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For Which It Stands
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Author : Michael Corcoran
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2007-11-01
For Which It Stands written by Michael Corcoran and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-01 with History categories.
Our national anthem celebrates it. Patriots wave it. Politicians of all kinds try to wrap themselves in it. It is saluted at baseball games, in parades, and on the most solemn of commemorative occasions. It was salvaged in the first hours following the dreadful events of September 11, and it stands outstretched just above the surface of the moon. It is, of course, the American flag, and there are few symbols as potent. With all the reverence and sacrifice and emotion it inspires, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that it is ultimately just a symbol. Why is it so powerful? Why does a piece of cloth resonate so loudly for so many? Why a flag, and why this flag, these stripes, those stars? In For Which It Stands, his timely, comprehensive, and engaging "biography" of the American flag, Michael Corcoran examines those questions and more as he explores the evolution of our most cherished emblem, from the days preceding the Revolution through the nationwide resurgence of patriotism in the aftermath of September 11. Corcoran traces the entire life of the colors, holding forth on a number of engrossing topics, including: • The fluid design of the flag, the subject of much contentious debate on the part of the founding fathers, and until fairly recently, not officially codified. • The various alternative flags ingrained in the national consciousness, among them the defiant, rattlesnake-adorned "Don't Tread on Me" banner and the "Stars and Bars" of the Confederacy. • The role of the colors in war, from how to start a fight with England (raising a flag declaring indepen-dence, high enough for the British Army in Boston to see it, ought to do the trick) to the question of whether to remove from the banner the stars emblematic of the states that seceded during the Civil War, to the giddy ubiquity of the flag following World War II. Corcoran addresses all these matters and more (including the particularly vexing questions raised by flag burning: Is it such an affront that it warrants a constitutional amendment outlawing that method of protest, or is it perhaps the single most potent expression of our right to free speech, and therefore profoundly American?) as he delves into the wind-tangled history of "Old Glory," an entertaining jumble of much-loved myth and obscure facts. Thoughtful, droll, and fast-paced, For Which It Stands definitively tells the story of America's most recognizable icon, from Bunker Hill to Iwo Jima to Tranquillity Base -- and beyond.
The Republic For Which It Stands
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Author : Richard White
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017
The Republic For Which It Stands written by Richard White and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with History categories.
The newest volume in the Oxford History of the United States series, The Republic for Which It Stands argues that the Gilded Age, along with Reconstruction--its conflicts, rapid and disorienting change, hopes and fears--formed the template of American modernity.
The Republic For Which It Stands
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Author : Richard White
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017-08-04
The Republic For Which It Stands written by Richard White and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-04 with History categories.
The Oxford History of the United States is the most respected multivolume history of the American nation. In the newest volume in the series, The Republic for Which It Stands, acclaimed historian Richard White offers a fresh and integrated interpretation of Reconstruction and the Gilded Age as the seedbed of modern America. At the end of the Civil War the leaders and citizens of the victorious North envisioned the country's future as a free-labor republic, with a homogenous citizenry, both black and white. The South and West were to be reconstructed in the image of the North. Thirty years later Americans occupied an unimagined world. The unity that the Civil War supposedly secured had proved ephemeral. The country was larger, richer, and more extensive, but also more diverse. Life spans were shorter, and physical well-being had diminished, due to disease and hazardous working conditions. Independent producers had become wage earners. The country was Catholic and Jewish as well as Protestant, and increasingly urban and industrial. The "dangerous" classes of the very rich and poor expanded, and deep differences -- ethnic, racial, religious, economic, and political -- divided society. The corruption that gave the Gilded Age its name was pervasive. These challenges also brought vigorous efforts to secure economic, moral, and cultural reforms. Real change -- technological, cultural, and political -- proliferated from below more than emerging from political leadership. Americans, mining their own traditions and borrowing ideas, produced creative possibilities for overcoming the crises that threatened their country. In a work as dramatic and colorful as the era it covers, White narrates the conflicts and paradoxes of these decades of disorienting change and mounting unrest, out of which emerged a modern nation whose characteristics resonate with the present day.
For Which It Stands
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Author : Timarie
language : en
Publisher: Timarie
Release Date : 2021-05-27
For Which It Stands written by Timarie and has been published by Timarie this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-27 with Fiction categories.
