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Magnolia: A Brief History

By: Lisa Peek Ramos

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Magnolia s rocky coastline, long known to the native population for its abundant fishing grounds, was discovered in 1623 by a European expedition sent by England s King James to establish an outpost for exporting fish. Over the next three centuries, the settlement gradually grew from a sparsely developed farming community into a summer resort destination for the rich and famous. In Magnolia: A Brief History, author Lisa Peek Ramos, a fourth-generation native, chronicles the incredible transformation of Magnolia. In its heyday the famed Oceanside Hotel and Casino attracted such notables as big-band leader Sammy Eisen, movie star Lucille Ball, and John Philip Sousa and his Marine Corps Band. The stock market crash of 1929 and the destruction of the Oceanside Hotel, a victim of Magnolia s well-documented fire curse, ended the golden years. In the decades since, Magnolia has once again transformed itself and is now known as a quaint, vibrant seaside community.

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History Press Library Editions

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1540218643

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Magnolia

A Brief History

By: Lisa Peek Ramos

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Magnolia

A Brief History

By: Lisa Peek Ramos

Magnolia's rocky coastline, long known to the native population for its abundant fishing grounds, was "discovered" in 1623 by a European expedition sent by England's King James to establish an outpost for exporting fish. Over the next three centuries, the settlement gradually grew from a sparsely developed farming community into a summer resort destination for the rich and famous. In Magnolia: A Brief History, author Lisa Peek Ramos, a fourth-generation native, chronicles the incredible transformation of Magnolia. In its heyday the famed Oceanside Hotel and Casino attracted such notables as big-band leader Sammy Eisen, movie star Lucille Ball, and John Philip Sousa and his Marine Corps Band. The stock market crash of 1929 and the destruction of the Oceanside Hotel, a victim of Magnolia's well-documented "fire curse", ended the golden years. In the decades since, Magnolia has once again transformed itself and is now known as a quaint, vibrant seaside community.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1625848986

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9781625848987

Living with Oil

Promises, Peaks, and Declines on Mexico’s Gulf Coast

By: Lisa Breglia

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Living with Oil

Promises, Peaks, and Declines on Mexico’s Gulf Coast

By: Lisa Breglia

For decades, Mexico has been one of the world’s top non-OPEC oil exporters, but since the 2004 peak and subsequent decline of the massive offshore oilfield—Cantarell—the prospects for the country have worsened. Living with Oil takes a unique look at the cultural and economic dilemmas in this locale, focusing on residents in the fishing community of Isla Aguada, Campeche, who experienced the long-term repercussions of a 1979 oil spill that at its height poured out 30,000 barrels a day, a blowout eerily similar to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. Tracing the interplay of the global energy market and the struggle it creates between citizens, the state, and multinational corporations, this study also provides lessons in the tug-of-war between environmentalism and the lure of profits. In Mexico, oil has held status as a symbol of nationalist pride as well as a key economic asset that supports the state’s everyday operations. Capturing these dilemmas in a country now facing a national security crisis at the hands of violent drug traffickers, cultural anthropologist Lisa Breglia covers issues of sovereignty, security, and stability in Mexico’s post-peak future. The first in-depth account of the local effects of peak oil in Mexico, emphasizing the everyday lives and livelihoods of coastal Campeche residents, Living with Oil demonstrates important aspects of the political economy of energy while showing vivid links between the global energy marketplace and the individual lives it affects.

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University of Texas Press

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0292744617

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9780292744615

Living with Oil

Promises, Peaks, and Declines on Mexico’s Gulf Coast

By: Lisa C. Breglia

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Promises, Peaks, and Declines on Mexico’s Gulf Coast

By: Lisa C. Breglia

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University of Texas Press

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0292748744

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Placing Outer Space

An Earthly Ethnography of Other Worlds

By: Lisa Messeri

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Placing Outer Space

An Earthly Ethnography of Other Worlds

By: Lisa Messeri

In Placing Outer Space Lisa Messeri traces how the place-making practices of planetary scientists transform the void of space into a cosmos filled with worlds that can be known and explored. Making planets into places is central to the daily practices and professional identities of the astronomers, geologists, and computer scientists Messeri studies. She takes readers to the Mars Desert Research Station and a NASA research center to discuss ways scientists experience and map Mars. At a Chilean observatory and in MIT's labs she describes how they discover exoplanets and envision what it would be like to inhabit them. Today’s planetary science reveals the universe as densely inhabited by evocative worlds, which in turn tells us more about Earth, ourselves, and our place in the universe.

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Duke University Press

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0822373912

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9780822373919

Getting Rid of Stupid

Culprit of Their Depression

By: Lisa Lynn Ramos

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Getting Rid of Stupid

Culprit of Their Depression

By: Lisa Lynn Ramos

In a community where mujereswomenare measured by the men they wed, Jeanette is a single Hispanic radio host who is defying the status quo. But her sister Ana has a different plan. Obsessed over finding Jeanette a man before she hits cuarentathe big four-oAna lines up a blind date; suddenly, Jeanettes guarded world is turned upside down. For the past six years, Jeanette has dated enough losers to last a millennium, but after she meets Costa, she forgets what it is like to be lonely. As Jeanette finally lets herself experience security in the arms of a real macho man, her friend Santi is listening to her husband tell her he is leaving their marriage. Meanwhile, Nancy is embroiled in a clandestine relationship with her teacher and is the victim of his manipulative actions. As the friends each confront the unique issues that accompany their romantic relationships, they become immersed in a tapestry of deceptions that leads them on a path to discovering the truth not only about their lovers, but also themselves. In this lighthearted and charming romance novel, three women learn that the journey to a fairytale ending is as unpredictable and complicated as love itself.

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iUniverse

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1450237959

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9781450237956

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Magnolia: A Brief History

Magnolia: A Brief History

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Magnolia

Living with Oil

Living with Oil

Living with Oil

Living with Oil

Placing Outer Space

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Getting Rid of Stupid

Getting Rid of Stupid

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