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Roanoke, Virginia, 1882-1912

Magic City of the New South

By: Rand Dotson

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Roanoke, Virginia, 1882-1912

Magic City of the New South

By: Rand Dotson

Tells the story of a city that for a brief period was widely hailed as a regional model for industrialization as well as the ultimate success symbol for the rehabilitation of the former Confederacy. In a region where modernization seemed to move at a glacial pace, those looking for signs of what they were triumphantly calling the "New South" pointed to Roanoke. No southern city grew faster than Roanoke did during the 1880s. A hardscrabble Appalachian tobacco depot originally known by the uninspiring name of Big Lick, it became a veritable boomtown by the end of the decade as a steady stream of investment and skilled manpower flowed in from north of the Mason-Dixon line. The first scholarly treatment of Roanoke's early history, the book explains how native businessmen convinced a northern investment company to make their small town a major railroad hub. It then describes how that venture initially paid off, as the influx of thousands of people from the North and the surrounding Virginia countryside helped make Roanoke - presumptuously christened the "Magic City" by New South proponents - the state's third-largest city by the turn of the century. Rand Dotson recounts what life was like for Roanoke's wealthy elites, working poor, and African American inhabitants. He also explores the social conflicts that ultimately erupted as a result of well-intended 3reforms4 initiated by city leaders. Dotson illustrates how residents mediated the catastrophic Depression of 1893 and that year's infamous Roanoke Riot, which exposed the faȧde masking the city's racial tensions, inadequate physical infrastructure, and provincial mentality of the local populace. Dotson then details the subsequent attempts of business boosters and progressive reformers to attract the additional investments needed to put their city back on track. Ultimately, Dotson explains, Roanoke's early struggles stemmed from its business leaders' unwavering belief that economic development would serve as the panacea for all of the town's problems.

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Univ. of Tennessee Press

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1572336439

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Roanoke, Virginia, 1882-1912

Magic City of the New South

By: Rand Dotson

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Zip Code Finder, 1993

By: Rand McNally

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Zip Code Finder, 1993

By: Rand McNally

The best desktop reference available, Rand McNally's 1993 edition of the Zip Code Finder lists more than 125,000 Zip Codes for cities, towns, and places--with Zip Codes for 13 major cities on detailed maps--offers postal and private carrier rate information, plus 3-digit Zip Code maps for all 50 states. Completely updated.

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652

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0528205080

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9780528205088

Colorado Recreational Road Atlas

By: Rand McNally,Mapsco, Inc

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Colorado Recreational Road Atlas

By: Rand McNally,Mapsco, Inc

The Colorado Recreation Atlas has many features to assist you in traveling aound the state. The features include campsites, trailheads, ski areas and golf courses. The beautiful carotgraphy and graphics combined with roads and highways enhance the features of this state atlas. Also includes detail maps for over 62 towns and communities.

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Rand McNally

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1569662088

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9781569662083

Motor Carriers' Road Atlas 2005

United States, Canada & Mexico

By: Rand McNally and Company

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Motor Carriers' Road Atlas 2005

United States, Canada & Mexico

By: Rand McNally and Company

- Coverage of state-designated truck routes as well as the National Network. - Updated coverage of Hazardous Materials regulations. - Direct links to industry-specific information and up-to-date road construction on the web. - The 22-page mileage directory including more than 40,000 truck-route-specific, city-to-city mileages. - Easy-to-use chart of state and provincial permit agency phone numbers and websites. - Updated charts of low clearances and weigh stations, including new restricted routes. - Maps that highlight the national network of designated truck routes. - Revised road construction and conditions hotlines. - New roads and interstate exists.

