Author: Eliza A. Otis
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Writings in poetry and prose.
California "Where Sets the Sun"
Author: Eliza A. Otis
Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Writings in poetry and prose.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Writings in poetry and prose.
California "where Sets the Sun", 1876-1904
Author: Eliza A. Otis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Fears of a Setting Sun
Author: Dennis C. Rasmussen
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 069121106X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The surprising story of how George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson came to despair for the future of the nation they had created Americans seldom deify their Founding Fathers any longer, but they do still tend to venerate the Constitution and the republican government that the founders created. Strikingly, the founders themselves were far less confident in what they had wrought, particularly by the end of their lives. In fact, most of them—including George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson—came to deem America’s constitutional experiment an utter failure that was unlikely to last beyond their own generation. Fears of a Setting Sun is the first book to tell the fascinating and too-little-known story of the founders’ disillusionment. As Dennis Rasmussen shows, the founders’ pessimism had a variety of sources: Washington lost his faith in America’s political system above all because of the rise of partisanship, Hamilton because he felt that the federal government was too weak, Adams because he believed that the people lacked civic virtue, and Jefferson because of sectional divisions laid bare by the spread of slavery. The one major founder who retained his faith in America’s constitutional order to the end was James Madison, and the book also explores why he remained relatively optimistic when so many of his compatriots did not. As much as Americans today may worry about their country’s future, Rasmussen reveals, the founders faced even graver problems and harbored even deeper misgivings. A vividly written account of a chapter of American history that has received too little attention, Fears of a Setting Sun will change the way that you look at the American founding, the Constitution, and indeed the United States itself.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 069121106X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The surprising story of how George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson came to despair for the future of the nation they had created Americans seldom deify their Founding Fathers any longer, but they do still tend to venerate the Constitution and the republican government that the founders created. Strikingly, the founders themselves were far less confident in what they had wrought, particularly by the end of their lives. In fact, most of them—including George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson—came to deem America’s constitutional experiment an utter failure that was unlikely to last beyond their own generation. Fears of a Setting Sun is the first book to tell the fascinating and too-little-known story of the founders’ disillusionment. As Dennis Rasmussen shows, the founders’ pessimism had a variety of sources: Washington lost his faith in America’s political system above all because of the rise of partisanship, Hamilton because he felt that the federal government was too weak, Adams because he believed that the people lacked civic virtue, and Jefferson because of sectional divisions laid bare by the spread of slavery. The one major founder who retained his faith in America’s constitutional order to the end was James Madison, and the book also explores why he remained relatively optimistic when so many of his compatriots did not. As much as Americans today may worry about their country’s future, Rasmussen reveals, the founders faced even graver problems and harbored even deeper misgivings. A vividly written account of a chapter of American history that has received too little attention, Fears of a Setting Sun will change the way that you look at the American founding, the Constitution, and indeed the United States itself.
The World Almanac and Encyclopedia
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Category : Almanacs, American
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Almanacs, American
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
World Almanac and Encyclopedia
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Category : Almanacs, American
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
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Category : Almanacs, American
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Southern California in the '50s
Author: Charles Phoenix
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781883318994
Category : California, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Southern California in the '50s: Sun, Fun, and Fantasy--a treasury of retro car culture, spaceage style, suburbia, Hollywood, mountain, desert and seaside resorts, and America's favorite amusement parks. In the 1950s, Southern California was the place to be. The mood was up, prosperity ruled, and the standard of living was high. It was the land of plenty for a new generation of movers and shakers who reinvented the way America would live. Filled with colorfulmemorabilia, never-before-published vintage photos, and carefully researched historical text, Southern California in the '50scovers the phenomenon of the space-age promised land--L.A. And beyond--and the society that created a cultural explosion. See and read about how Southern Californians lived, where they worked, how they played and the way they got around. In these pages readers will cruise in hot rods to the drive-in theater, learn how McDonald'sinspired a fast-food revolution, and see the suburban spread of stylish tract homes, supermarkets, coffee shops, bowling alleys and shopping centers. Anyone who loves pop culture will relish every color-filled page of Southern California in the '50s
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781883318994
Category : California, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Southern California in the '50s: Sun, Fun, and Fantasy--a treasury of retro car culture, spaceage style, suburbia, Hollywood, mountain, desert and seaside resorts, and America's favorite amusement parks. In the 1950s, Southern California was the place to be. The mood was up, prosperity ruled, and the standard of living was high. It was the land of plenty for a new generation of movers and shakers who reinvented the way America would live. Filled with colorfulmemorabilia, never-before-published vintage photos, and carefully researched historical text, Southern California in the '50scovers the phenomenon of the space-age promised land--L.A. And beyond--and the society that created a cultural explosion. See and read about how Southern Californians lived, where they worked, how they played and the way they got around. In these pages readers will cruise in hot rods to the drive-in theater, learn how McDonald'sinspired a fast-food revolution, and see the suburban spread of stylish tract homes, supermarkets, coffee shops, bowling alleys and shopping centers. Anyone who loves pop culture will relish every color-filled page of Southern California in the '50s
The World Almanac & Book of Facts
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Category : Almanacs, American
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Almanacs, American
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description
The World Almanac and Book of Facts
Author:
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Category : Almanacs
Languages : en
Pages : 1104
Book Description
Lists news events, population figures, and miscellaneous data of an historic, economic, scientific and social nature.
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Category : Almanacs
Languages : en
Pages : 1104
Book Description
Lists news events, population figures, and miscellaneous data of an historic, economic, scientific and social nature.
The American Baptist Almanac for the Year of Our Lord ...
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Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
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Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Los Angeles Magazine
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Los Angeles magazine is a regional magazine of national stature. Our combination of award-winning feature writing, investigative reporting, service journalism, and design covers the people, lifestyle, culture, entertainment, fashion, art and architecture, and news that define Southern California. Started in the spring of 1961, Los Angeles magazine has been addressing the needs and interests of our region for 48 years. The magazine continues to be the definitive resource for an affluent population that is intensely interested in a lifestyle that is uniquely Southern Californian.
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Los Angeles magazine is a regional magazine of national stature. Our combination of award-winning feature writing, investigative reporting, service journalism, and design covers the people, lifestyle, culture, entertainment, fashion, art and architecture, and news that define Southern California. Started in the spring of 1961, Los Angeles magazine has been addressing the needs and interests of our region for 48 years. The magazine continues to be the definitive resource for an affluent population that is intensely interested in a lifestyle that is uniquely Southern Californian.