Author: James L. Haley
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574418688
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 673
Book Description
Utilizing many sources new to publication, James L. Haley delivers a most readable and enjoyable narrative history of Texas, told through stories—the words and recollections of Texans who actually lived the state’s spectacular history. From Jim Bowie’s and Davy Crockett’s myth-enshrouded stand at the Alamo, to the Mexican-American War, and to Sam Houston’s heroic failed effort to keep Texas in the Union during the Civil War, the transitions in Texas history have often been as painful and tense as the “normal” periods in between. Here, in all of its epic grandeur, is the story of Texas as its own passionate nation. “Texas native Haley does an outstanding job of narrating the outsized and dramatic history of the Lone Star State. John Steinbeck observed, ‘Like most passionate nations, Texas has its own private history based on, but not limited by, facts.’ Cognizant of this, Haley takes pains to separate folklore from fact. He's a good storyteller, but then it's hard to go wrong with the colorful characters he has to work with: pioneer nationalists Sam Houston and Davy Crockett, Quaker abolitionist Benjamin Lundy, a wagonload of liquored-up turn-of-the-century oilmen and such latter-day heroes as Lyndon Johnson, John Connally and Janis Joplin.”—Publishers Weekly Starred Review
Passionate Nation
Author: James L. Haley
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574418688
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 673
Book Description
Utilizing many sources new to publication, James L. Haley delivers a most readable and enjoyable narrative history of Texas, told through stories—the words and recollections of Texans who actually lived the state’s spectacular history. From Jim Bowie’s and Davy Crockett’s myth-enshrouded stand at the Alamo, to the Mexican-American War, and to Sam Houston’s heroic failed effort to keep Texas in the Union during the Civil War, the transitions in Texas history have often been as painful and tense as the “normal” periods in between. Here, in all of its epic grandeur, is the story of Texas as its own passionate nation. “Texas native Haley does an outstanding job of narrating the outsized and dramatic history of the Lone Star State. John Steinbeck observed, ‘Like most passionate nations, Texas has its own private history based on, but not limited by, facts.’ Cognizant of this, Haley takes pains to separate folklore from fact. He's a good storyteller, but then it's hard to go wrong with the colorful characters he has to work with: pioneer nationalists Sam Houston and Davy Crockett, Quaker abolitionist Benjamin Lundy, a wagonload of liquored-up turn-of-the-century oilmen and such latter-day heroes as Lyndon Johnson, John Connally and Janis Joplin.”—Publishers Weekly Starred Review
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574418688
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 673
Book Description
Utilizing many sources new to publication, James L. Haley delivers a most readable and enjoyable narrative history of Texas, told through stories—the words and recollections of Texans who actually lived the state’s spectacular history. From Jim Bowie’s and Davy Crockett’s myth-enshrouded stand at the Alamo, to the Mexican-American War, and to Sam Houston’s heroic failed effort to keep Texas in the Union during the Civil War, the transitions in Texas history have often been as painful and tense as the “normal” periods in between. Here, in all of its epic grandeur, is the story of Texas as its own passionate nation. “Texas native Haley does an outstanding job of narrating the outsized and dramatic history of the Lone Star State. John Steinbeck observed, ‘Like most passionate nations, Texas has its own private history based on, but not limited by, facts.’ Cognizant of this, Haley takes pains to separate folklore from fact. He's a good storyteller, but then it's hard to go wrong with the colorful characters he has to work with: pioneer nationalists Sam Houston and Davy Crockett, Quaker abolitionist Benjamin Lundy, a wagonload of liquored-up turn-of-the-century oilmen and such latter-day heroes as Lyndon Johnson, John Connally and Janis Joplin.”—Publishers Weekly Starred Review
A Passion for Facts
Author: Tong Lam
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520950356
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
In this path-breaking book, Tong Lam examines the emergence of the "culture of fact" in modern China, showing how elites and intellectuals sought to transform the dynastic empire into a nation-state, thereby ensuring its survival. Lam argues that an epistemological break away from traditional modes of understanding the observable world began around the turn of the twentieth century. Tracing the Neo-Confucian school of evidentiary research and the modern departure from it, Lam shows how, through the rise of the social survey, "the fact" became a basic conceptual medium and source of truth. In focusing on China’s social survey movement, A Passion for Facts analyzes how information generated by a range of research practices—census, sociological investigation, and ethnography—was mobilized by competing political factions to imagine, manage, and remake the nation.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520950356
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
In this path-breaking book, Tong Lam examines the emergence of the "culture of fact" in modern China, showing how elites and intellectuals sought to transform the dynastic empire into a nation-state, thereby ensuring its survival. Lam argues that an epistemological break away from traditional modes of understanding the observable world began around the turn of the twentieth century. Tracing the Neo-Confucian school of evidentiary research and the modern departure from it, Lam shows how, through the rise of the social survey, "the fact" became a basic conceptual medium and source of truth. In focusing on China’s social survey movement, A Passion for Facts analyzes how information generated by a range of research practices—census, sociological investigation, and ethnography—was mobilized by competing political factions to imagine, manage, and remake the nation.
