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Railroads of Fort Bend County

By: Jim Vollmar

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Fort Bend County was formed in the early 1820s by members of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300." Traders utilized barges and steamboats running along the Brazos River to transport cotton and other products from the lower Brazos Valley to the port at Galveston. In 1853, railroads began to play a larger role in the county's transportation system. Transportation facilities were greatly improved when the first railroad in Texas, the Buffalo, Brazos, and Colorado Railroad Company, completed its first 20-mile segment to Stafford's Point in Fort Bend County from Harrisburg (Houston). As many as eight separate railroads were chartered and operated in Fort Bend County by 1900. Today some of the names have changed but most of the original rail lines remain in operation. The Union Pacific, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, and Kansas City Southern rail companies have picked up where their predecessors left off and are keeping Fort Bend County one of the busiest and fastest-growing counties in the United States.

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0738579017

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Railroads of Fort Bend County

By: Jim Vollmar,Rosenberg Railroad Museum

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Railroads of Fort Bend County

By: Jim Vollmar,Rosenberg Railroad Museum

Fort Bend County was formed in the early 1820s by members of Stephen F. Austins Old 300. Traders utilized barges and steamboats running along the Brazos River to transport cotton and other products from the lower Brazos Valley to the port at Galveston. In 1853, railroads began to play a larger role in the countys transportation system. Transportation facilities were greatly improved when the first railroad in Texas, the Buffalo, Brazos, and Colorado Railroad Company, completed its first 20-mile segment to Staffords Point in Fort Bend County from Harrisburg (Houston). As many as eight separate railroads were chartered and operated in Fort Bend County by 1900. Today some of the names have changed but most of the original rail lines remain in operation. The Union Pacific, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, and Kansas City Southern rail companies have picked up where their predecessors left off and are keeping Fort Bend County one of the busiest and fastest-growing counties in the United States.

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1439639701

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Historic Downtown Rosenberg

By: The Rosenberg Historians

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Historic Downtown Rosenberg

By: The Rosenberg Historians

Rosenberg was created and thrived with the expansion of the railroad. From the first house in 1883, the city grew to become the "Hub of the Gulf Coast." Rosenberg was the center of commerce for settlers of all nationalities attracted here by fertile land and economic opportunity. In just 30 years, 56 businesses, including banks, loan and land development companies, merchants, doctors, and lawyers, were in the four-block area of the original Downtown Rosenberg Business District. Even celebrities came. For instance, outlaws Bonnie and Clyde ate their last meal at the Eagle Café in 1934. Also, actors John Wayne, Shirley Temple, and Roy Rogers could occasionally be found outside the Cole Theater, and while campaigning, Lyndon B. Johnson had his helicopter land on a downtown roof.

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1439651450

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Pocket Rough Guide New York City

By: Andrew Rosenberg,Martin Dunford,Stephen Keeling

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Pocket Rough Guide New York City

By: Andrew Rosenberg,Martin Dunford,Stephen Keeling

The best New York has to offer, Pocket Rough Guide New York City is your essential guide to the cultural capital of the USA, with all the key sights, restaurants, shops and bars. Whether you have an afternoon or a few days at your disposal, our itineraries help you plan your trip, and the Best of New York section picks out the highlights you won't want to miss, from MoMA's incredible modern art collection to towering skyscrapers like the Empire State. Divided by area for easy navigation, the Places section is written in Rough Guide's trademark honest and informative style, with listings of the must-see sights and our pick of the places to eat, drink and dance, from the best Jewish delis to the city's most historic jazz clubs. Make the most of your time with The Pocket Rough Guide to New York City. Now available in PDF format.

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1409323307

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Personality Wins (2024 Edition)

Who Will Take the White House and How We Know

By: Merrick Rosenberg,Richard Ellis

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Personality Wins (2024 Edition)

