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Iowa. Geology of Iowa, Iowa archaeology, History of Iowa, List of Governors of Iowa, Iowa caucuses, Iowa General Assembly, Iowa State Capitol, Political party strength in Iowa, List of school districts in Iowa, List of colleges and universities in Iowa, List of people from Iowa. ... Read more

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This is the official program for the Track and Field Championship held at Clyde Williams Field in Ames on 5-28-55. ... Read more

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History of the University of Iowa's Department of Medicine, for medical historians. Discusses the program's key players and issues that shaped its growth. DNLM: University of Iowa, Dept. of Internal Medicine. ... Read more

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Illustrations and text representing each letter of the alphabet present information about geographical locations, important industries, significant historical events, and extraordinary people in the state of Iowa. ... Read more

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Tasty little historical morsels about Iowa
I purchased this delightful book for my children a few years ago. It contains a series of historical facts about the state of Iowa, one for each letter of the alphabet. My children were fascinated by some of the entries and my son used some of them in his schoolwork about the history of the state. I work in computers and they were astounded to learn that the computer was in fact invented in Iowa. There were many other instances when they came to me and excitedly said, "Daddy, did you know that . . . ?"
This is a wonderful book of historical facts suitable for children in the 6-10 years of age range. I highly recommend that you get it if you have children of that age.

Fun History
This ABC book is a wonderful way to introduce your child to some of the fun and interesting history of Iowa.Readers will discover some little known facts about the state, through real-life pictures and cute illustrations.Mrs. Gensicke really understands what will captivate a young audience and employs her knowledge of the young reader in this book.Audiences of all ages will be surprised at facts they will pick up about a small, but very wonderful state. ... Read more

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And As A Guide In Identification For All Who Desire To Become Acquainted With Our Common Birds. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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University of Iowa 101 is required reading for every future Hawkeye! From collecting Homecoming Badges to the steps of Old Capitol, you'll share all the traditions and school spirit with the next generation!This sturdy board book features loads of high quality photos and content for young and old alike. Perfect for fans and alumni to share with kids and grandchildren. The book makes a great baby shower gift, birthday gift and holiday gift! Make sure the little ones grow up supporting the RIGHT school and team!!!! ... Read more

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Distant Schoolhouses
There is a type of traditional photograph that I think of as "confrontational".The subject seems to present itself directly, with little effort to make us like it.Nothing is offered to make us care for the subject: no little bit of softening; or touching at a memory; or suggestion that something worth loving exists, or might have existed, within.If we love such a confrontational picture, it is because of what we bring to it; because of the connotations that we carry in our mind rather then the denotation of the photographer.If we love such a picture, it may be in spite of itself.

The pictures of the one-room schoolhouses that Michael Harker presents in these images are confrontational.The one-room schoolhouses are photographed without any mellowing influence.Instead, many of them are shot from a three-quarters angle so that one side appears in sunlight and another in shade.This in turn leads to a harsh and unmitigated contrast that is more likely to occupy the viewer's mind than thoughts about what once went on inside the schoolhouses.Often someone's picture of an old school building will lead us to wonder what life was like in its heyday, full of children and community.But these pictures of old schoolhouses reminded me only of the impermanence of what man creates.

Only in the few pictures of the interiors of a few of the schools do we think of the living who sat at the desks and prepared themselves to learn the world.Only then do we think that Paul Theobold, whose essay is included, might be right to suggest that we may have lost something of value when we switched from the one-room schoolhouse to the regional campus.

Although the black and white images presented here have a superficial resemblance to the images in the artist's earlier book "Harker's Barns: Visions of an American Icon (Bur Oak Book)", a close reading of the two will show the differences.Both the structures and the angles of view of the different barns varied more than here.Some were still working, as indicated by the cattle or hay bales in the scene, even though they were starting to run down.Others showed us their context.Tonalities supported the overall feeling.Sometimes even the abandoned barns made us feel that something important had gone on there, and even, that perhaps they deserved a well-earned rest.