Visitors' Companion at Our Nation's Capital
Author: George G. Evans
Publisher:
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Category : Washington (D.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Washington (D.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The National Reform Movement, Its History and Principles
Author: David McAllister
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion and state
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion and state
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Tell It to the World
Author: Stan Grant
Publisher: Scribe Us
ISBN: 9781947534261
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
As an Aboriginal Australian, Grant has had to contend with his country's racist legacy all his life. Born into adversity, he found an escape route through education, going on to become one of Australia's leading journalists and a correspondent for CNN. Here, he presents an extraordinarily powerful and personal meditation on race, culture, and identity.
Publisher: Scribe Us
ISBN: 9781947534261
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
As an Aboriginal Australian, Grant has had to contend with his country's racist legacy all his life. Born into adversity, he found an escape route through education, going on to become one of Australia's leading journalists and a correspondent for CNN. Here, he presents an extraordinarily powerful and personal meditation on race, culture, and identity.
American Political Rhetoric
Author: Peter Augustine Lawler
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 144223220X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
American Political Rhetoric is the only reader for introductory classes in American politics, government, and political communication designed to explore fundamental political principles through classic examples of political rhetoric. Now in its seventh edition, its selections include the entire political spectrum and contributors range from our nation's founders to contemporary elected public officials, Supreme Court opinions, and representatives of historic movements for social change.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 144223220X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
American Political Rhetoric is the only reader for introductory classes in American politics, government, and political communication designed to explore fundamental political principles through classic examples of political rhetoric. Now in its seventh edition, its selections include the entire political spectrum and contributors range from our nation's founders to contemporary elected public officials, Supreme Court opinions, and representatives of historic movements for social change.
Lone Star Politics
Author: Ken Collier
Publisher: CQ Press
ISBN: 1506373615
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1184
Book Description
In Texas, myth often clashes with the reality of everyday governance. The Nacogdoches author team (Ken Collier, Steven Galatas, & Julie Harrelson-Stephens) of Lone Star Politics explores the state’s rich political tradition and explains who gets what, and how by setting Texas in context with other states’ constitutions, policymaking, electoral practices, and institutions. Critical thinking questions and unvarnished “Winners and Losers” discussions guide students toward understanding Texas government. This Fifth Edition expands its coverage of civil rights in the state, and includes the contemporary issues that highlight the push and pull between federal, state, and local governments.
Publisher: CQ Press
ISBN: 1506373615
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1184
Book Description
In Texas, myth often clashes with the reality of everyday governance. The Nacogdoches author team (Ken Collier, Steven Galatas, & Julie Harrelson-Stephens) of Lone Star Politics explores the state’s rich political tradition and explains who gets what, and how by setting Texas in context with other states’ constitutions, policymaking, electoral practices, and institutions. Critical thinking questions and unvarnished “Winners and Losers” discussions guide students toward understanding Texas government. This Fifth Edition expands its coverage of civil rights in the state, and includes the contemporary issues that highlight the push and pull between federal, state, and local governments.
Treitschke's History of Germany in the Nineteeth Century: Austria's hegemony and the increase in the power of Prussia, 1819-1830
Author: Heinrich von Treitschke
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : German literature
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : German literature
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
History of Germany in the Nineteenth Century: Austria's hegemony and the increase in the power of Prussia, 1819-1830. v. 5-6. The influence of French liberalism, 1830-1840
Author: Heinrich von Treitschke
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : German literature
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : German literature
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
The American Congress
Author: Joseph West Moore
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description