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Ordinary Lives - Recovering Deaf Social History Through The American Census

by Eric C. Nystrom e Rebecca A.R. Edwards

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 Employing the methods of social history, such as the use of digital history techniques and often-ignored sources like census records, Eric Nystrom and R.A.R. Edwards recover the lived experiences of everyday deaf people in late nineteenth century America.
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Breaking The Banks - Representations And Realities In New England Fisheries, 1866-1966

by Matthew Mckenzie

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 With skillful storytelling, Matthew McKenzie weaves together the industrial, cultural, political, and ecological history of New England's fisheries through the story of how the Boston haddock fleet - one of the region's largest and most heavily industrialized - rose, flourished, and then fished itself into near oblivion before the arrival of foreign competition in 1961.
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Battles Of The North Country - Wilderness Politics And Recreational Development In The Adirondack State Park, 1920-1980

by Jonathan D. Anzalone

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 Through a series of case studies, historian Jonathan D. Anzalone highlights the role of public and private interests in the Adirondack region and shows how partnerships frayed and realigned in the course of several key developments. This book reveals how class, economic self-interest, state power, and a wide range of environmental concerns have shaped modern politics in the Adirondacks and beyond.
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Get Plum Island! - Place And Politics In Massachusetts'S Ten-Year Fight Over The Parker River National Wildlife Refuge

by Karin A. Martin

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Defending A Borderland - Canadian And American Environmental Activism In The St. Lawrence Valley

by Neil S. Forkey

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Defending A Borderland - Canadian And American Environmental Activism In The St. Lawrence Valley

by Neil S. Forkey

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Hill Farms - Surviving Modern Times In Early Twentieth-Century Vermont

by Dona Brown

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Get Plum Island! - Place And Politics In Massachusetts'S Ten-Year Fight Over The Parker River National Wildlife Refuge

by Karin A. Martin

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Hill Farms - Surviving Modern Times In Early Twentieth-Century Vermont

by Dona Brown

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Democratic Spaces - Land Preservation In New England, 1850â€“2010

by Richard W. Judd

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 A contemporary map of New England, scaled to the township level, brings to light a dense pattern of protected areas ringing almost every town and city in the region. Democratic Spaces explains how these protected places came into being and what they represent for New Englanders and the nation at large.
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Democratic Spaces - Land Preservation In New England, 1850â€“2010

by Richard W. Judd

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 A contemporary map of New England, scaled to the township level, brings to light a dense pattern of protected areas ringing almost every town and city in the region. Democratic Spaces explains how these protected places came into being and what they represent for New Englanders and the nation at large.
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The Aquatic Frontier - Oysters And Aquaculture In The Progressive Era

by Samuel P. Hanes

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 Explores the debate over the protection of the US oyster fishery industry took between 1870 and 1920 in law enforcement, legislative advising, and natural science. Samuel Hanes argues that the effort to centralize and privatize the industry failed due to a lack of understanding of the complex social-ecological systems in place.
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Managing The River Commons - Fishing And New England'S Rural Economy

by Erik Reardon

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 As environmentalists work to restore rivers in New England and beyond in the present day, Managing the River Commons offers important lessons about historical conservation efforts that can help guide current campaigns to remove dams and allow anadromous fish to reclaim their waters.
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Forever Struggle - Activism, Identity, And Survival In Boston'S Chinatown, 1880-2018

by Michael Liu

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 In writing about Boston Chinatown's long history, Michael Liu, a lifelong activist and scholar of the community, charts its journey and efforts for survival - from its emergence during a time of immigration and deep xenophobia to recent efforts to keep commercial developers at bay.
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A Prison In The Woods - Environment And Incarceration In New York'S North Country

by Clarence Jefferson Hall Jr

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 Traces the planning, construction, and operation of penitentiaries in five Adirondack Park communities from the 1840s to the early 2000s to demonstrate that the histories of mass incarceration and environmental consciousness are interconnected.
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From The Mountains To The Sea - Protecting Nature In Postwar New Hampshire

by Kimberly A. Jarvis

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 Explores how history, memory, and tradition created a strong sense of place in New Hampshire that led citizen activists to protect Franconia Notch, Sandwich Notch, and the town of Durham on New Hampshire's seacoast from development in the last half of the twentieth century.
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Urban Archipelago - An Environmental History Of The Boston Harbor Islands

by Pavla Simkova

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 Drawing on archival sources, historic maps and photographs, and diaries from island residents, this absorbing study attests that the Boston Harbor Islands' story is central to understanding the ways in which Boston has both shaped and been shaped by its environment over time.
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Managing The River Commons - Fishing And New England'S Rural Economy

by Erik Reardon

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 As environmentalists work to restore rivers in New England and beyond in the present day, Managing the River Commons offers important lessons about historical conservation efforts that can help guide current campaigns to remove dams and allow anadromous fish to reclaim their waters.
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Forever Struggle - Activism, Identity, And Survival In Boston'S Chinatown, 1880-2018

by Michael Liu

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 In writing about Boston Chinatown's long history, Michael Liu, a lifelong activist and scholar of the community, charts its journey and efforts for survival - from its emergence during a time of immigration and deep xenophobia to recent efforts to keep commercial developers at bay.
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The Lexington Six - Lesbian And Gay Resistance In 1970s America

by Josephine Donovan

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 Drawing on transcripts of the judicial hearings, contemporaneous newspaper accounts, hundreds of pages of FBI files released to the author under the Freedom of Information Act, and interviews with many of the participants, Josephine Donovan reconstructs the fascinating, untold story of "The Lexington Six".
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Engaging Diverse Communities - A Guide To Museum Public Relations

by Melissa A. Johnson

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 The first book-length study of museum public relations for practitioners since 1983, Engaging Diverse Communities details how institutions can use communication fundamentals to establish and maintain relationships with a wide range of cultural groups and constituencies.
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On The Record - Music Journalists On Their Lives, Craft, And Careers

by Mike Hilleary

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 Bringing together interviews from an impressive roster of over fifty music writers, Mike Hilleary offers up an engaging and wide-reaching examination of the past and potential future of music journalism. This accessible oral history contains professional insights into journalists' craft and purpose, practical advice, and essential life lessons.
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A Prison In The Woods - Environment And Incarceration In New York'S North Country

by Clarence Jefferson Hall Jr.

97,34€

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 Traces the planning, construction, and operation of penitentiaries in five Adirondack Park communities from the 1840s to the early 2000s to demonstrate that the histories of mass incarceration and environmental consciousness are interconnected.
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From The Mountains To The Sea - Protecting Nature In Postwar New Hampshire

by Kimberly A. Jarvis

97,34€

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 Explores how history, memory, and tradition created a strong sense of place in New Hampshire that led citizen activists to protect Franconia Notch, Sandwich Notch, and the town of Durham on New Hampshire's seacoast from development in the last half of the twentieth century.
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