Author: John C. Thackray
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Taking the reader on a whirlwind journey through the history of the Natural History Museum, this volume covers the people, the influences and the discoveries. It chronicles the most important milestones in the development of the Museum.
The Natural History Museum
Author: John C. Thackray
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Taking the reader on a whirlwind journey through the history of the Natural History Museum, this volume covers the people, the influences and the discoveries. It chronicles the most important milestones in the development of the Museum.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Taking the reader on a whirlwind journey through the history of the Natural History Museum, this volume covers the people, the influences and the discoveries. It chronicles the most important milestones in the development of the Museum.
Americans in the Treasure House
Author: Jason Ruiz
Publisher: Univ of TX + ORM
ISBN: 0292753810
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
This study of American travel to Mexico from 1884 to 1911 examines how the influx of tourists and speculators altered perceptions of US influence. When railroads connected the United States and Mexico in 1884, travel between the two countries became easier and cheaper. Americans developed an intense curiosity about Mexico, its people, and its opportunities for business and pleasure. Indeed, so many Americans visited Mexico during the Porfiriato—the long dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz—that observers on both sides of the border called it a “foreign invasion.” This, as Jason Ruiz demonstrates, was an especially apt phrase. In Americans in the Treasure House, Ruiz argues that this influx of travelers helped shape American perceptions of Mexico as a logical place to exert its cultural and economic influence. Analyzing a wealth of evidence ranging from travelogues and literary representations to picture postcards and snapshots, Ruiz shows how American travelers constructed an image of Mexico as a nation requiring foreign intervention to reach its full potential. Most importantly, he relates the rapid rise in travel and travel discourse to complex questions about national identity, state power, and economic relations across the US–Mexico border.
Publisher: Univ of TX + ORM
ISBN: 0292753810
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
This study of American travel to Mexico from 1884 to 1911 examines how the influx of tourists and speculators altered perceptions of US influence. When railroads connected the United States and Mexico in 1884, travel between the two countries became easier and cheaper. Americans developed an intense curiosity about Mexico, its people, and its opportunities for business and pleasure. Indeed, so many Americans visited Mexico during the Porfiriato—the long dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz—that observers on both sides of the border called it a “foreign invasion.” This, as Jason Ruiz demonstrates, was an especially apt phrase. In Americans in the Treasure House, Ruiz argues that this influx of travelers helped shape American perceptions of Mexico as a logical place to exert its cultural and economic influence. Analyzing a wealth of evidence ranging from travelogues and literary representations to picture postcards and snapshots, Ruiz shows how American travelers constructed an image of Mexico as a nation requiring foreign intervention to reach its full potential. Most importantly, he relates the rapid rise in travel and travel discourse to complex questions about national identity, state power, and economic relations across the US–Mexico border.
Alberta : Nature's Treasure House
Author: Alfred J. Hooke
Publisher: Canada : s.n.
ISBN:
Category : Alberta
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Publisher: Canada : s.n.
ISBN:
Category : Alberta
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The Vassar Miscellany
Montana Natural Resources Protection and Utilization Act of 1987
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy
Publisher:
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Category : Forest reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Twentieth Century
Author:
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Category : Social problems
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Social problems
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Universal attraction: its relation to the chemical elements, the key to a consistent philosophy
Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine ...
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
Scribner's Monthly, an Illustrated Magazine for the People
The Florists' Exchange
Author:
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Category : Floriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Floriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description