2011, ISBN: 9781584656548

Oxford University Press, New York/Oxford/London: 2011. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. The building of the Berlin Wall in 1961 shocked the world. Ever since, the image of thi… Mehr…

Oxford University Press, New York/Oxford/London: 2011. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. The building of the Berlin Wall in 1961 shocked the world. Ever since, the image of this impenetrable barrier between East and West, imposed by communism, has been a central symbol of the Cold War. Based on vast research in untapped archival, oral, and private sources, Burned Bridge reveals the hidden origins of the Iron Curtain, presenting it in a startling new light. Historian Edith Sheffer's unprecedented, in-depth account focuses on Burned Bridge - the intersection between two sister cities, Sonneberg and Neustadt bei Coburg, Germany's largest divided population outside Berlin. Sheffer demonstrates that as Soviet and American forces occupied each city after the Second World War, townspeople who historically had much in common quickly formed opposing interests and identities. The border walled off irreconcilable realities: the differences of freedom and captivity, rich and poor, peace and bloodshed, and past and present. Sheffer describes how smuggling, kidnapping, rape, and killing in the early postwar years led citizens to demand greater border control on both sides - 0long before East Germany fortified its 1,393 kilometer border with West Germany. It was in fact the American military that built the first barriers at Burned Bridge, which preceded East Germany's borderland crackdown by many years. Indeed, Sheffer shows that the physical border between East and West was not simply imposed by Cold War superpowers, but was in some part an improvised outgrowth of an anxious postwar society. Ultimately, a wall of the mind shaped the wall on the ground. East and West Germans became part of, and helped perpetuate, the barriers that divided them. From the end of World War II through two decades of reunification, Sheffer traces divisions at Burned Bridge with sharp insight and compassion, presenting a stunning portrait of the Cold War on a human scale. Features * The 50th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall, August 13, 2011. * Details the contribution of local populations in both East and West to the construction and maintenance of the Iron Curtain. * Underscores the porousness of the barrier dividing Communist bloc and the West. * Based on never-before-used archival documents. * Foreword by Peter Schneider, author of The Wall Jumper. "An accessible, intriguing academic study tracking the building of the "wall in the head" between East and West Germany long before the actual construction in 1961." - Kirkus Reviews "The Cold War may have been triggered by the great powers, but Edith Sheffer shows that it was also given shape and reinforced by ordinary people who confronted its political realities every day. Her sensitive biography of a divided German community, ranging across the entire Cold War through reunification, is filled with arresting detail, fresh evidence, and surprises. This book helps us understand not just the trauma of the Cold War but also the many troubles Germans have faced in knitting their fractured nation together after the fall of the Wall in 1989. An outstanding and innovative work." - William I. Hitchcock, University of Virginia "Edith Sheffer's exquisitely nuanced and deeply researched narrative rewrites the history of the division of Germany, revealing an East/West border marked by the infamous Wall but actually constructed over time by postwar violence, Cold War tensions, and above all by the local everyday actions and attitudes of ordinary Germans living with and in both sides of the border." - Atina Grossmann, author of Jews, Germans, and Allies: Close Encounters in Occupied Germany "This fascinating micro-history of living with the Iron Curtain traces its divisive social and political impact. Based on exhaustive research, the book explores the local complicity in the construction, maintenance, and subversion of the barrier, illuminates the human dimension of the German division, and explains its lingering post-unification effects." - Konrad Jarausch, author of After Hitler: Recivilizing Germans, 1945-1995 "Edith Sheffer provides fascinating glimpses of the ways in which the Wall between East and West Germany was constructed-in every sense-by Germans on the ground, and in turn affected the character of life on either side. Significations of difference, emotional