In this book the author writes about the more than 4 years he spent visiting hundreds of Japanese homes and learning as much as possible about their construction, design, furnishings, and relative merits. 307 illustrations.
From its inception in 1874 down to the close of World War I, the widespread popularity of the Chautauqua movement constituted one of the most dramatic episodes in the history of American adult education. Started by two Ohio men as a summer camp or assembly to train Sunday school teachers in pleasant surroundings on Lake Chautauqua in Western New York, the project grew to university proportions on its home grounds and during the height of its i...
One difficulty in writing a balanced history of the American Revolution arises in part from its success as a creator of our nation and our nationalistic sentiment. Unlike the Civil War, unlike the French Revolution, the American Revolution produced no lingering social trauma in the United States--it is a historic event widely applauded by Americans today as both necessary and desirable. But one consequence of this happy unanimity is that the c...
This logical, developmental presentation of the major aspects of German grammar includes all the necessary tools for speech and comprehension. Designed for adults with limited learning time who wish to acquire the basics of everyday German, this grammar features numerous shortcuts and timesavers. Ideal as an introduction, supplement, or refresher.
The Missouri Handbooks are intended to bring the products of extensive research to the general public in nontechnical yet scholarly terms and in a convenient paperback format.
A handbook of standard techniques for observing children's behavior in nursery school settings -- it is also applicable to children in club groups, elementary school classrooms, and hospitals.
Useful treatment of classical mechanics, electromagnetic theory, and relativity includes explanations of function theory, vectors, matrices, dyadics, tensors, partial differential equations, other advanced mathematical techniques. Nearly 200 problems with answers.
This logical, developmental presentation of the major aspects of French grammar includes all the necessary tools for speech and comprehension. Designed for adults with limited learning time who wish to acquire the basics of everyday French, this grammar features numerous shortcuts and timesavers. Ideal as an introduction, supplement, or refresher.
Considered the most authoritative history of the state, these volumes were first published in the 1920s. Volume One carries the story to 1858. Volume Two includes detailed accounts of Minnesota's role in the Civil War and the Dakota War of 1862. Volume Three covers from 1865 through World War I to the mid-1920s.
Nearly 300 royalty-free examples, ranging from 13th-century geometric art of Pueblo to contemporary designs, include motifs from pottery, basketry, beadwork, masks, dolls, sand paintings, and blankets. 50 plates.
