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Grandmother's garden : the old-fashioned American garden, 1865-1915 / by Hill, May Brawley.(CARDINAL)176335;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The roots of grandmother's garden -- Grandmother's garden rediscovered -- American scenes and cottage gardens -- Rescuing the old place -- The colonial revival and the old-fashioned garden -- Painting grandmother's garden -- Two American cottage gardens -- The arts and crafts movement and the American cottage garden -- Cottage gardens for laborers and suburbanites -- Grandmother's garden in the middle Atlantic and South -- Grandmother's garden on the frontier -- Grandmother's garden on the Pacific coast.
Subjects: Gardens, American; Cottage gardens; Landscape gardening;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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Résistance : a woman's journal of struggle and defiance in occupied France / by Humbert, Agnès.(CARDINAL)547454;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 358-359) and index.The fall of the Third Republic -- Paris under the Swastika -- In the prison du Cherche-Midi -- In the prison de la Sante -- In the prison de Fresnes -- In the communal cell -- Forced labour -- At the Phrix Rayon Factory -- The fall of the Third Reich -- Hunting the Nazis.A real-life Suite Française, this riveting diary by a key female member of the French Resistance in WWII is translated into English for the first time. Agnès Humbert was an art historian in Paris during the German occupation in 1940. Though she might well have weathered the oppressive regime, Humbert was stirred to action by the atrocities she witnessed. In an act of astonishing bravery, she joined forces with several colleagues to form an organized resistance--very likely the first such group to fight back against the occupation. (In fact, their newsletter, Résistance, gave the French Resistance its name.) In the throes of their struggle for freedom, the members of Humbert's group were betrayed to the Gestapo; Humbert herself was imprisoned. In immediate, electrifying detail, Humbert describes her time in prison, her deportation to Germany, where for more than two years she endured a string of brutal labor camps, and the horror of discovering that seven of her friends were executed by a firing squad. But through the direst of conditions, and ill health in the labor camps, Humbert retains hope for herself, for her friends, and for humanity. Originally published in France in 1946, the book was soon forgotten and is now translated into English for the first time.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Diaries.; Personal narratives.; Humbert, Agnès; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Prisoners of war; Prisoners of war;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Steal this university : the rise of the corporate university and the academic labor movement / by Johnson, Benjamin Heber.(CARDINAL)433041; Kavanagh, Patrick,1972-(CARDINAL)265590; Mattson, Kevin,1966-(CARDINAL)265589;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-249) and index.1430L
Subjects: Universities and colleges; College teachers' unions; Education, Higher; Universities and colleges;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Paul Robeson : artist and citizen / by Stewart, Jeffrey C.,1950-(CARDINAL)726790; Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum.(CARDINAL)171483; Paul Robeson Cultural Center.(CARDINAL)716669;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-314) and index.Happy Black boy / Lloyd L. Brown -- Paul Robeson : an athlete's legacy / Francis C. Harris -- Doing the state some service : Paul Robeson and the endless quest for racial justice / Derrick Bell -- The image and Paul Robeson / Deborah Willis -- Troubled relations : Robeson, Eugene O'Neill, and Oscar Micheaux / Charles Musser -- Paul Robeson, musician / Doris Evans McGinty and Wayne Shirley -- Robeson and Othello / Martin Duberman -- The Black body : Paul Robeson as a work of art and politics / Jeffrey C. Stewart -- Race, working-class consciousness, and dreaming in Africa : song of freedom and Jericho / Mark A. Reid -- Paul Robeson and the American labor movement / Mark D. Naison -- Comrades and friends : the personal/political world of Paul Robeson / Gerald Horne -- Paul Robeson and the U.S.S.R. / David Levering Lewis -- Paul Robeson : a bibliophile in spite of himself / Charles L. Blockson -- What is Robeson's contemporary legacy? / Julianne Malveaux -- Black stars in exile : Paul Robeson, O.J. Simpson, and Othello / Ed Guerrero -- Paul Robeson, icon for the twenty-first century / John Hope Franklin.
Subjects: Biographies.; Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976.; African Americans; Singers; Actors; Political activists;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Team building : a memoir about family and the fight for workers' rights / by Gwin, Ben,Author(DLC)n 2018053440;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-212).From the author of Clean Time comes a firsthand account of the organizing effort inside one of the world's largest tech companies and its impact on one Pittsburgh family. In 2019, Ben Gwin played an integral role in organizing the contract workers at Google's Pittsburgh offices. In Team Building, he takes us inside the employees' fight for better benefits and more flexible scheduling, offering us a candid account of today's labor movement and the forces in America that aim to divide workers and maintain the status quo. But this is also a personal story of struggle and triumph. As Ben works with the union, he's suddenly faced with the prospect of raising his teenage daughter alone after her mother dies of a drug overdose. As he juggles work and the challenges of single fatherhood, he offers us a frank portrait of daily American life, where it sometimes feels like every moment is an uphill battle. Expertly crafted and tightly structured, Team Building artfully explores the ways our working conditions reach deeply into our lives outside the office. It's an honest and ultimately hopeful look at the importance of building solid foundations with the teams that matter most.
