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Erie Railroad's Newburgh Branch
by Robert MccueFor over 130 years, the Erie Railroad's Newburgh branch was a key factor in the economic and social life of the city of Newburgh, New York, and the towns that had stations along its 19-mile route between Newburgh and the Erie main line. Only five miles of this once vital rail link survive today. Looking at this lightly used rail spur today, the casual passerby would have no hint of the rich history that can be seen for only a moment from the car window. Erie Railroad's Newburgh Branch will take both dedicated and new railfans back to the days when rail travel was every town's modern mode of transport as well as its economic lifeblood. It was a simpler time, before the age of air travel and America's love affair with a new invention called the automobile.
Erie Street Cemetery
by Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve John D. CimpermanErie Street Cemetery is Cleveland's oldest existing cemetery. Today downtown Cleveland towers over this peaceful plot of land, which has remained essentially unchanged since it was opened as a burial ground in 1826 at the far edge of the town, whose population was only about 800 at the time. Within the cemetery are the graves of soldiers who served in the Indian Wars, the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Civil War, the Mexican War, and the Spanish-American War, and it is the last resting place of many of the city's early leaders and pioneer families.
Erie Trail West: A Dream-quest Adventure
by Janie Lynn PanagopoulosAn eleven-year-old New York farm girl travels with her parents to the Michigan Territory in 1836 by way of the Erie Canal, encountering unknown dangers and incredible hardships.
Erie's Backyard Strangler: Terror in the 1960s (True Crime)
by Justin DombrowskiOn a cold morning in December 1960, sixty-year-old Laura Mutch was found strangled behind a house in downtown Erie. The city was reaching new heights, including a triumphant run for the coveted "All-American City" award, yet the incident created pandemon
Erie’s Great Mausoleum Mystery: Ghouls, Grave Robbers & Extortion (True Crime)
by Justin DombrowskiErie's Shocking Turn of the Century Extortion Scandal On February 8, 1911, the Scott Mausoleum, a symbol of wealth for the Scott and Strong families in Erie, Pennsylvania, was desecrated by unknown vandals, coined by nationwide papers as ghouls. With the inside of the mausoleum heavily damaged - and a body missing - the crime set off shockwaves throughout the country during a time in which grave robbery, extortion and murder reigned supreme. Hundreds of reporters and newspaper correspondents throughout the country and world descend upon the Great Lakes port city. Private Detectives from the Perkins Detective Agency in Pittsburgh took charge of the case, pitted against rival detectives from the famous Burns Detective Agency. The case took a sinister turn when a series of letters were sent to wealthy local philanthropist Charles Hamot Strong, threatening to blow up his mausoleum and murder his granddaughter. Author Justin Dombrowski presents the twists and turns of a historic and shocking crime and coverup in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Erik Satie Three Piece Suite (Semiotext(e) / Native Agents)
by Ian PenmanA masterful study of the elusive French composer, on the centenary of his death.Composer, pianist, and writer Erik Satie was one of the great figures of Belle Époque Paris. Known for his unvarying image of bowler hat, three-piece suit, and umbrella, Satie was a surrealist before surrealism and a conceptual artist before conceptual art. Friend of Cocteau and Debussy, Picabia and Picasso, Satie was always a few steps ahead of his peers at the apex of modernism. There&’s scarcely a turn in postwar music, both classical and popular, that Satie doesn&’t anticipate. Moving from the variety shows of Montmartre&’s Le Chat Noir to suburban Arcueil, from the Parisian demimonde to the artistic avant-garde, cult critic Ian Penman&’s masterful Erik Satie Three Piece Suite is an exhilarating and playful three-part study of this elusive and endlessly fascinating figure, published to mark the centenary of Satie&’s death.
Erik Satie: A Parisian Composer And His World
by Caroline PotterThe music of Erik Satie (1866-1925) appeals to wide audiences and has influenced both experimental artists and pop musicians. Little about Satie was conventional, and he resists classification under easy headings such as "classical music". Instead of pursuing the path of a professional composer, Satie initially earned a living as a café pianist and moved in bohemian circles which prized satire, popular culture and experiment. Small wonder that his music is fundamentally new in conception. It is music which is not always designed to be listened to attentively: music which can be machine-like but is to be played by humans. For Satie, music was part of a wider concept of artistic creation, as evidenced by his collaborations with leading avant-garde artists and in works which cross traditional genre boundaries such as his texted piano pieces. His music was created in some of the most exciting and creatively stimulating environments of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century: Montmartre and Montparnasse. Paris was the artistic centre of Europe, and Satie was a notorious figure whose music and ideas are inextricably linked with the City of Light. This book situates Satie's work within the context and sonic environment of contemporary Paris. It shows that the influence of street music, musicians and poets interested in new technology, contemporary innovations and radical politics are all crucial to an understanding of Satie. Music from the ever-popular Gymnopédies to newly discovered works are discussed, and an online supplement features rare pieces recorded especially for the book. CAROLINE POTTER is Reader in Music at Kingston University London. A graduate in both French and Music, she has published widely on French music since Debussy and was Series Advisor to the Philharmonia Orchestra's Paris 2014-15 season.