ties, misapprehensions, and mutual hostilities, were a living reality, changing over time and persisting in new ways long after the Wall itself has disappeared." - Mary Fulbrook, author of Dissonant Lives: Generations and Violence through the German Dictatorships "Edith Sheffer powerfully contributes to dismantling established views on the Cold War. Locals had a constant role in producing the border and, in a bitter irony, neither efforts to evade nor ways of considering the border 'normal' overcame the sense of estrangement among former neighbors." - Alf Ludtke, University of Erfurt "Lucidly written with plenty of anecdotes...will interest serious history buffs." - Publishers Weekly Edith Sheffer is Assistant Professor of History at Stanford University. ISBN: 0199737045., Oxford University Press, New York/Oxford/London: 2011, University of New Hampshire Press: 2007. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. A timely look at the Vermont flood of 1927 as a window on the history of America in the 1920s. In their new book, Deborah Pickman Clifford and Nicholas R. Clifford revisit the devastating flood that wreaked unprecedented destruction on New England in November 1927. Vermont sustained the greatest damage by far, with eighty-four deaths (or three-quarters of the total casualties) and property losses totaling thirty to forty million in 1927 dollars (more than eighty-six dollars for every man, woman, and child then in the state). These losses were proportionally far higher than the corresponding ones suffered in the regions ravaged by the huge Mississippi floods earlier that year. In these pre-FEMA years and in true Green Mountain State style, Vermonters by and large had to confront the emergency on their own, and this at a time when the boom of the mid and late 1920s had largely bypassed Vermont, a rural state with little industry and a stagnant population. Contrary to popular belief, however,Vermont did accept federal, Red Cross, and other outside assistance. The Troubled Roar of the Waters is the story of the flood, the formation and work of emergency relief committees, the efforts to rebuild in a harsh climate, and the ways in which the disaster fundamentally affected the state's political and social development. Though the 1920s traditionally have been represented primarily as a prelude to the Depression and the New Deal, new scholarship sees the nation entering a period of rapid and unnerving change in these years. Cities and suburbs mushroomed, the automobile revolutionized society, new and larger forms of business and industry flourished, and tensions mounted between new immigrants and the "old stock." The Cliffords build on this, using public and private archival collections to inform their riveting story, fleshing out the historical record and adding key perspectives to this broader emerging debate over how the decade is viewed. For specialists and general readers alike, the authors place the story of the 1927 flood within the larger context of early twentieth-century American history, establishing the event and its aftermath as emblematic of the age." "In 'The Troubled Roar of the Waters' historians Deborah and Nicholas Clifford bring to life Vermont's perfect storm: the dreadful days in November of 1927 when torrential rains turned an unseasonably warm autumn into an aqueous nightmare, and the Green Mountain State found itself covered by a 'cube of water more than a mile high a mile long, and a mile broad,' according to meteorologists at the time. The Cliffords chronicle both the wreckageÑswollen rivers dragging bridges, railway lines, houses, barns, animals, and people downstream to destructionÑand the recovery, managed by a cast of gritty Vermonters who strove with heroic efficiency to return their state to working order. 'The Troubled Roar of Waters' is an 'educational epic' which shows Vermont as both a singular state and an emblematic one, like all the others in the nation, on the brink of an even farther-reaching disaster, the Great Depression, which would force America to reform its ways of governing. The country itself would turn, as did Vermont in its moment of reckoning, from a collection of localities determined to 'take care of their own,' to a people practicing a democracy not of independence but of interdependence. Teeming with vivid details and useful insights, the Cliffords' narrative is a model of micro-history, giving us a small world entire."ÑMegan Marshall, The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism ISBN: 1584656549., University of New Hampshire Press: 2007<

