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Positive Initiatives for People with Learning Difficulties

Promoting Healthy Lifestyles

By: Roberta Astor,Karen Jeffereys

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Positive Initiatives for People with Learning Difficulties

Promoting Healthy Lifestyles

By: Roberta Astor,Karen Jeffereys

This multidisciplinary volume raises contemporary and controversial issues relating to care provision for people with learning difficulties. Addressing the changing market economy of care and taking as its theme the provision of 'Health for All', this book explores a range of issues with particular relevance for the quality of life enjoyed by people with learning difficulties. All the authors have direct involvement with the realities of practice as well as a thorough understanding of the relevant research and policy.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0333986598

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9780333986592

The Battle for Gotham

New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane

By: Roberta Brandes Gratz

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The Battle for Gotham

New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane

By: Roberta Brandes Gratz

In the 1970s, New York City hit rock bottom. Crime was at its highest, the middle class exodus was in high gear, and bankruptcy loomed. Many people credit New Yorks ''master builder'' Robert Moses with turning Gotham around, despite his brutal, undemocratic. and demolition-heavy ways. Urban critic and journalist Roberta Brandes Gratz contradicts this conventional view. New York City, Gratz argues, recovered precisely because of the waning power of Moses. His decline in the late 1960s and the drying up of big government funding for urban renewal projects allowed New York to organically regenerate according to the precepts defined by Jane Jacobs in her classic, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, and in contradiction to Mosess urban philosophy. As American cities face a devastating economic crisis, Jacobss philosophy is again vital for the redevelopment of metropolitan life. Gratz who was named as one of Planetizens Top 100 Urban Thinkers gives an on-the-ground account of urban renewal and community success.

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ReadHowYouWant.com

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145878391X

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9781458783912

The Living City

How America's Cities Are Being Revitalized by Thinking Small in a Big Way

By: Roberta Brandes Gratz

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The Living City

How America's Cities Are Being Revitalized by Thinking Small in a Big Way

By: Roberta Brandes Gratz

THE LIVING CITY "An intelligent analysis. Sensible, undoctrinaire, evengood-humored. An appealing mixture of passion and clinicaldispassion." -Washington Post Book World "The best antidote I've read to the doom-and-gloom propheciesconcerning the future of urban America." -Bill Moyers "This is fresh and fascinating material; it is essential forunderstanding not only how to avoid repeating terrible mistakes ofthe past, but also how to recover from them." -Jane Jacobs, author of The Death and Life of Great AmericanCities From coast to coast across America there are countless urbansuccess stories about rejuvenated neighborhoods and resurgentbusiness districts. Roberta Brandes Gratz defines the phenomenon as"urban husbandry"-the care, management, and preservation of thebuilt environment nurtured by genuine participatory planningefforts of government, urban planners, and average citizens.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471144258

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9780471144250

It's a Helluva Town

Joan K. Davidson, the J.M. Kaplan Fund, and the Fight for a Better New York

By: Roberta Brandes Gratz

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It's a Helluva Town

Joan K. Davidson, the J.M. Kaplan Fund, and the Fight for a Better New York

By: Roberta Brandes Gratz

Learn about key moments in New York City's development, starting with the history of the J.M. Kaplan Fund and its role in shaping the city from World War II to the present. The J.M. Kaplan Fund was established in 1945 by Jacob M. Kaplan, and would go on to play a critical role in New York City's cultural and urban life. Kaplan's long leadership of the Fund (1945-1977) was marked by determined advocacy, including the effort to save Carnegie Hall from destruction, support for institutions like The New School for Social Research and the South Street Seaport Museum, as well as to bolster the cause of union democracy, the arts, and the co-operative movement. Since the 1970s, the Fund has been led by Kaplan's daughter, Joan K. Davidson, who has led the Fund to its current place as a forceful presence in New York City's civic life, supporting the Westbeth Artists Housing, Greenmarkets, and more.