Erik Satie: Der skeptische Klassiker
by Oliver VogelErik Satie (1866-1925) gilt allgemein als eine Ikone der Moderne. Nach mehreren Jahrzehnten erscheint nun erstmals wieder eine deutschsprachige Gesamtdarstellung seines Lebens und Schaffens. Der auf dem Montmartre sozialisierte Musikpionier war ein Fragender. In skeptischer Absicht schärfte er seinen Humor, um auch seine Zeitgenossen nach sokratischer Manier zu prüfen. Unbefangen stellte er sich nach Art eines Amateurs immer wieder neuen Voraussetzungen. Von den autoritären Zügen der musikalischen Tradition dagegen nahm er Abstand, ohne doch den Anspruch aufzugeben, gelegentlich – in Resonanz mit den anderen Künsten – klassische Modelle vorzulegen. Vom Symbolismus bis zum Dadaismus wirkte er inmitten der Besten, weswegen diese neue Biographie zugleich auch in die Mitte des Pariser Künstlerkosmos eintaucht. Aus dem reichen Journalismus des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts fördert Oliver Vogel eine Vielzahl unbekannter Anekdoten zutage und verdichtet die Stimmen derer, die dabei waren, zu einem lebendigen Konzert.
Erik el Godo. El sabio de Cesaracosta (Historia Incógnita)
by Isabel Abenia MarcellánAño 646, Spania: El clan del joven Erik llega a la ciudad visigoda de Cesaracosta, procedentes del norte. El clan del joven Erik viaja desde Escandinavia hasta la ciudad visigoda de Cesaracosta. Tendrán que adaptarse a la cultura y estilo de vida de una Spania crisol de culturas romanas, judías, visigodas y celtíbero prerromanas. A Erik le esperan asombrosas peripecias al lado de la hermosa hechicera Galeswintha. Erik consigue convertirse en un hombre notable gracias a una inteligencia poco corriente y a una peculiar forma de ver la vida, codeándose con los personajes más relevantes de ese periodo histórico mientras vive las más trepidantes aventuras. Erik el Godo reconstruye el siglo VII minuciosamente a través de los personajes más diversos: reyes, obispos nobles, jueces, médicos, braceros, esclavos, comerciantes, configurando un apasionante retrato social de la España visigoda. Isabel Abenia fusiona la ficción literaria con el máximo rigor histórico, uniendo lo novelado y la verdadera Historia de unos siglos tan apasionantes como desconocidos. La autora emplea una perfecta mezcla de lenguaje clásico y contemporáneo para conseguir una trama y una acción absolutamente verosímiles. Erik el Godo es una novela de acontecimientos históricos reales, magia y hechos fantásticos, religiones y mitología junto a grandes dosis de costumbrismo que le atraparán y le sumergirán en la sociedad del siglo VII.
Erik el Rojo: El vikingo que descubrió América
by Tulio Fernández Mendoza"Un libro con un secreto milenario que nos hará cuestionar la historia del encuentro entre dos mundos". Esteban Cruz Niño Esta es la historia del explorador noruego Erik el Rojo, un hombre marcado por la sangre y el exilio, y destinado por los dioses vikingos a empujar las fronteras y las convenciones sociales de su tiempo. Esta es también la historia del sabio Mimir, hermano adoptivo y amigo incondicional de Erik, quien narra sus aventuras y las de sus descendientes, ilustrándolas con antiguos relatos nórdicos. Pero, sobre todo, esta es la historia del primer encuentro con el Nuevo Mundo, que maravilló a los nórdicos quinientos años antes de Cristóbal Colón, un evento conocido por pocos y narrado aquí con el encanto de las viejas sagas "Una lectura original, tan apasionante como divertida, con un novedoso acercamiento a los relatos tradicionales de mitología nórdica". Carolina Andújar
Erika's Story
by Ruth Vander ZeeA woman recalls how she was thrown from a train headed for a Nazi death camp in 1944, raised by someone who risked her own life to save the baby's, and finally found some peace through her own family.
