Author: James Truslow Adams
Publisher: Simon Publications
ISBN: 9781931541336
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
A beautifully written story of America's historical heritage, by one of the country's greatest historians.
The Epic of America
Author: James Truslow Adams
Publisher: Simon Publications
ISBN: 9781931541336
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
A beautifully written story of America's historical heritage, by one of the country's greatest historians.
Publisher: Simon Publications
ISBN: 9781931541336
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
A beautifully written story of America's historical heritage, by one of the country's greatest historians.
The American States During and After the Revolution, 1775-1789
Author: Allan Nevins
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 764
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 764
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The March of Democracy: The rise of the Union
Author: James Truslow Adams
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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The American Dream
Author: Jim Cullen
Publisher:
ISBN: 0195173252
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Cullen particularly focuses on the founding fathers and the Declaration of Independence ("the charter of the American Dream"); Abraham Lincoln, with his rise from log cabin to White House and his dream for a unified nation; and Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of racial equality. Our contemporary version of the American Dream seems rather debased in Cullen's eyes-built on the cult of Hollywood and its outlandish dreams of overnight fame and fortune.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0195173252
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Cullen particularly focuses on the founding fathers and the Declaration of Independence ("the charter of the American Dream"); Abraham Lincoln, with his rise from log cabin to White House and his dream for a unified nation; and Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of racial equality. Our contemporary version of the American Dream seems rather debased in Cullen's eyes-built on the cult of Hollywood and its outlandish dreams of overnight fame and fortune.
The Founding of New England
Author: James Truslow Adams
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Publisher:
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Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Henry Adams
Author: James Truslow Adams
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000593568
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 89
Book Description
This book, first published in 1933, examines the life and achievements of Henry Adams, the American historian and political journalist. It looks at his youth and early development of his ideas, and goes on to look at his time as a diplomat, historian and journalist – and his impact upon American political and intellectual life.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000593568
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 89
Book Description
This book, first published in 1933, examines the life and achievements of Henry Adams, the American historian and political journalist. It looks at his youth and early development of his ideas, and goes on to look at his time as a diplomat, historian and journalist – and his impact upon American political and intellectual life.
The Adams Family
Author: James Truslow Adams
Publisher:
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Category : Adams family
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
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Category : Adams family
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Epic of America
Author: James Truslow Adams
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351304119
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
There is a tradition of one-volume narrative histories of the United States in which the political, military, diplomatic, social, and economic strands are skillfully interwoven. Rather than add to these volumes, The Epic of America paints a sweeping picture of the diverse past that has created America's national story. In this important narrative, James Truslow Adams reviews how the ordinary American has matured over time in outlook, character, and opinion. Adams grew increasingly conscious of how different an American is now from the man or woman of any other advanced nation. He is equally interested in the whole of American history, how it began, and what it represented in the first half of the twentieth century. Adams traces the historical origins of the American concept of "bigger and better," attitudes toward business, the American Dream, and other characteristics generally considered "typically American." Ever since America became an independent nation, each generation has seen an uprising of its citizens to save the American Dream from forces seeking to overwhelm and dispel it. Possibly the greatest of these struggles is still ahead not a struggle of revolutionists against established order, but of the ordinary person who seeks to hold fast to the rights of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This classic book is valuable for a new age and as important for this new century as it was when originally written.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351304119
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
There is a tradition of one-volume narrative histories of the United States in which the political, military, diplomatic, social, and economic strands are skillfully interwoven. Rather than add to these volumes, The Epic of America paints a sweeping picture of the diverse past that has created America's national story. In this important narrative, James Truslow Adams reviews how the ordinary American has matured over time in outlook, character, and opinion. Adams grew increasingly conscious of how different an American is now from the man or woman of any other advanced nation. He is equally interested in the whole of American history, how it began, and what it represented in the first half of the twentieth century. Adams traces the historical origins of the American concept of "bigger and better," attitudes toward business, the American Dream, and other characteristics generally considered "typically American." Ever since America became an independent nation, each generation has seen an uprising of its citizens to save the American Dream from forces seeking to overwhelm and dispel it. Possibly the greatest of these struggles is still ahead not a struggle of revolutionists against established order, but of the ordinary person who seeks to hold fast to the rights of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This classic book is valuable for a new age and as important for this new century as it was when originally written.
The Secret Life of France
Author: Lucy Wadham
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571252257
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
At the age of eighteen Lucy Wadham ran away from English boys and into the arms of a Frenchman. Twenty-five years later, having married in a French Catholic Church, put her children through the French educational system and divorced in a French court of law, Wadham is perfectly placed to explore the differences between Britain and France. Using both her personal experiences and the lessons of French history and culture, she examines every aspect of French life - from sex and adultery to money, happiness, race and politics - in this funny and engrossing account of our most intriguing neighbour.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571252257
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
At the age of eighteen Lucy Wadham ran away from English boys and into the arms of a Frenchman. Twenty-five years later, having married in a French Catholic Church, put her children through the French educational system and divorced in a French court of law, Wadham is perfectly placed to explore the differences between Britain and France. Using both her personal experiences and the lessons of French history and culture, she examines every aspect of French life - from sex and adultery to money, happiness, race and politics - in this funny and engrossing account of our most intriguing neighbour.
James Truslow Adams: Historian of the American Dream
Author: Allan Nevins
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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