Colour Photography


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From Skisport to Skiing


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This text examines the history of skiing in America, from its utilitarian origins to its transformation into a purely recreational activity. It integrates the history of skiing in the context of cultural, social and economic developments.




Partners with the Sun


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This work recounts the history of the men and women who captured a century of South Carolina images, from photography's introduction in the state through to 1940.







French Immigrants, 1840-1940


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Discusses the reasons French people left their homeland to come to America, the experiences the immigrants had in the new country, and the contributions this cultural group made to American society. Includes sidebars and activities.




A Folk Divided


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"What happens to a people ... when it becomes divided and separated through a great overseas migration? ... how do the two parts of such a divided people relate to each other? What ideas do they have regarding each other as the process continues and as time and circumstance cause them to develop in separate ways of their own? The purpose of this book is to seek answers to such questions in the case of the Swedes during the period of their great migration, between roughly 1840 and 1940." -- Pref.




Silver in America


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This volume explores the history and development of the American silver industry. It chronicles the work of firms such as Tiffany, Gorham, Meridan Britannia, and Reed and Barton, along with that of makers such as Whiting, Wendt, Wood and Hughs, Scheibler, and Gale.







Australian Women Artists, 1840-1940


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Joy Hester - Thea Proctor - Ethel Spowers - Edith Holmes - Grace Crowley - Nora Heysen - Clarice Beckett - Grace Cossington Smith - Hilda Rix Nicholas.