Congressman Doc Hastings: Twenty Years of Turmoil traces the causes and growth of our nation’s political divide during the twenty years that Richard “Doc” Hastings represented his Eastern Washington district in Congress. A trusted ally of Republican House Speakers, Doc was rarely in the public spotlight yet helped create the nuclear cleanup caucus, insured funding for the Hanford Site, protected Northwest dams, backed water storage solutions, and championed the development of public lands....

This book is designed to help passengers better understand what the Lewis and Clark expedition experienced during those momentous years of 1804–1806, but also to be able to see through vintage photographs and other images what the members of the Corps of Discovery saw before the rivers were changed forever by hydroelectric dams. It affords an opportunity to travel “in the wake of Lewis and Clark.” Leaving St. Louis on May 14, 1804, with thirty-four soldiers, hired voyagers, and Clark’s sla...

Congressman Doc Hastings: Twenty Years of Turmoil traces the causes and growth of our nation’s political divide during the twenty years that Richard “Doc” Hastings represented his Eastern Washington district in Congress. A trusted ally of Republican House Speakers, Doc was rarely in the public spotlight yet helped create the nuclear cleanup caucus, insured funding for the Hanford Site, protected Northwest dams, backed water storage solutions, and championed the development of public lands....

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Have you decided to get healthy and start growing your own fruit and vegetables?Do you see organic gardening as something that is worthwhile, delivering the best in taste and quality?This book is designed to get you started!Many people enjoy gardening, whether they just grow flowers and plants for the beauty they provide or food they can eat without going to the shops. Recently organic produce has become increasingly popular, as it cuts out many of the harmful pesticides that are used by m...

Have you decided to get healthy and start growing your own fruit and vegetables?Do you see organic gardening as something that is worthwhile, delivering the best in taste and quality?This book is designed to get you started!Many people enjoy gardening, whether they just grow flowers and plants for the beauty they provide or food they can eat without going to the shops. Recently organic produce has become increasingly popular, as it cuts out many of the harmful pesticid...

The 1920s and 30s were key decades for the history of American social science. The success of such quantitative disciplines as economics and psychology during World War I forced social scientists to reexamine their methods and practices and to consider recasting their field as a more objective science separated from its historical foundation in social reform. The debate that ensued, fiercely conducted in books, articles, correspondence, and even presidential addresses, made its way into ev...

From the cotton boll to the Cotton Bowl in modern American cultureThere are few places on earth as thoroughly identified with a crop as the American South is with cotton. Burgundy is known for wine, and Java has coffee. In the South, for most of its history, cotton was king. Through much of the twentieth century, cotton cultivation determined nearly every aspect of life in the region. In Bale After Bale, leading historians and cultural critics offer multif...

“A remarkable gift to the historians who study the overland migration and the descendants of those courageous handcart pioneers.” — Reid L. Neilson, former Assistant Church Historian and RecorderBring Them to Zion: The 1856 Handcart Emigration Organization, Leadership, and Issues offers a deeply researched and meticulously documented account of one of the most ambitious and controversial episodes in Latter-day Saint pioneer history. Drawing on original sources and archival...

Expressing the passion felt for the Cardinals using all 26 letters of the alphabet accompanied by rhymes, colorful illustrations, and informative text, this tribute to the St. Louis baseball team explores the sports obsession in a fresh and humorous way. Readers will enjoy fun facts and amusing illustrations of some of the most famous—and infamous—characters in St. Louis history, including Grover Cleveland Alexander, Lou Brock, Dizzy Dean, Bob Gibson, Rogers Hornsby, Stan Musial, Ozzie Smi...

The Technology of Property Rights combines the understanding of institutions and institutional change with a discussion of the latest technologies and their influence on the measurement and monitoring of property rights. The contributors analyze specific applications for fisheries, whales, water quality, various pollutants, as well as other pressing environmental issues. No other work brings together an economic understanding of environmental issues with technological expertise in...

Renowned international experts Peter B. Smith, Mark F. Peterson, and David C. Thomas, editors of the The Handbook of Cross-Cultural Management, have drawn together scholars in the field of management from around the world to contribute vital information from their cross-national studies to this innovative, comprehensive tome. Chapters explore links between people and organizations, providing useful cultural perspectives on the most significant topics in the field of organi...