AMHERST, Town, United States

town (1990 pop. 35,228), Hampshire co., central Mass., in a fertile farm area; inc. 1759. Named for Lord Jeffery Amherst, it is a college town. Emily Dickinson was born and lived there all her life. Helen Hunt Jackson was also born there, and Ray Stannard Baker, Eugene Field, Robert Frost, and Noah Webster lived in the town. It is the seat of the Univ. of Massachusetts, Hampshire College, and Amherst College. The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is there..

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books on: Amherst Town United States  - 453 results

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Lord Jeffery Amherst, a Soldier of the King
Book by J. C. Long; The Macmillan Company, 1933
Subjects: Amherst, Jeffery Amherst--Baron--1717-1797, United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763
...for listing of Amherstiana. Amherst Jeffery: Journal . Amherst William: Journal . Andrews...Morehouse: The History of the Town of Amherst . Channing Edward: A History of the United States . Chart D. A.: The Story...
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Handbook of Research on Urban Politics and Policy in the United States
Book by Ronald K. Vogel; Greenwood Press, 1997
Subjects: Cities And Towns--Research--United States, Metropolitan Government--United States, Urban Policy--United States
...Norman E. 1971. Towards a New Theory of Distributive Justice . Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. Bowman Ann OM. 1987...Publications. Domhoff G. William. 1990. The Power Elite and the State . New York: Aldine De Gruyer. Dye Thomas. 1986. "Community...
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The Consecrated Eminence: The Story of the Campus and Buildings of Amherst College
Book by Stanley King; Amherst College, 1951
Subjects: Amherst College--History
...served as trustee of Amherst from 1861 to 1896...graduated from Amherst in the class of 1874...Representatives and United States Senator from Massachusetts...the building to the town for town meetings...to make gifts to Amherst and Williams Colleges...
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The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States
Book by Alexander Keyssar; Basic Books, 2000
Subjects: Suffrage--United States--History, Voting--United States--History
...courts also ruled that states can distinguish among...related to a legitimate state interest. Owens v...1967 and 1975, fourteen states dropped their laws enfranchising...68. Two additional states provided for lifetime...26 October 1998 , the town of Amherst, Massachusetts, also...
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The Book in America: A History of the Making and Selling of Books in the United States
Book by Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt; R.R. Bowker, 1951
Subjects: Booksellers And Bookselling--United States, Printing--History--United States, Publishers And Publishing--United States
...books in exotic type faces. In Amherst the college attracted printers...presses were competing to serve town and gown. In the state of Connecticut, Newton Case 1870...significant printers of the City and State of New York have already been...
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journal articles on: Amherst Town United States  - 447 results

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A Pox on Amherst: Smallpox, Sir Jeffery, and a Town Named Amherst
Journal article by Francis E. Flavin; Historical Journal of Massachusetts, Vol. 30, 2002
...rather for the town of Amherst...Lord Jeffery Amherst," a song...Britain and the United States between the...name of the town or the college...represent the town and the college...appropriateness of the towns name is still...likened Jeffery Amherst to Saddam...
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Natural Glory in the Midst of War: The Establishment of Yosemite State Park
Journal article by Adam Wesley Dean; Civil War History, Vol. 56, 2010
Subjects: Parks--History, Parks--Laws, regulations and rules, Parks--United States, Yosemite National Park, California--History
...contended that "the great United States and the State of California were...Yellowstones creation, the United States passed several measures...transferring authority from state governments and citizens...During the war, the United States nationalized its currency...
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The American College Town*
Journal article by Blake Gumprecht; The Geographical Review, Vol. 93, 2003
Subjects: University towns--Analysis, University towns--Social aspects, University towns--Statistics
...of the study towns in 2000 were...in a different state five years before...many college towns the majority...College-town residents are...rates in the United States are among the...Central Missouri State University Regional...the 59 study towns Total for the United States Total for urban...THE ENROLLMENT TOWN COLLEGE OR TO...
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The Vice Trust: A Reinterpretation of the White Slavery Scare in the United States, 1907-1917
Journal article by Mara L. Keire; Journal of Social History, Vol. 35, 2001
Subjects: Corporations--Social aspects, Prostitution--Social aspects, Social history--United States, United States--History, Vice--Social aspects
...aristocracy and enable the United States to realize the ideals...slavery to represent state-regulated prostitution...Allen, The Company Town in the American...inflation for company towns using the cash value...in Six American States," The Survey...1039; Hake v. United States, 227 U.S. 308 (1913); State v. Gilbert, 147...
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Unacceptable Mannerisms: Gender Anxieties, Homosexual Activism, and Swish in the United States, 1945-1965
Journal article by Craig M. Loftin; Journal of Social History, Vol. 40, 2007
Subjects: Gays--Social aspects, Sexual identity--Analysis, United States--Social aspects, World War II, 1939-1945
...the small Montana town where he lived...involved. In the United States, it was truly unprecedented...Ages: Life in the United States, 1945-1960 (Boston...Culture, 1939-1979 (Amherst, 2004). On postwar...Minority in the United States (Chicago, 1983...
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magazine articles on: Amherst Town United States  - 149 results

