Author: Felicity Brooks
Publisher: Usborne Books
ISBN: 9780746076422
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
From Thomas Jefferson to John Rawls, justice has been at the center of America's self-image and national creed. At the same time, for many of its peoples-from African slaves and European immigrants to women and the poor-the American experience has been defined by injustice: oppression, disenfranchisement, violence, and prejudice. In Identity and the Failure of America, "John Michael explores the contradictions between a mythic national identity promising justice to all and the realities of a divided, hierarchical, and frequently iniquitous history and social order. Through a series of insightful readings, Michael analyzes such cultural moments as the epic dramatization of the tension between individual ambition and communal complicity in Moby-Dick, "attempts to effect social change through sympathy in the novels of Lydia Marie Child and Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ralph Waldo Emerson's antislavery activism and Frederick Douglass's long fight for racial equity, and the divisive figures of John Brown and Nat Turner in American letters and memory. Focusing on exemplary instances when the nature of the United States as an essentially conflicted nation turned to force, Michael ultimately posits the development of a more cosmopolitan American identity, one that is more fully and justly imagined in response to the nation's ethical failings at home and abroad. John Michael is professor of English and of visual and cultural studies at the University of Rochester. He is the author of Anxious Intellects: Academic Professionals, Public Intellectuals, and Enlightenment Values and Emerson "and Skepticism: The Cipher of the World."
Picture Dictionary in French
Author: Felicity Brooks
Publisher: Usborne Books
ISBN: 9780746076422
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
From Thomas Jefferson to John Rawls, justice has been at the center of America's self-image and national creed. At the same time, for many of its peoples-from African slaves and European immigrants to women and the poor-the American experience has been defined by injustice: oppression, disenfranchisement, violence, and prejudice. In Identity and the Failure of America, "John Michael explores the contradictions between a mythic national identity promising justice to all and the realities of a divided, hierarchical, and frequently iniquitous history and social order. Through a series of insightful readings, Michael analyzes such cultural moments as the epic dramatization of the tension between individual ambition and communal complicity in Moby-Dick, "attempts to effect social change through sympathy in the novels of Lydia Marie Child and Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ralph Waldo Emerson's antislavery activism and Frederick Douglass's long fight for racial equity, and the divisive figures of John Brown and Nat Turner in American letters and memory. Focusing on exemplary instances when the nature of the United States as an essentially conflicted nation turned to force, Michael ultimately posits the development of a more cosmopolitan American identity, one that is more fully and justly imagined in response to the nation's ethical failings at home and abroad. John Michael is professor of English and of visual and cultural studies at the University of Rochester. He is the author of Anxious Intellects: Academic Professionals, Public Intellectuals, and Enlightenment Values and Emerson "and Skepticism: The Cipher of the World."
Publisher: Usborne Books
ISBN: 9780746076422
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
From Thomas Jefferson to John Rawls, justice has been at the center of America's self-image and national creed. At the same time, for many of its peoples-from African slaves and European immigrants to women and the poor-the American experience has been defined by injustice: oppression, disenfranchisement, violence, and prejudice. In Identity and the Failure of America, "John Michael explores the contradictions between a mythic national identity promising justice to all and the realities of a divided, hierarchical, and frequently iniquitous history and social order. Through a series of insightful readings, Michael analyzes such cultural moments as the epic dramatization of the tension between individual ambition and communal complicity in Moby-Dick, "attempts to effect social change through sympathy in the novels of Lydia Marie Child and Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ralph Waldo Emerson's antislavery activism and Frederick Douglass's long fight for racial equity, and the divisive figures of John Brown and Nat Turner in American letters and memory. Focusing on exemplary instances when the nature of the United States as an essentially conflicted nation turned to force, Michael ultimately posits the development of a more cosmopolitan American identity, one that is more fully and justly imagined in response to the nation's ethical failings at home and abroad. John Michael is professor of English and of visual and cultural studies at the University of Rochester. He is the author of Anxious Intellects: Academic Professionals, Public Intellectuals, and Enlightenment Values and Emerson "and Skepticism: The Cipher of the World."
The Usborne Picture Dictionary in French
Author: Angela Wilkes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780860208600
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780860208600
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
The Usborne Picture Dictionary in Spanish
Author: Felicity Brooks
Publisher: Usborne Books
ISBN: 9780794516086
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Alphabetically-arranged entries illustrate and demonstrate proper usage of common vocabulary words in English and Spanish.
Publisher: Usborne Books
ISBN: 9780794516086
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Alphabetically-arranged entries illustrate and demonstrate proper usage of common vocabulary words in English and Spanish.
Beginner's French dictionary
Author: Helen Davies
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780746000175
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Contains over 2,000 useful French words with pictures to help you remember them.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780746000175
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Contains over 2,000 useful French words with pictures to help you remember them.
English Picture Dictionary
Author: Catherine Bruzzone
Publisher: Gohar Publishers
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Publisher: Gohar Publishers
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
French Picture Word Book
Author: Hayward Cirker
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486277776
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Delightful learning aid contains 15 scenes of home, school, farm, beach, other environments. Word list with English translations at back.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486277776
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Delightful learning aid contains 15 scenes of home, school, farm, beach, other environments. Word list with English translations at back.
Picture Dictionary French
Author: Angela Wilkes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781851230730
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781851230730
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
First Thousand Words in German
Author: Heather Amery
Publisher: Usborne Books
ISBN: 9780794502850
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Includes every day words accompanied by illustrations and a pronunciation guide.
Publisher: Usborne Books
ISBN: 9780794502850
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Includes every day words accompanied by illustrations and a pronunciation guide.
Easy French
Author: Katie Daynes
Publisher: Easy Languages
ISBN: 9781409562504
Category : French language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Take the fast track to learning French with this brightly illustrated language guide. It introduces grammar clearly and simply, and there's a story to help you see how the language works in everyday situations. An essential book both for beginners and anyone wanting to improve their French.
Publisher: Easy Languages
ISBN: 9781409562504
Category : French language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Take the fast track to learning French with this brightly illustrated language guide. It introduces grammar clearly and simply, and there's a story to help you see how the language works in everyday situations. An essential book both for beginners and anyone wanting to improve their French.
The Usborne Illustrated Dictionary of Science
Author: Corinne Stockley
Publisher: Usborne Books
ISBN: 9781409539100
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This great study aid has topics arranged thematically so that words are explained in context, with a fully integrated system of cross-referencing plus a comprehensive index.
Publisher: Usborne Books
ISBN: 9781409539100
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This great study aid has topics arranged thematically so that words are explained in context, with a fully integrated system of cross-referencing plus a comprehensive index.