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Author | : Sarah Deutsch |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 523 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 149622955X |
To many Americans in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the West was simultaneously the greatest symbol of American opportunity, the greatest story of its history, and the imagined blank slate on which the country's future would be written. From the Spanish-American War in 1898 to the Great Depression's end, from the Mississippi to the Pacific, policymakers at various levels and large-scale corporate investors, along with those living in the West and its borderlands, struggled over who would define modernity, who would participate in the modern American West, and who would be excluded. In Making a Modern U.S. West Sarah Deutsch surveys the history of the U.S. West from 1898 to 1940. Centering what is often relegated to the margins in histories of the region--the flows of people, capital, and ideas across borders--Deutsch attends to the region's role in constructing U.S. racial formations and argues that the West as a region was as important as the South in constructing the United States as a "white man's country." While this racial formation was linked to claims of modernity and progress by powerful players, Deutsch shows that visions of what constituted modernity were deeply contested by others. This expansive volume presents the most thorough examination to date of the American West from the late 1890s to the eve of World War II.
Author | : David Layzer |
Publisher | : W H Freeman & Company |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Cosmology. |
ISBN | : 9780716750031 |
Traces the history of theories about the nature of the universe, looks at the contributions of scientists from Copernicus to Einstein, and summarizes current theories of cosmic evolution
Author | : CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training |
Publisher | : Cpwr - The Center for Construction Research and Training |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
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The Construction Chart Book presents the most complete data available on all facets of the U.S. construction industry: economic, demographic, employment/income, education/training, and safety and health issues. The book presents this information in a series of 50 topics, each with a description of the subject matter and corresponding charts and graphs. The contents of The Construction Chart Book are relevant to owners, contractors, unions, workers, and other organizations affiliated with the construction industry, such as health providers and workers compensation insurance companies, as well as researchers, economists, trainers, safety and health professionals, and industry observers.
Author | : K. Schonberg |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2009-07-06 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 023062295X |
This book argues that, in the years since the 9/11 attacks, socially constructed understandings of the identity of the United States and its friends and enemies have played a critical role in determining the course of U.S. foreign policy, in particular the Bush administration's choices with regard to the war on Iraq.
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 122 |
Release | : 2009-12-09 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 0309141915 |
Construction productivity-how well, how quickly, and at what cost buildings and infrastructure can be constructed-directly affects prices for homes and consumer goods and the robustness of the national economy. Industry analysts differ on whether construction industry productivity is improving or declining. Still, advances in available and emerging technologies offer significant opportunities to improve construction efficiency substantially in the 21st century and to help meet other national challenges, such as environmental sustainability. Advancing the Competitiveness and Efficiency of the U.S. Construction Industry identifies five interrelated activities that could significantly improve the quality, timeliness, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability of construction projects. These activities include widespread deployment and use of interoperable technology applications; improved job-site efficiency through more effective interfacing of people, processes, materials, equipment, and information; greater use of prefabrication, preassembly, modularization, and off-site fabrication techniques and processes; innovative, widespread use of demonstration installations; and effective performance measurement to drive efficiency and support innovation. The book recommends that the National Institute of Standards and Technology work with industry leaders to develop a collaborative strategy to fully implement and deploy the five activities
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Publisher | : U.S. Navy Seabee Museum |
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Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 94 |
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ISBN | : 1428957553 |
Author | : United States. Central Intelligence Agency. Office of Research and Reports |
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Total Pages | : 54 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Construction industry |
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Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Postal Facilities and Mail |
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Total Pages | : 656 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Post office buildings |
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Total Pages | : 506 |
Release | : 2007 |
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