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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1108
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Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1108
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1108
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Legislative Calendar
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
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Category : Civil service
Languages : en
Pages : 1898
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Category : Civil service
Languages : en
Pages : 1898
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Sacred Places
Author: K. S. Inglis
Publisher: The Miegunyah Press
ISBN: 0522854796
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Memorials to Australian participation in wars abound in our landscape. From Melbourne's huge Shrine of Remembrance to the modest marble soldier, obelisk or memorial hall in suburb and country town, they mourn and honour Australians who have served and died for their country. Surprisingly, they have largely escaped scrutiny. Ken Inglis argues that the imagery, rituals and rhetoric generated around memorials constitute a civil religion, a cult of ANZAC. Sacred Places traces three elements which converged to create the cult: the special place of war in the European mind when nationalism was at its zenith; the colonial condition; and the death of so many young men in distant battle, which impelled the bereaved to make substitutes for the graves of which history had deprived them. The 'war memorial movement' attracted conflict as well as commitment. Inglis looks at uneasy acceptance, even rejection, of the cult by socialists, pacifists, feminists and some Christians, and at its virtual exclusion of Aborigines. He suggests that between 1918 and 1939 the making, dedication and use of memorials enhanced the power of the right in Australian public life. Finally, he examines a paradox. Why, as Australia's wars recede in public and private memory, and as a once British Australia becomes multicultural, have the memorials and what they stand for become more cherished than ever? Sacred Places spans war, religion, politics, language and the visual arts. Ken Inglis has distilled new cultural understandings from a familiar landscape.
Publisher: The Miegunyah Press
ISBN: 0522854796
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Memorials to Australian participation in wars abound in our landscape. From Melbourne's huge Shrine of Remembrance to the modest marble soldier, obelisk or memorial hall in suburb and country town, they mourn and honour Australians who have served and died for their country. Surprisingly, they have largely escaped scrutiny. Ken Inglis argues that the imagery, rituals and rhetoric generated around memorials constitute a civil religion, a cult of ANZAC. Sacred Places traces three elements which converged to create the cult: the special place of war in the European mind when nationalism was at its zenith; the colonial condition; and the death of so many young men in distant battle, which impelled the bereaved to make substitutes for the graves of which history had deprived them. The 'war memorial movement' attracted conflict as well as commitment. Inglis looks at uneasy acceptance, even rejection, of the cult by socialists, pacifists, feminists and some Christians, and at its virtual exclusion of Aborigines. He suggests that between 1918 and 1939 the making, dedication and use of memorials enhanced the power of the right in Australian public life. Finally, he examines a paradox. Why, as Australia's wars recede in public and private memory, and as a once British Australia becomes multicultural, have the memorials and what they stand for become more cherished than ever? Sacred Places spans war, religion, politics, language and the visual arts. Ken Inglis has distilled new cultural understandings from a familiar landscape.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States
Author: United States. Congress. House
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Category : Legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 1196
Book Description
Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House."
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Category : Legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 1196
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Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House."
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
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Languages : en
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Remembering War the American Way
Author: G. Kurt Piehler
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588344517
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Wars do not fully end when the shooting stops. As G. Kurt Piehler reveals in this book, after every conflict from the Revolution to the Persian Gulf War, Americans have argued about how and for what deeds and heroes wars should be remembered. Drawing on sources ranging from government documents to Embalmer's Monthly, Piehler recounts efforts to commemorate wars by erecting monuments, designating holidays, forming veterans' organizations, and establishing national cemetaries. The federal government, he contends, initially sidestepped funding for memorials, thereby leaving the determination of how and whom to honor in the hands of those with ready money—and those who responded to them. In one instance, monuments to “Yankee heroes” erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution were countered by immigrant groups, who added such figures as Casimir Pulaski and Thaddeus Kosciusko to the record of the war. Piehler argues that the conflict between these groups is emblematic of the ongoing reinterpretation of wars by majority and minority groups, and by successive generations. Demonstrating that the battles over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial are not unique in American history, Remembering War the American Way reveals that the memory of war is intrinsically bound to the pluralistic definition of national identity.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588344517
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Wars do not fully end when the shooting stops. As G. Kurt Piehler reveals in this book, after every conflict from the Revolution to the Persian Gulf War, Americans have argued about how and for what deeds and heroes wars should be remembered. Drawing on sources ranging from government documents to Embalmer's Monthly, Piehler recounts efforts to commemorate wars by erecting monuments, designating holidays, forming veterans' organizations, and establishing national cemetaries. The federal government, he contends, initially sidestepped funding for memorials, thereby leaving the determination of how and whom to honor in the hands of those with ready money—and those who responded to them. In one instance, monuments to “Yankee heroes” erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution were countered by immigrant groups, who added such figures as Casimir Pulaski and Thaddeus Kosciusko to the record of the war. Piehler argues that the conflict between these groups is emblematic of the ongoing reinterpretation of wars by majority and minority groups, and by successive generations. Demonstrating that the battles over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial are not unique in American history, Remembering War the American Way reveals that the memory of war is intrinsically bound to the pluralistic definition of national identity.
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
Author: United States. President
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 930
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"Containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President", 1956-1992.
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 930
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"Containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President", 1956-1992.
Days of Remembrance, April 7-14, 1991
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Category : Holocaust Remembrance Day
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Category : Holocaust Remembrance Day
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Legislative and Executive Calendar
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
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Category : Calendars
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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Category : Calendars
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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United States Statutes at Large
Author: United States
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1192
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1192
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