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Summer Cottages in the White Mountains: The Architecture of Leisure and Recreation, 1870 to 1930 by Bryant Franklin Tolles, This generously illustrated book examines the origins 1930 39 national pastime and development of the summer cottage in the resort communities of New Hampshire's White Mountains between 1870 1930 39 national pastime and 1930. Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., author of The Grand Resort Hotels of the White Mountains: An Architectural Legacy (1998) 1930 39 national pastime and New Hampshire Architecture: An Illustrated Guide (1979), associates the cottages 1930 39 national pastime and their outbuildings with a group of forty architects 1930 39 national pastime and architectural firms, as well as noted regional builders. He also links the summer cottage phenomenon directly with the origins 1930 39 national pastime and growth of the summer resort hotel industry 1930 39 national pastime and its distinctive architecture. While focusing primarily on architecture, including such details as the personal eccentricities, habits, 1930 39 national pastime and pastimes of cottage owners that often led to distinctive design features, Tolles also interprets these unique dwellings in a broader context of the nations social, cultural, 1930 39 national pastime and economic history.
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Baseball in Blue and Gray: The National Pastime During the Civil War by George B. Kirsch, During the Civil War, Americans from homefront to battlefront played baseball as never before. While soldiers slaughtered each other over the country's fate, players 1930 39 national pastime and fans struggled over the form of the national pastime. George Kirsch gives us a color commentary of the growth 1930 39 national pastime and transformation of baseball during the Civil War. He shows that the game was a vital part of the lives of many a soldier 1930 39 national pastime and civilian--and that baseball's popularity had everything to do with surging American nationalism. By 1860, baseball was poised to emerge as the American sport. Clubs in northeastern 1930 39 national pastime and a few southern cities played various forms of the game. Newspapers published statistics, 1930 39 national pastime and governing bodies set rules. But the Civil War years proved crucial in securing the game's place in the American heart. Soldiers with bats in their rucksacks spread baseball to training camps, war prisons, 1930 39 national pastime and even front lines. As nationalist fervor heightened, baseball became patriotic. Fans honored it with the title of national pastime. War metaphors were commonplace in sports reporting, 1930 39 national pastime and charity games were scheduled. Decades later, Union general Abner Doubleday would be credited (wrongly) with baseball's invention. The Civil War period also saw key developments in the sport itself, including the spread of the New York-style of play, the advent of revised pitching rules, 1930 39 national pastime and the growth of commercialism. Kirsch recounts vivid stories of great players 1930 39 national pastime and describes soldiers playing ball to relieve boredom. He introduces entrepreneurs who preached the gospel of baseball, boosted female attendance, 1930 39 national pastime and found new ways to make money. We witness bitterly contested championships that enthralled whole cities. Wewatch African Americans embracing baseball despite official exclusion. And we see legends spring from the pens of early sportswriters.
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National pastime - A National Pastime is a sport or game that is consider to be a culturally intrinsic part of a country or nation. The term national pastime is mainly used in North American English.
National and University Library of Slovenia - National and University Library in Ljubljana or simply National and University Library (Slovenian Narodna in Univerzitetna knjižnica, NUK) is one of the most fundamental Slovenian national organisations. Its current (August 2005) building has been designed by Jože Plečnik in 1930-31 and is considered to be one of his greatest projects.
National Socialist Motor Corps - The National Socialist Motor Corps (German: Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrerkorps; NSKK), also known as the National Socialist Drivers Corps, was a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party that existed from 1931 to 1945. The group was a successor organization to the older National Socialist Automobile Corps, which had existed since the beginning of 1930.
Yerkes National Primate Research Center - The Yerkes National Primate Research Center, located in Atlanta, Georgia at Emory University, is one of eight national primate research centers funded by the National Institutes of Health. The center, founded in 1930 by Robert Yerkes, the pioneering primatologist who specialized in comparative psychology, engages in controversial behavioral and biomedical studies with non-human primates and is a recognized leader for its biomedical and behavioral studies with nonhuman primates,
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