This second installment of The Finish Line Series finds Ireland Murphy and Michael Farino fighting for their relationship, and for their lives. Unknown forces threaten them, causing both to take matters into their own hands. Michael and Ilee need to find out who is behind this in order to stop it. The list of suspects runs deep, thanks to both of their crime families and their personal life choices. Revelations about both of them, and their families, lead to intense passion, suspicion, betrayal, revealed secrets and a desperate attempt at regaining control of their future. What that future looks like, and who will or will not be in it, is decided.
For Which It Stands
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Author : Patrice Farameh
language : en
Publisher: Farameh
Release Date : 2013
For Which It Stands written by Patrice Farameh and has been published by Farameh this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Americana in art categories.
The American flag is the quintessential symbol of the land of opportunity in which our highest dreams and aspirations are united. As a representation of the greatest heights of freedom and human attainment, it inspires the imagination. Conceived of as a joyous exclamation of progress, the flag provokes the most spirited emotional responses the world over. This book presents a collection of contemporary artists, working in diverse media, who use this revered emblem to relate their own ideals.00.
For Which It Stands
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Author : Mike Corcoran
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
For Which It Stands written by Mike Corcoran and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
Examines the birth and evolution of our most cherished emblem, from the days preceding the Revolution to the nationwide resurgence of patriotism in the aftermath of September 11.
For Which It Stands
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Author : Mike Corcoran
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004-06-02
For Which It Stands written by Mike Corcoran and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06-02 with History categories.
There are few symbols as potent as the American flag. Why is it so powerful? Why does a piece of cloth resonate so loudly for so many? Why a flag, & why these stripes, those stars? This comprehensive biographyÓ explores the evolution of our most cherished emblem, from the days preceding the Revolution through the nationwide resurgence of patriotism in the aftermath of 9/11. Traces the entire life of the colors, incl. the fluid design of the flag; the various alternative flags ingrained in the national consciousness, such as the Don't Tread on MeÓ banner & the Stars & BarsÓ of the Confederacy; & the role of the colors in war, from our declaration of independence from Britain through the 20th cent. Addresses such matters as flag burning. Photos.
America Judgement Of The Republic For Which It Stands
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Author : Steven B Riddley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-04-19
America Judgement Of The Republic For Which It Stands written by Steven B Riddley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-19 with categories.
This book contains the end time scenarios of the end game leading up to tribulation.
America The Judgment Of The Republic For Which It Stands
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Author : Steven B Riddley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-10-04
America The Judgment Of The Republic For Which It Stands written by Steven B Riddley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-04 with categories.
In part one of "Biblical Prophetic Chronicles of the Last Generation, " (The Final Revelation Revealed), ended with the Obama administration. This part two was held pending the outcomes of the election President Donald Trump. This final revelation of what's to come, evolves around these two administrations. I was led to hold these revelations for the benefit of their effect as waiting until many of the events, in the media are in the process of happening because of our short attention span. This was to get the readers attention by association. The nature of these chronicles as I have found are controversial in their presentation because of long standing traditional denomination doctrines. These are the hidden revelations that was held to be revealed to this generation about their future. With the Holy Spirit as my teacher and guide, you now can judge for yourself the content of these revelations from a scripturally base interpretation from the master's teacher; the Holy Spirit.
The Radiation Regime And Architecture Of Plant Stands
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Author : J. Ross
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
The Radiation Regime And Architecture Of Plant Stands written by J. Ross and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Science categories.
The solar radiant energy is in fact the only source of energy for the basic physical processes taking place in the atmosphere and on the earth's surface. When passing through the atmosphere and being reflected by the ground surface, solar radiation undergoes changes and conversions. Some of it is absorbed in the atmosphere and converted into other forms of energy, mainly into heat, and some is scattered by gases, by dust and by water vapour. Because of absorption and scattering in the atmosphere, solar radiation is changed by the time it reaches the earth's surface. That part of it which arrives as a beam of parallel rays is referred to as direct solar radiation, and that which is scattered in the atmosphere and reaches the earth's surface from all directions of the sky is called diffuse solar radiation. Both of them are reflected back into the atmosphere when they reach the earth's surface, and this third type of radiation is defined as reflected radiation. All of these radiations differ from solar radiation arriving at the upper level of the atmosphere in intensity as well as in spectral composition although they all fall within the spectral region of solar radiation. In atmospheric physics these types of radiation are known as short-wave radiation (SWR) as distinguished from long-wave or irifrared radiation (L WR) emitted by the atmosphere and the earth's surface.