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Big Top in a Small Town
Magazine article by Carole Lee; Humanities, Vol. 21, May/Jun 2000
Subjects: Education, Entertainment, History, Humanities, United States
...Big Top in a Small Town by Carole Lee The...possible thanks to state humanities councils...more than twenty states. The original movement...twelve thousand towns, entertaining thirty...Tonight or Belle of Amherst," says Jenkinson...remote parts of her state. She takes pleasure...will play in five towns in Missouri and...District will host the states first tent Chautauqua...
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People Who Are Changing Things
Magazine article by Ann Morrissett Davidon, Elsa Dixler, Howard J. Ehrlich; The Nation, Vol. 240, January 19, 1985
Subjects: Amherst, Massachusetts--Laws, regulations and rules, Antinuclear movement--Political aspects, Central America--International relations, Demonstrations--Cases, Intervention (International law)--Central America, Military intervention--Central America, Nuclear Free America--Reports, Plowshares--Cases, Takoma Park, Maryland--Laws, regulations and rules, United States foreign relations--Central America, United States--International relations, Voting for Peace and Organized to Win Economic Rights--Political activity, Winooski Forty-four--Cases
...Although the United States has signed treaties...appealed to the State Supreme Court...counties in the United States have declared themselves...zones by ordinance, town meeting or referendum...Maryland, and Amherst, Massachusetts...in more than 200 towns and cities have...
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Women's Colleges Receive High Marks for Learning Effectiveness
Magazine article by Eleanor Lee Yates; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 17, January 18, 2001
Subjects: Amherst, VA, Colleges & universities, Community colleges, Community support, Education, Effectiveness, Kim, Mikyong, Learning, Polls & surveys, United States, Women
...environments. Sweet Briar College, a small womens college in Amherst, Va., is among one of only four schools in the survey scoring...College has long been known for solid academics in a small-town setting in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The enrollment...
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Left Behind: If Best-Selling End-Times Author Tim LaHaye Has His Way, Church-State Separation Will Be ..
Magazine article by Rob Boston; Church & State, Vol. 55, February 2002
Subjects: Church and state--Political aspects, LaHaye, Tim--Attitudes, Religious Right (American politics)--Personalities
...flyspeck of a town so puny it doesnt even appear on state maps. Reflecting...writers in the United States, rivaling Stephen...about how the United States was founded...Secular Humanism in Amherst, N.Y., told...calls church-state separation...there is in the United States." A revisionist...
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State by State
Magazine article by Laura Wolff Scanlan; Humanities, Vol. 22, January 2001
Subjects: Humanities, United States
...are shared with elected officials at the state and local levels. During the first session...led by Janet Rith-Najarian of Bermidji State University. The Maya Society of Minnesota...scholars, new and experienced Granite State philanthropists come together to talk about...
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newspaper articles on: Amherst Town United States  - 13 results

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Ignoring Republicans
Newspaper article by Jennifer Harper; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), July 29, 2011
Subjects: Credit ratings--Forecasts and trends, Electioneering--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Electioneering--Location, National debt--Laws, regulations and rules, Political campaigns--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Political campaigns--Location, Politicians--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Politicians--Location, Public debts--Laws, regulations and rules, Republican Party (United States)--Economic policy
...all next week on an eight-town tour of New Hampshire, the...County Fair as a guest of Iowa State Rep. Josh Byrnes. And thats...voters believe reporters in the United States sometimes use illegal methods...marching in a July 4th parade in Amherst, N.H. Mr. Huntsman will...
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U.S. Nixes Death Penalty for Kopp Extradition
Newspaper article by Jerry Seper; The Washington Times, June 9, 2001
...the kitchen of his Amherst, N.Y., home...Police in Dinan, a town in the Brittany region...practice, asked the United States to assure it that...working to ensure the United States ability to...serious charges in a United States court or risking...
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Thousand Islandseach Tell a Tale
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 26, 2010
...Alexandria Bay in the United States and Kingston and Rockport...by the islands name: Amherst, Simcoe and Howe, for...three golf courses, two state parks, a former Methodist...linked Canada and the States via Wolfe Island. For...Gananoque, a Canadian town downriver from Kingston...
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'The People Are Speaking'; Venezuela Vote Seen as Test of Chavez Popularity
Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), September 27, 2010
Subjects: Chavez, Hugo--Elections, Chavez, Hugo--Political activity, Voting--Political aspects
...Venezuelas ambassador to the United States, Bernardo Alvarez...that of the opposition. Amherst College professor Javier...members to go out into towns, find people and bring...Is she in some other town? Well, lets see if we can go to that other town and find her and encourage...
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Free at Last; Bush a New Hero in Baghdad
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 11, 2003
...Madison, the protests have been more town than gown," it said. "At Berkeley...another nostalgia-minded professor at Amherst whose salad (bratwurst?) days...his students that "if you love the United States, you must, as an act of patriotism...
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encyclopedia articles on: Amherst Town United States  - 2 results

 
 
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Amherst , Town, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AMHERST , town, United States town (1990 pop. 35,228), Hampshire...inc. 1759. Named for Lord Jeffery Amherst , it is a college town. Emily Dickinson...Massachusetts, Hampshire College, and Amherst College. The Eric Carle Museum of Picture...
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Massachusetts
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...states of the NE United States. It is...the original 13 states to ratify the...Nickname, Bay State. Motto, Ense...institutions include Amherst College, at...in the United States) was also the...practice the town meeting served...elementary schools in towns of 50 or more...education in the United States. Native American...


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