Roadside Relics

Roadside Relics
Title Roadside Relics PDF eBook
Author Will Shiers
Publisher Motorbooks
Pages 211
Release 2010-11-06
Genre Transportation
ISBN 1610601149

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Abandoned junk to some, the rusty old steel shells of vehicles are treasures to others, holding memories of a bygone era, or the promise of a pristinely restored, radically customized automobile. Automotive photographer Will Shiers has captured these dreams on film for over ten years, and this volume collects his images between two covers for the first time. Here are the beautiful husks Shiers has found in the United States fields and barns, shops, and salvage yards across States. Divided into five categories—General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Independents, and Special Vehicles—these wrecks and relics from 1910 to the 1970s come equipped with all the relevant information: history, model, location. The most comprehensive and beautifully photographed collection of abandoned cars ever published, this volume preserves for all time the exquisite skeletons of American automotive might.

The MacArthur Highway and Other Relics of American Empire in the Philippines

The MacArthur Highway and Other Relics of American Empire in the Philippines
Title The MacArthur Highway and Other Relics of American Empire in the Philippines PDF eBook
Author Joseph P. McCallus
Publisher Potomac Books, Inc.
Pages 453
Release 2010
Genre Architecture
ISBN 1597976040

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It has been more than a century since the American conquest and subsequent annexation of the Philippines. Although the nation was given its independence in 1946, American cultural authority remains. In order to locate and lend significance to the relics of American empire, Joseph McCallus retraces the route Gen. Douglas MacArthur took during his liberation of the country from the Japanese in 1944 and 1945. While following MacArthur's footsteps, he provides a historical and geographical account of this iconic soldier's military career, accompanied by a description of the contemporary Philippine landscape. McCallus uses the past and the present to explore how America influenced the country's political and educational systems and language, as well as the ramifications of the continued U.S. military presence and the effects of globalization on traditional Filipino society. He examines the American influence on its architecture and introduces to the reader the American expatriate business community--people who have lived in the Philippines for decades and continue to help shape the nation. The MacArthur Highway and Other Relics of American Empire in the Philippines is an absorbing look at how American military intervention and colonial rule have indelibly shaped a nation decades after the fact.

Bulletin

Bulletin
Title Bulletin PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 526
Release 1905
Genre Science
ISBN

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Report

Report
Title Report PDF eBook
Author New York State Museum
Publisher
Pages 658
Release 1906
Genre Science
ISBN

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A Relic of the Highway

A Relic of the Highway
Title A Relic of the Highway PDF eBook
Author Elbert Floyd-Jones
Publisher
Pages 64
Release 1923
Genre Milestones
ISBN

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The Mahávansi

The Mahávansi
Title The Mahávansi PDF eBook
Author Edward Upham
Publisher
Pages 420
Release 1833
Genre Buddhism
ISBN

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Bulletin

Bulletin
Title Bulletin PDF eBook
Author New York State Museum and Science Service
Publisher
Pages 558
Release 1900
Genre
ISBN

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