Author: Kyle Ward
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1458729923
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
In this thought-provoking study (Library Journal ), historian Kyle Ward-the widely acclaimed co-author of History Lessons-gives us another fascinating look at the biases inherent in the way we learn about our history. Juxtaposing passages from...
History in the Making
Author: Kyle Ward
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1458729923
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
In this thought-provoking study (Library Journal ), historian Kyle Ward-the widely acclaimed co-author of History Lessons-gives us another fascinating look at the biases inherent in the way we learn about our history. Juxtaposing passages from...
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1458729923
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
In this thought-provoking study (Library Journal ), historian Kyle Ward-the widely acclaimed co-author of History Lessons-gives us another fascinating look at the biases inherent in the way we learn about our history. Juxtaposing passages from...
The naval history of Great Britain, from ... 1793, to ... 1820, with an account of the origin and increase of the British navy
Author: William James
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Languages : en
Pages : 624
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Languages : en
Pages : 624
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The Naval History of Great Britain
Author: William James
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 896
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 896
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Catalogue of the Private Library of the Late John K. Wiggin
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Languages : en
Pages : 206
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Languages : en
Pages : 206
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Colonial America and the War for Independence
Author: US Army Military History Research Collection
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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Languages : en
Pages : 316
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The Specter of Salem
Author: Gretchen A. Adams
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226005429
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 239
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In The Specter of Salem, Gretchen A. Adams reveals the many ways that the Salem witch trials loomed over the American collective memory from the Revolution to the Civil War and beyond. Schoolbooks in the 1790s, for example, evoked the episode to demonstrate the new nation’s progress from a disorderly and brutal past to a rational present, while critics of new religious movements in the 1830s cast them as a return to Salem-era fanaticism, and during the Civil War, southerners evoked witch burning to criticize Union tactics. Shedding new light on the many, varied American invocations of Salem, Adams ultimately illuminates the function of collective memories in the life of a nation. “Imaginative and thoughtful. . . . Thought-provoking, informative, and convincingly presented, The Specter of Salem is an often spellbinding mix of politics, cultural history, and public historiography.”— New England Quarterly “This well-researched book, forgoing the usual heft of scholarly studies, is not another interpretation of the Salem trials, but an important major work within the scholarly literature on the witch-hunt, linking the hysteria of the period to the evolving history of the American nation. A required acquisition for academic libraries.”—Choice, Outstanding Academic Title 2009
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226005429
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
In The Specter of Salem, Gretchen A. Adams reveals the many ways that the Salem witch trials loomed over the American collective memory from the Revolution to the Civil War and beyond. Schoolbooks in the 1790s, for example, evoked the episode to demonstrate the new nation’s progress from a disorderly and brutal past to a rational present, while critics of new religious movements in the 1830s cast them as a return to Salem-era fanaticism, and during the Civil War, southerners evoked witch burning to criticize Union tactics. Shedding new light on the many, varied American invocations of Salem, Adams ultimately illuminates the function of collective memories in the life of a nation. “Imaginative and thoughtful. . . . Thought-provoking, informative, and convincingly presented, The Specter of Salem is an often spellbinding mix of politics, cultural history, and public historiography.”— New England Quarterly “This well-researched book, forgoing the usual heft of scholarly studies, is not another interpretation of the Salem trials, but an important major work within the scholarly literature on the witch-hunt, linking the hysteria of the period to the evolving history of the American nation. A required acquisition for academic libraries.”—Choice, Outstanding Academic Title 2009
Founding Myths
Author: Ray Raphael
Publisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1595589740
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
First published ten years ago, award-winning historian Ray Raphael's Founding Myths has since established itself as a landmark of historical myth-busting. With Raphael's trademark wit and flair, Founding Myths exposed the errors and inventions in America's most cherished tales, from Paul Revere's famous ride to Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" speech. For the thousands who have been captivated by Raphael's eye-opening accounts, history has never been the same. In this revised tenth-anniversary edition, Raphael revisits the original myths and further explores their evolution over time, uncovering new stories and peeling back new layers of misinformation. This new edition also examines the highly politicized debates over America's past, as well as how our approach to history in school reinforces rather than corrects historical mistakes. A book that "explores the truth behind the stories of the making of our nation" (National Public Radio), this revised edition of Founding Myths will be a welcome resource for anyone seeking to separate historical fact from fiction.
Publisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1595589740
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
First published ten years ago, award-winning historian Ray Raphael's Founding Myths has since established itself as a landmark of historical myth-busting. With Raphael's trademark wit and flair, Founding Myths exposed the errors and inventions in America's most cherished tales, from Paul Revere's famous ride to Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" speech. For the thousands who have been captivated by Raphael's eye-opening accounts, history has never been the same. In this revised tenth-anniversary edition, Raphael revisits the original myths and further explores their evolution over time, uncovering new stories and peeling back new layers of misinformation. This new edition also examines the highly politicized debates over America's past, as well as how our approach to history in school reinforces rather than corrects historical mistakes. A book that "explores the truth behind the stories of the making of our nation" (National Public Radio), this revised edition of Founding Myths will be a welcome resource for anyone seeking to separate historical fact from fiction.
Bibliotheca Americana
Author: Robert Clarke & Co
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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History of the United States from Their First Settlement as Colonies, to the Close of the War with Great Britain, in 1815
Author: Salma Hale
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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Catalogue
Author: Cadmus Book Shop
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Category : Catalogs, Booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 892
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Category : Catalogs, Booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 892
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