Jim Crow Laws Then and Now - Civil Rights
Jim Crow laws are a dirty episode in American politics that bears remembering for the fact that a repetition will be inevitable otherwise. Conceived in the South in 1876 and in effect for almost 90 years, they embraced a "separate but equal" [... more]
Bella Online |
Washington, D. C. (Then and Now)
 Fascinating New Twist on Then & Now: This is a great new twist on the usually plain Then and Now books; these authors used current tourists to recreat old vintage shots, and covered all parts of the city, not just the much repeated Mall aspects. A [... more]
$19.99
Amazon.com |
Riverboat Ragtime - Then & Now
Riverboat Ragtime - Then & Now [... more]
$8.90
Buy.com |
Killer Copters Then And Now
Our February 1967 issue featured a salute to the helicopters of the Vietnam War. More than 30 years later, many of those same helicopters are back in the action, this time fighting the war against international terrorism. And they are being ... [... more]
Popular Mechanics |
The Fed, Then and Now
Today, it is taken for granted that the Federal Reserve System's role is to manage the economy with the crook of monetary policy, as shepherds leading a flock to greener pastures. Therefore, Fed Governor Bernanke could state in a recent speech, ... [... more]
Ludwig von Mises Institute |
Moderation: Then and Now
In ancient times, the philosopher Aristotle championed a policy of moderation, by which he meant steering a path between two faulty extremes. For example, there is an alternative to acting cowardly and being rash, and that moderate position is ... [... more]
Ludwig von Mises Institute |
Then And Now
Explore the home and workplace of Dennis Bergener, who restored an 1859 Greek Revival building in Milwaukee that was once a grocery store slated for demolition. Bergener replaced bricks and added windows and porches to the structure's exterior, ... [... more]
Fine Living |
MAFES Highlights Summer 2001
Analyzing Risks to Make Salmonella Contamination Scarce as Hen’s Teeth For the last 200 years, our state’s economy has had strong ties to agriculture. Mississippi farmers then and now have worked hard to provide the highest quality food and fiber ... [... more]
Mississippi State University Extension |
Bird Care - Then and Now - Birds
I live in a very old home that was built in 1900. While removing some old flooring to put in something new, I found a newspaper between levels of linoleum that was dated May, 1931. This got me to thinking how pet bird care has changed over the years. [... more]
Bella Online |
Paris Then and Now (Compact) (Then & Now Thunder Bay)
Playing all the angles: Paris is, I think, the second most beautiful city in the world (full disclosure: I live in Rome, which is tops in my book) and so I was eager to take a look at this book when I saw it at a friends' house. I was already familiar [... more]
$12.95
Amazon.com |
Pittsburgh Then and Now
A Pictoral History of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Then and Now is one of the best pictoral historical books around. Everybody knows about the history of steel in Pittsburgh but few know about its local history. This book is one that tells both [... more]
$27.95
Amazon.com |
Ghost Town: Tales of Manhattan Then and Now
Three stories about living and dying in the City: GHOST TOWN is part of Bloomsbury's Writer in the City series, in which a writer provides a story that captures the essence of a certain city. In this volume, Patrick McGrath takes on Manhattan and gives [... more]
$16.95
Amazon.com |