Erikson, Eskimos & Columbus: Medieval European Knowledge of America
by James Robert EnterlineThis revealing analysis of Medieval cartography and native American travel upends conventional narratives about discovering the New World.For generations, American schools have taught children that Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. But evidence shows that Leif Erikson set foot on the continent centuries earlier. As debate continues over which explorer deserves the credit, early maps of North America suggest that we may be asking the wrong questions. How did medieval Europeans have such specific geographic knowledge of North America, a land even their most daring adventurers had not yet discovered? In Erikson, Eskimos, and Columbus, James Robert Enterline presents new evidence that traces this knowledge to the cartographic skills of indigenous people of the high Arctic, who, he contends, provided the basis for medieval maps of large parts of North America. Drawing on an exhaustive chronological survey of pre-Columbian maps, including the controversial Yale Vinland Map, this book boldly challenges conventional accounts of Europe’s discovery of the New World.
Erikson, Eskimos, and Columbus: Medieval European Knowledge of America
by James Robert EnterlineHow did medieval Europeans have such specific geographic knowledge of North America, a land even their most daring adventurers had not yet discovered? In Erikson, Eskimos, and Columbus, James Robert Enterline presents new evidence that traces this knowledge to the cartographic skills of indigenous people of the high Arctic, who, he contends, provided the basis for medieval maps of large parts of North America. Drawing on an exhaustive chronological survey of pre-Columbian maps, including the controversial Yale Vinland Map, this book boldly challenges conventional accounts of Europe's discovery of the New World.
Erin's Child (The Feeney Family Sagas)
by Sheelagh KellyA struggling Irish family in nineteenth century England sets its hopes on a new generation in the third volume of this dramatic historical saga.England, 1875. The Feeney family has finally escaped the squalid slums of York. Though they have worked hard to rise up from poverty, they have not left hardship behind. The father Patrick remains a man of simple tastes, increasingly out of touch with his wife Thomasin&’s ambition to expand her business empire across Yorkshire. After losing their son, the Feeneys&’ hopes for the family&’s future now lie with their grandchildren. There is Rosanne, set to follow a rebel lover down a star-crossed road, and Erin&’s daughter Belle, gifted and headstrong but born with a disability. The family has faces many challenges before, but what happens next will test them all.
Erinnern müssen und Vergessen dürfen: Der Nationalsozialismus aus der Perspektive Jugendlicher über 70 Jahre danach
by Katharina MeyerMehr als 70 Jahre nach dem Ende des Nationalsozialismus prägt die wachsende zeitliche Distanz zum historischen Geschehen die Auseinandersetzung mit diesem. Veränderte familiäre Bezüge, der Abschied von Zeitzeug*innen und gegenwärtige gesellschaftliche Diskurse nehmen Einfluss auf die Perspektiven Jugendlicher. Dies wirft eine Vielzahl von Fragen auf: Wie beschäftigen sich junge Menschen in Deutschland mehr als sieben Jahrzehnte nach dem Holocaust mit dem Thema? Welche Relevanz hat der Nationalsozialismus für sie, welche geschichtlichen Vorstellungen von der Zeit haben sie und wie erleben sie den Umgang damit in Deutschland? Die Studie geht diesen Fragen anhand des Gruppendiskussionsverfahrens und der Grounded Theory Methodologie empirisch nach, nimmt Kontinuitäten und Brüche in den Bezügen zum Nationalsozialismus in den Blick und zeigt Zusammenhänge zur Identifikation mit Deutschland auf.
Erinnerung reloaded?: (Re-)Inszenierungen des kulturellen Gedächtnisses in Kinder- und Jugendmedien (Studien zu Kinder- und Jugendliteratur und -medien #7)
by Ingrid Tomkowiak Gabriele Von Glasenapp Andre KagelmannDer Band lotet die Bedingungen des Erinnerns und Erzählens und damit einer Re-Inszenierung der Vergangenheit im Feld der Kinder- und Jugendmedien aus. Besonderes Augenmerk wurde auf das Spannungsfeld von ‚objektiver‘ Geschichtswissenschaft einerseits und Dichtung andererseits gelegt, angesiedelt zwischen den Polen Referenzialität und einem neuen Interesse am vermeintlich Authentischen sowie der Fiktionalisierung von Fakten. Dieser Widerspruch ist von besonderer Bedeutung für die geschichtserzählenden Kinder- und Jugendmedien mit ihrem spezifischen Funktionsrahmen von ästhetischer und pädagogischer Horizontbildung und -erweiterung. Neben den traditionellen kinder- und jugendliterarischen Erinnerungsmedien – erzählende Literatur, historische und zeitgeschichtliche Romane, (autofiktionale) Biographien – sowie Drama und Lyrik werden Bilderbücher, Comics, Filme, Serien und Computerspiele in den Blick genommen.
