American Military Shoulder Arms. Volume III : Flintlock alterations and muzzleloading percussion shoulder arms, 1840-1865 / / George D. Moller

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779062103321
• Autore: Moller George D
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-63654-9; 0-8263-5002-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (648 p.)
• Collana: American military shoulder arms ; ; v. 3
• Disciplina: 355.8/242/0973
• Soggetti: United States Armed Forces Firearms History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Alterations -- pt. 2. Armory-pattern muzzleloading shoulder arms -- pt. 3. Non-armory-pattern muzzleloading shoulder arms.
• Sommario/riassunto: This third volume in Moller's authoritative reference work describes muzzleloading percussion shoulder arms procured by the U.S. government for issue to federal and state armed forces in the period that includes the Civil War. These twenty-five years were an exciting time in the history of shoulder arms. During the 1840s, only a handful of American manufacturers were capable of producing significant quantities of arms having fully interchangeable components. By the early 1850s, at least one firm was producing rifles with close enough tolerances to be considered fully interchangeable.

Urban education with an attitude / / edited by Lauri Johnson, Mary E. Finn, Rebecca Lewis

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910962826603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2005
• ISBN: 9780791483589; 0791483584; 9781423743897; 142374389X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: x, 224 p. : ill
• Altri autori (Persone): JohnsonLauri; FinnMary E; LewisRebecca <1952->
• Disciplina: 370/.9173/2
• Soggetti: Education, Urban - United States; Community education - United States; Popular education - United States; Teachers - Training of - United States; Curriculum change - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- URBAN EDUCATION WITH AN ATTITUDE -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Linking Theory, Practice, and Community in Urban School Reform -- Call to Action: Promoting Educational Equity in Urban School Reform -- 1. The Racial Achievement Gap: How Can We Assure an Equity of Outcomes? -- 2. Things to Come: Teachers' Work and Urban School Reform -- 3. Court-Ordered Reform of New York State School Aid -- 4. Connecting Community Development andUrban School Reform -- Linking Urban Schools to Their Communities -- 5. Creating Small Urban Schools: Expeditionary Learning as School Reform -- 6. Why the Arts Matter in Our Schools -- 7. Art: An Educational Link between School and Community -- 8. City Voices, City Visions: Digital Video as Literacy/Learning Supertool in Urban Classrooms -- Reforming Teacher Education to Improve Urban Education -- 9. ; Teaching to Change the World -- 10. Community Walk-About: Finding the Hope in Hopelessness -- 11. Transforming Urban Education through the Massachusetts Coalition for Teacher Quality and Student Achievement -- University Partnerships for Parent Empowerment -- 12. Giving Voice to Urban Parents: Using a Community-Based Survey to Leverage School Reform -- 13. Structural Barriers and School Reform: The Perceptions of a Group of Working-Class Parents -- 14. Workshops with an Attitude -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
• Sommario/riassunto: Teachers, community activists, and parents acknowledge and applaud democratic educational systems that establish partnerships between universities and the urban communities they serve.