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Category : Ayrshire (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Ward & Lock's (late Shaw's) Illustrated Guide To, and Popular History of the Land of Burns, Including Ayr, Arran, and Dumfries
Author: Ward & Lock's (late Shaw's) Illustrated Guide To, and Popular History of North Wales
Author: Ward & Lock's (late Shaw's) Illustrated Guide To, and Popular History of North Wales and Its Watering Places
Author: Ward, Lock and Company, ltdPublisher:
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Category : Wales, North
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Aeroscopics
Author: Patrick EllisPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520975936
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
In 1900, Paris had no skyscrapers, no tourist helicopters, no drones. Yet well before aviation made aerial views more accessible, those who sought such vantages had countless options available to them. They could take in the vista from an observation ride, see a painting of the view from Notre-Dame, or overlook a miniature model city. In Aeroscopics, Patrick Ellis offers a history of the view from above, written from below. Richly illustrated and premised upon extensive archival work, this interdisciplinary study reveals the forgotten media available to the public in the Balloon Era and after. Ellis resurrects these neglected spectacles as “aeroscopics,” opening up new possibilities for the history of aerial vision.
The River and Firth of Clyde, 1549-1993
Author: Ben Cohen (F.R.C.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
"An annotated bibliography of materials from the sixteenth through the twentieth century concerning the river and Firth of Clyde in Scotland. Topics include bridges, charts, maps, harbours, biology and pollution, in thirteen sections, alphabetically arranged, and five appendices. Reprint of the 1995 edition, with index revised to include place names"--Provided by publisher.
The Wide, Wide World
Author: Susan WarnerPublisher:
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Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
When Scotland Was Jewish
Author: Elizabeth Caldwell HirschmanPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786455225
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The popular image of Scotland is dominated by widely recognized elements of Celtic culture. But a significant non–Celtic influence on Scotland’s history has been largely ignored for centuries? This book argues that much of Scotland’s history and culture from 1100 forward is Jewish. The authors provide evidence that many of the national heroes, villains, rulers, nobles, traders, merchants, bishops, guild members, burgesses, and ministers of Scotland were of Jewish descent, their ancestors originating in France and Spain. Much of the traditional historical account of Scotland, it is proposed, rests on fundamental interpretive errors, perpetuated in order to affirm Scotland’s identity as a Celtic, Christian society. A more accurate and profound understanding of Scottish history has thus been buried. The authors’ wide-ranging research includes examination of census records, archaeological artifacts, castle carvings, cemetery inscriptions, religious seals, coinage, burgess and guild member rolls, noble genealogies, family crests, portraiture, and geographic place names.
The History of Greenock
Author: Robert Murray SmithPublisher:
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Category : Greenock (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
The Channel Islands
Author: Ward, Lock & CoPublisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
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