Erinnerungskultur in der Verwaltungspraxis (Geschichte und Ethik der Polizei und öffentlichen Verwaltung)
by Dimitrij DavydovDie Aufrechterhaltung der Erinnerung an die Opfer von Krieg und Gewaltherrschaft, an Widerstand, Flucht und Vertreibung wird heute überwiegend als eine gesamtgesellschaftliche Aufgabe wahrgenommen und nicht als eine alleinige Prärogative des Staates. Dennoch ist öffentliches Erinnern und Gedenken als Bestandteil des kulturstaatlichen Auftrags von Bund, Ländern und Kommunen anerkannt. Der Umgang des Staates und seiner Institutionen mit (schmerzhafter) Vergangenheit und den Orten, an denen die Erinnerung an diese Vergangenheit „haftet“, ist zwar seit Jahren Gegenstand intensiver Forschung. Die verwaltungsrechtliche und verwaltungshistorische Perspektive ist dabei jedoch deutlich unterrepräsentiert gewesen. Nicht nur Fragen der Aufgabenverteilung zwischen den staatlichen und den zivilgesellschaftlichen Akteuren, sondern auch die Kompetenzen, Organisationsformen und Entscheidungsmaßstäbe der mit Erinnerungsaufgaben befassten Behörden und Einrichtungen sind bislang nur punktuell beleuchtet worden. Sind der Bund und die Länder allein als Förderer oder Koordinatoren für kommunale und zivilgesellschaftliche erinnerungskulturelle Aktivitäten gefragt? Besteht ein Handlungsbedarf für die Schaffung einer zentralen – zumindest einer überörtlichen – erinnerungskulturellen Infrastruktur? Bedürfen Gedenkstätten und andere Erinnerungsorte eines spezifischen ordnungsrechtlichen Schutzes? Wie kann die Sicherstellung des Pietätsschutzes an Orten des Gedenkens verfassungskonform ausgestaltet werden? Erfordert ein angemessener Umgang mit flächenhaften Zeugnissen der deutschen Vergangenheit wie dem Westwall und den Relikten des „Eisernen Vorhangs“ besondere rechtliche Vorkehrungen?Diese Lücke soll der vorliegende Band füllen, der im Rahmen eines von der Hochschule für Polizei und öffentliche Verwaltung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen geförderten Projekts entstanden ist. Autor:innen des Bandes sind Jurist:innen und Historiker:innen aus den Bereichen Lehre, Forschung und Verwaltung.
Eritrea: Even The Stones Are Burning
by Roy PatemanIn Eritrea: Even the Stones are Burning, published in 1990, Professor Roy Pateman of the University of California at Los Angeles traces the Eritreans' response to Ethiopian occupation of their land and the origins of the war against Ethiopia. He provides a survey of Eritrean history, with a special inside look at the military and other developments in the last two decades ending around 1990. Pateman examines the impact of U.S. foreign policy on the region and the people, the political ideologies of the independence movement, the tragic famine which has taken tens of thousands of lives and the vision of the liberation fighters for a post-independence society. To learn about post-liberation Eritrea, see Dan Connell's Historical Dictionary of Eritrea published in 2019.
Erland Lee Museum: Inside Hamilton's Museums
by John GoddardInside Hamilton’s Museums helps to satisfy a growing curiosity about Canada’s steel capital as it evolves into a post-industrial city and cultural destination. In this special excerpt we visit Erland Lee Museum, which stands as an excellent example of Ontario Gothic Revival architecture and serves as the birthplace of the Women's Institute movement. John Goddard takes us on a detailed tour of the historic home, providing fascinating historical background and insight.
Erlebnisse an Grenzen - Grenzerlebnisse mit der Mathematik
by Bert-Wolfgang SchulzeDie innerdeutsche Grenze verlief nicht nur zwischen zwei Staaten, sondern spiegelte sich sogar in den Grundlagenwissenschaften wie der Mathematik wider. Aus persönlicher Sicht zeigt der Autor den subjektiven Umgang mit Erzeugung, Bewertung und Propagierung wissenschaftlicher Resultate in den zwei unterschiedlichen Gesellschaftssystemen. Auf unterhaltsame Art werden Innensichten aus Forschungsinstitutionen, der Wissenschaftsförderung und die verschiedenen Einstellungen zur Zweckbestimmung reiner und angewandter Forschung dargelegt.
