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Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
310L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (24 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Discusses how electricians, framers, plumbers, roofers, and foremen provide help at a construction site. Includes a glossary, index, and resources for further information.
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 480L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A counting book that leads readers through the day in the life of a construction worker building with bricks.
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
431 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In this account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage, Stephen E. Ambrose offers a historical successor to his universally acclaimed Undaunted Courage, which recounted the explorations of the West by Lewis and Clark. Nothing Like It in the World is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad -- the investors who risked their businesses and money; the enlightened politicians who understood its importance; the...
Author
Publisher
CLACSO
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
First Edition
Physical Desc
1 online resource (287 pages)
Language
Español
Description
Gustavo Lins Riberio combines and stresses theory with fieldwork to unravel the meanings that workers attribute to the construction of Brasilia. This will allow you to reconstruct a memory where hardships, anger, fights, labor injustices, solidarities, friendships, family, loyalties, food flavors, music, organization, union and conflicts fit. , in a messy but readable whole in the light of theory. In short, the class experience can be read in The...
Author
Language
English
Description
"The long-lost tale of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history. In 1864, as the Civil War still raged, throngs of Chinese migrants began to converge on the enormous western worksite of the Transcontinental Railroad. Over the next five years, they blasted tunnels through the granite cliffs of the Sierra Nevada and laid tracks across the burning Nevada...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
368 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The epic story of the Congo-Océan railroad and the human costs and contradictions of modern empire. The Congo-Océan railroad stretches across the Republic of Congo from Brazzaville to the Atlantic port of Pointe-Noir. It was completed in 1934, when Equatorial Africa was a French colony, and it stands as one of the deadliest construction projects in history. Colonial workers were subjects of an ostensibly democratic nation whose motto read "Liberty,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
850L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language
English
Description
This book relays the factual details of the story of the Hoover Dam, which was built in the 1930s. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a Colorado River explorer, a dam worker, and a dam worker's daughter. The text offers opportunities to compare and contrast various perspectives in the text while gathering and analyzing information about a historical event.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
182 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's August 1867 and Sean has just arrived from Chicago, planning to work with his father on the Transcontinental Railroad. Sean must start at the bottom, as a water carrier, toting barrels of it to the thirsty men who are doing the backbreaking work on the line. At night, everyone is usually too tired to do anything but sleep, yet Sundays are free, and Sean discovers the rough and rowdy world of the towns that seem to sprout up from nowhere along...
Author
Series
Twayne's oral history volume no. 11
Pub. Date
1993
Physical Desc
xix, 350 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
440L
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Carefully leveled text and fresh, vibrant photos engage young readers in learning about how construction workers help their community. Age-appropriate critical thinking questions and a photo glossary help build nonfiction learning skills"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Festival, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 500L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Pete the cat gets construction workers and equipment to build the coolest playground ever.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Lexile measure
560L
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
What do construction workers do? Some lucky kids are about to find out! They visit Mr. Moore, a construction worker who's helping to build a new school. He shows them machines that dig big holes. He explains how he follows the building plans. And he tells about different workers and how they stay safe. Hooray for construction workers!
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