Subjects: Gwin, Ben.; Labor unions; Labor unions; Teams in the workplace.; Employee fringe benefits.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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CCC art : artists of the civilian conservation corps : Marshall Davis / by Duxbury, Kathleen.(CARDINAL)831500;
Remembering the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) by discovering the art and artists who depicted it. The CCC was the first and most successful of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Great Depression work programs. What they accomplished is now recognized as the greatest conservation movement in United States history. It operated from 1933 to 1942. The CCC was a labor force comprised of single young men, Native Americans, World War veterans and another unique group that, until now, has rarely been mentioned . . . Artists. President Roosevelt gave his personal approval to the making of an pictorial record of the life and work of the CCC by sending artists into the camps. "CCC ART - Artists of the Civilian Conservation Corps - Marshall Davis" has been deeply researched and explains the genesis of a quiet part of American art history, the CCC art project. It was a small program administered by dedicated and intelligent New Dealers in the Treasury Department and other agencies. A remarkable story emerges of one untried artist, Marshall Davis, unemployed and struggling during the cruelest years of the Great Depression. His talents are recognized and for over eight years, first as a CCC enrollee, than as an embedded artist on assignment he observes, illustrates and reports on the most popular New Deal program. His numerous illustrations provide an entertaining and insightful pictorial record of the real CCC story. --From Amazon.com
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Davis, Clarence Marshall, 1909-1999.; Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A nation of women : an early feminist speaks out / by Capetillo, Luisa,1879-1922,author.; Matos Rodraiguez, Faelix V.,1962-editor.; West, Alan,1953-translator.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-140).Introduction: "Mi patria es la libertad" : context and introduction to Puerto Rico's first feminist treatise / Faelix V. Matos Rodraiguez -- Woman in the home, in the family, and in government -- Free love by Magdalena Vernet -- Varieties : feminism (fromL'Avenir Maedical of Paris) -- On honesty -- To my daughter Manuela Ledesma Capetillo -- Your black scarf : to Maraia Luisa Rodraiguez -- Special excerpts -- Women during primitive times -- To Jacinto Texidor : memories -- Elisa Tavarez de Storer -- To M. Martainez Rossello, Arecibo -- To Tomaas Carriaon -- My profession of faith : to Manuel Ugarte, Paris -- Impressions of a trip, July 1909 : remembering the Federaciaon Libre (Free Federation) -- Thinking of you : for M.L., Arecibo."The groundbreaking feminist and socialist writings of Puerto Rican author and activist Luisa Capetillo. In 1915, Puerto Rican activist Luisa Capetillo was arrested and acquitted for being the first woman to wear men's trousers publicly. While this act ofgender-nonconforming rebellion elevated her to feminist icon status in modern pop culture, it also overshadowed the significant contributions she made to the women's movement and anarchist labor movements of the early twentieth century--both in her native Puerto Rico and in the migrant labor belt in the eastern United States. With the volume A Nation of Women, Capetillo's socialist and feminist activism is given the spotlight it deserves with its inclusion of the first English translation of Capetillo'slandmark Mi opiniaon sobre las libertades, derechos y deberes de la mujer. Originally published in Spanish in 1911, Mi opiniaon is considered by many to be the first feminist treatise in Puerto Rico and one of the first in Latin America and the Caribbean.In concise prose, Capetillo advocates a workers' revolution, forcefully demanding an end to the exploitation and subordination of workers and women. Her essays challenge big business in favor of socialism, call for legalizing divorce and the acceptance of "free love" in relationships, and cover topics such as sexuality, mental and physical health, hygiene, spirituality, and nutrition. At once a sharp critique and a celebration of the gathering fervor of world politics, A Nation of Women embraces the humanistic thinking of the early twentieth century and envisions a world in which economic and social structures can be broken down, allowing both the worker and the woman to be free"--
Subjects: Capetillo, Luisa, 1879-1922.; Feminism.; Women; Feminism.; Women.; Women's movement.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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A singing army : Zilphia Horton and the Highlander Folk School / by Ruehl, Kim,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A long line of strong women -- Growth and exploration -- A rift -- Everything new -- New in town -- Class and privilege -- New York City -- Digging roots -- Conflict and war -- No More Mourning -- We Will Overcome -- Getting out of town -- Changing direction -- Trauma -- Lunging toward civil rights -- Chicago -- Contempt and Johns Island -- Sustainability -- Rosa Parks and the end of the line -- A small, regrettable mistake."Zilphia Horton was a pioneer of cultural organizing, an activist and musician who taught people how to use the arts as a tool for social change, and a catalyst for anthems of empowerment such as "We Shall Overcome" and "We Shall Not Be Moved." Her contributions to the Highlander Folk School, a pivotal center of the labor and civil rights movements in the mid-twentieth century, and her work creating the songbook