"After visiting hundreds of museums across Alberta, Lianne McTavish chronicles some of the most challenging and unexpected sites where the idea of the museum is being reshaped. The concept of the visit as a "voluntary detour" encapsulates the way visitors travel along backroads …
After the Restoration of 1660, English provincial towns experienced a cultural renaissance. This book offers a guide to some of the striking features of that revival, concentrating on the interaction between urban culture and society and looking at its origins and the forces whi…
After the Restoration of 1660, English provincial towns experienced a cultural renaissance. This book offers a guide to some of the striking features of that revival, concentrating on the interaction between urban culture and society and looking at its origins and the forces whi…
Ein Vater wird verrückt vor Angst, dass sein Sohn in den Koreakrieg eingezogen werden könnte. Dies macht wiederum den Sohn verrückt und es bleibt ihm nichts anderes, als sich aus dem Staub zu machen.
Nichts erinnert mehr in Salem Falls an die berüchtigten Hexenjagden, die dort einst Angst und Schrecken verbreiteten. Als es Jack St. Bride in dieses neuenglische Provinzstädtchen verschlägt, möchte er nur eines - seine eigene Vergangenheit für immer begraben. Im Cafe von Addie …
by Preston, Douglas J., Preston, Douglas J., Child, Lincoln
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Bill Bryson's unsparing and hilarious account of his travels across America in search of the perfect small town. At the end of his journey, Bryson finds not the idyllic town of his dream, but a true understanding of America - and a certainty that despite the poverty and ignoranc…
"Until now, much research in the field of urban planning and change has focused on the economic, political, social, cultural and spatial transformations of global cities and larger metropolitan areas - this topical new volume seeks to redress this balance, focusing on urban chan…
"Small Towns and Big Business uses fieldwork and archival sources to comprehensively examine these controversies and the underlying issues. while Wal-Mart is usually able to site its stores at its preferred locations, in some cases local opponents have been able to thwart its pl…