I'm certain there are people who find confrontational subjects attractive.There are also folks who so love these old schoolhouses that the approach of the photographer will not be material and these folks will find this volume interesting.But for me, Harker's one-room schoolhouses remind me more of a disinterested archeology then of a work of love.Comparing the two books will help readers understand a great deal about the nature of photography.
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A small handful of black-and-white photographs illustrate this thoughtful analysis
Award finalist poet Maggie Nelson presents Women, The New York School, and Other True Abstractions, an in-depth contemplation of women in and connected to the New York School of Poets from the 1950s to the present. Analyses of the work of Barbara Guest, Bernadette Mayer, Alice Notley, Eileen Myles, and abstract painter Joan Mitchell as well as feminist insights into a number of male New York School writers and artists offer new interpretations of issues of anonymity vs. publicity, solitary vs. communal existence, enduring vs. ephemeral aspects of life, domesticity, boredom, inspiration, sex, and politics. Above all, Women, The New York School, and Other True Abstrictions strives to have the reader reconsider the concepts of "schools" or "avant-garde", cutting down to the fundamental questions: why do we read, and how do our gender and sexuality affect our interpretations of what we read? "If there's one thing Mayer's work has to impart, it is a promotion of the paradoxical value of the gratuitous itself. To allow for this paradox - to pay attention to it, to admire it - is to salute that which is unpaid, uncalled for, unjustifiable, and, in a complex sense of the word, free." A small handful of black-and-white photographs illustrate this thoughtful analysis, including an unusual gelatin silver print of a man masturbating.

Truly excellent
Nelson's examination of the women of the NY School is not a distaff analysis, but a critical dilation of an otherwise false whole -- it is a book to be written on, and in, with the great joy that comes from great discovery. ... Read more

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NIghtmares of K-12
This anthology of memories of school, elementary through high school in the US is an erudite volume of sixty two stories written by professional authors, most well know, the majority teachers; I recognized just a few. All are brief, with a punch, a bit of personal philosophy but little humor. The editors, both teachersclearly state the intent of the anthology and remind us that "schools are our first strict lesson in how we fit in, or don't or how we stand apart and how we stand out." From the trauma of an Indian Reservation School to humiliation in first grade, these were not the stories I expected to read except for the usual tough nun in a Catholic school.The collection is a good example of how to write well, how to write memoirs but PTSD should not begin in PS 32. Misery loves company. If you need company read this anthology.

The book dealer, Jacky Hurd was prompt and thebook unblemished, more than five stars.T. Chisholm ... Read more

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Despite being the centerpiece of rural educational reformfor most of the twentieth century, rural school consolidation hasreceived remarkably little scholarly attention. The social history andgeography of the movement, the widespread resistance it provoked, andthe cultural landscapes its proponents sought to transform haveremained largely unexplored. Now in There Goes the Neighborhood DavidReynolds remedies this situation by examining the rural schoolconsolidation movement in that most midwestern of midwestern states,Iowa.

From 1912 to 1921, Iowa was the center of national attention as stateand local education leaders attempted to implement a new model ofrural education, intended to be emulated throughout the rest of theMidwest. As part of the Country Life movement-whose leaders sought tocreate a more modern future for farm families, an alternative form ofrural community that combined the advantages of both city andcountry-the initially successful model collapsed in the earlytwenties, not to be revived until after World War II. Reynolds focuseson how and why rural school consolidation was so vigorously resistedin most of Iowa, why it failed in the twenties, and what its lastingconsequences have been.

Combining social and oral history, modern social theory, historicalgeography, and ethnography, There Goes the Neighborhood is the mostauthoritative analysis to date of the politics, geography, and socialhistory of rural school consolidation in any state. ... Read more

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Moving and well written account of a forgotten part of American history
Ms. Diehl writes a blatantly honest account of what it was like to teach in a segregated Virginia school in 1970 sixteen years after Brown vs. Board of Ed. took place to ensure that nonsense like this wouldn't happen. It was both a challenge for her and a blessing and truly any one who reads this account will never walk away feeling the same towards older African Americans who seem "less educated." Read along with books such as Jonathan Kozol's "Savage Inequalities" would greatly help one appreciate Mrs. Diehls account a lot more. Tremendous reflective effort on the lives of poor children, some of whom she reunites with over thirty years later. Would highly recommend it. ... Read more