Americas Yesteryears

Author : James A. Crutchfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781888608151
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America's Yesteryears written by James A. Crutchfield and published by . This book was released on 1997-04-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In America's Yesteryears, James A. Crutchfield takes us through the most important events that shaped America from 1492 until the start of the Civil War. Presented in short vignettes, these easy-to-read accounts cover the key events in the formation of an emerging America. Numerous illustrations are included for visual reference.

Author : Lorraine Massey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781577361688
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yesteryear written by Lorraine Massey and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A twentieth-century American retrospective, Yesteryear explores popular culture in the United States through the years. Lorraine Massey describes America's tastes in food, entertainment, and fashion as she recounts important events in politics and the nation. Sidebars in each chapter showcase recipes and expressions significant to the times, such as favorite quotes and household hints, revealing Americans' changing lifestyles and attitudes.

Author : James Thomas Flexner
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America's Old Masters written by James Thomas Flexner and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1980 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume pays tribute to 4 early American painters, Benjamin West, John Singleton Copley, Charles Wilson Peale, and Gilbert Stuart.

Author : Bethel Saler
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812246632
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Settlers' Empire written by Bethel Saler and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1783 Treaty of Paris, which officially recognized the United States as a sovereign republic, also doubled the territorial girth of the original thirteen colonies. The fledgling nation now stretched from the coast of Maine to the Mississippi River and up to the Great Lakes. With this dramatic expansion, argues author Bethel Saler, the United States simultaneously became a postcolonial republic and gained a domestic empire. The competing demands of governing an empire and a republic inevitably collided in the early American West. The Settlers' Empire traces the first federal endeavor to build states wholesale out of the Northwest Territory, a process that relied on overlapping colonial rule over Euro-American settlers and the multiple Indian nations in the territory. These entwined administrations involved both formal institution building and the articulation of dominant cultural customs that, in turn, served also to establish boundaries of citizenship and racial difference. In the Northwest Territory, diverse populations of newcomers and Natives struggled over the region's geographical and cultural definition in areas such as religion, marriage, family, gender roles, and economy. The success or failure of state formation in the territory thus ultimately depended on what took place not only in the halls of government but also on the ground and in the everyday lives of the region's Indians, Francophone creoles, Euro- and African Americans, and European immigrants. In this way, The Settlers' Empire speaks to historians of women, gender, and culture, as well as to those interested in the early national state, the early West, settler colonialism, and Native history.

Author : Dorothy Garlock
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0759522782
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yesteryear written by Dorothy Garlock and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2001-04-12 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An irresistible tale of love and passion in the post-Civil-War South from Dorothy Garlock, the award-winning, bestselling author of A Gentle Giving and Sins of Summer. Addie waited four long years for her husband to return from the Civil War, but to no avail. Now deserters and drifters are making her life dangerous . . . until a mysterious stranger shows up to protect her and her children.

Author : Greil Marcus
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312572913
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Old, Weird America written by Greil Marcus and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-04-26 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Special Edition with a New Introduction and an Updated Discography This is Greil Marcus's acclaimed book on the secret music made by Bob Dylan and the Band in 1967, which introduced a phrase that has become part of the culture: "the old, weird America." It is this country that the book maps--the "playground of God, Satan, tricksters, Puritans, confidence men, illuminati, braggarts, preachers, anonymous poets of all stripes" (Luc Sante, New York magazine). In honor of Dylan's seventieth birthday, this special edition includes a new introduction, an updated discography, and a cover featuring never-before-seen photographs of the legendary recording sessions.

Author : Yves Bonnefoy
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226064573
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American, African, and Old European Mythologies written by Yves Bonnefoy and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1993-05-15 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are 80 articles on mythologies from around the world, including Native Americans, African, Celtic, Norse, and Slavic, and about such topics as fire, the cosmos, and creation. Also includes an overview of the Indo-Europeans and an essay on the religions and myths of Armenia. Illustrations.

Author : Sharon L. Nichols
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135615942
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America's Teenagers--Myths and Realities written by Sharon L. Nichols and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-07-19 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The media's presentation suggests that American teenage culture today is the most violent, sexual, and amoral youth culture in history. In this book, Nichols and Good deconstruct the negative images held by large numbers of adults. Recognizing that many teenagers are left by adults to socialize themselves and the consequences of this "careless indifference," the authors' goal is to influence a more positive view leading to stronger social policies and better services, resources, and programs to meet the needs of America's youth. Unique features of America's Teenagers--Myths and Realities: Media Images, Schooling, and the Social Costs of Careless Indifference include: *powerful analytic lenses used to revisit typical depictions of youth; *a wealth of information brought to bear on understanding teenagers' behavior; and *consideration of a broad range of adolescent behaviors across critical socializing settings. The book begins with a discussion of the continuing myth of adolescence--how and why youth are devalued, and an overview of current beliefs about youth drawn from two 1990s Public Agenda Polls. This is followed by chapters on youth and the media, and the pressures that youth face in various dimensions of their lives. Topics include youth violence; the sex lives of teenagers; tobacco, alcohol, drugs, and teens; healthy living and decision making; working teens; and youth and education. The concluding chapter pulls together themes generated throughout the book and provides examples of policies that would underscore the value of viewing youth as a social investment. General guidelines are provided for teachers, parents, policymakers, and citizens to facilitate responding to youth in meaningful, proactive ways that improve the quality of life for teenagers and the broader society.

Author : United States Naval Institute
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 936 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute written by United States Naval Institute and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jose Briceno-Ruiz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317077342
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Post-Hegemonic Regionalism in the Americas written by Jose Briceno-Ruiz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regionalism in Latin America and the Caribbean has experienced transformations over the last few years. After more than a decade of a hegemonic model based solely on free-market principles, the regional and global transformation that occurred in the first decade of the new millennium modified the way of understanding economic development and the insertion of regional blocs in global affairs. Old initiatives have been reconsidered, new schemes have emerged, and new principles going beyond trade issues have modified the norms and processes of regional economic integration. This book reviews these recent transformations to depict and explain the new trends shaping regional blocs and cooperation in the Americas.