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The Arts and Architecture of German Settlements in Missouri

A Survey of a Vanishing Culture

By: Charles Van Ravenswaay

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The Arts and Architecture of German Settlements in Missouri

A Survey of a Vanishing Culture

By: Charles Van Ravenswaay

Many Germans who immigrated to America in the nineteenth century settled in the lower Missouri River valley between St. Charles and Boonville, Missouri. In this magnificent book, which includes some six hundred photographs and drawings, Charles van Ravenswaay examines that immigration--who came, how, and why--and surveys the distinctive Missouri-German architecture, art, and crafts produced in the towns or on the farms of the rural counties of Cooper, Cole, Osage, Gasconade, Franklin, Montgomery, Warren, and St. Charles from the 1830s until the closing years of the century. As the immigrants sought to transplant their native culture to the Missouri backwoods, the compromises they were forced to make with conditions in Missouri produced many fascinating and individualistic structures and objects. They built half-timbered, stone, and brick houses and barns with designs reflecting the traditions of the many German regions from which the builders emigrated. The author's far-reaching study of immigrants' arts and crafts included furniture in traditional peasant designs as well as the Biedermeier and eclectic styles, redware and stoneware pottery, textiles, wood and stone carving, metalwares, firearms, baskets, musical instruments, prints, and paintings and identifies craftsmen working in all of these fields. One chapter is devoted to the objects the immigrants brought with them from the Old World. Added to this new printing of The Arts and Architecture of German Settlements in Missouri is a touching and informative introduction by Adolf E. Schroeder. Schroeder's long friendship with Charles van Ravenswaay allows him to reflect on the vast contributions this author made to our knowledge of Missouri's German culture. Everyone interested in architecture, crafts, or Missouriana will find this book indispensable as they savor van Ravenswaay's excellent presentation of the craftsmen and their products against the background of the aspirations and folkways of a distinctive culture.

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580

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University of Missouri Press

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0826217001

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9780826217004

Long Night’s Journey into Day

Prisoners of War in Hong Kong and Japan, 1941-1945

By: Charles G. Roland

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Long Night’s Journey into Day

Prisoners of War in Hong Kong and Japan, 1941-1945

By: Charles G. Roland

Sickness, starvation, brutality, and forced labour plagued the existence of tens of thousands of Allied POWs in World War II. More than a quarter of these POWs died in captivity. Long Night’s Journey into Day centres on the lives of Canadian, British, Indian, and Hong Kong POWs captured at Hong Kong in December 1941 and incarcerated in camps in Hong Kong and the Japanese Home Islands. Experiences of American POWs in the Philippines, and British and Australians POWs in Singapore, are interwoven throughout the book. Starvation and diseases such as diphtheria, beriberi, dysentery, and tuberculosis afflicted all these unfortunate men, affecting their lives not only in the camps during the war but after they returned home. Yet despite the dispiriting circumstances of their captivity, these men found ways to improve their existence, keeping up their morale with such events as musical concerts and entertainments created entirely within the various camps. Based largely on hundreds of interviews with former POWs, as well as material culled from archives around the world, Professor Roland details the extremes the prisoners endured — from having to eat fattened maggots in order to live to choosing starvation by trading away their skimpy rations for cigarettes. No previous book has shown the essential relationship between almost universal ill health and POW life and death, or provides such a complete and unbiased account of POW life in the Far East in the 1940s.

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450

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Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

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155458776X

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9781554587766

StarTalk

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson

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StarTalk

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson

Now abridged for younger readers, this beautifully illustrated companion to Tyson's popular podcast and Emmy-nominated National Geographic Channel TV show offers an eye-opening journey for anyone curious about the complexities of our universe. Full color.

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228

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National Geographic Books

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1426330871

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9781426330872

How to Grow Wildflowers and Wild Shrubs and Trees in Your Own Garden

By: Hal Bruce,Charles Elliott

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How to Grow Wildflowers and Wild Shrubs and Trees in Your Own Garden

By: Hal Bruce,Charles Elliott

A variety of native North American species.

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324

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Lyons Press

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1558216561

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9781558216563

THE ORGANIZATION AND ORDER OF BATTLE OF MILITARIES IN WORLD WAR II

By: Charles D. Pettibone

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THE ORGANIZATION AND ORDER OF BATTLE OF MILITARIES IN WORLD WAR II

By: Charles D. Pettibone

There are numerous Order of Battle books on the market. So what makes this one so special? Why should one decide on this particular book? Most Order of Battle books usually deal only with the division and corps level of a country's army. Most higher commands are not covered. This book deals with all the branches of a country's military, giving a breakdown of all the major echelons of command, from theater down to brigade, under each component (army group, armies, corps, division, and brigade), and the equivalent command structure for the other military branches are included. Second, it attempts to give an overall command structure of the country's military, showing the central headquarters command structure as well as the major components (army groups, armies, corps, etc.) Third, most Order of Battle books list the commanders and their dates of tenure. This book includes those but also lists their next duty assignments or where they went after leaving the post. One can literally trace a general officer's career through the upper echelons of command, making this completely different from all the other Order of Battle books on the market.

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615

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Trafford Publishing

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1490733868

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9781490733869

Agricultural Policy, Agribusiness, and Rent-Seeking Behaviour, Third Edition

By: Andrew Schmitz,Charles B. Moss,Troy G. Schmitz,G. Cornelis van Kooten,H. Carole Schmitz

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Agricultural Policy, Agribusiness, and Rent-Seeking Behaviour, Third Edition

By: Andrew Schmitz,Charles B. Moss,Troy G. Schmitz,G. Cornelis van Kooten,H. Carole Schmitz

Costing billions of dollars annually, international trade in agricultural products is impactful and influenced by several factors, including climate change, food policy, and government legislation. The third edition of Agricultural Policy, Agribusiness, and Rent-Seeking Behaviour provides comprehensive economic analyses of the policies that affect agriculture and agribusiness in Canada and the United States. Looking at current agricultural policies, the third edition includes new chapters on food pyramids, climate change, and GMOs, while also highlighting the effect of international policies on Canadian trade, including the problematic US ethanol policy. The new edition addresses current issues, including how the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected agricultural value chains and played a hand in the ongoing growth in opioid use. Including a number of key findings, and discussing current debates on topics including foreign ownership of Canadian farmland, Agricultural Policy, Agribusiness, and Rent-Seeking Behaviour will appeal to students in agricultural economics and policy, as well as policymakers, agricultural firms, energy companies, and readers wishing to reduce their nation’s carbon footprint.

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481

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University of Toronto Press

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1487518412

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9781487518417

Book's by Charles Van Ravenswaay

The Arts and Architecture of German Settlements in Missouri

The Arts and Architecture of German Settlements in Missouri

Long Night’s Journey into Day

Long Night’s Journey into Day

StarTalk

StarTalk

How to Grow Wildflowers and Wild Shrubs and Trees in Your Own Garden

How to Grow Wildflowers and Wild Shrubs and Trees in Your Own Garden

THE ORGANIZATION AND ORDER OF BATTLE OF MILITARIES IN WORLD WAR II

THE ORGANIZATION AND ORDER OF BATTLE OF MILITARIES IN WORLD WAR II

Agricultural Policy, Agribusiness, and Rent-Seeking Behaviour, Third Edition

Agricultural Policy, Agribusiness, and Rent-Seeking Behaviour, Third Edition

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