How to Read a History Book
Title | How to Read a History Book PDF eBook |
Author | Marshall T. Poe |
Publisher | John Hunt Publishing |
Pages | 134 |
Release | 2018-01-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1785356461 |
A deconstruction of the modern history book as artifact, How to Read a History Book explains who writes history books, how the writers are trained, and why they write them. It also discusses genre, bias (political and otherwise) and how to read history books between the lines. Written for undergraduates, intro graduate students and anyone with an informed interest in the subject, How to Read a History Book demonstrates that, rather than being objects that fall from the sky, history books are actually socially-constructed artifacts reflecting all the contradictions of modern meritocratic capitalism.
Hidden History of New Hampshire
Title | Hidden History of New Hampshire PDF eBook |
Author | D. Quincy Whitney |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 190 |
Release | 2012-03-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1625843909 |
A collection of colorful stories about some of New Hampshire’s most notable newsmakers and remarkable historic events. Includes photos. Hidden in the cracks and crevices of the Granite State are the stories of pioneers who pursued their passions, creating legacies along the way. Compiled by a Smithsonian researcher and former Boston Globe contributor, this treasury includes tales of: the mountain man who became an innkeeper the “Bird Man” who took his passion to the White House the gentleman who ascended the highest peak in the Northeast in a steam-powered locomobile the story of one skier’s dramatic win at the 1939 “American Inferno” Mount Washington race the Shaker Meetinghouse, built in just one day, in complete silence the gallant efforts to save the Old Man of the Mountain and much more
Hidden History of Exeter
Title | Hidden History of Exeter PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Rimkunas |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 131 |
Release | 2014-11-04 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1625852649 |
John Wheelwright, a man too pure for the Puritans, founded Exeter in 1638. Resourceful, notorious and just plain unusual characters have populated the town ever since. Thinking inside the box, Albert and Lucy Tyler tried to ship themselves home to Exeter in a piano box after they ran out of funds on the West Coast. Albertus T. Dudley saved the town's founding document from the hands of William Randolph Hearst. Exeter has a paradoxical streak--it is an inland town with a working seaport, and it was both adamantly anti-abolition and home to the Free-Soil Party. Exeter Historical Society curator Barbara Rimkunas uncovers the lesser-known tidbits and gems hidden in the town's history.
Secret Exeter
Title | Secret Exeter PDF eBook |
Author | Tim Isaac |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Pages | 166 |
Release | 2018-09-15 |
Genre | Photography |
ISBN | 1445679329 |
Explore the secret history of Exeter through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.
Hidden Histories of Pakistan
Title | Hidden Histories of Pakistan PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Fatima Waheed |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 311 |
Release | 2022-01-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1108834523 |
Examines the role of progressive Muslim intellectuals in the Pakistan movement through the lens of censorship.
Unriddling the Exeter Riddles
Title | Unriddling the Exeter Riddles PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick J. Murphy |
Publisher | Penn State Press |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2011-03-28 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0271078170 |
The vibrant and enigmatic Exeter Riddles (ca. 960–980) are among the most compelling texts in the field of medieval studies, in part because they lack textually supplied solutions. Indeed, these ninety-five Old English riddles have become so popular that they have even been featured on posters for the London Underground and have inspired a sculpture in downtown Exeter. Modern scholars have responded enthusiastically to the challenge of solving the Riddles, but have generally examined them individually. Few have considered the collection as a whole or in a broader context. In this book, Patrick Murphy takes an innovative approach, arguing that in order to understand the Riddles more fully, we must step back from the individual puzzles and consider the group in light of the textual and oral traditions from which they emerged. He offers fresh insights into the nature of the Exeter Riddles’ complexity, their intellectual foundations, and their lively use of metaphor.
The Secret History of Oxford
Title | The Secret History of Oxford PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Sullivan |
Publisher | The History Press |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 2013-08-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0750953012 |
The Secret History of Oxford offers the reader an off-the-beaten-track tour of the city's landmarks and streets. Filled with hundreds of facts and anecdotes, it reveals the amusing, unlikely and downright wonderful stories hidden beneath the surface. Some, such as the fact that the founder of Oxford was eaten by wolves, will be known; many others, such as the fact that Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, stole a piece of New College's unicorn horn, that one of the Fellows of Christ Church was a bear or that Oxford Castle has England's most frequently sighted ghost, are much less widely known – and some of these stories have not appeared in print for hundreds of years. With rare photographs and intriguing information on the people, eras and events that defined the city's history, this book lets the flying cats out of the bags, rattles the dragons' cages and reveals all the skeletons in the city's cupboards.