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The advent of email and texting has dramatically changed the way we communicate. In essence, we have lost touch in our dealings with each other. This change may have been speeded by newer technologies, but telegraphs and telephones had a great impact in our perceptions of time and place. Before mass communication, the way we ordered and embedded knowledge and the possibilities of social interaction were defined by the extended human experience of living in towns. Can this experience be replicated with new technologies?

"How small is your town? Full-page photographs, simple sentences, and relevant key words help early learners discover where they live. This book also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggest guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension"--

Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Communications in medieval towns - Introductory Remarks -- Lines of Communication in Medieval Dublin -- Places of Power: the Spreading of Official Information and the Social Uses of Space in Fifteenth-Century Paris -- Les communications en ville: Danemark et Schleswig-Holstein au Moyen Âge et à l'époque moderne -- Ferry services and social life in early modern Norwegian towns -- Between free passage and restriction. Roads and bridges in the towns of Wallachia and Moldavia (16th-18th century)

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, small towns sprouted up along the banks of America's rivers. Through a year of changing seasons the reader is transported to the days when people's livelihoods were directly connected to the river. The life of the townsfolk is shown to be an accumulation of events both large and small, from a joyous Halloween parade to the frozen river in winter to the threat of damaging springtime floods. Children and adults alike will pour over these pages of intricate etchings, noticing the changes and happenings of day-to-day, season-to-season life lived along a river. As they did in Prairie Town, the Geiserts have once again created a stunning tribute to small-town America as it once was and, to an extent, still remains today

Starting out from Roxborough -- The natural history of an intellectual -- What came with the house -- The rise and fall of a country town -- The influence of a ghost -- The mind of Roxborough -- Human nature, Roxborough style -- Institutions and people -- The future of the town -- The larger society -- The burden on the schools -- The duty of the intellectuals

"A new title in our popular First Words and Pictures series highlights places around town. This oversize board book shows words and pictures together, encouraging kids to name objects, begin to recognize categories, and embark on a lifetime of reading and learning"--