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Camp and Plant
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 701

Camp and Plant

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2009
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  • Publisher: Lulu.com

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Worker Voice
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 264

Worker Voice

The book aims to understand work participation in the workplace or worker voice by examining the inter-war experience in Australia, Canada, Germany, the UK and the US.

Sky Rider
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 272

Sky Rider

With a reputation as the hot-air balloon capital of the world and the home of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta®, the skies of the southwestern desert city of Albuquerque frequently showcase the magic and adventure of ballooning. This legacy links back to the 1880s and a man by the name of Park Van Tassel. Through his pioneering flight, Van Tassel not only opened the skies to future generations across New Mexico, but he also opened minds to the possibility of manned flight throughout the American West. A charismatic, P. T. Barnum-like showman, Van Tassel rose from obscurity to introduce the new science of ballooning and parachuting throughout the West. Van Tassel toured extensively--from California to Utah, Colorado, and Louisiana and later embarking on an international journey that took him to Hawaii, Australia, Southeast Asia, India, Africa, and beyond. Sky Rider weaves together the many threads of Van Tassel's extraordinary life journey, situating him at last in his rightful place among the prominent aerial exhibitionists of his time.

A Leap from the Clouds
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 241

A Leap from the Clouds

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2022-07-26
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  • Publisher: McFarland

In the late nineteenth century, circus aerialists collaborated with show balloonists to perform death-defying stunts, initially by suspending themselves from trapeze bars beneath a balloon, later by jumping from the balloons using fabric parachutes. By the 1890s, these performances became a worldwide craze, remaining in rural fairs and fetes for decades. Many of the original balloon-parachute pioneers went on to play key roles in the creation of airships, test flying the first gliders and airplanes. Based on extensive historical research, this unusual account explores how a nineteenth-century daredevil act united with the desire to achieve human flight. These performers' contributions did not come without a price: dozens, if not hundreds, of people died in horrifying events witnessed by thousands of spectators. This book chronicles the act that had no practical purpose other than entertainment, which eventually evolved into the development of the free-fall parachute pack--a key aviation need--and the foundation of a new activity known as skydiving.

Tales and Trails of Illinois
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 260

Tales and Trails of Illinois

Tells the stories of fifty-two significant events in the history of Illinois.

Maid in the USA
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 251

Maid in the USA

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016-05-13
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  • Publisher: Routledge

This is a classic work in the fields of Women's Studies and Sociology. On its 10th Anniversary, it is still a vital and moving study of the lives of immigrant domestic workers, and is constantly cited in the research. Romero's new introduction will offer a fresh look at the material, including more recent events, proving that the issues discussed in the book are still very relevant to today's world.

Air University Periodical Index
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1072

Air University Periodical Index

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: Unknown
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Denver
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 566

Denver

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1990
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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National Union Catalog
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 614

National Union Catalog

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1978
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1060

Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1956
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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