History in Three Keys
Title | History in Three Keys PDF eBook |
Author | Paul A. Cohen |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 460 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780231106504 |
Part Two explores the thought, feelings, and behavior of the direct participants in the Boxer experience, individuals who, without a preconceived idea of the entire event, understood what was happening to them in a manner fundamentally different from historians.
Three Keys (Front Desk #2)
Title | Three Keys (Front Desk #2) PDF eBook |
Author | Kelly Yang |
Publisher | Scholastic Inc. |
Pages | 225 |
Release | 2020-09-15 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1338648160 |
The story of Mia and her family and friends at the Calivista Motel continues in this powerful, hilarious, and resonant sequel to the award-winning novel Front Desk. Mia Tang thinks she's going to have the best year ever.She and her parents are the proud owners of the Calivista Motel, Mia gets to run the front desk with her best friend, Lupe, and she's finally getting somewhere with her writing!But as it turns out, sixth grade is no picnic...1. Mia's new teacher doesn't think her writing is all that great. And her entire class finds out she lives and works in a motel! 2. The motel is struggling, and Mia has to answer to the Calivista's many, many worried investors.3. A new immigration law is looming and if it passes, it will threaten everything -- and everyone -- in Mia's life.It's a roller coaster of challenges, and Mia needs all of her determination to hang on tight. But if anyone can find the key to getting through turbulent times, it's Mia Tang!
Three Keys to the Past
Title | Three Keys to the Past PDF eBook |
Author | Teresa Kynell |
Publisher | Praeger |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 1999-02-17 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
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With an emphasis on key individuals and key movements, this book is the first attempt to provide a collection of critical essays on the history of technical communication designed to help guide future research. This collection consists of the classic; essays in the field that have made a major contribution to the development of the field, and the new; essays that contribute to our historical understanding of a specific element or period of technical communication. This, combined with an up-to-date bibliography of research in the area, make Three Keys to the Past as valuable to the experienced researcher in the field as to those just entering it.
Speaking to History
Title | Speaking to History PDF eBook |
Author | Paul A. Cohen |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 386 |
Release | 2010-05-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0520265831 |
The ancient story of King Goujian, a psychologically complex 5th-century BCE monarch, spoke powerfully to the Chinese during the 20th century, but remains little known in the West. This book explores the story's connections to the major traumas of the 20th century, and also considers why such stories remain unknown to outsiders.
Historic Florida Keys
Title | Historic Florida Keys PDF eBook |
Author | George Walter Born |
Publisher | HPN Books |
Pages | 113 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1893619311 |
An illustrated history of Key West, Florida, paired with histories of the local companies.
The Origins of the Boxer Uprising
Title | The Origins of the Boxer Uprising PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph W. Esherick |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 476 |
Release | 1988-08-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780520908963 |
In the summer of 1900, bands of peasant youths from the villages of north China streamed into Beijing to besiege the foreign legations, attracting the attention of the entire world. Joseph Esherick reconstructs the early history of the Boxers, challenging the traditional view that they grew from earlier anti-dynastic sects, and stressing instead the impact of social ecology and popular culture.
Discovering History in China
Title | Discovering History in China PDF eBook |
Author | Paul A. Cohen |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0231151926 |
Originally published: New York: Columbia University Press, 1984.