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Detroit: 1860-1899 (Images of America)
by David Lee PorembaIn this rare and unprecedented collection, discover Detroit as it once was, with the people and industries that flourished in this community prior to the twentieth century. With over 230 photographs, Detroit 1860-1899 encompasses a visual history of the city before the birth of the automobile industry. Join Mr. Poremba on a trip down memory lane to the beginnings of the "Motor City." Witness its growth and change, and its lasting contributions to our nation's history. Detroit 1860-1899 will be enjoyed by young and old, resident and visitor alike.
Detroit: 1900-1930
by Richard BakIn this new addition to the Images of America series,Richard Bak takes us on a visual journey through Detroit's golden era, encompassing the first three decades of the twentieth century. It was during this time that the City of Detroit experienced its most rapid physical growth and underwent an unprecedented pace of social and technological change. Detroit: 1900-1930 contains nearly 190 illustrations, including studio portraits, snapshots, postcards, songsheet covers, and period advertisements. Collectively, these images evoke a past that is often too easily forgotten as older Detroiters pass away. As you thumb through the pages of this book, you will encounter such influential people as Henry Ford and other automotive pioneers who helped to "put the world on wheels." Experience daily life as it was lived at the time of the First World War, and discover the major role Detroit played in this historic conflict. This volume highlights the wave ofimmigration that occurred here at the turn of the century, when roughly half of the city's population hailed from other countries. Also featured are various scenes from the "Roaring Twenties," the ill-fated experiment in Prohibition, and the effect of the Great Depression on the city's economy.
Detroit: 1930-1969 (Images of America)
by David Lee PorembaAs the roaring twenties came to an end and a new decade dawned, the United States found itself locked in the grips of the Great Depression. The City of Detroit was no exception as industry laid off workers and bread lines formed across the city. Detroit Mayor Frank Murphy let the country in supporting state and federal welfare programs to help people through the economic crisis. By the middle of the 1930s, Detroit began picking itself up out of the economic mud and was soon flexing its industrial muscle as manufacturing, led by the auto industry, put the Motor City back into shape. As the decade ended and war approached, the city was ready to take its place on the world stage. The country reeled from the shock of the attack on Pearl Harbor and had to shift its industrial might from civilian use to the war effort. Nowhere was that more evident than in Detroit. Its huge manufacturing capabilities, when turned to the making of the implements of war, earned the city a new nickname. The Motor City became to the Arsenal of Democracy and began to evolve once more. The influx of workers from the Deep South to the war industry added yet another facet to the city's society and culture. As the Second World War came to a close and production re-tooled for the return to civilian life, an economic boom swept through Detroit. The city celebrated its 25oth birthday in 1951, prompting an outpouring of funds to build with. Major additions were made to the Art Institute, the Detroit Historical Museum, and the riverfront.
Detroit: A Motor City History
by David Lee PorembaOn July 24, 1701, Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac stood in the heart of the wilderness on a bluff overlooking the Detroit River and claimed this frontier in the name of Louis XIV; thus began the story of Detroit, a city marked by pioneering spirits, industrial acumen, and uncommon durability. Over the course of its 300-year history, Detroit has been sculpted into a city unique in the American experience by its extraordinary mixture of diverse cultures: American Indian, French, British, American colonial, and a variety of immigrant newcomers. Detroit: A Motor City History documents the major events that shaped this once-small French fur-trading outpost across three centuries of conflict and prosperity. Through informative text and a variety of imagery, readers experience firsthand the struggles of the nascent village against raiding Indian tribes and the incessant political and military tug of war between the colonial French and English, and then American interests. Like many other major cities across the United States, Detroit played a pivotal role in establishing the country's economic and industrial power in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, serving as a center for its well-known civilian and military mass-production resources. This visual history provides insight into Detroit's rapid evolution from a hamlet into a metropolis against a backdrop of important community and national affairs: the decimating fire of 1805, the War of 1812, the Civil War, the Industrial Revolution, the Great Depression, and both world wars.
Detroit: City of Industry
by David Lee PorembaDetroit is known worldwide as the automotive capital of the world. What is not widely known is that, prior to the birth of the automobile, a tremendous diversity of manufactured goods transformed Detroit from a frontier town into a great industrial city. Another vital installment in a series of books about the Dynamic City, Detroit: City of Industry illustrates a slice of the city's history that is largely unknown. Through a collection of remarkable images that are among the oldest in the city, Detroit is revealed as a thriving, bustling manufacturing town that served as the world's leader in a number of important industries. Bessemer steel, iron, steel rails, freight cars, stoves, lumber, drugs, and cigars are just a few of the products that helped the city build the capital that was later needed to prosper during the automobile era. This book examines Detroit's development from the 1860s through the 1890s, and its evolution into a leading industrial center of the Midwest.
Deutsch für Englischsprechende für Dummies
by Paulina Christensen Anne Fox Wendy FosterWenn es mehr als »Guten Tag« sein soll »Deutsch für Englischsprechende« bietet einen leichten Einstieg in die deutsche Sprache. Das Buch ist in Englisch geschrieben. Hier lernen Sie alles Wissenswerte zur deutschen Grammatik und zur Konjugation der Verben. Und die Downloaddateien mit Dialogbeispielen aus dem richtigen Leben helfen Ihnen, die Aussprache zu erlernen. »German for Dummies« offers an easy introduction to the German language for English speakers. You will learn the essentials you need to know about grammar and verb conjugation. And the download files with real-life dialog examples will help you learn the pronunciation. Sie erfahren Wie Sie im Deutschen richtig betonen - How to emphasize German words correctly Wie Sie sich auf Deutsch zurechtfinden - How to find your way around in German Wie Sie deutsche Redewendungen richtig benutzen - How to use German idioms correctly
Developing Age-Friendly Communities in the UK: Re-creating Places and Spaces
by Stephen J. Page Joanne ConnellThe ageing population is a global societal issue. Policymakers, planners and the public, third and private sectors must rethink how the built environment and services are delivered to meet the needs of a changing demographic. This is the first book to systematically review the evolution, development and progress of age-friendly thinking in the UK, with a primary focus on the real-world experiences of the people leading place-based initiatives. The book presents the findings of the first in-depth national study of age-friendly programme leaders in the UK, completed in 2021, and provides insights into the development of age-friendly communities, the formative influences from a social policy perspective, the management challenges and the progress towards achieving age-friendly goals. Using primary interview data and narrative analysis, the experiences of working with age-friendly programmes in different organisational forms are explored. The book promotes a greater understanding of what it means to become an age-friendly community in practice, how the programmes have different development pathways, and what influences different outcomes. Embellished with detailed narratives from practitioners, informative tables, and diagrams and figures throughout, the book carefully gathers the voices of a diverse range of decision-makers and leaders associated with the age-friendly movement and provides unique insights on the drivers of change in specific localities. This is a must-read for anyone involved in ageing research or ageing policy and practice as it provides an insightful look into the real world of embedding this community development model in different localities to make a difference to the lives of older people. Topical themes include how these agendas connect with other issues, such as dementia-friendly programmes and the work of the third sector, as well as the growing challenge of what it means to be ‘friendly’ as a community and place and whether ‘friendly’ is becoming an over-used term in relation to place identity. The book has national and global interest for all communities engaged in age-friendly activity, offering exemplars of best practice, achievements in transforming local communities and views on the meaning of ageing, as well as the age-friendly lens as an approach that champions the world through the eyes of older people. It offers a thought-provoking read for anyone with an interest in this expanding area of ageing, irrespective of disciplinary focus.
Developing Hospitality Properties and Facilities
by Josef RansleyIn light of the tumultuous global changes which have dramatically affected the hospitality business, the third edition of Developing Hospitality Properties and Facilities provides insight into the reality of developing hospitality properties in challenging international contexts. Since its successful first publication in 2000 and subsequent second edition in 2004, Developing Hospitality Properties and Facilities has sought to model and demystify the process of designing, planning, constructing and sustaining hospitality properties. The third edition boasts an impressive array of academic and professional contributors from Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East and 12 case studies and issues concerning individual hotels and international regions and addressing issues of technology, revenue management and fee structures. This edition recognizes that in order for the hospitality sector to overcome periodic problems such as global pandemics, it is important to inform academic and professional readers so that they can ensure that future developments are sustainable, environmentally friendly and resilient in the longer term. Written for hospitality owners, developers, investors and managers and suitable for students, this book aims to bridge the gap between generic and applied texts using a model-based approach to clarify the process in an informed, non-technical way.
Developing Hospitality Properties and Facilities (Hospitality, Leisure And Tourism Ser.)
by Josef Ransley Hadyn IngramDeveloping Hospitality Properties and Facilities sets out some of the key issues in developing hospitality properties from the hospitality manager's perspective. From the original concept, through each part of the process, it provides an essential guide for students and professionals on how to manage hospitality facilities to their best effect, using a model-based insight into the process in an informed, but non-technical way.Now in its second edition, this successful text has been updated with new international case studies from companies such as MyTravel, Disneyland Paris Hotel, Elysium Beach Resort Cyprus and many others. It also includes new chapters from well-known authors. With contributions from both academics and practitioners, this book looks at design, building issues, operational relationships, and therefore provides the hospitality manager with insight into how these areas work and what they need to know in order to get the best out of them.
Developing Industrial and Mining Heritage Sites: Lavrion Technology and Cultural Park, Greece (Routledge Insights in Tourism Series)
by Taşkın Deniz YıldızDeveloping Industrial and Mining Heritage Sites offers a multifaceted examination of the challenges and opportunities in the development of industrial & mining heritage. It does so through the case study of Lavrion, Turkey, by examining the historical process of this former mining site which has turned intoa site of industrial and cultural heritage. It explores the ruins and monuments which could be considered the industrial & mining heritage of Lavrion, the restoration, and rehabilitation of the mine buildings, and describes the activities succeeded through the management of a university and through the provided finance on an abandoned mining site. The book also highlights the challenges experienced from the restoration of an abandoned mine site until it turned into an industrial & mining heritage. This book will be of interest to researchers in the fields of industrial heritage & tourism, urban conservation, mining history, post mining, archaeology, archaeometallurgy, geology and mineralogy, as well as policy makers and industry professionals.
Developing the Frontiers of Casino Tourism: Progress and Prospects in East and Southeast Asia (Routledge Insights in Tourism Series)
by Ricardo C.S. SiuThis book explicates how the frontiers and path of development of casino tourism in various destinations in East and Southeast Asia are shaped by a set of social, cultural, political and economic forces and their interplays in a dynamic environment, and the prospects of this industry in different destinations in the 2020s and onward.Casino tourism has been a rapidly growing industry in East and Southeast Asia in the 2000s and 2010s. By scrutinizing the respective evidence from the better-developed, emerging and potential casino tourism destinations in East and Southeast Asia (which include Macao, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Japan, Thailand and Taiwan), the book analyses specific contextual dimensions, including social, cultural, political and economic standpoints; the pragmatic features associated with the progress of this industry; and performances of casino tourism at the various East-Southeast Asian casino tourism destinations. Additionally, it also explores the impacts of the “China factor” and the resultant changes to the development frontiers of casino tourism. Thus, readers who would like to gain realistic insights into the underlying forces and dynamics of the practices and prospects of this industry will find this book informative and compelling.This book provides a comprehensive and succinct reference to students and industry practitioners in the areas of tourism, casino gaming and integrated resorts who wish to gain further insights into the general and essences, business routines and prospects of casino tourism development in East-Southeast Asia. Academics may also find this book a useful source for further exploration.
Development of Tourism and the Hospitality Industry in Southeast Asia
by Purnendu Mandal John VongThis book highlights the state-of-the-art tourism and hospitality industry in Southeast Asian countries, while also presenting future directions for the industry with an emphasis on decision-making models. It first elaborates on the significant role of the tourism and hospitality industry given the rapid socio-economic and cultural changes occurring in Southeast Asia, before providing perspectives on medical tourism, tourism for seniors and several other developments within the tourism and hospitality sector. Development of Tourism and the Hospitality Industry in Southeast Asia presents scholarly perspectives from researchers across the region and is geared towards world-wide readers in academia, as well as experts from the industry.
Developments in Tourism Research (Advances in Tourism Research)
by John Tribe David AireyThis book aims to be a showcase for cutting edge research offering a high-edited selection of the best paper submitted to the 2006 tourism conference at the University of Surrey, which itself is a celebration of 40 years of tourism education at the University. The emphasis of the book is on contributions which offer new insights and approaches to tourism research rather than case studies or applications of existing research methods to new contexts, and this is where the book is unique.
Deviance and Risk on Holiday
by Daniel BriggsThis book represents the first attempt to step inside the holiday experience of young British tourists in San Antonio, Ibiza. Briggs' ethnographic study reveals the ugly truth about how and why they get involved in deviance and risk-taking when they go abroad, driven by self validation and a commodified social context.
Devil's Lake, Wisconsin and the Civilian Conservation Corps
by Robert J. MooreThousands of young men embarked on the adventure of a lifetime when they joined the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.Service at Wisconsin's popular state park offered notoriety absent at most camp assignments. While most of the CCC work around the country was in remote forests and farmlands, at Devil's Lake tourists could view CCC project activity each day, forging that labor into an essential part of the park experience. Historian Robert J. Moore interviews veterans and mines the archives to preserve this legacy so that the gasps of wonder at nature's marvels remain mixed with respect for the men who helped bring them forth.
Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks
by Susan CaseyFrom the book jacket... Travel thirty miles north, south, or east of San Francisco city hall and you'll be engulfed in a landscape of thick traffic, fast enterprise, and six-dollar cappuccinos. Venture thirty miles due west, however, and you will find yourself on what is virtually another planet: a spooky cluster of rocky islands called the Farallones, battered by foul weather, thronged with two hundred thousand seabirds, and surrounded by the largest great white sharks in the world. Journalist Susan Casey was in her living room when she first glimpsed this strange place and its resident sharks, their dark fins swirling around a tiny boat in a documentary. These great whites were the alphas among alphas, the narrator said, some of them topping eighteen feet in length, and each fall they congregated here off the northern California coast. That so many of these magnificent and elusive animals lived in the 415 area code, crisscrossing each other under the surface like jets stacked in a holding pattern, seemed stunningly improbable-and irresistible. Casey knew she had to see them for herself.
Devotion: Soon a Netflix limited series
by Marco MissiroliNOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES, COMING VALENTINE'S DAY 2022 'An absolute scorcher' Evening Standard'The book about infidelity that has shaken up Italy'The Times'Intimate and ultimately moving... completely absorbing'Daily Mail'A gripping novel exploring the tensions in an apparently idyllic marriage' Financial Times 'A must-read'Sydney Morning Herald'Devotion thrilled me, made me think and moved me deeply... Irresistible'Jonathan Safran FoerCarlo, a part-time professor of creative writing, and Margherita, an architect-turned-real estate-agent: a happily married couple in their mid-thirties, perfectly attuned to each other's restlessness. They are in love, but they also harbour desires that stray beyond the confines of their bedroom: Carlo longs for the quiet beauty of one of his students, Sofia; Margherita fantasises about the strong hands of her physiotherapist, Andrea.But it is love, with its unassuming power, which ultimately pulls them from the brink, aided by Margherita's mother Anna, the couple's anchor and lighthouse - a wise, proud seamstress hiding her own disappointments.But after eight years of repressed desires and the birth of a son, when the past resurfaces in the form of books sent anonymously, will love be enough to save them? A no. 1 international bestsellerWinner of the Premio Strega GiovaniShortlisted for the Premio Strega'Powerful, delicate, exquisite' Claudio Magris 'Masterful... The ending is just as good as that of Joyce's The Dead' Corriere della Sera'You'll feel like taking refuge in this book and never leaving its confines' La Stampa'With all-encompassing writing, Marco Missiroli opens the rooms of his characters and the streets of Milan, the thoughts and the concealed desires, makes dialogue and silences reverberate with the spontaneity of great narrators' Il Foglio
Diamond Bar
by City of Diamond Bar Diamond Bar Historical SocietyAs with many Southern California communities, Diamond Bar's recorded history began with a Spanish land grant. One of the area's first settlers was Jose de la Luz Linares, who founded Rancho Los Nogales (Ranch of the Walnut Trees) on the 4,340 acres granted to him by Mexican governor Juan Alvarado in 1840. The grant included Brea Canyon and the eastern Walnut Valley, a portion of which became the Diamond Bar Ranch, founded by Frederick E. Lewis II in 1918. In 1956, the area looked much as it did in 1840, its golden hills peppered with green stands of oak and walnut trees and grazed by large herds of cattle. In that year, the Transamerica Corporation paid $10 million for 8,000 acres of Brea Canyon, with plans to construct Southern California's largest master-planned community and name it Diamond Bar. Incorporated on April 18, 1989, the city of Diamond Bar is home to nearly 55,000 residents and is located at the crossroads of the Orange (57) and Pomona (60) Freeways on the eastern edge of Los Angeles County.
Diaries of an Adventurer: "Journeys of a solo woman to the ends of Earth"
by Daniela ZavalaMixing current events, culture, adventure, history, humor and high doses of adrenaline, "Diaries of an Adventurer" series is a close and authentic look at remote societies and controversial countries around the world. In each travelogue, journalist, and intrepid adventurer Daniela Zavala immerses herself with ceaseless curiosity into exotic cultures and dangerous destinations that can only be comprehended with an open mind, easiness and never-ending inquisitiveness. Since 1997, Daniela has visited solo over 70 countries without fear or prejudice, exploring places that most people wouldn't dare to go or might not even know about. In this edition, Daniela ventures to Iran just a few months after the controversial 2009's presidential election. This land rich in culture has been polemic and feared by the Western world. But, how is the Islamic Republic really like? What's in the mind of the average Iranian? Daniela's experience brings you closer to this fascinating and so-talked about nation.
Diario de Guadalupe a Plasencia: Un viaje por caminos antiguos
by Francisco Cabrera SánchezUn viaje para conocer, yendo andando, los campos cacereños, a sus paisajes, a sus gentes y sus cosas, para reflexionar sobre nuestra vida más cotidiana, de forma tranquila, con humor y un poquito de historicismo. <P><P>El Diario de Guadalupe a Plasencia es la narración de un periplo a pie por las comarcas cacereñas de las Villuercas, los Ibores, Campo Arañuelos y Monfragüe que nos da a conocer unos parajes naturales singulares, con sus sierras agrestes y caminos antiguos, abandonados hoy por el uso de los coches y las carreteras, describiendo de manera fluida y amena los paisajes, los pueblos y las gentes que viven en ellos y su historia. <P>Un recorrido en el que, cual Ulises en su vuelta a Ítaca, el autor nos transmite el placer del viajar por viajar, del andar por el campo, de su deseo de conocer e intentar que el viaje sea largo, para que no tengamos ganas de acabarlo nunca. <P> Y, como Don Quijote, imagine por donde va historias y tiempos que ya no son o épocas idílicas que quizás nunca fueron. <P>Para parodiar a veces nuestra sociedad, tan llena de complejos y contradicciones, invitándonos de una forma amena y divertida a reflexionar sobre cuestiones controvertidas unas o ancladas en los tópicos otras. <P>Todo ello contado de una forma sencilla y llena de humor, como si de un cuaderno de bitácora se tratara, como recordatorio del viaje y un legado de experiencias y reflexiones para los lectores.
Diario de mi residencia en Chile: en el año 1822
by Maria GrahamDocumento invaluable de los años de formación de la república. El diario de una viajera y naturalista inglesa que se instaló en Valparaíso y viajó por el valle central describiendo las costumbres, los paisajes, la vegetación. La primera mirada femenina de Chile. Viajera y naturalista inglesa, María Graham decide quedarse en Valparaíso un año, después de enterrar en el puerto el cuerpo de su marido, un marino inglés fallecido en el mar, camino a Chile. Durante este tiempo escribe en su diario sus experiencias, cientos de observaciones de paisajes y plantas que conoce y observa, las costumbres de los chilenos, sus amistades -entre ellas Bernardo O'Higgins y Lord Cochrane- las formas de vivir, las artesanías, las bebidas y comidas, y emprende un viaje por el valle central en donde conocerá y describirá en estas páginas Santiago, Colina, Pudahuel, Talagante, El Monte, Viluco, Quinteros, Con Con, entre otros. A cada uno de estos lugares, Graham le dedica exquisitas descripciones, observaciones de sus habitantes y sus costumbres, sus vestimentas y especialmente los árboles, plantas y flores que le fascinaron. Por primera vez en castellano, esta edición incluye los dibujos de María Graham que fueron publicados en su edición original en Londres en 1823. Y un prólogo de Diamela Eltit, Premio Nacional de Literatura. Una edición completa, con los grabados y viñetas, nunca antes publicada en castellano.
Diario de mis vacaciones (¡Arriba la Lectura!, Level E #27)
by Annette Smith Lyz Turner-Clark Rachel TonkinNIMAC-sourced textbook. Fui de vacaciones a la casa de mi abuelo. Nos divertimos mucho en la playa. ¿Quieres leer mi diario?
Diario di uno spagnolo in Romania
by Juan Sepulveda Sanchis Cecilia BadialiLe avventure di uno spagnolo in viaggio in Romania. In questo capitolo del diario di uno spagnolo in viaggio nel mondo ci troviamo coinvolti in un programma strutturato affinchè i giovani europei cooperino e assumino un ruolo attivo nella società. In questo viaggio però ci troviamo ben lontani dalla realtà: con uno stile sarcastico e divertente scopriamo la Romania attraverso gli occhi di un gruppo di giovani europei, più preoccupati per il divario culturale e la ricerca dell'amore che per assumere il comando della società.
Diarios de viaje
by Albert CamusLas imborrables impresiones que registró Albert Camus en sus viajes por América del Norte y América del Sur durante los años cuarenta Publicado a título póstumo en 1978, Diarios de viaje contiene los apuntes que Albert Camus tomó durante dos periplos por América del Norte y América del Sur en los años cuarenta. Una primera parte describe su estancia en los Estados Unidos y Canadá de marzo a mayo de 1946, mientras que la segunda recoge su paso por el Brasil, la Argentina y Chile entre junio y agosto de 1949. Aunque presentan un interés común, los textos tienen un tono muy distinto. Camus llega a dar conferencias en Estados Unidos como un periodista de la resistencia y autor poco conocido; en Sudamérica, en cambio, desembarca en viaje oficial, como el escritor consagrado por el éxito mundial de La peste. El segundo viaje también le depara los temores vinculados al recrudecimiento de la tuberculosis que lo acosaba desde su juventud. Y en sus páginas queda la marca de una crisis personal de la que nacerán nuevas obras.
Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet
by W. H. KnightNothing could exceed the beauty of the view as we approached our intended halting-place. Having crossed the torrent by a wooden bridge, the mountains we had been winding through showed out in all their grandeur, while above us, inaccessible peaks, with sharp and fanciful projections, nestled their mighty heads among the fleecy clouds, which hung about after the recent rains. ~ ~ ~ Captain William Henry Knight journeyed through Kashmir and Tibet in 1860 in the company of another officer and a porter. Having spent a year and a half in India with his regiment, Captain Knight had managed to obtain a six months' leave of absence in order to escape the hot season and journey through the cool foothills of the Himalayas. His goal in this volume was to represent "a faithful picture of travels in regions where excursion trains are still unknown, and Travelers' Guides unpublished." WILLIAM HENRY KNIGHT was a Captain in England's Forty-Eighth Regiment. This is his only known work.