-ins, Woolworth's around the globe, the popularity of Woolworth's collectibles, and much more.

Author : Lynne Dixon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136280596
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bringing History Alive through Local People and Places written by Lynne Dixon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A much-needed and delightful book. It shows how history can be taught with the meaningful experiences of each child at its centre, making connections between the child, the locality and community, the national and global past and concepts of time. Throughout the authors empower teachers to adopt their philosophy, by showing them how to plan, select resources and strategies and reflect on ideas and case studies. Hilary Cooper, Emeritus professor of history and pedagogy, The University of Cumbria, UK. Bringing History Alive through Local People and Places puts the local environment and community at the heart of history, showing how it can be used as the context for successful history teaching across the primary age range. It considers how to develop children’s concepts and skills through local history, how to link local, national and global aspects of history, and helps you develop your own historical knowledge, understanding and confidence in teaching the subject. Practical topics explored include: Investigating children’s cultural and geographical roots through fieldwork Finding and visiting local museums, archives and heritage sights Choosing and using resources Using significant people, events and buildings to link with national history Environmental education and sustainable development through local history Understanding the links between history and everyday life Planning and assessing history. Based on the latest research and practice in the field, Bringing History Alive through Local People and Places offers an exciting template of creative ideas and activities to show teachers how they can make history relevant to all children.

Author : Barry Quirk
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350311952
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Re-imagining Government written by Barry Quirk and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06-03 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an age of austerity, public leaders and managers face a range of external challenges - fiscal, social and political. Combining theoretical insight, empirical commentary and practical experience, this book examines how democratic political systems work and how public decisions are made - and how they could be made better.

Author : Gerald L. Halligan
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439643423
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Knox Farm State Park written by Gerald L. Halligan and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06-03 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stone wall along Seneca Street in East Aurora, New York, welcomes visitors to Knox Farm State Park with its charming buildings, woodlands, and open fields. The farmland was purchased by Seymour H. Knox, an entrepreneur from Russell, New York. Successful in the five-and-dime store industry with his cousin F.W. Woolworth, Knox expanded his business interests to include raising horses and developing a self-sustaining farm. Following his death in 1915, his family maintained and expanded the property, gracing it with architectural features reflecting their interests. In the 1990s, with the passing of Seymour Knox II and sons, the family’s desire to preserve the beloved property was fulfilled with the establishment of Knox Farm State Park.

Author : Alan Brooks
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1844683222
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London at War written by Alan Brooks and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-07-12 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extensively illustrated tour of relics and reminders of the city’s WWI and WWII experiences. The two world wars of the twentieth century seem so distant from us now, yet in London the evidence of these conflicts can be found in the many relics and reminders that are scattered across the fabric of the modern city. And, as Alan Brooks demonstrates in this fascinating photographic record, they can be seen and visited today. Plaques and inscriptions, graves, cemeteries and rolls of honor, stone monuments and stained glass, war-damaged buildings, pillboxes, and air-raid shelters, painted signs and camouflage—these are just some of the mementos of war, and of the experience of Londoners during the greatest conflicts the country has known.

Author : Alex Palmer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493018906
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Santa Claus Man written by Alex Palmer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of John Duval Gluck, Jr., who in 1913 founded the Santa Claus Association, which had the sole authority to answer Santa's mail in New York City. He ran the organization for 15 years, gaining fame for making the myth of Santa a reality to poor children by arranging for donors to deliver the toys they requested, until a crusading charity commissioner exposed Gluck as a fraud. The story is wide in scope, interweaving a phony Boy Scout group, kidnapping, stolen artwork, and appearances by the era's biggest stars and New York City’s most famous landmarks. The book is both a personal story and a far-reaching historical one, tracing the history of Christmas celebration in America and the invention of Santa Claus.

Author : Verity Harding
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691244901
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book AI Needs You written by Verity Harding and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2024-03-12 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A humanist manifesto for the age of AI Artificial intelligence may be the most transformative technology of our time. As AI’s power grows, so does the need to figure out what—and who—this technology is really for. AI Needs You argues that it is critical for society to take the lead in answering this urgent question and ensuring that AI fulfills its promise. Verity Harding draws inspiring lessons from the histories of three twentieth-century tech revolutions—the space race, in vitro fertilization, and the internet—to empower each of us to join the conversation about AI and its possible futures. Sharing her perspective as a leading insider in technology and politics, she rejects the dominant narrative, which often likens AI’s advent to that of the atomic bomb. History points the way to an achievable future in which democratically determined values guide AI to be peaceful in its intent; to embrace limitations; to serve purpose, not profit; and to be firmly rooted in societal trust. AI Needs You gives us hope that we, the people, can imbue AI with a deep intentionality that reflects our best values, ideals, and interests, and that serves the public good. AI will permeate our lives in unforeseeable ways, but it is clear that the shape of AI’s future—and of our own—cannot be left only to those building it. It is up to us to guide this technology away from our worst fears and toward a future that we can trust and believe in.

Author : Ruth A. Symes
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473862965
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unearthing Family Tree Mysteries written by Ruth A. Symes and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-07-31 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intriguing characters in these real family history mysteries include an agricultural labourer who left secrets behind in Somerset when he migrated to Manchester, a working-class woman who bafflingly lost ten of her fourteen children in infancy, a miner who purportedly went to live with the Red Indians and a merchant prince of the Empire who was rumoured to have two wives. This book shows how a variety of sources including birth, marriage and death certificates, censuses, newspaper reports, passports, recipe books, trade directories, diaries and passenger lists were all used to uncover more, and how much can be detected by setting the characters from your family tree in their proper historical backgrounds.This book is an updated edition of Ruth Symes previous book, titled Stories From Your Family Tree: Researching Ancestors Within Living Memory (2008).

Author : Delyth Edwards
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319640399
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultural, Autobiographical and Absent Memories of Orphanhood written by Delyth Edwards and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an empirically informed understanding of how cultural, autobiographical and absent memories of orphanhood interact and interconnect or come into being in the re-telling of a life story and construction of an identity. The volume investigates how care experienced identities are embedded within personal, social and cultural practices of remembering. The book stems from research carried out into the life (hi)stories of twelve undervalued ‘historical witnesses’ (Roberts, 2002) of orphanhood: women who grew up in Nazareth House children’s home in Belfast, Northern Ireland, during the 1940s, 50s and 60s. Several themes are covered, including histories of care in Northern Ireland, narratives and memories, sociologies of home, and self and identity. The result is an impressive text that works to introduce readers to the complexity of memory for care experienced people and what this means for their life story and identity.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oral History written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: