William Whyte: 9 books
Unlocking the Church
The lost secrets of Victorian sacred space
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
The Victorians built tens of thousands of churches in the hundred years between 1800 and 1900. Wherever you might be in the English-speaking world, you will be close to a Victorian built or remodelled ecclesiastical building. Contemporary experience of church buildings is almost entirely down to the...
The Sheep-Dog - Judging and Conduct of Trials and the Art of Breaking-in
A Comprehensive and Practical Text-Book Dealing with the System of Judging Sheep-Dog Trials in New Zealand and Type on the Show Bench, and with the General Management and Conduct of Trials
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
This book contains a detailed guide to the sheep-dog, being a handbook on the system of judging sheep-dog trails in New Zealand and the art of breaking-in and working sheep-dogs. "The Sheep-Dog" also contains a wealth of useful and practical information relating to the maintenance of collies, making...
by William Whyte
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2017
This fantastic handbook on rearing dogs contains chapters on every aspect of the subject from selecting and breeding to training for exhibition. Although old, it contains a wealth of timeless information that will be of as much use to modern dog owners as it was when first published. Highly recommended...
City
Rediscovering the Center
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Named by Newsweek magazine to its list of "Fifty Books for Our Time."
For sixteen years William Whyte walked the streets of New York and other major cities. With a group of young observers, camera and notebook in hand, he conducted pioneering studies of street life, pedestrian behavior,...
by William H. Whyte
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Regarded as one of the most important sociological and business commentaries of modern times, The Organization Man developed the first thorough description of the impact of mass organization on American society. During the height of the Eisenhower administration, corporations appeared to provide a...
Making Mondragón
The Growth and Dynamics of the Worker Cooperative Complex
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Since its founding in 1956 in Spain's Basque region, the Mondragón Corporation has been a touchstone for the international cooperative movement. Its nearly three hundred companies and organizations span areas from finance to education. In its industrial sector Mondragón has had a rich experience...
by William H. Whyte
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
The remaining corner of an old farm, unclaimed by developers. The brook squeezed between housing plans. Abandoned railroad lines. The stand of woods along an expanded highway. These are the outposts of what was once a larger pattern of forests and farms, the "last landscape." According to...
by Alastair Gunn, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Washington Irving
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age. Wimbourne Books presents the fourth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 4 in the series spans the years 1835 to 1869 and includes stories...
by Valerie Wallace, Gideon Mailer, Iain Whyte
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Faith and Slavery in the Presbyterian Diaspora considers how, in areas as diverse as the New Hebrides, Scotland, the United States, and East Central Africa, men’s and women’s shared Presbyterian faith conditioned their interpretations of and interactions with the institution of chattel slavery....