Author: John Foster (of Groton, Conn.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
A Sketch of the Tour of General Lafayette, on His Late Visit to the United States, L824
Author: John Foster (of Groton, Conn.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
A Sketch of the Tour of General Lafayette, on His Late Visit to the United States, 1824
Author: John Foster (of Groton, Conn.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Memories of War
Author: Thomas A. Chambers
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801465230
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Even in the midst of the Civil War, its battlefields were being dedicated as hallowed ground. Today, those sites are among the most visited places in the United States. In contrast, the battlegrounds of the Revolutionary War had seemingly been forgotten in the aftermath of the conflict in which the nation forged its independence. Decades after the signing of the Constitution, the battlefields of Yorktown, Saratoga, Fort Moultrie, Ticonderoga, Guilford Courthouse, Kings Mountain, and Cowpens, among others, were unmarked except for crumbling forts and overgrown ramparts. Not until the late 1820s did Americans begin to recognize the importance of these places. In Memories of War, Thomas A. Chambers recounts America’s rediscovery of its early national history through the rise of battlefield tourism in the first half of the nineteenth century. Travelers in this period, Chambers finds, wanted more than recitations of regimental movements when they visited battlefields; they desired experiences that evoked strong emotions and leant meaning to the bleached bones and decaying fortifications of a past age. Chambers traces this impulse through efforts to commemorate Braddock’s Field and Ticonderoga, the cultivated landscapes masking the violent past of the Hudson River valley, the overgrown ramparts of Southern war sites, and the scenic vistas at War of 1812 battlefields along the Niagara River. Describing a progression from neglect to the Romantic embrace of the landscape and then to ritualized remembrance, Chambers brings his narrative up to the beginning of the Civil War, during and after which the memorialization of such sites became routine, assuming significant political and cultural power in the American imagination.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801465230
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Even in the midst of the Civil War, its battlefields were being dedicated as hallowed ground. Today, those sites are among the most visited places in the United States. In contrast, the battlegrounds of the Revolutionary War had seemingly been forgotten in the aftermath of the conflict in which the nation forged its independence. Decades after the signing of the Constitution, the battlefields of Yorktown, Saratoga, Fort Moultrie, Ticonderoga, Guilford Courthouse, Kings Mountain, and Cowpens, among others, were unmarked except for crumbling forts and overgrown ramparts. Not until the late 1820s did Americans begin to recognize the importance of these places. In Memories of War, Thomas A. Chambers recounts America’s rediscovery of its early national history through the rise of battlefield tourism in the first half of the nineteenth century. Travelers in this period, Chambers finds, wanted more than recitations of regimental movements when they visited battlefields; they desired experiences that evoked strong emotions and leant meaning to the bleached bones and decaying fortifications of a past age. Chambers traces this impulse through efforts to commemorate Braddock’s Field and Ticonderoga, the cultivated landscapes masking the violent past of the Hudson River valley, the overgrown ramparts of Southern war sites, and the scenic vistas at War of 1812 battlefields along the Niagara River. Describing a progression from neglect to the Romantic embrace of the landscape and then to ritualized remembrance, Chambers brings his narrative up to the beginning of the Civil War, during and after which the memorialization of such sites became routine, assuming significant political and cultural power in the American imagination.
Creating an American Identity
Author: S. Kermes
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230612911
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Creating an American Identity examines the relationship between regionalism and nationalism in New England. Focusing on the years 1789-1825, it analyzes the process by which New Englanders used trans-Atlantic symbols as well as regional landscapes, values, and characteristics to create an American identity.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230612911
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Creating an American Identity examines the relationship between regionalism and nationalism in New England. Focusing on the years 1789-1825, it analyzes the process by which New Englanders used trans-Atlantic symbols as well as regional landscapes, values, and characteristics to create an American identity.
A Checklist of American Imprints, 1820-1829
Author: M. Frances Cooper
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810805132
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
This printers, publishers and booksellers index is modeled after Bristol's Index of Printers, Publishers and Booksellers Indicated by Charles Evans in his American Bibliography. Each entry contains a name and place, with item numbers listed underneath by date. Personal names are listed in the most complete form that could be determined. Corporate names are listed in the form used by the Library of Congress. Newspapers and magazines are entered by their full titles as recorded in Brigham's American Newspapers, 1821-1936 and Union List of Serials. Also included is a geographical index by city and a list of omissions with explanations.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810805132
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
This printers, publishers and booksellers index is modeled after Bristol's Index of Printers, Publishers and Booksellers Indicated by Charles Evans in his American Bibliography. Each entry contains a name and place, with item numbers listed underneath by date. Personal names are listed in the most complete form that could be determined. Corporate names are listed in the form used by the Library of Congress. Newspapers and magazines are entered by their full titles as recorded in Brigham's American Newspapers, 1821-1936 and Union List of Serials. Also included is a geographical index by city and a list of omissions with explanations.
Biographical Sketches of General Nathaniel Massie
Author: McDonald John McDonald
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1429021438
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1429021438
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
A Complete Inventory of the Drawings of the Turner Bequest
Author: National Gallery (Great Britain)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drawing
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drawing
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
Biographical Sketches of General N. Massie, General D. McArthur, Captain W. Wells, and General S. Kenton: who were early settlers in the Western country
Author: John MACDONALD (of Ohio.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Biographical Sketches of General Nathaniel Massie, General Duncan McArthur, Captain William Wells, and General Simon Kenton
Author: John McDonald
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Bibliotheca Britannica; Or a General Index to British and Foreign Literature: Subjects
Author: Robert Watt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description