Author: J. H. MANNYPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Great American Triumph at the Paris World's Fair Manny's celebrated American Reaper and Mower victorious, etc
Author: J. H. MANNYThe Nature of the Future
Author: Emily PawleyPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226820025
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
"In the seemingly mundane Northern farm of early America and the people who sought to improve its productivity and efficiency, Emily Pawley finds a world rich with innovative practices and marked by a developing interrelationship between scientific knowledge, industrial methods, and capitalism. Agricultural "improvers" became increasingly scientistic, driving tremendous increases in the range and volume of agricultural output-and transforming American conceptions of expertise, success, and exploitation. Pawley's focus on soil, fertilizer, apples, mulberries, agricultural fairs, and experimental stations shows each nominally dull subject to have been an area of intellectual ferment and sharp contestation: mercantile, epistemological, and otherwise"--
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
The Chicago Food Encyclopedia
Author: Carol HaddixPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 025209977X
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Chicago Food Encyclopedia is a far-ranging portrait of an American culinary paradise. Hundreds of entries deliver all of the visionary restauranteurs, Michelin superstars, beloved haunts, and food companies of today and yesterday. More than 100 sumptuous images include thirty full-color photographs that transport readers to dining rooms and food stands across the city. Throughout, a roster of writers, scholars, and industry experts pays tribute to an expansive--and still expanding--food history that not only helped build Chicago but fed a growing nation. Pizza. Alinea. Wrigley Spearmint. Soul food. Rick Bayless. Hot Dogs. Koreatown. Everest. All served up A-Z, and all part of the ultimate reference on Chicago and its food.
The Curiosities of Ale & Beer
Author: John BickerdykePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Beer
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois
Author: Newton BatemanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
English Verse
Author: Raymond Macdonald AldenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
The Psychotronic Video Guide To Film
Author: Michael WeldonPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312131494
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
The bible of B-movies is back--and better than ever! From Abby to Zontar, this book covers more than 9,000 amazing movies--from the turn of the century right up to today's Golden Age of Video--all described with Michael Weldon's dry wit. More than 450 rare and wonderful illustrations round out thie treasure trove of cinematic lore--an essential reference for every bad film fan.
Author: W. T. Marchant
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