2007, ISBN: 9781584656548

Edison, Nw Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc., 1995. 128 Pages. This book is an as new condition, gift quality book with a dust jacket that is complete and some very light wear to the edges. … Mehr…

Edison, Nw Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc., 1995. 128 Pages. This book is an as new condition, gift quality book with a dust jacket that is complete and some very light wear to the edges. The 49.95 flap price is unclipped. Enjoy the speed lettered rolling stock of this legendary road through over 275 color photographs of passenger cars, freight cars and non-revenue equipment. Explore the Western Maryland Archive of official color photography of rolling stock as well as the best WM fans have to offer. Contents in 14 Chapters: Open Hoppers, Boxcars, Covered Hoppers, Auto Racks, Gondola Cars, Flat Cars, Trailers, Company Service, Maintenance of Way, Cranes, Miscellaneous Equipment, Elkins Shops, Passenger Equipment, and Cabooses. From its modest beginning in 1852 as the Western Maryland Railroad Company, the Western Maryland Railway evolved through expansion and acquisition into a major class one bridge route. The WM became an integral part of the famed "Alphabet Route" linking several regional railroads and creating the fastest route from the industries of the Great Lakes region to the deep water port of Baltimore. Always looking to the future, the WM formed a lasting relationship with the Timken Company. As the railroad began to equip its freight cars with roller bearings during the mid-1950's, the "speed" lettered freight car fleet was a frequent feature of Timken trade advertising. A change in top management on May 1, 1952 would also change the look of the entire WM freight car fleet. On this date, Arthur Grotz became president of the WMRY. The new president wanted to create a new, more progressive image for the railroad. Arthur's brother, Walter Grotz, was the art director for a New York advertising agency, Marschack & Pratt. Arthur contracted with the agency, and, with Walter's creative guidance, a new style of lettering was developed that would become known as Western Maryland "speed" lettering. The Western Maryland Railway Historical Society maintains a museum, located in the original WM office building, which houses an extensive library and collection of artifacts and photographs. The society publishes a quarterly magazine The Blue Mountain Express, holds annual conventions, restores prototype equipment and serves as a communications link among fans of the WM.. First Printing Stated. Hard Back. As New/Near Fine. 8 3/4" X 11 1/4"., Morning Sun Books Inc., 1995, University of New Hampshire Press: 2007. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. A timely look at the Vermont flood of 1927 as a window on the history of America in the 1920s. In their new book, Deborah Pickman Clifford and Nicholas R. Clifford revisit the devastating flood that wreaked unprecedented destruction on New England in November 1927. Vermont sustained the greatest damage by far, with eighty-four deaths (or three-quarters of the total casualties) and property losses totaling thirty to forty million in 1927 dollars (more than eighty-six dollars for every man, woman, and child then in the state). These losses were proportionally far higher than the corresponding ones suffered in the regions ravaged by the huge Mississippi floods earlier that year. In these pre-FEMA years and in true Green Mountain State style, Vermonters by and large had to confront the emergency on their own, and this at a time when the boom of the mid and late 1920s had largely bypassed Vermont, a rural state with little industry and a stagnant population. Contrary to popular belief, however,Vermont did accept federal, Red Cross, and other outside assistance. The Troubled Roar of the Waters is the story of the flood, the formation and work of emergency relief committees, the efforts to rebuild in a harsh climate, and the ways in which the disaster fundamentally affected the state's political and social development. Though the 1920s traditionally have been represented primarily as a prelude to the Depression and the New Deal, new scholarship sees the nation entering a period of rapid and unnerving change in these years. Cities and suburbs mushroomed, the automobile revolutionized society, new and larger forms of business and industry flourished, and tensions mounted between new immigrants and the "old stock." The Cliffords build on this, using public and private archival collections to inform their riveting story, fleshing out the historical record and adding key perspectives to this broader emerging debate over how the decade is viewed. For specialists and general readers alike, the authors place the story of the 1927 flood within the larger context of early twentieth-century American history, establishing the event and its aftermath as emblematic of the age." "In 'The Troubled Roar of the Waters' historians Deborah and Nicholas Clifford bring to life Vermont's perfect storm: the dreadful days in November of 1927 when torrential rains turned an unseasonably warm autumn into an aqueous nightmare, and the Green Mountain State found itself covered by a 'cube of water more than a mile high a mile long, and a mile broad,' according to meteorologists at the time. The Cliffords chronicle both the wreckageÑswollen rivers dragging bridges, railway lines, houses, barns, animals, and people downstream to destructionÑand the recovery, managed by a cast of gritty Vermonters who strove with heroic efficiency to return their state to working order. 'The Troubled Roar of Waters' is an 'educational epic' which shows Vermont as both a singular state and an emblematic one, like all the others in the nation, on the brink of an even farther-reaching disaster, the Great Depression, which would force America to reform its ways of governing. The country itself would turn, as did Vermont in its moment of reckoning, from a collection of localities determined to 'take care of their own,' to a people practicing a democracy not of independence but of interdependence. Teeming with vivid details and useful insights, the Cliffords' narrative is a model of micro-history, giving us a small world entire."ÑMegan Marshall, The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism ISBN: 1584656549., University of New Hampshire Press: 2007<