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Bold Type Books

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1645036847

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9781645036845

Remix Judaism

Preserving Tradition in a Diverse World

By: Roberta Rosenthal Kwall

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Remix Judaism

Preserving Tradition in a Diverse World

By: Roberta Rosenthal Kwall

One of the most talked about books in the Jewish community when it originally appeared, Remix Judaism: Preserving Tradition in a Diverse World offers an eloquent and thoughtful new vision for all Jews seeking a sense of belonging in a changing world, regardless of their current level of observance. Roberta Kwall sets out a process of selection, rejection, and modification of rituals that allow for a focus on Jewish tradition rather than on the technicalities of Jewish law. Her goal is not to sell her own religious practices to readers but, rather, to encourage them to find their own personal meaning in Judaism outside the dictates of Commandment, by broadening their understanding of how law, culture, and tradition fit together. She inspires readers to be intentional and mindful about the space they allocate for these elements in defining their individual Jewish journeys and identities. The paperback edition includes a new preface addressing recently released findings, including the Pew Report on the American Jewish Community, exploring the challenges of practicing Judaism today.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538163659

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9781538163658

Fire in the Sky

Comets and Meteors, the Decisive Centuries, in British Art and Science

By: Roberta J. M. Olson,Jay M. Pasachoff

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Fire in the Sky

Comets and Meteors, the Decisive Centuries, in British Art and Science

By: Roberta J. M. Olson,Jay M. Pasachoff

An accessible and interesting presentation of the diverse range of historical material about comets.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521663598

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Deceived

the must-read, gripping crime novel from the bestselling author

By: Roberta Kray

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Deceived

the must-read, gripping crime novel from the bestselling author

By: Roberta Kray

A cracking good read' JESSIE KEANE The must-read gangland crime novel from bestseller Roberta Kray SHE'S BEEN BETRAYED . . . Judith Jonson has been a widow for five years, after the untimely death of her husband Dan. Then one day she sees a picture in the paper - the aftermath of a dramatic robbery in London's West End - and Judith can't believe her eyes. It's Dan, she'd stake her life on it. Or his life, rather. SHE WANTS REVENGE. Judith begins a hunt for the man she thought she married, and in amongst the lowlifes of the East End's underworld she finds more than she bargained for. But Judith had better be careful; the rule of law doesn't apply in Kellston. She's been deceived, but she doesn't want to end up dead . . . Full of the same danger and grit as it's London's setting, this is bestselling author Roberta Kray at the top of her game. Get ready for a KILLER read . . . Praise for ROBERTA KRAY: 'Well into Martina Cole territory' Independent 'Action, intrigue and a character-driven plot . . . sure to please any crime fiction fans' Woman 'Gripping'Daily Express 'Great writing, gripping story, loved it' Mandasue Heller

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0751569615

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9780751569612

Asian Rice Bowls

The Returning Crisis?

By: Prabhu L. Pingali,Mahabub Hossain,Roberta V. Gerpacio

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Asian Rice Bowls

The Returning Crisis?

By: Prabhu L. Pingali,Mahabub Hossain,Roberta V. Gerpacio

Introduction: the state of rice in post-green-revolution Asia; Rice productivity growth: the case against complacency; Sustaining farm profits through technical change; Intensification-induced degradation of the paddy resource base; Erosion, pollution and poison: externalities and rice; Asian rice market: demand and supply prospects; GATT and rice: impact on the rice market and implications for research priorities; Agricultural commercialization and farmer product choices: the case of diversification out of rice; Strategic look at factor markets and the organization of agricultural production beyond 2025; Post-green-revolution seed technology for intensive rice systems; Fertilizers and pesticides: higher levels versus improved efficiencies; Dealing with labor scarcity: mechanical technologies.

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Int. Rice Res. Inst.

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0851991629

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9780851991627

Couple’s Retirement Puzzle

10 Must-Have Conversations for Creating an Amazing New Life Together

By: Roberta K. Taylor,Dorian Mintzer

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Couple’s Retirement Puzzle

10 Must-Have Conversations for Creating an Amazing New Life Together

By: Roberta K. Taylor,Dorian Mintzer

The essential guide for couples to create a happy, healthy, and successful retirement! Retirement can be the best time of your life, but for couples, there's far more to it than cashing in on your 401(k). The most important asset you have during retirement is each other, yet many couples aren't sure where to begin to prepare for retired life or what to consider as they do. The Couple's Retirement Puzzle reveals ten key conversations couples should tackle before retirement to ensure a rewarding second half of life together, including: • Do we have enough money to support the lifestyle we want? • Should we retire simultaneously or separately? • Do we stay put or explore new frontiers? • What's the best way to stay healthy and fit after fifty? • How do we meet new friends and create new interests outside of work? • How will we balance time together and time apart? • And more! Filled with smart practical advice, engaging anecdotes, and helpful exercises,The Couple's Retirement Puzzle will guide you and your partner to a fulfilling retirement you can enjoy and celebrate together.