Who Will Take the White House and How We Know

By: Merrick Rosenberg,Richard Ellis

Ever since 1789, Americans have engaged in the time-honored tradition of judging presidential candidates by their personalities. While it may sound unwise to pick the leader of the free world based on personality traits rather than platforms, policies, and ideology, that is exactly what will happen in the 2024 election. In this exploration of U.S. presidential elections, personality expert Merrick Rosenberg and co-author Richard Ellis reveal the pattern behind who takes the White House and why. You will discover the unique characteristics of Eagles (Donald Trump and Franklin D. Roosevelt), Parrots (Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan), Doves (Dwight D. Eisenhower and Jimmy Carter), and Owls (George H.W. Bush and Richard Nixon). You will find that almost nothing stops certain personalities from winning elections. Personality Wins shows how America’s national personality contest worked before 1932 and how it has changed in the era of radio, TV, and digital media. Through unforgettable and often unbelievable stories from the last twenty-three elections, Rosenberg and Ellis show how personality shapes the vote—and how it will determine the outcome of 2024. "Merrick has put together an excellent guide to understanding politics and human nature as well, which I will be eagerly sharing with my media and politics students." – Jon-Christopher Bua, White House Correspondent, Talk Media News and Adjunct Professor, The Catholic University of America

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1959554026

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9781959554028

The Rough Guide to New York City

By: Andrew Rosenberg,Stephen Keeling,Martin Dunford

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The Rough Guide to New York City

By: Andrew Rosenberg,Stephen Keeling,Martin Dunford

Full-colour throughout, The Rough Guide to New York is the ultimate travel guide to one of the world's most iconic cities. With 30 years experience and our trademark 'tell it like it is' writing style Rough Guides cover all the basics with practical, on-the-ground details, as well as unmissable alternatives to the usual must-see sights. At the top of your to-pack list, and guaranteed to get you value for money, each guide also reviews the best accommodation and restaurants in all price brackets we know there are times for saving, and times for splashing out. In The Rough Guide to New York: - Over 50 colour-coded maps featuring every listing - Area-by-area chapter highlights - More listings in outer boroughs with user friendly subway maps - Top 5 boxes - Things not to miss section Make the most of your trip with The Rough Guide to New York. Now available in ePub format.

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1405390204

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The Mini Rough Guide to New York City

By: Andrew Rosenberg,Martin Dunford,Stephen Keeling

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The Mini Rough Guide to New York City

By: Andrew Rosenberg,Martin Dunford,Stephen Keeling

The Mini Rough Guide to New York City is your essential companion to one of the world's most dynamic cities. It covers all the major sights and attractions in NYC, plus the practical, nitty-gritty information you'll need to make the most of your visit. The guide's introduction offers a lively city overview and a selection of 'things not to miss' - museums, architecture, green spaces, nightlife, cuisine and more. Then discover New York City by neighbourhood; from bustling Chinatown and once-bohemian Greenwich Village to the beautifully refurbished Lincoln Centre on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Find snappy reviews of hotels, restaurants and bars for every budget and taste, plus shops, clubs, galleries and more. It'll help you get around with clear, readable maps - grid referenced with all the top attractions and recommendations. Entertaining, engaging and opinionated, this guide is unbeatable. Make the most of your break with The Mini Rough Guide to New York City.

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184836931X

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9781848369313

The Rough Guide to New York

By: Andrew Rosenberg,Martin Dunford

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The Rough Guide to New York

By: Andrew Rosenberg,Martin Dunford

The Rough Guide to NYC covers the all the sights and attractions and has up-to-date listings, detailed maps and the extensive practical information you’ll need to make the best of your visit to the city. The introduction gives you an overview of the city and a select list of things not to miss – the best museums, festivals, night-time activities and much more. The guide then goes neighbourhood by neighbourhood, covering everything from the historic Financial District and the landmark architecture of Midtown to Central Park, Prospect Park and the furthest reaches of the Bronx. Essentials on how to get around, a list of recommended New York books and films, a full-colour map section, colour inserts on architecture and the city’s ethnic neighbourhoods, and much more.

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184836590X

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Yankee Colonies across America

Cities upon the Hills

By: Chaim M. Rosenberg

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Yankee Colonies across America

