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Lady Betty
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In Their Own Words
Praise for In Their Own Words “Waldron and Huntington have caught the rail of the past as it slips out of memory. Here they are, the farmers, doctors, storekeepers, the men and women who were Loudoun County before it traded its lanes, fields, cows, and orchards for SUVs and instant mansions. They remember it in their own words, and Waldron’s spare and chiseled interviews ring in the mind. In Huntington’s portraits, they look as planted and permanent as Mount Rushmore, but they aren’t, of course. In a sense they’re already gone, and this quietly disturbing book is what we have left.” Barbara Holland “This is a gem, a marvel of its kind, the collected memories and anecdotes of Lo...
On Final Approach
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“The” Athenaeum
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Freezing Daniel
Rummaging through old letters and photographs takes on new meaning when a group of people spanning two generations and thousands of miles have the opportunity to compare notes and family stories. Their only common bond is that they are all descendents of Daniel Sturges Jr., a patriot from Fairfield, CT, who struck out looking for new opportunities for his family on the frontier after the Revolutionary War.
Vers une république sociale? Un itinéraire d'historien
Aboutissement de plusieurs décennies de recherche, l'ouvrage envisage divers cheminements de la " République sociale ". Son sous-titre " Culture politique, patrimoine et protection sociale aux XIXe et XXe siècles " donne l'orientation générale des études qui sont à l'origine de ce livre abondamment illustré. Une attention particulière est d'abord portée à la diffusion de la quantification comme critère de modernité. Cela concerne aussi bien l'introduction du système métrique sous la Révolution française que l'essor de l'esprit statistique comme moyen d'appréhension des réalités économiques et sociales. Les rapports entre culture et politique sont envisagés à partir d'e...
