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Cradle Of America
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Author : Peter Wallenstein
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Cradle Of America written by Peter Wallenstein and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
In this first single-authored history of Virginia since the 1970s, Peter Wallenstein traces major themes across four centuries in a brisk narrative that recalls the people and events that have shaped the Old Dominion.
Cradle Of America
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Author : Peter Wallenstein
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2014-08-15
Cradle Of America written by Peter Wallenstein and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-15 with History categories.
As the site of the first permanent English settlement in North America, the birthplace of a presidential dynasty, and the gateway to western growth in the nation’s early years, Virginia can rightfully be called the “cradle of America.” Peter Wallenstein traces major themes across four centuries in a brisk narrative that recalls the people and events that have shaped the Old Dominion. The second edition is updated with new material throughout, including a new chapter on Virginia and world affairs from the Korean War through 9/11 and beyond, and, an expanded bibliography. Historical accounts of Virginia have often emphasized harmony and tradition, but Wallenstein focuses on the impact of conflict and change. From the beginning, Virginians have debated and challenged each other’s visions of Virginia, and Wallenstein shows how these differences have influenced its sometimes turbulent development. Casting an eye on blacks as well as whites, and on people from both east and west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, he traces such key themes as political power, racial identity, and education. Bringing to bear his long experience teaching Virginia history, Wallenstein takes readers back, even before Jamestown, to the Elizabethan settlers at Roanoke Island and the inhabitants they encountered, as well as to Virginia’s leaders of the American Revolution. He chronicles the state’s dramatic journey through the Civil War era, a time that revealed how the nation’s evolution sometimes took shape in opposition to the vision of many leading Virginians. He also examines the impact of the civil rights movement and considers controversies that accompany Virginia into its fifth century. The text is copiously illustrated to depict not only such iconic figures as Pocahontas, George Washington, and Robert E. Lee, but also such other prominent native Virginians as Carter G. Woodson, Patsy Cline, and L. Douglas Wilder. Sidebars throughout the book offer further insight, while maps and appendixes of reference data make the volume a complete resource on Virginia’s history.
Kennebec
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Author : Robert P. Tristam Coffin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975-01-01
Kennebec written by Robert P. Tristam Coffin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975-01-01 with categories.
Kennebec
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Author : Robert Coffin
language : en
Publisher: Down East Books
Release Date : 2002-01-01
Kennebec written by Robert Coffin and has been published by Down East Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with History categories.
Originally published in 1937 as part of the Rivers of America series, this book has become a classic of Maine literature. And only Robert P. Tristram Coffin could have woven this story of the majestic Kennebec and the people who lived beside it, from the Popham Plantation in the early 1600s to the 1930s. His intimate knowledge of the Maine landscape, his love for ships and the men who sailed them, and his warm feeling for the people who farmed the Kennebec's banks enrich every page.
Cradle Of Freedom
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Author : Frye Gaillard
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 2006-03-05
Cradle Of Freedom written by Frye Gaillard and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-05 with History categories.
Puts a human face on the story of the black American struggle for equality in Alabama during the 1960s by examining the commitment and hard work of the thousands of everyday people who took a stand, supported the great leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr., and changed their times forever.
Kennebec
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Author : Robert Peter Tristram Coffin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1940
Kennebec written by Robert Peter Tristram Coffin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1940 with Kennebec River (Me.) categories.
A Hercules In The Cradle
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Author : Max M. Edling
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2023-09-05
A Hercules In The Cradle written by Max M. Edling and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-05 with Business & Economics categories.
Explores the origin and evolution of American public finance and shows how the nation’s rise to great-power status in the nineteenth century rested on its ability to go into debt. Two and a half centuries after the American Revolution the United States stands as one of the greatest powers on earth and the undoubted leader of the western hemisphere. This stupendous evolution was far from a foregone conclusion at independence. The conquest of the North American continent required violence, suffering, and bloodshed. It also required the creation of a national government strong enough to go to war against, and acquire territory from, its North American rivals. In A Hercules in the Cradle, Max M. Edling argues that the federal government’s abilities to tax and borrow money, developed in the early years of the republic, were critical to the young nation’s ability to wage war and expand its territory. He traces the growth of this capacity from the time of the founding to the aftermath of the Civil War, including the funding of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War. Edling maintains that the Founding Fathers clearly understood the connection between public finance and power: a well-managed public debt was a key part of every modern state. Creating a debt would always be a delicate and contentious matter in the American context, however, and statesmen of all persuasions tried to pay down the national debt in times of peace.
The Birth Of Forestry In America
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Author : Carl Alwin Schenck
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
The Birth Of Forestry In America written by Carl Alwin Schenck and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Nature categories.
Cradle Of Violence
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Author : Russell Bourne
language : en
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Release Date : 2008-04-21
Cradle Of Violence written by Russell Bourne and has been published by Turner Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-21 with History categories.
They did the dirty work of the American Revolution Their spontaneous uprisings and violent actions steered America toward resistance to the Acts of Parliament and finally toward revolution. They tarred and feathered the backsides of British customs officials, gutted the mansion of Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hutchinson, armed themselves with marline spikes and cudgels to fight on the waterfront against soldiers of the British occupation, and hurled the contents of 350 chests of British East India Company tea into Boston Harbor under the very guns of the anchored British fleet. Cradle of Violence introduces the maritime workers who ignited the American Revolution: the fishermen desperate to escape impressment by Royal Navy press gangs, the frequently unemployed dockworkers, the wartime veterans and starving widows--all of whose mounting "tumults" led the way to rebellion. These were the hard-pressed but fiercely independent residents of Boston's North and South Ends who rallied around the Liberty Tree on Boston Common, who responded to Samuel Adams's cries against "Tyranny," and whose headstrong actions helped embolden John Hancock to sign the Declaration of Independence. Without the maritime mobs' violent demonstrations against authority, the politicians would not have spurred on to utter their impassioned words; Great Britain would not have been provoked to send forth troops to quell the mob-induced rebellion; the War of Independence would not have happened. One of the mobs' most telling demonstrations brought about the Boston Massacre. After it, John Adams attempted to calm the town by dismissing the waterfront characters who had been killed as "a rabble of saucy boys, negroes and mulattoes, Irish teagues, and outlandish jack tars." Cradle of Violence demonstrates that they were, more truly, America's first heroes.
America The Cradle Of The New Race
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Author : Mary Gray
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1936
America The Cradle Of The New Race written by Mary Gray and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1936 with Theosophy categories.