Author: David McKitterick
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521308038
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The third and final volume of A History of Cambridge University Press, covering 1873-1972.
A History of Cambridge University Press: Volume 3, New Worlds for Learning, 1873-1972
Author: David McKitterick
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521308038
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The third and final volume of A History of Cambridge University Press, covering 1873-1972.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521308038
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The third and final volume of A History of Cambridge University Press, covering 1873-1972.
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2426
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Pages : 2426
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The Founders and the Classics
Author: Carl J. Richard
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674266641
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Is our Greek and Roman heritage merely allusive and illusory? Or were our founders, and so our republican beginnings, truly steeped in the stuff of antiquity? So far largely a matter of generalization and speculation, the influence of Greek and Roman authors on our American forefathers finally becomes clear in this fascinating book-the first comprehensive study of the founders’ classical reading. Carl J. Richard begins by examining how eighteenth-century social institutions in general and the educational system in particular conditioned the founders to venerate the classics. He then explores the founders’ various uses of classical symbolism, models, “antimodels,” mixed government theory, pastoralism, and philosophy, revealing in detail the formative influence exerted by the classics, both directly and through the mediation of Whig and American perspectives. In this analysis, we see how the classics not only supplied the principal basis for the U.S. Constitution but also contributed to the founders’ conception of human nature, their understanding of virtue, and their sense of identity and purpose within a grand universal scheme. At the same time, we learn how the classics inspired obsessive fear of conspiracies against liberty, which poisoned relations between Federalists and Republicans. The shrewd ancients who molded Western civilization still have much to teach us, Richard suggests. His account of the critical role they played in shaping our nation and our lives provides a valuable lesson in the transcendent power of the classics.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674266641
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Is our Greek and Roman heritage merely allusive and illusory? Or were our founders, and so our republican beginnings, truly steeped in the stuff of antiquity? So far largely a matter of generalization and speculation, the influence of Greek and Roman authors on our American forefathers finally becomes clear in this fascinating book-the first comprehensive study of the founders’ classical reading. Carl J. Richard begins by examining how eighteenth-century social institutions in general and the educational system in particular conditioned the founders to venerate the classics. He then explores the founders’ various uses of classical symbolism, models, “antimodels,” mixed government theory, pastoralism, and philosophy, revealing in detail the formative influence exerted by the classics, both directly and through the mediation of Whig and American perspectives. In this analysis, we see how the classics not only supplied the principal basis for the U.S. Constitution but also contributed to the founders’ conception of human nature, their understanding of virtue, and their sense of identity and purpose within a grand universal scheme. At the same time, we learn how the classics inspired obsessive fear of conspiracies against liberty, which poisoned relations between Federalists and Republicans. The shrewd ancients who molded Western civilization still have much to teach us, Richard suggests. His account of the critical role they played in shaping our nation and our lives provides a valuable lesson in the transcendent power of the classics.
Winthrop's Journal, "History of New England," 1630-1649
Author: John Winthrop
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Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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Classical Antiquity and the Politics of America
Author: Michael Meckler
Publisher: Baylor University Press
ISBN: 1932792325
Category : Civilization, Classical
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
history and illustrates how the ancient Greeks and Romans continue to influence political theory and determine policy in the United States, from the education of the Founders to the War in Iraq.
Publisher: Baylor University Press
ISBN: 1932792325
Category : Civilization, Classical
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
history and illustrates how the ancient Greeks and Romans continue to influence political theory and determine policy in the United States, from the education of the Founders to the War in Iraq.
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 822
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 822
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Quarterly Bulletin of the Providence Public Library
Author: Providence Public Library (R.I.)
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Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 490
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Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 490
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Richard Wright
Author: Keneth Kinnamon
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476609128
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
African-American writer Richard Wright (1908-1960) was celebrated during the early 1940s for his searing autobiography (Black Boy) and fiction (Native Son). By 1947 he felt so unwelcome in his homeland that he exiled himself and his family in Paris. But his writings changed American culture forever, and today they are mainstays of literature and composition classes. He and his works are also the subjects of numerous critical essays and commentaries by contemporary writers. This volume presents a comprehensive annotated bibliography of those essays, books, and articles from 1983 through 2003. Arranged alphabetically by author within years are some 8,320 entries ranging from unpublished dissertations to book-length studies of African American literature and literary criticism. Also included as an appendix are addenda to the author's earlier bibliography covering the years from 1934 through 1982. This is the exhaustive reference for serious students of Richard Wright and his critics.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476609128
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
African-American writer Richard Wright (1908-1960) was celebrated during the early 1940s for his searing autobiography (Black Boy) and fiction (Native Son). By 1947 he felt so unwelcome in his homeland that he exiled himself and his family in Paris. But his writings changed American culture forever, and today they are mainstays of literature and composition classes. He and his works are also the subjects of numerous critical essays and commentaries by contemporary writers. This volume presents a comprehensive annotated bibliography of those essays, books, and articles from 1983 through 2003. Arranged alphabetically by author within years are some 8,320 entries ranging from unpublished dissertations to book-length studies of African American literature and literary criticism. Also included as an appendix are addenda to the author's earlier bibliography covering the years from 1934 through 1982. This is the exhaustive reference for serious students of Richard Wright and his critics.
The American School Board Journal
Author: William George Bruce
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 574
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 574
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News Notes of California Libraries
Author: California State Library
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Volumes for 1971- include annual reports and statistical summaries.
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Volumes for 1971- include annual reports and statistical summaries.