American Zoom

American Zoom
Author: Peter Golenbock
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
Total Pages: 540
Release: 1993
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780025446151

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With five bestsellers to his name, Peter Golenbock has earned a reputation as one of America's best and most successful sports authors. In American Zoom he presents an oral history of stock car racing, as told by great drivers, mechanics, promoters, and others. "A lively, literate, and loving look at the magic of stock car racing".--The Chicago Tribune

American Zoom

American Zoom
Author: Peter Golenbock
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
Total Pages: 560
Release: 1994
Genre: Sports & Recreation
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With five bestsellers to his name, Peter Golenbock has earned a reputation as one of America's best and most successful sports authors. In American Zoom he presents an oral history of stock car racing, as told by great drivers, mechanics, promoters, and others. "A lively, literate, and loving look at the magic of stock car racing".--The Chicago Tribune

Zoom in on the U.S. Flag

Zoom in on the U.S. Flag
Author: Cecelia H. Brannon
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2016-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0766084582

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Through easy-to-follow text and color photos, readers will learn the fascinating story behind this national symbol, including who designed the first American flag, where the term “Old Glory” came from, and the correct way to handle the flag. A follow-up activity provides readers with a step-by-step guide to the proper care and folding of the flag.

American Photo

American Photo
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Total Pages: 112
Release: 2000-05
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American Photo

American Photo
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Total Pages: 100
Release: 1999-09
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American Photo

American Photo
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Total Pages: 112
Release: 1998-01
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American Photo

American Photo
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Total Pages: 104
Release: 1997-07
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The New American Farmer

The New American Farmer
Author: Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2019-11-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 026235585X

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An examination of Latino/a immigrant farmers as they transition from farmworkers to farm owners that offers a new perspective on racial inequity and sustainable farming. Although the majority of farms in the United States have US-born owners who identify as white, a growing number of new farmers are immigrants, many of them from Mexico, who originally came to the United States looking for work in agriculture. In The New American Farmer, Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern explores the experiences of Latino/a immigrant farmers as they transition from farmworkers to farm owners, offering a new perspective on racial inequity and sustainable farming. She finds that many of these new farmers rely on farming practices from their home countries—including growing multiple crops simultaneously, using integrated pest management, maintaining small-scale production, and employing family labor—most of which are considered alternative farming techniques in the United States. Drawing on extensive interviews with farmers and organizers, Minkoff-Zern describes the social, economic, and political barriers immigrant farmers must overcome, from navigating USDA bureaucracy to racialized exclusion from opportunities. She discusses, among other topics, the history of discrimination against farm laborers in the United States; the invisibility of Latino/a farmers to government and universities; new farmers' sense of agrarian and racial identity; and the future of the agrarian class system. Minkoff-Zern argues that immigrant farmers, with their knowledge and experience of alternative farming practices, are—despite a range of challenges—actively and substantially contributing to the movement for an ecological and sustainable food system. Scholars and food activists should take notice.

Encyclopedia of Stock Car Racing [2 volumes]

Encyclopedia of Stock Car Racing [2 volumes]
Author: Lew Freedman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 969
Release: 2013-03-14
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0313387109

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This two-volume encyclopedia is the Daytona 500 of stock car racing books—an essential "Bible" that provides an all-encompassing history of the sport as well as an up-to-date examination of modern-day stock car racing. How did stock car racing become firmly entrenched in American pop culture, especially in light of the lack of interest in motorsports overall as a spectator activity in the United States? And what has been the secret to NASCAR's financial success and growth over the last six decades? Encyclopedia of Stock Car Racing highlights approximately 250 subjects that have defined the sport since stock car racing was first organized. Organized in A-Z order, it covers all of the greatest drivers, such as Richard Petty, Jimmie Johnson, Junior Johnson, and David Pearson; the special races such as the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400; and the famed tracks across the country, from Bristol Motor Speedway to Darlington Raceway to Talladega Superspeedway. This unprecedented resource collects information about every element of NASCAR history in one place: the early personalities who shaped the sport and set things in motion, the past greats who have now retired, and today's rising stars who continue to make stock car racing one of the most popular sports in the United States.