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1402295928

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9781402295928

Exposed

A gripping, gritty gangland thriller of murder, mystery and revenge

By: Roberta Kray

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Exposed

A gripping, gritty gangland thriller of murder, mystery and revenge

By: Roberta Kray

Uncover the truth or end up six feet under NO ONE KNOWS CRIME LIKE KRAY 'A cracking good read!' Jessie Keane 'Martina Cole territory' Independent 'Gripping' Daily Express Cut from the same cloth as Kimberley Chambers, Martina Cole and Casey Kelleher. ***DECEIVED is available to pre-order now in hardback and ebook*** Eden Chase is head over heels in love with her husband Tom. He's the sort of man who doesn't give much away but Eden doesn't mind that - Tom is worth the effort. So when he's accused of a years-old robbery and murder, Eden won't believe it. No, not her Tom - he's not capable of the things they're saying he did. With Tom in prison, it's up to Eden to clear his name. But the closer she gets to the truth, the more she uncovers about her husband's past. Does she really know him, after all? As Eden goes deeper into the ugly underworld that holds the answers, the more danger she's exposed to and she's not sure she can save her husband in time. And is he even worth saving? Praise for Roberta Kray: 'A cracking good read' Jessie Keane 'Well into Martina Cole territory' Independent 'Action, intrigue and a character-driven plot . . . sure to please any crime fiction fans' Woman 'Gripping' Daily Express

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0751561037

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9780751561036

The Virgin Mary as Alchemical and Lullian Reference in Donne

By: Roberta Albrecht

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The Virgin Mary as Alchemical and Lullian Reference in Donne

By: Roberta Albrecht

This study will also appeal to New Historicists and those interested in alchemy, emblems, or theology."--Jacket.

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Susquehanna University Press

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1575910942

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Phoenix

The Life of Norman Bethune

By: Roderick Stewart,Sharon Roberta Stewart

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Phoenix

The Life of Norman Bethune

By: Roderick Stewart,Sharon Roberta Stewart

A biographical account of the life of Norman Bethune, detailing the story of his life including his career as a surgeon, his fight to eradicate tuberculosis, his commitment to establish a medicare system in Canada, and his communist ideologies, through considerable research and interviews with friends, family, former patients and colleagues.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773538194

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9780773538191

Georgia

The History of Georgia Colony, 1732-1776

By: Roberta Wiener,James R. Arnold

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Georgia

The History of Georgia Colony, 1732-1776

By: Roberta Wiener,James R. Arnold

Offers a detailed look at the formation of the colony of Georgia, its government, and its overall history.

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Heinemann-Raintree Library

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0739868799

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9780739868799

The Politics of Verdi's Cantica

By: Roberta Montemorra Marvin

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The Politics of Verdi's Cantica

By: Roberta Montemorra Marvin

The Politics of Verdi's Cantica treats a singular case study of the use of music to resist oppression, combat evil, and fight injustice. Cantica, better known as Inno delle nazioni / Hymn of the Nations, commissioned from Italy's foremost composer to represent the newly independent nation at the 1862 London International Exhibition, served as a national voice of pride and of protest for Italy across two centuries and in two very different political situations. The book unpacks, for the first time, the full history of Verdi's composition from its creation, performance, and publication in the 1860s through its appropriation as purposeful social and political commentary and its perception by American broadcast media as a 'weapon of art' in the mid twentieth century. Based on largely untapped primary archival and other documentary sources, journalistic writings, and radio and film scripts, the project discusses the changing meanings of the composition over time. It not only unravels the complex history of the work in the nineteenth century, of greater significance it offers the first fully documented study of the performances, radio broadcast, and filming of the work by the renowned Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini during World War II. In presenting new evidence about ways in which Verdi's music was appropriated by expatriate Italians and the US government for cross-cultural propaganda in America and Italy, it addresses the intertwining of Italian and American culture with regard to art, politics, and history; and investigates the ways in which the press and broadcast media helped construct a musical weapon that traversed ethnic, aesthetic, and temporal boundaries to make a strong political statement.