of the labor movement influenced countless figures, from Woody Guthrie to Eleanor Roosevelt to Rosa Parks. Despite her outsized impact, Horton's story has seldom been told. A Singing Army introduces this overlooked figure to the world. Drawing on extensive archival, oral history research, and numerous interviews with Horton's family and friends, Kim Ruehl chronicles her life from childhood in Arkansas coal country, through her formative travels and friendship with radical Presbyterian minister Claude C. Williams, and into her instrumental work in desegregation and fostering the music of the civil rights era. Revealing these experiences--as well as her unconventional marriage and controversial death by poisoning--A Singing Army tells the story of an all-but-forgotten woman who inspired thousands of working-class people to stand up and sing for freedom and equality"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Horton, Zilphia, 1910-1956.; Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.); Women civil rights workers; Women musicians; Protest songs;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Rivers and tides [videorecording] : Andy Goldsworthy working with time / by Davies, Trevor(Trevor J.)(CARDINAL)316752; Donop, Annedore v.(Annedore von)(CARDINAL)316753; Frith, Fred.(CARDINAL)316756; Goldsworthy, Andy,1956-(CARDINAL)224412; Hills, Leslie.(CARDINAL)316751; Riedelsheimer, Thomas.(CARDINAL)316754; Association relative à la télévision européenne.(CARDINAL)316749; Docurama (Firm)(CARDINAL)215269; Mediopolis (Firm)(CARDINAL)316755; New Video Group.(CARDINAL)219113; Skyline Productions (Edinburgh, Scotland)(CARDINAL)316750; Westdeutscher Rundfunk.(CARDINAL)121807; Yleisradio Oy.(CARDINAL)316748;
Nourishment -- Labor of love -- Artful movement -- Feelings of uncertainty -- Taking shape -- Reflections -- Borrowed time -- Flow of nature -- Out of necessity -- Coming together -- Still life -- Extras.Director of photography, Thomas Riedelsheimer ; editor, Thomas Riedelsheimer ; music, Fred Frith.Andy Goldsworthy, presenter.Follows Andy Goldsworthy's bohemian free spirit all over the world as he demonstrates and opens up about his creative process. From his long-winding rock walls and icicle sculptures to his interlocking leaf chains and multi-colored pools of flowers. Goldsworthy's painstakingly intricate masterpieces are made entirely of materials found in Mother Nature - who threatens and often succeeds in destroying his art, sometimes before it is even finished.MPAA rating: Not rated.DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Goldsworthy, Andy, 1956-; Found objects (Art); Nature (Aesthetics); Outdoor sculpture.; Sculpture materials.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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The human condition / by Arendt, Hannah,1906-1975.(CARDINAL)126335; Canovan, Margaret.(CARDINAL)514885;
Includes bibliographical references and index.I. The human condition. Vita activa and the human condition ; The term vita activa ; Eternity versus immortality -- II. The public and the private realm. Man : a social or a political animal ; The polis and the household ; The rise of the social ; The public realm : the common ; The private realm : property ; The social and the private ; The location of human activities -- III. Labor. "The labour of our body and the work of our hands" ; The thing-character of the world ; Labor and life ; Labor and fertility ; The privacy of property and wealth ; The instruments of work and the division of labor ; A consumers' society -- IV. Work. The durability of the world ; Reification ; Instrumentality and animal laborans ; Instrumentality and homo faber ; The exchange market ; The permanence of the world and the work of art -- V. Action. The disclosure of the agent in speech and action ; The web of relationships and the enacted stories ; The frailty of human affairs ; The Greek solution ; Power and the space of appearance ; Homo faber and the space of appearance ; The labor movement ; The traditional substitution of making for acting ; The process character of action ; Irreversibility and the power to forgive ; Unpredictability and the power of promise -- VI. The Vita Activa and the modern age. World alienation ; The discovery of the Archimedean point ; Universal versus natural science ; The rise of the Cartesian eoubt ; Introspection and the loss of common sense ; Thought and the modern world view ; The reversal of contemplation and action ; The reversal within the vita activa and the victory of homo faber ; The defeat of homo faber and the principle of happiness ; Life as the highest good ; The victory of the animal laborans.A work of striking originality bursting with unexpected insights, The Human condition is in many respects more relevant now than when it first appeared in 1958. In her study of the state of modern humanity, Hannah Arendt considers humankind from the perspective of the actions of which it is capable. The problems Arendt identified then--diminishing human agency and political freedom, the paradox that as human powers increase through technological and humanistic inquiry, we are less equipped to control the consequences of our actions--continue to confront us today. This new edition, published to coincide with the fortieth anniversary of its original publication, contains an improved and expanded index and a new introduction by noted Arendt scholar Margaret Canovan which incisively analyzes the book's argument and examines its present relevance. A classic in political and social theory, The Human condition is a work that has proved both timeless and perpetually timely.
Subjects: Economics.; Sociology.; Technology.;
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