Cities upon the Hills

By: Chaim M. Rosenberg

The arrival in 1620 of the Mayflower and Puritan migration occupy the first pages of the history of colonial America. Less known is the exodus from New England, a century and a half later, of their Yankee descendants. Yankees engaged in whaling and the China Trade, and settled in Canada, the American South, and Hawaii. Between 1786 and 1850, some 800,000 Yankees left their exhausted New England farms and villages for New York State, the Northwest Territory and all the way to the West Coast. With missionary zeal the Yankees planted their institutions, culture and values deep into the rich soil of the Western frontier. They built orderly farming communities and towns, complete with church, library, school and university. Yankee values of self-labor, temperance, moral rectitude, respect for the law, democratic town government, and enterprise helped form the American character. New England was the hotbed of reform movements. Yankee-inspired religious movements spread across the nation and beyond. The Anti-Slavery and the Anti-Imperialism movements started in New England. Susan B. Anthony campaigned for women’s suffrage, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross, Dorothea Dix established asylums for the mentally ill, and May Lyon was a pioneer in women’s education. Yankees spread the Industrial Revolution across America, using waterpower and then stream power. Opposing slavery and advocating education for all children, the Yankee pioneers clashed with Southerners moving north. In Kansas the dispute between Yankee and Southerner erupted into armed conflict. In time the Yankee enclaves in Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, Minneapolis, and San Francisco fused with others to form the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant elite (WASPs), to dominate American commerce, industry, academia and politics. By the close of the nineteenth century, industry began to leave New England. Yankees felt threatened by the rising political power of immigrants. In an effort to keep the nation predominantly white and Protestant, prominent Yankees sought to restrict immigration from Asia, and from eastern and southern Europe, and impose quotas on American-Catholics and Jews seeking admission to elite universities and clubs. Despite barriers, the American-born children of the immigrants benefited from their education in public schools and colleges, entered the American mainstream, and steadily eroded the authority of the Protestant elite. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 opened the United States to immigrants from Asia, Africa and South America. The great mix of races, religions, ethnicity and individual styles is forming a pluralistic America with equally shared rights and opportunities.

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1498519849

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9781498519847

The Rough Guide to New York

By: Martin Dunford,Stephen Keeling,Andrew Rosenberg

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The Rough Guide to New York

By: Martin Dunford,Stephen Keeling,Andrew Rosenberg

The Rough Guide to New York is the definitive guide to the cultural capital of the USA, taking you from the historic Financial District to the landmark architecture of Midtown and from peaceful Central Park to the furthest reaches of the Bronx. It's packed with detailed, lively reviews of accommodation and restaurants to suit all budgets, plus the practical information you'll need to make the best of your break. Get under the skin of this dynamic, vibrant city with the 'things not to miss', essentials on how to get around, and quirkier sections like the recommended New York books and films. With comprehensive research, stunning photographs and dozens of clear, accurate maps The Rough Guide to New York is your essential companion. Make the most of your trip with The Rough Guide to New York.

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140538851X

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Trauma and Documentary Photography of the FSA

By: Sara Blair,Eric Rosenberg

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Trauma and Documentary Photography of the FSA

By: Sara Blair,Eric Rosenberg

Coauthored by the literary scholar Sara Blair and the art historian Eric Rosenberg, this volume of the Defining Moments in American Photography series offers new ways to understand the work of the famous Farm Security Administration photographers by exploring an expanded and much more variable idea of the documentary than what New Dealers proposed. The coauthors follow in the line of scholars who have, on the one hand, looked critically at the FSA photography project and identified its goals, biases, contradictions, and ambivalences and, on the other hand, discerned strikingly independent directions among its photographers. But what distinguishes their work from that of others is their wrestling with a specific term often applied to the Depression era: trauma. If it was the case that documentary, as a genre, and FSA photographs, as an umbrella project, came to prominence during a time of trauma and in the hands of socially minded photographers was meant to address and publicize trauma, the coauthors of this volume seek to understand how trauma and photography mixed and how, in the volatility of that mixture, the competing ideas for documentary took shape. Among the key figures they study are some of the most beloved in American photography, including Walker Evans, Ben Shahn, and Aaron Siskind"--Provided by publisher.

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Univ of California Press

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0520265653

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9780520265653

Changing the Subject

How the Women of Columbia Shaped the Way We Think about Sex and Politics

By: Rosalind Rosenberg

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Changing the Subject

How the Women of Columbia Shaped the Way We Think about Sex and Politics

By: Rosalind Rosenberg

Surmounting a series of social and institutional obstacles to gain access to Columbia University, women played a key role in its evolution from a small, Protestant, male-dominated school into a renowned and diverse research university. At the same time, their struggles challenged prevailing ideas about masculinity, femininity, and sexual identity; questioned accepted views about ethnicity, race, and rights; and thereby laid the foundation for what we now know as gender.