Ernest Bevin (Routledge Revivals)
by Peter WeilerFirst published in 1993, this book presents a biography of a central figure in the development of both the labour movement and British politics in the first half of the twentieth century. This highly accessible account of Bevin’s life and career was the first to make use of documents pertaining to his activities during the Second World War and bring together numerous secondary studies to posit an alternative interpretation. The book is split into chronological sections dealing with his early years, his time a trade union leader from 1911 to 1929, the beginnings of his involvement in the labour party during 1929-1939, and his time in office as Minister of Labour and then Foreign Secretary.
Ernest Bloch Studies
by Norman Solomon Alexander KnappErnest Bloch left his native Switzerland to settle in the United States in 1916. One of the great twentieth-century composers, he was influenced by a range of genres and styles - Jewish, American and Swiss - and his works reflect his lifelong struggle with his identity. Drawing on firsthand recollections of relatives and others who knew and worked with the composer, this collection is the most comprehensive study to date of Bloch's life, musical achievement and reception. Contributors present the latest research on Bloch's works and compositional practice, including studies of his Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service), violin pieces such as Nigun, the symphonic Schelomo, and the opera Macbeth. Setting the quality and significance of Bloch's output in its historical and cultural contexts, this book provides scholarly analyses as well as a full chronology, list of online resources, catalogue of published and unpublished works, and selected further reading.
Ernest Hemingway and the Fluidity of Gender: A Socio-Cultural Analysis of Selected Works (Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature)
by Tania ChakraverttyErnest Hemingway and the Fluidity of Gender presents fresh insight into the gender issues and sexual ambiguities that have always been present in Hemingway’s work, utilising a variety of historical, socio-cultural and biographical contexts. Offering a close analysis of the gender issues and sexual ambiguities present in Hemingway’s work, this book provides insight into the position of white middle-class women in America from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, illuminating Hemingway’s androgynous impulses and the attitudinal changes that occurred during Ernest Hemingway’s lifetime. Women and gender were Hemingway’s steady concern; his fictional females are drawn with the same kind of complexity and individuality like his fictional males, manifesting endurance, stoic courage and grace under pressure. This volume highlights Hemingway’s textual world’s resistance of patriarchal phallocratism and his abolition of the binaries of masculinity/femininity, passivity/activity and the like, dismantling binary oppositions involving gender and sexuality. Exploring the metamorphosis of American social and cultural history, this volume unravels the stereotypical myths associated with womanhood and the complexity of women in Ernest Hemingway’s novels. Tania Chakravertty is the Dean of Students’ Welfare, Diamond Harbour Women’s University, West Bengal, India. Chakravertty has a Ph.D. from Calcutta University on “Gender Representations in the Fiction of Ernest Hemingway”. Chakravertty visited the US to participate in the academic group project “Strengthening and Widening the Scope of American Studies: The U.S. Experience” in 2010 as part of the prestigious International Visitor Leadership Program. Her monographs have appeared in national and international journals.
Ernest Hemingway: A Biography
by Mary V. DearbornThe first full biography of Ernest Hemingway in more than fifteen years; the first to draw upon a wide array of never-before-used material; the first written by a woman, from the widely acclaimed biographer of Norman Mailer, Peggy Guggenheim, Henry Miller, and Louise Bryant. A revelatory look into the life and work of Ernest Hemingway, considered in his time to be the greatest living American novelist and short-story writer, winner of the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. Mary Dearborn's new biography gives the richest and most nuanced portrait to date of this complex, enigmatically unique American artist, whose same uncontrollable demons that inspired and drove him throughout his life undid him at the end, and whose seven novels and six-short story collections informed--and are still informing--fiction writing generations after his death.From the Hardcover edition.
Ernest Marples: The Shadow Behind Beeching
by David Brandon Martin UphamErnest Marples revolutionised three UK government departments. At Transport (1959-1964) he appointed Dr Beeching chairman of British Railways and commissioned him to produce his infamous report, inaugurated motorways and introduced significant regulations for motorists. At Housing (1951-1954) he delivered 300,000 new houses annually and as Postmaster General (1957-1959), he reformed Post Office accounting systems and launched postcodes and Subscriber Trunk Dialling. This first biography of Marples uses newly-available archives to examine public and private transport policy, the growing power of the pro-road lobby and the identification of personal freedom with driving. Railway sentimentalism was no match for these. Marples was lucky not to be implicated in the Profumo Affair which rocked the Conservative Party but his political career was over soon afterwards. Questionable business practices caused his 1975 flight to Monaco hotly pursued by the Inland Revenue. Beeching, unhappy under a Labour government, returned to private industry although he later chaired a Royal Commission. Labour, despite promises, proved little friendlier to the railways but a more positive approach to loss-making passenger services eventually emerged under Barbara Castle. This book should appeal to those interested in Britain's railways and in mid-Twentieth Century British politics.