Author: Hermon King Murphey
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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The Mugwump Movement of 1884
Author: Hermon King Murphey
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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The Liberal-Republican movement ; Conventions, platforms, campaign, and election of 1872
Author: Francis Curtis
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia
Author: E. Digby Baltzell
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351495348
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Based on the biographies of some three hundred people in each city, this book shows how such distinguished Boston families as the Adamses, Cabots, Lowells, and Peabodys have produced many generations of men and women who have made major contributions to the intellectual, educational, and political life of their state and nation. At the same time, comparable Philadelphia families such as the Biddles, Cadwaladers, Ingersolls, and Drexels have contributed far fewer leaders to their state and nation. From the days of Benjamin Franklin and Stephen Girard down to the present, what leadership there has been in Philadelphia has largely been provided by self-made men, often, like Franklin, born outside Pennsylvania.Baltzell traces the differences in class authority and leadership in these two cites to the contrasting values of the Puritan founders of the Bay Colony and the Quaker founders of the City of Brotherly Love. While Puritans placed great value on the calling or devotion to one's chosen vocation, Quakers have always placed more emphasis on being a good person than on being a good judge or statesman. Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia presents a provocative view of two contrasting upper classes and also reflects the author's larger concern with the conflicting values of hierarchy and egalitarianism in American history.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351495348
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Based on the biographies of some three hundred people in each city, this book shows how such distinguished Boston families as the Adamses, Cabots, Lowells, and Peabodys have produced many generations of men and women who have made major contributions to the intellectual, educational, and political life of their state and nation. At the same time, comparable Philadelphia families such as the Biddles, Cadwaladers, Ingersolls, and Drexels have contributed far fewer leaders to their state and nation. From the days of Benjamin Franklin and Stephen Girard down to the present, what leadership there has been in Philadelphia has largely been provided by self-made men, often, like Franklin, born outside Pennsylvania.Baltzell traces the differences in class authority and leadership in these two cites to the contrasting values of the Puritan founders of the Bay Colony and the Quaker founders of the City of Brotherly Love. While Puritans placed great value on the calling or devotion to one's chosen vocation, Quakers have always placed more emphasis on being a good person than on being a good judge or statesman. Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia presents a provocative view of two contrasting upper classes and also reflects the author's larger concern with the conflicting values of hierarchy and egalitarianism in American history.
The Pageant of America: Makers of a new nation, by J.S. Bassett
Author: Ralph Henry Gabriel
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 366
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Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 366
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The Sun Shines for All
Author: Janet E. Steele
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815625797
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Through a blend of social and media history, the author explores America's transition from a production-oriented society to a culture of consumption. Because of Dana's strong aversion to the consumerism that accompanied industrial capitalism, the Sun became both the conscience and the advocate for New York's working class. In the words of Joseph Pulitzer, Dana transformed the Sun into "the most piquant, entertaining, and without exception, the best newspaper in the world."
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815625797
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Through a blend of social and media history, the author explores America's transition from a production-oriented society to a culture of consumption. Because of Dana's strong aversion to the consumerism that accompanied industrial capitalism, the Sun became both the conscience and the advocate for New York's working class. In the words of Joseph Pulitzer, Dana transformed the Sun into "the most piquant, entertaining, and without exception, the best newspaper in the world."
The Chi Phi Chakett
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Category : Greek letter societies
Languages : en
Pages : 752
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Category : Greek letter societies
Languages : en
Pages : 752
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Galahad in the Gilded Age:
Author: Linda Dowling
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1664153934
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Galahad in the Gilded Age is the story of George William Curtis, regarded at the beginning of his career as little more than a handsome, amusing young man from a socially prominent family. His life would change dramatically after four years traveling in Europe and the Levant, from which he returned to find himself a literary celebrity—“the Howadji”—following the appearance of two books describing his Middle East experiences that some considered so provocatively sensuous as to border on obscenity. Yet during this early celebrity, Curtis would find his life changing profoundly—discovering marital happiness, facing financial bankruptcy and finding himself irresistibly drawn into increasingly bitter controversies: the national battle against slavery, against wide-spreading political corruption, and against what Curtis regarded as a wholly unreasonable resistance to granting women the right to vote. George William Curtis, a contemporary would conclude after his death, was “the best knight of our time.”
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1664153934
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Galahad in the Gilded Age is the story of George William Curtis, regarded at the beginning of his career as little more than a handsome, amusing young man from a socially prominent family. His life would change dramatically after four years traveling in Europe and the Levant, from which he returned to find himself a literary celebrity—“the Howadji”—following the appearance of two books describing his Middle East experiences that some considered so provocatively sensuous as to border on obscenity. Yet during this early celebrity, Curtis would find his life changing profoundly—discovering marital happiness, facing financial bankruptcy and finding himself irresistibly drawn into increasingly bitter controversies: the national battle against slavery, against wide-spreading political corruption, and against what Curtis regarded as a wholly unreasonable resistance to granting women the right to vote. George William Curtis, a contemporary would conclude after his death, was “the best knight of our time.”
The World's Best Orations
Author: David Josiah Brewer
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Category : Speeches, addresses, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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Publisher:
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Category : Speeches, addresses, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
The Current Cyclopedia of Reference ...
Author: Charles Leonard-Stuart
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
The Mississippi Valley Historical Review
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Includes articles and reviews covering all aspects of American history. Formerly the Mississippi Valley Historical Review,
Publisher:
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Includes articles and reviews covering all aspects of American history. Formerly the Mississippi Valley Historical Review,