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0528900609

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9780528900600

The Ayn Rand Column

A Collection of Her Weekly Newspaper Articles, Written for the Los Angeles Times ; with Additional, Little-known Essays

By: Ayn Rand

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The Ayn Rand Column

A Collection of Her Weekly Newspaper Articles, Written for the Los Angeles Times ; with Additional, Little-known Essays

By: Ayn Rand

Can a newspaper column written nearly three decades ago be relevant today? When the columnist is Ayn Rand - you bet it can! From one of the foremost thinkers of the twentieth century - creator of ATLAS SHRUGGED, champion of the individual, & fountainhead of Objectivism - comes a newly collected series of articles illustrating what a proper analysis of world events can & should be. As Peter Schwartz notes in the Introduction: "Her perspective on the news is not that of the daily reporter, but that of the grand historian, whose time frame is the centuries & whose function is to explain the world by reference to universal truths." What is the appeal of Ayn Rand? Ayn Rand was dedicated to the power of ideas & perceived that philosophy affected every man, whether he knew it or not. Through her novels, The Ayn Rand Institute, & student study groups, her ideas continue to influence millions around the world. THE AYN RAND COLUMN will appeal to anyone who cares about his life. From a review by Robert Paglia: "This book is must-reading for anyone who respects his mind." Order from: Second Renaissance Books, 143 West Street, P.O. Box 1988, New Milford, CT 06776. Tel. 800-729-6149, FAX: 203-355-7161.

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1561140996

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9781561140992

Anthem

By: Ayn Rand

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Anthem

By: Ayn Rand

Anthem - Ayn Rand - Anthem is a dystopian fiction novella by Russian-American writer Ayn Rand, written in 1937 and first published in 1938 in the United Kingdom. The story takes place at an unspecified future date when mankind has entered another Dark Age. Individualism. Without a doubt, individualism is the core theme of Anthem. The entire text is essentially a parable designed to illustrate the paramount importance of Ayn Rand's idea of individual will. Based on Ayn Rand's novelette, Anthem, we look at a dystopian future where humanity is challenged. Anthem is Ayn Rand's classic tale of a dystopian future of the great "We"-a world that deprives individuals of a name or independence-that anticipates her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.

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398551383X

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9783985513833

The Romantic Manifesto

By: Ayn Rand

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The Romantic Manifesto

By: Ayn Rand

In this beautifully written and brilliantly reasoned book, Ayn Rand throws a new light on the nature of art and its purpose in human life. Once again Miss Rand eloquently demonstrates her refusal to let popular catchwords and conventional ideas stand between her and the truth as she has discovered it. The Romantic Manifesto takes its place beside The Fountainhead as one of the most important achievements of our time.

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Penguin

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0593437322

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9780593437322

The Fountainhead

By: Ayn Rand

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The Fountainhead

By: Ayn Rand

The revolutionary literary vision that sowed the seeds of Objectivism, Ayn Rand's groundbreaking philosophy, and brought her immediate worldwide acclaim. This modern classic is the story of intransigent young architect Howard Roark, whose integrity was as unyielding as granite...of Dominique Francon, the exquisitely beautiful woman who loved Roark passionately, but married his worst enemy...and of the fanatic denunciation unleashed by an enraged society against a great creator. As fresh today as it was then, Rand’s provocative novel presents one of the most challenging ideas in all of fiction—that man’s ego is the fountainhead of human progress... “A writer of great power. She has a subtle and ingenious mind and the capacity of writing brilliantly, beautifully, bitterly...This is the only novel of ideas written by an American woman that I can recall.”—The New York Times

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1101137185

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Roanoke, Virginia, 1882-1912

Roanoke, Virginia, 1882-1912

Roanoke, Virginia, 1882-1912

Roanoke, Virginia, 1882-1912

Zip Code Finder, 1993

Zip Code Finder, 1993

Colorado Recreational Road Atlas

Colorado Recreational Road Atlas

Motor Carriers' Road Atlas 2005

Motor Carriers' Road Atlas 2005

The Ayn Rand Column

The Ayn Rand Column

Anthem

Anthem

The Romantic Manifesto

The Romantic Manifesto

The Fountainhead

The Fountainhead

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