2007, ISBN: 9781584656548

University of New Hampshire Press: 2007. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. A timely look at the Vermont flood of 1927 as a window on the history of America in the 1920s. In the… Mehr…

University of New Hampshire Press: 2007. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. A timely look at the Vermont flood of 1927 as a window on the history of America in the 1920s. In their new book, Deborah Pickman Clifford and Nicholas R. Clifford revisit the devastating flood that wreaked unprecedented destruction on New England in November 1927. Vermont sustained the greatest damage by far, with eighty-four deaths (or three-quarters of the total casualties) and property losses totaling thirty to forty million in 1927 dollars (more than eighty-six dollars for every man, woman, and child then in the state). These losses were proportionally far higher than the corresponding ones suffered in the regions ravaged by the huge Mississippi floods earlier that year. In these pre-FEMA years and in true Green Mountain State style, Vermonters by and large had to confront the emergency on their own, and this at a time when the boom of the mid and late 1920s had largely bypassed Vermont, a rural state with little industry and a stagnant population. Contrary to popular belief, however,Vermont did accept federal, Red Cross, and other outside assistance. The Troubled Roar of the Waters is the story of the flood, the formation and work of emergency relief committees, the efforts to rebuild in a harsh climate, and the ways in which the disaster fundamentally affected the state's political and social development. Though the 1920s traditionally have been represented primarily as a prelude to the Depression and the New Deal, new scholarship sees the nation entering a period of rapid and unnerving change in these years. Cities and suburbs mushroomed, the automobile revolutionized society, new and larger forms of business and industry flourished, and tensions mounted between new immigrants and the "old stock." The Cliffords build on this, using public and private archival collections to inform their riveting story, fleshing out the historical record and adding key perspectives to this broader emerging debate over how the decade is viewed. For specialists and general readers alike, the authors place the story of the 1927 flood within the larger context of early twentieth-century American history, establishing the event and its aftermath as emblematic of the age." "In 'The Troubled Roar of the Waters' historians Deborah and Nicholas Clifford bring to life Vermont's perfect storm: the dreadful days in November of 1927 when torrential rains turned an unseasonably warm autumn into an aqueous nightmare, and the Green Mountain State found itself covered by a 'cube of water more than a mile high a mile long, and a mile broad,' according to meteorologists at the time. The Cliffords chronicle both the wreckageÑswollen rivers dragging bridges, railway lines, houses, barns, animals, and people downstream to destructionÑand the recovery, managed by a cast of gritty Vermonters who strove with heroic efficiency to return their state to working order. 'The Troubled Roar of Waters' is an 'educational epic' which shows Vermont as both a singular state and an emblematic one, like all the others in the nation, on the brink of an even farther-reaching disaster, the Great Depression, which would force America to reform its ways of governing. The country itself would turn, as did Vermont in its moment of reckoning, from a collection of localities determined to 'take care of their own,' to a people practicing a democracy not of independence but of interdependence. Teeming with vivid details and useful insights, the Cliffords' narrative is a model of micro-history, giving us a small world entire."ÑMegan Marshall, The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism ISBN: 1584656549., University of New Hampshire Press: 2007<