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The Park and the People

A History of Central Park

By: Roy Rosenzweig,Elizabeth Blackmar

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The Park and the People

A History of Central Park

By: Roy Rosenzweig,Elizabeth Blackmar

Delineate the politicians, business people, artists, immigrant laborers, and city dwellers who are the key players in the tale. In tracing the park's history, the writers also give us the history of New York. They explain how squabbles over politics, taxes, and real estate development shaped the park and describe the acrimonious debates over what a public park should look like, what facilities it should offer, and how it should accommodate the often incompatible.

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642

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Cornell University Press

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0801497515

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9780801497513

Everyone's Country Estate

A History of Minnesota's State Parks

By: Roy Willard Meyer

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Everyone's Country Estate

A History of Minnesota's State Parks

By: Roy Willard Meyer

In 1891 Minnesota established its first state park at Lake Itasca, the headwaters of the Mississippi River. In the century that followed, Minnesotans and tourists from other states have enjoyed hiking, picnicking, fishing, camping, canoeing, and skiing at Itasca and Minnesota's 64 other state parks. This helpful guide to the past in the parks will be welcomed by people who regularly visit a favorite Minnesota park, people who have set out to visit every park, and people who are newly discovering the parks' wonders.

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378

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Minnesota Historical Society Press

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0873512669

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9780873512664

Eight Hours for What We Will

Workers and Leisure in an Industrial City, 1870-1920

By: Roy Rosenzweig

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Workers and Leisure in an Industrial City, 1870-1920

By: Roy Rosenzweig

Focusing on the city of Worcester, Massachusetts the author takes the reader to the saloons, the amusement parks, and the movie houses where American industrial workers spent their leisure hours, to explore the nature of working-class culture and class relations during this era.

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324

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Cambridge University Press

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052131397X

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9780521313971

International Handbook on Ecotourism

By: Roy Ballantyne,Jan Packer

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International Handbook on Ecotourism

By: Roy Ballantyne,Jan Packer

Roy and Jan have assembled a timely snapshot of our current understanding of ecotourism, both as a concept worthy of scientific inquiry and as an increasingly significant segment of global commerce and industry. A terrific piece of work! Sam Ham, University of Idaho, US In the 30 or so year since it became established in the tourism literature and in tourism practice, ecotourism has attracted as many proponents as opponents. This Handbook now brings together some of the leading scholars worldwide in this field, to explore the current position of this form of tourism. In doing so, it offers serious critiques, it explores meanings and paradoxes, it offers best practices and it looks to the future. It is the Handbook for one of tourisms fastest growing and controversial sectors. David Airey, University of Surrey, UK This is a most welcome and needed book. With a very strong editorial team and contributing authors, the Handbook covers all the key issues of ecotourism. It cuts through the confusion surrounding the much-misunderstood concept of ecotourism, clearly dealing with definitions, concepts and research issues. The Handbook is particularly welcome for its focus on the visitor experience, a strength of the editors, and for clearly linking the theory of ecotourism with practice in the field. Christopher Cooper, Oxford Brookes University, UK This Handbook brings together contributions from over forty international experts in the field of ecotourism. It provides a critical review and discussion of current issues and concepts it challenges readers to consider the boundaries of what ecotourism is, and could be. The Handbook provides practical information regarding the business of ecotourism; insights into ecotourist behaviour and visitor experiences; and reflections on the practice of ecotourism in a range of different contexts. The Handbook is designed to be a valuable reference book for tourism scholars and researchers.

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521

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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0857939971

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9780857939975

The Ixodid Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Southern Africa

By: Ivan G. Horak,Heloise Heyne,Roy Williams,G. James Gallivan,Arthur M. Spickett,J. Dürr Bezuidenhout,Agustín Estrada-Peña

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The Ixodid Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Southern Africa

By: Ivan G. Horak,Heloise Heyne,Roy Williams,G. James Gallivan,Arthur M. Spickett,J. Dürr Bezuidenhout,Agustín Estrada-Peña

This is a comprehensive work summarizing the current state of knowledge of the biology of the hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho and Maputo Province, Mozambique). It provides an overview of the history of tick research in Southern Africa and the evolution of our knowledge of the ticks’ distribution and biology, as well as the methods used to determine tick distribution, abundance and host preference. The morphologies of most of the tick species known to occur in Southern Africa are described and illustrated, and their distributions are described and mapped in relation to the biomes of the region. The known hosts for each tick species are listed, and the tick’s host preferences are discussed. Information on most species life cycle in the laboratory and the field, and their seasonal occurrence, is summarized. The diseases of animals and humans transmitted or caused by each tick species are summarized in relation to tick ecology. Aspects of the biology of the major hosts relevant to tick infestations are described, and extensive tick/host and host/tick lists are provided for each country

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702

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Springer

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331970642X

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9783319706429

Geographies of Australian Heritages

Loving a Sunburnt Country?

By: Roy Jones,Brian J. Shaw

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Geographies of Australian Heritages

Loving a Sunburnt Country?

By: Roy Jones,Brian J. Shaw

In any settler and/or postcolonial society, heritage is a complex and contested topic that involves indigenous, imperial and other migrant components. In Australia, this situation is compounded by the unique characteristics of the country's natural environment, the considerable diversity of its migrant intake and the demographic and technological imbalances between its indigenous and settler populations. This volume brings together internationally recognized academics and emerging scholars, whose expertise extends through the areas of tourism, planning, heritage management, environmental studies and state and local government. Through a representative set of case studies from across the country's states and capital cities, the contributors demonstrate the range and diversity of heritage issues currently confronting Australia, and consider possible ways of resolving these.