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0231126441

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9780231126441

Without Warning

A J.B. Collins Novel

By: Joel C. Rosenberg

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Without Warning

A J.B. Collins Novel

By: Joel C. Rosenberg

Book 3 in the bestselling 3-book international political thriller series that has sold over 475,000 copies! “One of the most entertaining and intriguing authors of international political thrillers in the country. . . . His novels are un-put-downable!” —Steve Forbes, editor in chief, Forbes magazine “Guaranteed sleep loss for the reader of this can’t-put-down novel.” —World magazine As he prepares to deliver the State of the Union address, the president of the United States is convinced the Islamic State is on the run, about to be crushed by American forces once and for all. But New York Times foreign correspondent J. B. Collins tells the president he’s dead wrong. With the Middle East on fire, the Israeli prime minister dead, and Amman in ruins, Collins fears a catastrophic attack inside the American homeland is imminent. He argues that only an all-out manhunt to capture or kill Abu Kahlif—the leader of ISIS—can stop the attack and save American lives. But will the president listen and take decisive action before it’s too late?

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Tyndale

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1496418913

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9781496418913

The Great Workshop

Boston's Victorian Age

By: Chaim M. Rosenberg

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The Great Workshop

Boston's Victorian Age

By: Chaim M. Rosenberg

Covers the growth of the communities that eventually became metropolitan Boston, providing information on local mills and factories.

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0738524689

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9780738524689

The Cholera Years

The United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866

By: Charles E. Rosenberg

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The Cholera Years

The United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866

By: Charles E. Rosenberg

Cholera was the classic epidemic disease of the nineteenth century, as the plague had been for the fourteenth. Its defeat was a reflection not only of progress in medical knowledge but of enduring changes in American social thought. Rosenberg has focused his study on New York City, the most highly developed center of this new society. Carefully documented, full of descriptive detail, yet written with an urgent sense of the drama of the epidemic years, this narrative is as absorbing for general audiences as it is for the medical historian. In a new Afterword, Rosenberg discusses changes in historical method and concerns since the original publication of The Cholera Years. "A major work of interpretation of medical and social thought . . . this volume is also to be commended for its skillful, absorbing presentation of the background and the effects of this dread disease."—I.B. Cohen, New York Times "The Cholera Years is a masterful analysis of the moral and social interest attached to epidemic disease, providing generally applicable insights into how the connections between social change, changes in knowledge and changes in technical practice may be conceived."—Steven Shapin, Times Literary Supplement "In a way that is all too rarely done, Rosenberg has skillfully interwoven medical, social, and intellectual history to show how medicine and society interacted and changed during the 19th century. The history of medicine here takes its rightful place in the tapestry of human history."—John B. Blake, Science

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0226726762

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9780226726762

Challenge and Change 2

By: Behrman House,Shelley Kapnek Rosenberg

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Challenge and Change 2

By: Behrman House,Shelley Kapnek Rosenberg

The Civil War and the Jews -- Immigration and labor -- American Jews and Zionism.

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Behrman House, Inc

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0874417783

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9780874417784

Jane Crow

The Life of Pauli Murray

By: Rosalind Rosenberg

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Jane Crow

The Life of Pauli Murray

By: Rosalind Rosenberg

Euro-African-American activist Pauli Murray was a feminist lawyer, who played pivotal roles in both the modern civil rights and women's movements. Born in 1910 and identified as female, she believed from childhood she was male. Before there was a social movement to support transgender identity, she devised attacks on all arbitrary distinctions, greatly expanding the idea of equality in the process.

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Oxford University Press

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019005381X

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9780190053819

America at the Fair

Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition

By: Chaim M. Rosenberg

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America at the Fair

Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition

By: Chaim M. Rosenberg

At the time of the Worlds Columbian Exposition of 1893, the United States was fast becoming the worlds leading economy. Chicago, the host city, had grown in less than half a century from a village to the countrys second-largest metropolis. During this, the Gilded Age, the worlds most extensive railroad and steamship networks poured ceaselessly through Chicago, carrying the raw goods and finished products of Americas great age of invention and industrial expansion. The Fair was the largest ever at the time, with 65,000 exhibitors and millions of visitors. It has been called the Blueprint of the American Future and marked the beginning of the national economy and consumer culture.

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143961413X

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