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Kilmacolm
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Kilmacolm, a History
History of Kilmalcolm (aka Kilmacolm), Renfrewshire.
Scotland's Lost Branch Lines
The infamous 'Beeching Axe' swept away virtually every Scottish branch line in the 1960s. Conventional wisdom viewed these losses as regrettable yet inevitable in an era of growing affluence and rising car ownership. This ground-breaking study of Dr Beeching's approach to closures has unearthed – from rarely or never previously referenced archive sources – strong evidence of a 'stitch-up', ignoring the scope for sensible economies and improvements which would have allowed a significant number of axed routes to survive and prosper. Acclaimed railway historian David Spaven traces the birth, life and eventual death of Scotland's branch lines through the unique stories of how a dozen routes lost their trains in the 1960s: the lines to Ballachulish, Ballater, Callander, Crail, Crieff /Comrie, Fraserburgh, Kelso, Kilmacolm, Leven, Peebles, Peterhead and St Andrews. He concludes by exploring a potential renaissance of branch lines, propelled by concerns over road congestion, vehicle pollution and the climate emergency.
Old Kilmacolm and Bridge of Weir
This is a gem of a book for anyone with an interest in social history. Here are fascinating pictures of Quarrier's Homes, including interior shots showing dinner-time in one of the cottages, and the mock-up shops where the orphans could learn work skills. Like Kilmacolm, Bridge of Weir is reputed to be a well-to-do commuter village, evidenced by its tidy Main Street alongside pictures of the golf club house and elegant Edwardians out for a stroll along Horsewood Road. The book contains pictures of the Cross, Hydropathic Hotel, Lochwinnoch Road, Station Road, Pacemuir Mill and the very elegant outdoor swimming pool at Balrossie School in Kilmacolm. The Ranfurly Hotel, Gryffe Viaduct, and Gryffe Tannery buildings are amongst other pictures included.
Heroes & Ballyhoo
A handful of star athletes, along with their promoters and journalists, created America's sports entertainment industry during the 1920s, the Golden Age of American sports. The period had an extraordinary impact, profoundly changing individual sports, establishing the secular religion of sports and sports heroes, and helping bond disparate social and regional sectors of the country. It's when sports became a cornerstone of modern American life. Heroes and Ballyhoo profiles the ten most prominent Golden Age heroes and describes their effect on sports and society. Babe Ruth saved baseball after the Black Sox Scandal. Boxer Jack Dempsey made the "sweet science" a respectable sport. Red Grange s...
A Goodly Heritage
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Sentencing and Society
Combining the latest work of leading sentencing and punishment scholars from twelve different countries, this major new international volume answers key questions in the study of sentencing and society. It presents not only a rigorous examination of the latest legal and empirical research from around the world, but also reveals the workings of sentencing within society and as a social practice. Traditionally, work in the field of sentencing has been dominated by legal and philosophical approaches. Distinctively, this volume provides a more sociological approach to sentencing: so allowing previously unanswered questions to be addressed and new questions to be opened. This extensive collection...
A Century of Pulitzer Prize Russia Press Coverage 1922 2022
This volume contains Russia-related articles and political cartoons over the span of a century. Developments during the 1920s and 1930s are documented, and in the post-World War II period the Cold War became a major source of concern for the American press, also reflected in Pulitzer Prizes. There are awards about the Russian rulers like Lenin, Stalin, Malenkov, Bulganin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev and Yeltsin, followed by works on the many Putin years.