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Routledge

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1351541447

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9781351541442

The Myth of the Cultural Jew

Culture and Law in Jewish Tradition

By: Roberta Rosenthal Kwall

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The Myth of the Cultural Jew

Culture and Law in Jewish Tradition

By: Roberta Rosenthal Kwall

A myth exists that Jews can embrace the cultural components of Judaism without appreciating the legal aspects of the Jewish tradition. This myth suggests that law and culture are independent of one another. In reality, however, much of Jewish culture has a basis in Jewish law. Similarly, Jewish law produces Jewish culture. A cultural analysis paradigm provides a useful way of understanding the Jewish tradition as the product of both legal precepts and cultural elements. This paradigm sees law and culture as inextricably intertwined and historically specific. This perspective also emphasizes the human element of law's composition and the role of existing power dynamics in shaping Jewish law. In light of this inevitable intersection between culture and law, The Myth of the Cultural Jew: Culture and Law in Jewish Tradition argues that Jewish culture is shallow unless it is grounded in Jewish law. Roberta Rosenthal Kwall develops and applies a cultural analysis paradigm to the Jewish tradition that departs from the understanding of Jewish law solely as the embodiment of Divine command. Her paradigm explains why both law and culture must matter to those interested in forging meaningful Jewish identity and transmitting the tradition.

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Oxford University Press

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0190238097

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9780190238094

Lockwood de Forest

Furnishing the Gilded Age with a Passion for India

By: Roberta A. Mayer,Lockwood De Forest

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Lockwood de Forest

Furnishing the Gilded Age with a Passion for India

By: Roberta A. Mayer,Lockwood De Forest

This is the first scholarly book on de Forest. It explores his career in the decorative arts by examining cultural context, material culture, biography, and patronage. Lockwood de Forest (1850-1932) is best known as an artistic decorator with a flair for designs based on the arts and crafts of the Middle East and India. He began his career in partnership with Louis Comfort Tiffany. By 1883, de Forest had his own business and successfully introduced the East Indian craft revival to the United States. His interior designs and furnishings were embraced by some of the wealthiest families of the Gilded Age. His family home at 7 East Tenth Street in New York City served as a designer showcase and was compared to Arab Hall, a pinnacle of exotic design that was part of Frederic, Lord Leighton's home and studio in Holland Park, London. Complemented by sixty color plates and 132 black-and-white illustrations." --Publisher description.

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Associated University Presse

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0874139732

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9780874139730

The International Handbook of Electronic Commerce

By: Jae K. Shim,Anique A. Qureshi,Joel G. Siegel,Roberta M. Siegel

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The International Handbook of Electronic Commerce

By: Jae K. Shim,Anique A. Qureshi,Joel G. Siegel,Roberta M. Siegel

The International Handbook of Electronic Commerce covers that hot topic - e-commerce! It is designed to assist managers in implementing electronic commerce in their organizations, improving its efficiency and viability, and safeguarding and maintaining e-commerce systems. The book is designed as a practical how to guide, offering extensive examples to illustrate practical applications. The tools and techniques in this handbook can be adapted outright or modified to suit individual needs. Checklists, email and website addresses, exhibits, illustrations, and step-by-step instructions enhance the handbook's practical use. Among the topics discussed are: what electronic commerce is all about; the Internet and access provider industry; Intranets and Extranets; marketing and advertising; electronic data interchange; electronic banking and payment systems; network security; legal, taxation, and accounting issues of e-commerce. The combination of growth in the commercial utilization of the Internet, the rapid changes in technology, and the complexity of management have expanded the scope of duties of business managers. To remain competitive, businesses and their managers must maintain a presence on the Internet. The International Handbook of Electronic Commerce provides readers with a compendium of the latest in current technologies and applications.

