Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Blacksburg/Roanoke Connector, 460 Bypass to I-81, Montgomery County
Author: Proposed Northeast Middle School, Monroe County
Author: Federal Register
Author: The Historical Archaeology of Virginia from Initial Settlement to the Present
Author: Clarence R. GeierPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781541023482
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The book includes six chapters that cover Virginia history from initial settlement through the 20th century plus one that deals with the important role of underwater archaeology. Written by prominent archaeologists with research experience in their respective topic areas, the chapters consider important issues of Virginia history and consider how the discipline of historic archaeology has addressed them and needs to address them . Changes in research strategy over time are discussed , and recommendations are made concerning the need to recognize the diverse and often differing roles and impacts that characterized the different regions of Virginia over the course of its historic past. Significant issues in Virginia history needing greater study are identified.
Freedpeople in the Tobacco South
Author: Jeffrey R. Kerr-RitchiePublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 9780807847633
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Describes changes in tobacco-growing areas after emancipation, caused both by the end of slavery and by other economic currents
A Place Apart
Author: Helen R. PrillamanPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806347066
Category : Roanoke (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The Williamson Road area, which was annexed by the city of Roanoke in 1949, was originally a part of Botetourt County and thereafter of the northern part of Roanoke County. "A Place Apart" traces the history, places, and families of the Williamson Road. The book begins with various sketches of Roanoke Valley pioneers and early land owners. The second part of the volume continues with sketches of families that arrived during the late 18th or early 19th century, including Barren, Bushong, Campbell, Cannaday, Fellers, Garst, Harshbarger, Huntingdon, Nelms, Nininger, Oliver, Petty, Read, Rudd, Stokes, Watts, and Williamson. Community leaders associated with the Roanoke Valley's recent history are treated elsewhere in the book.
Roanoke, Virginia, 1882-1912
Author: Rand DotsonPublisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 1572336439
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Tells the story of a city that for a brief period was widely hailed as a regional model for industrialization as well as the ultimate success symbol for the rehabilitation of the former Confederacy. In a region where modernization seemed to move at a glacial pace, those looking for signs of what they were triumphantly calling the "New South" pointed to Roanoke. No southern city grew faster than Roanoke did during the 1880s. A hardscrabble Appalachian tobacco depot originally known by the uninspiring name of Big Lick, it became a veritable boomtown by the end of the decade as a steady stream of investment and skilled manpower flowed in from north of the Mason-Dixon line. The first scholarly treatment of Roanoke's early history, the book explains how native businessmen convinced a northern investment company to make their small town a major railroad hub. It then describes how that venture initially paid off, as the influx of thousands of people from the North and the surrounding Virginia countryside helped make Roanoke - presumptuously christened the "Magic City" by New South proponents - the state's third-largest city by the turn of the century. Rand Dotson recounts what life was like for Roanoke's wealthy elites, working poor, and African American inhabitants. He also explores the social conflicts that ultimately erupted as a result of well-intended 3reforms4 initiated by city leaders. Dotson illustrates how residents mediated the catastrophic Depression of 1893 and that year's infamous Roanoke Riot, which exposed the faȧde masking the city's racial tensions, inadequate physical infrastructure, and provincial mentality of the local populace. Dotson then details the subsequent attempts of business boosters and progressive reformers to attract the additional investments needed to put their city back on track. Ultimately, Dotson explains, Roanoke's early struggles stemmed from its business leaders' unwavering belief that economic development would serve as the panacea for all of the town's problems.
The Works of Voltaire: Romances
Author: VoltaireEarly Adventurers on the Western Waters: The New River of Virginia in pioneer days, 1745-1800
Author: Mary B. KegleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Evansham was an early name for Wytheville.
Operations Management
Author: Roberta S. RussellPublisher:
ISBN: 9780470233795
Category : Business logistics
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
Featuring an ideal balance of managerial issues and quantitative techniques, this introduction to operations management keeps pace with current innovations and issues in the field. It presents the concepts clearly and logically, showing readers how OM relates to real business. The new edition also integrates the experiences of a real company throughout each chapter to clearly illustrate the concepts. Readers will find brief discussions on how the company manages areas such as inventory and forecasting to provide a real-world perspective.