Описание: Throughout his life, Atlanta resident George W. Wray Jr. (1936–2004) built a collection of more than six hundred of the rarest Confederate artifacts including not just firearms and edged weapons but also flags, uniforms, and accoutrements. Today, Wray’s collection forms an integral part of the Atlanta History Center’s holdings of some eleven thousand Civil War artifacts. Confederate Odyssey tells the story of the Civil War through the Wray Collection. Analyzing the collection as material evidence, Gordon L. Jones demonstrates how a slave-based economy on the cusp of industrialization attempted to fight an industrial war.The broad range of the collection includes many rare or one-of-a-kind objects, such as a patent model and early inventions by gun maker George W. Morse, the blood-stained coat of a seventeen-year-old South Carolina soldier, battle flags made of cloth imported from England, and arms made in Georgia, the heart of the Confederacy’s burgeoning military-industrial complex.As Civil War history, Confederate Odyssey benefits from the study of material remains as it bridges the domains of professional scholars and amateur collectors such as Wray. The book tells of the stories, significance, and context of these artifacts to general readers and Civil War buffs alike. The Wray Collection is more than a gathering of relics; it is a tale of historical truths revealed in small details.Features: Endorsed by the American Society of Arms Collectors as a definitive work on the material culture of the ConfederacyMany of the finest and most significant Confederate artifacts in existence, including one-of-a-kind itemsOne of the most comprehensive collections of Southern-made arms representing the full range of Confederate, state, and private production from Virginia to TexasNorthern-made arms altered or used by the Confederacy, including Palmetto and Whitney Armory riflesOne of the nation’s most extensive collections of arms made or designed by George W. Morse, as well as other rare Confederate breechloadersBritish-made arms imported through the blockade, including Whitworth sharpshooter rifles and artillery piecesConfederate headgear and uniforms, including six enlisted men’s uniformsSeven Confederate flags, including three battle flags and a naval ensignCanteens, cartridge boxes, cap pouches, shoes, ammunition, gun tools, belt plates, and other accoutrements made or used by the Confederacy
Автор: Kruse, Kevin M. Название: White flight ISBN: 0691133867 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691133867 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 4435.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Explains the causes and consequences of "white flight" in Atlanta and elsewhere. Seeking to understand segregationists on their own terms, this book moves past stereotypes to explore the meaning of white resistance.
Автор: Randall L. Patton Название: Lockheed, Atlanta, and the Struggle for Racial Integration ISBN: 0820355143 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780820355146 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 8177.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Based on the papers of a personnel executive, the memoir of an African American employee, interviews, and company publications, this narrative history offers a unique inside perspective on the evolution of equal employment and affirmative action policies at Lockheed Aircraft`s massive Georgia plant.
Описание: A rare insight into the development, operational deployment, and combat operations of a programme that eventually evolved into the `Mother of modern-day AWACS aircraft`.
Название: Lockheed SR-71 Operations in the Far East ISBN: 1846033195 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781846033193 Издательство: Osprey Рейтинг: Цена: 2523.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book offers insights into why engagement in commercial sex is prolific as sexual culture is transformed in late modernity. Drawing on original empirical data with men who buy sex, the book explores not only `why men buy sex`, but also the sociological and psychological processes that men encounter in order to enter an assumed `deviant` sexual behaviour as part of their everyday lives.
Автор: Kirby Joe Название: Lockheed Plant ISBN: 1531659012 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781531659011 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 4413.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Earl J. Hess Название: The Battle of Ezra Church and the Struggle for Atlanta ISBN: 1469642263 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781469642260 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 3511.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Fought on July 28, 1864, the Battle of Ezra Church was a dramatic engagement during the Civil War's Atlanta Campaign. Confederate forces under John Bell Hood desperately fought to stop William T. Sherman's advancing armies as they tried to cut the last Confederate supply line into the city. Confederates under General Stephen D. Lee nearly overwhelmed the Union right flank, but Federals under General Oliver O. Howard decisively repelled every attack. After five hours of struggle, 5,000 Confederates lay dead and wounded, while only 632 Federals were lost. The result was another major step in Sherman's long effort to take Atlanta.Hess's compelling study is the first book-length account of the fighting at Ezra Church. Detailing Lee's tactical missteps and Howard's vigilant leadership, he challenges many common misconceptions about the battle. Richly narrated and drawn from an array of unpublished manuscripts and firsthand accounts, Hess's work sheds new light on the complexities and significance of this important engagement, both on and off the battlefield.
Автор: Wright Ii Название: The First American School of Sociology ISBN: 1472467000 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472467003 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 24499.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Offers an examination of the origin and sociological contributions of one of the most significant, yet continuously ignored, programs of social science research established in the United States: the Atlanta Sociological Laboratory.
Автор: Lawson Earl Название: The Atlanta Penitentiary Burns ISBN: 1545647410 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781545647417 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2757.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Название: Guide to the atlanta campaign ISBN: 0700615709 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780700615704 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 2753.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Following William T Sherman`s capture of Chattanooga, the Union Army initiated a series of battles and operations that took it from the Tennessee border to the outskirts of Atlanta - with bloody confrontations at places such as Resaca and New Hope Church. This title offers introduction to Sherman`s route.
Описание: So the story goes on for one side of the family. In all these stories, it's hard to tell which are true and which are not Let's view the stories as different perspectives. Then we won't care to discount any because even in falsehood, we do find some truth. Someone else's truth may not apply to you or to the one telling the account. Nevertheless, all those stories may definitely apply to others. Now wear that for a while. Decide which of this and that will register; as for the other one, let it enter one ear and travel through and out the other ear. As my daddy would say while we were growing up, "Now some of this and that you would necessarily let in one ear and out the other."
Автор: Morrison Jeffrey Название: Atlanta Underground: History from Below ISBN: 1493043706 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781493043705 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 4011.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Atlanta Underground presents a city history through the lens of its buried and paved-over urban landscape. Contemporary photos of this urban spelunking landscape will illustrate this telling of Atlanta`s history: how it came to be where it is, how it acquired its unique name, and how its colliding street grids were established.
ООО "Логосфера " Тел:+7(495) 980-12-10 www.logobook.ru