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Routledge

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1135962014

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9781135962012

Dear Mendl, Dear Reyzl

Yiddish Letter Manuals from Russia and America

By: Alice Nakhimovsky,Roberta Newman

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Dear Mendl, Dear Reyzl

Yiddish Letter Manuals from Russia and America

By: Alice Nakhimovsky,Roberta Newman

“Explore[s] the Jewish past via letters that reflect connections and collisions between old and new worlds.” —Jewish Book Council At the turn of the 20th century, Jewish families scattered by migration could stay in touch only through letters. Jews in the Russian Empire and America wrote business letters, romantic letters, and emotionally intense family letters. But for many Jews who were unaccustomed to communicating their public and private thoughts in writing, correspondence was a challenge. How could they make sure their spelling was correct and they were organizing their thoughts properly? A popular solution was to consult brivnshtelers, Yiddish-language books of model letters. Dear Mendl, Dear Reyzl translates selections from these model-letter books and includes essays and annotations that illuminate their role as guides to a past culture. “Covers a neglected aspect of Jewish popular culture and deserves a wide readership. For all serious readers of Yiddish and immigrant Jewish culture and customs.” —Library Journal “Delivers more than one would expect because it goes beyond a linguistic study of letter-writing manuals and explicates their genre and social function.” —Slavic Review “Reproductions of brivnshtelers form the core of the book and comprise the majority of the text, providing a ground-level window into a largely obscured past.” —Publishers Weekly “The real delight of the book is in reading the letters themselves . . . Highly recommended.” —AJL Reviews

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Indiana University Press

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0253012074

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9780253012074

China's Crafts

The Story of How They're Made and What They Mean

By: Roberta Helmer Stalberg,Ruth Nesi

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China's Crafts

The Story of How They're Made and What They Mean

By: Roberta Helmer Stalberg,Ruth Nesi

This book, first published in 1981, provides a comprehensive appraisal of China’s crafts. Its historical approach and numerous illustrations not only reveal the ancient origins of many of China’s arts, but also offer the means for evaluating modern crafts in light of past achievements.

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Routledge

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100058271X

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9781000582710

Once We Were Strangers

A German Immigrant Family in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest

By: Roberta Reb Allen

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Once We Were Strangers

A German Immigrant Family in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest

By: Roberta Reb Allen

Little attention has been paid to the settlement of Germans in Kansas, and Roberta Reb Allen’s Once We Were Strangers helps to fill that void. It is both the saga of an immigrant family told within the larger social, political, and economic context of the day and a scholarly exploration of the settlement patterns and the diverse choices made by German pioneers. Starting in the small village of Ebhausen in the Black Forest of the Kingdom of Württemberg in what is now Germany, Allen follows the fortunes of the Lodholzes, who journeyed across the Atlantic and eventually settled on the plains of the Kansas Territory in Marshall County. Based on nearly 200 family letters and documents translated from Old German, Once We Were Strangers chronicles, through the pens of ordinary people, the conditions in Württemberg that led to emigration and the sweep of American history from the 1850s to the nominal end of the frontier in 1890. In addition, Once We Were Strangers provides the unusual opportunity to follow a German immigrant family for an extended period, almost from cradle to grave. Using remarkably rare documentary evidence, Allen explores the largely untold story of German assimilation, uncovering the pressures the Lodholzes faced and how they responded to the antebellum Midwest. This family’s story is full of hardship, endurance, joys, and sorrows, and is interwoven with the history of westward expansion, German migration, and Kansas, with a particular emphasis on German settlement patterns prior to the Civil War.

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0700636285

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When Tenants Claimed the City

The Struggle for Citizenship in New York City Housing

By: Roberta Gold

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When Tenants Claimed the City

The Struggle for Citizenship in New York City Housing

By: Roberta Gold

In postwar America, not everyone wanted to move out of the city and into the suburbs. For decades before World War II, New York's tenants had organized to secure renters' rights. After the war, tenant activists raised the stakes by challenging the newly-dominant ideal of homeownership in racially segregated suburbs. They insisted that renters as well as owners had rights to stable, well-maintained homes, and they proposed that racially diverse urban communities held a right to remain in place--a right that outweighed owners' rights to raise rents, redevelop properties, or exclude tenants of color. Further, the activists asserted that women could participate fully in the political arenas where these matters were decided. Grounded in archival research and oral history, When Tenants Claimed the City: The Struggle for Citizenship in New York City Housing shows that New York City's tenant movement made a significant claim to citizenship rights that came to accrue, both ideologically and legally, to homeownership in postwar America. Roberta Gold emphasizes the centrality of housing to the racial and class reorganization of the city after the war; the prominent role of women within the tenant movement; and their fostering of a concept of "community rights" grounded in their experience of living together in heterogeneous urban neighborhoods.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252095987

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9780252095986

Top 10 Chicago

By: Elaine Glusac,Elisa Kronish,Roberta Sotonoff

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Top 10 Chicago

By: Elaine Glusac,Elisa Kronish,Roberta Sotonoff

The very best Chicago has to offer is profiled in dozens of "top 10" lists, from the best skyscrapers to great jazz and blues joints to popular museums and events.

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0756600316

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