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242

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Routledge

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1351157507

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9781351157506

Fundamentals of Garden Designing

A Colour Encyclopedia

By: R. K. Roy

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Fundamentals of Garden Designing

A Colour Encyclopedia

By: R. K. Roy

This perplexity of common people inspired me to record technical information in concise way on garden designing in the form of this book. The main purpose is to provide basic information on design, features, plants, maintenance and how to combine these in the form of gardens. The way these have been illustrated with examples, photographs and list of plants for each feature will certainly help all for finalizing various issues of garden developments. Students of ornamental horticulture and researchers will find chapters on historical aspects, principles and various styles of garden designing of the world supported with relevant reference for further studies. Amateur garden lovers and house owners who like to do designing, selection of plants for their own garden, will find the practical guidelines contained in the book most useful. Professionals, who are associated with designing and development of gardens, will find complete guidelines in the form of designs, features, plants and maintenance of specialized gardens to fulfill the requirements of various situations like factories, temples, avenues, airports, home etc. Those who like to get the garden development job thorough agencies / landscape contractors will find relevant information in the appendix. Even sources of supplies in different region have been provided for facilitating procurement of plant and sundries. By that way, the book will serve as a complete guide for those who are in need of technical information on garden development.

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724

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New India Publishing Agency

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9381450307

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9789381450307

An Illustrated History of Health and Fitness, from Pre-History to our Post-Modern World

By: Roy J. Shephard

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An Illustrated History of Health and Fitness, from Pre-History to our Post-Modern World

By: Roy J. Shephard

This book examines the health/fitness interaction in an historical context. Beginning in primitive hunter-gatherer communities, where survival required adequate physical activity, it goes on to consider changes in health and physical activity at subsequent stages in the evolution of “civilization.” It focuses on the health impacts of a growing understanding of medicine and physiology, and the emergence of a middle-class with the time and money to choose between active and passive leisure pursuits. The book reflects on urbanization and industrialization in relation to the need for public health measures, and the ever-diminishing physical demands of the work-place. It then evaluates the attitudes of prelates, politicians, philosophers and teachers at each stage of the process. Finally, the book explores professional and governmental initiatives to increase public involvement in active leisure through various school, worksite, recreational and sports programmes.

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1095

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Springer

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3319116711

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9783319116716

Smithsonian America

The Atlas

By: Keidrick Roy,David M. Carballo,Clarissa W. Confer,Celso Armando Mendoza,Jon Chandler,Tamara Venit Shelton,Ben Railton

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Smithsonian America

The Atlas

By: Keidrick Roy,David M. Carballo,Clarissa W. Confer,Celso Armando Mendoza,Jon Chandler,Tamara Venit Shelton,Ben Railton

A depiction of the history of North America and the United States told through maps old and new. The history starts with the peoples who first settled the land tens of thousand years ago, and continues to the present day. Includes a timeline of American history, a guide to the fifty U.S. states, and a map showing the birthplace of every U.S. president.

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384

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Simon and Schuster

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1645178420

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9781645178422

Media Law and Ethics,, Third Edition

By: Roy L. Moore,Michael D. Murray

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Media Law and Ethics,, Third Edition

By: Roy L. Moore,Michael D. Murray

The third edition of Media Law and Ethics features a complete updating of all major U.S. Supreme Court cases and lower court decisions through 1998; more discussion throughout the book on media ethics and the role of ethics in media law; and an updated appendix that now features a copy of the U.S. Constitution, new sample copyright and trademark registration forms, and the current versions of major media codes of ethics, including the new code of the Society of Professional Journalists. Extensively updated and expanded chapters provide: *more detailed explanations of the legal system, the judicial process, and the relationship between media ethics and media law; *new cases in this developing area of the law that has attracted renewed attention from the U.S. Supreme Court; *the new Telecommunications Act and the Communications Decency Act; *a discussion of telecommunications and the Internet; *new developments in access to courts, records, and meetings such as recent court decisions and statutory changes; and *more information about trademark and trade secret laws and recent changes in copyright laws, as well as major court decisions on intellectual property. The book has also been updated to include new developments in obscenity and indecency laws, such as the Communications Decency Act, and the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Reno vs. ACLU. In addition, the instructor's manual includes a listing of electronic sources of information about media law, sample exams, and a sample syllabus.

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816

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Routledge

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113561007X

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9781135610074

Book's by Roy Parks

The Park and the People

The Park and the People

Everyone's Country Estate

Everyone's Country Estate

Eight Hours for What We Will

Eight Hours for What We Will

International Handbook on Ecotourism

International Handbook on Ecotourism

The Ixodid Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Southern Africa

The Ixodid Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Southern Africa

Geographies of Australian Heritages

Geographies of Australian Heritages

Fundamentals of Garden Designing

Fundamentals of Garden Designing

An Illustrated History of Health and Fitness, from Pre-History to our Post-Modern World

An Illustrated History of Health and Fitness, from Pre-History to our Post-Modern World

Smithsonian America

Smithsonian America

Media Law and Ethics,, Third Edition

Media Law and Ethics,, Third Edition

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