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Who uses "skeeter hawk," "snake doctor," and "dragonfly" to refer to the same insect? Who says "gum band" instead of "rubber band"? The answers can be found in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle and South Atlantic States (LAMSAS), the largest single survey of regional and social differences in spoken American English. It covers the region from New York state to northern Florida and from the coastline to the borders of Ohio and Kentucky. Through interviews with nearly twelve hundred people conducted during the 1930s and 1940s, the LAMSAS mapped regional variations in vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation at a time when population movements were more limited than they are today, thus providin...
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Hardcover reprint of the original 1909 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Montgomery, Morton L. (Morton Luther) Comp. Historical And Biographical Annals Of Berks County, Pennsylvania: Embracing A Concise History Of The County And A Genealogical And Biographical Record Of Representative Families, 1, pVolume 1. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Montgomery, Morton L. (Morton Luther) Comp. Historical And Biographical Annals Of Berks County, Pennsylvania: Embracing A Concise History Of The County And A Genealogical And Biographical Record Of Representative Families, 1, pVolume 1. Chicago, Ill.: J. H. Beers, 1909
Hardcover reprint of the original 1909 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9". No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Montgomery, Morton L. (Morton Luther) . Historical And Biographical Annals Of Berks County, Pennsylvania, Embracing A Concise History Of The County And A Genealogical And Biographical Record Of Representative Families, Comp. By Morton L. Montgomery. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Montgomery, Morton L. (Morton Luther) . Historical And Biographical Annals Of Berks County, Pennsylvania, Embracing A Concise History Of The County And A Genealogical And Biographical Record Of Representative Families, Comp. By Morton L. Montgomery, . Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1909.
Much of late-nineteenth-century American politics was parade and pageant. Voters crowded the polls, and their votes made a real difference on policy. In Party Games, Mark Wahlgren Summers tells the full story and admires much of the political carnival, but he adds a cautionary note about the dark recesses: vote-buying, election-rigging, blackguarding, news suppression, and violence. Summers also points out that hardball politics and third-party challenges helped make the parties more responsive. Ballyhoo did not replace government action. In order to maintain power, major parties not only rigged the system but also gave dissidents part of what they wanted. The persistence of a two-party system, Summers concludes, resulted from its adaptability, as well as its ruthlessness. Even the reform of political abuses was shaped to fit the needs of the real owners of the political system--the politicians themselves.