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Development And Preservation, George W. Geib
Development And Preservation, George W. Geib
George W. Geib
Details the history of two Marion County Courthouses.
Orwell's 1984 And The Lonely World Of Campaign Management, George W. Geib
Orwell's 1984 And The Lonely World Of Campaign Management, George W. Geib
George W. Geib
George Geib's essay discussing the relevance and humanistic appeal of George Orwell's 1984 in the advent of the 1984 political election.
The Essex Bridge: Transportation And Politics In The Early Republic, George W. Geib
The Essex Bridge: Transportation And Politics In The Early Republic, George W. Geib
George W. Geib
THE years that followed the War for Independence are commonly viewed as a period of rapid economic expansion. Deriving from such elements as a growing population, new foreign markets, increased capital resources, and a confident public spirit, this expansion is known to include a variety of new business ventures, notably in manufacturing and in transportation. Such new ventures are normally pictured in their business context, showing few political overtones apart from sporadic opposition by rural legislators.1 This latter emphasis may be mistaken, however, because many of these early innovative business ventures faced challenges in the form of local political controversies …
The Diary Of Calvin Fletcher And The Historians, George W. Geib
The Diary Of Calvin Fletcher And The Historians, George W. Geib
George W. Geib
While we all make New Year's resolutions, few of us ever keep them with the tenacity that Calvin Fletcher kept the one he apparently made on this day. The diary that he had begun in fragmentary fashion in 1817 and continued intermittently to 1829, he maintained religiously thereafter. In so doing, he provided us with an extraordinary record of his life and times. Published in nine volumes by the Indiana Historical Society from 1972 to 1983, The Diary of Calvin Fletcher represents perhaps the single most important printed source for understanding Indiana's history. In commemoration of Fletcher's two-hundredth birthday on …
Benjamin Harrison, George W. Geib
Benjamin Harrison, George W. Geib
George W. Geib
An account of Benjamin Harrison's rise to the presidency beginning with his successful career during the Civil War.