Mcfarland: 2486 books
Managing America's Cities
A Handbook for Local Government Productivity
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
This work describes the operations of a typical municipal government and examines the many productivity trends that are occurring in city halls across America. Much of the focus is on the increasing need for planning in city government to ensure that productivity goals are met. It thoroughly examines...
Town and Gown Relations
A Handbook of Best Practices
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
This is a timely work on a very dynamic field. It provides more than 40 best practice case studies from nearly half the states in America, and discusses current and evolving trends in the relations between educational institutions and cities, towns and other municipalities. The schools include public...
by Willard Gayheart, Donia S. Eley
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
This is a portfolio of 87 drawings by the Appalachian pencil artist Willard Gayheart dating from the early 1970s to the present. The book features information about each drawing taken from interviews with the artist and the owners of the art. Additionally, the book contains information about the artist’s life and music and where his art can be found in the region.
William Edmondson "Grumble" Jones
The Life of a Cantankerous Confederate
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
William Edmondson “Grumble” Jones (b. 1824) stands among the most notable Southwest Virginians to fight in the Civil War. The Washington County native graduated from Emory & Henry College and West Point. As a lieutenant in the “Old Army” between service in Oregon and Texas, he watched...
Makers of the Telegraph
Samuel Morse, Ezra Cornell and Joseph Henry
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
The single-wire telegraph revolutionized long distance communication but it was not the brainchild of one inventor, Samuel Morse. His colleagues and employees—specifically Ezra Cornell and Joseph Henry—made crucial contributions. Examining the careers of the three men and the key events, this...
by David Lemmo
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
From his first appearance in 1912, Tarzan became a multimedia franchise whose cultural influence extended well beyond mere entertainment. The original 20th century superhero, the Lord of the Apes was the inspiration behind such early archetypes as The Shadow and Doc Savage, themselves the basis for...
The Elusive Thomas Jefferson
Essays on the Man Behind the Myths
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
Thomas Jefferson’s writings on morality have largely been ignored. His thoughts on the subject, never developed in any formal work, are said to be unsystematic—a judgment reinforced by his shift from Stoicism (intentions are critical) to Utilitarianism (consequences are critical) later in life....
Sowing the Seeds of Victory
American Gardening Programs of World War I
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
Sometimes, to move forward, we must look back. Gardening activity during American involvement in World War I (1917–1919) is vital to understanding current work in agriculture and food systems. The origins of the American Victory Gardens of World War II lie in the Liberty Garden program during World...
Roosevelt's Revolt
The 1912 Republican Convention and the Launch of the Bull Moose Party
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
The presidential election of 1912 was the only one whose candidates included an incumbent president, a former president and a future president. Theodore Roosevelt, in the Oval Office from 1901 to 1909, chose not to run again. When his former Secretary of War, William Howard Taft, took controversial...
Students' Right to Speak
The First Amendment in Public Schools
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
In 1969, Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas called free speech in public schools a “hazardous freedom,” but one well worth the risk. A half-century later, with technology enabling students to communicate in ways only dreamed about in Fortas’ time, that freedom seems more hazardous than ever. Yet...
Climate Change and American Policy
Key Documents, 1979-2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
Climate change has long been a contentious issue, even before its official acknowledgment as a global threat in 1979. Government policies have varied widely, from Barack Obama’s dedication to environmentalism to George W. Bush’s tacit minimizing of the problem to Republican officials’ refusal...
Organizing Crime in Chinatown
Race and Racketeering in New York City, 1890-1910
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
More than a century ago, organized criminals were intrinsically involved with the political, social, and economic life of the Chinese American community. In the face of virulent racism and substantial linguistic and cultural differences, they also integrated themselves successfully into the extensive...
Creatures Real and Imaginary in Chinese and Japanese Art
An Identification Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
This guide to identifying lions, unicorns and other creatures real and fanciful in Chinese and Japanese artwork explains how these and other animal depictions were introduced to the East, and how their portrayals changed over time. Tracing the lion’s early use in Mesopotamian art and its cultural...
President Lincoln's Recruiter
General Lorenzo Thomas and the United States Colored Troops in the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
Historians have often marginalized the effect of African American troops on the outcome of the Civil War. While many histories briefly mention the service of the blacks, few reveal their impact. Lorenzo Thomas was one of the most exceptional people to serve in that war, but no biography of his life...