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"Gregory and Frances Gillespie emerge, in this first catalogue (Fogg Art Museum) on their combined works, as among the foremost 20th-century American realists. From the time they married in New York in 1959, when both were art students, through their years of marriage and afterwards, their work expressed an unparalleled commitment to art modeled on the passion of the Abstract Expressionists. Fran Gillespie's powerful, large-scale flower paintings, like Gregory Gillespie's mysterious, probing self-portraits, were inspired by Flemish and Italian Renaissance artists and contain layers of symbolic imagery."
Speaking for the People, first published in 1998, draws our attention to the problematic nature of politicians' claims to represent others, and in doing so it challenges conventional ideas about both the rise of class politics, and the triumph of party between 1867 and 1914. The book emphasises the strongly gendered nature of party politics before the First World War, and suggests that historians have greatly underestimated the continuing importance of the 'politics of place'. Most importantly, however, Speaking for the People argues that we must break away from teleological notions such as the 'modernisation' of politics, the taming of the 'popular', or the rise of class. Only then will we understand the shifting currents of popular politics. Speaking for the People represents a major challenge to the ways in which historians and political scientists have studied the interaction between party politics and popular political cultures.
The Qatar Nature Explorer series offers a unique insight into Qatar's natural history and wildlife, and is an essential resource for schools and parents. Titles in this series include: Plants of Qatar / ISBN: 9789992178850 Sea and Shore Life of Qatar / ISBN: 9789992194805 Reptiles and Amphibians of Qatar / ISBN: 9789992194812 Birds of Qatar / ISBN: 9789992194799 Mammals of Qatar / ISBN: 9789992194829 Insects and Arachnids of Qatar / ISBN: 9789992194713 This series is also available in the Arabic language.
Italian immigrants began arriving in Troy in the late 1880s, escaping the abject poverty of their homeland. They settled in Troy's First and Eighth Wards, just south of the central business district, in an area bustling with activity. The neighborhood contained blocks of two- and three-story brick buildings and a mix of row houses and freestanding homes. Most homes were built on streets adjacent to the western slope of Mount Ida, the city's most prominent geographic feature. Within a few years, these Italian immigrants began opening small businesses, particularly on Fourth Street, the center of the Little Italy neighborhood, and soon became an important part of Troy's cultural heritage.
During World War II, the U.S. military lost some 35,000 aircraft to enemy action, training incidents, typhoons, aircraft carrier deck mishaps, mechanical failures or just normal wear-and-tear where aircraft were scrapped and used for parts to keep others flying. Many just failed to return from their missions. To date, the 15,069 aircraft represented in this 3-volume set is information initially transferred from hand-written "Aircraft History Cards" and are the total number of U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard aircraft lost between 7 December 1941 and 15 August 1945, and lost outside the continental United States (CONUS). Volume I represents the information on any aircraft lost that was attached to the 197 different ships in the database. Given the thousands of hours that went into this effort, the author hopes that, as a 3-volume set of reference books, it provides assistance to others who are researching ship, squadron and aircraft histories.