The Sum Of Our Dreams
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The Sum Of Our Dreams
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Author : Louis P. Masur
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2020-08-04
The Sum Of Our Dreams written by Louis P. Masur 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 2020-08-04 with History categories.
In The Sum of Our Dreams, Louis P. Masur offers a sweeping yet compact history of America from its beginnings to the current moment. For general readers seeking an accessible, single-volume account, one that challenges but does not overwhelm, and which distills and connects the major events and figures in the country's past in a single narrative, here is that book. Evoking Barack Obama's belief that America remains the "sum of its dreams," Masur locates the origin of those dreams-of freedom, equality, and opportunity-and traces their progress chronologically, illuminating the nation's struggle over time to articulate and fulfill their promise. Moving from the Colonial Era, to the Revolutionary Period, the Early Republic, and through the Civil War, Masur turns his attention to Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, the Progressive Age, World War One, the Great Depression, World War Two, the Cold War, Civil Rights, Vietnam, and Watergate, and then laying out clearly and concisely what underlies the divisiveness that has characterized American civic life over the last forty years-and now more than ever. Above all, however, Masur lets the story of American tell itself. Inspired by James Baldwin's observation that "American history is longer, larger, more beautiful and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it," he expands our notion of that history while identifying its individual threads. The Sum of Our Dreams will be the new go-to single volume for anyone wanting a foundational understanding of the nation's past, and its present.
The Sum Of Our Dreams
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Author : Louis P. Masur
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2020
The Sum Of Our Dreams written by Louis P. Masur and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with History categories.
"This volume delivers a concise, clear round-up of American history starting from America's colonial era to current days of political disagreements and social uncertainty. Covering central themes and events of American history, Masur evaluates the contested meanings of the American dream and questions its viability"--
Runaway Dream
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Author : Louis P. Masur
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2010-06-01
Runaway Dream written by Louis P. Masur and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-01 with Music categories.
To millions of listeners, Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run is much more than a rock-and-roll album-it's a poetic explosion of freedom and frustration. It confirmed Springsteen's status as a quintessential American performer: the rocker who, more than any other, gives voice to our hopes, fears, and aspirations. Runaway Dream chronicles the making of the album that launched Springsteen and his E Street Band into the firmament of American art, deftly sketching the ambition, history, and personalities that combined to create the enduring Born to Run. Springsteen wanted Born to Run to be the greatest rock record ever made. For a musician with just two modest-selling LPs to his credit, it was an extraordinary ambition, and session by session, track by track, Masur shows just how much grit, as well as genius, went into realizing it. Runaway Dream offers an expert tour of the trials and triumphs of Springsteen's work. In addition to the story of the album itself, Masur masterfully places Born to Run within American cultural history, showing why the girls, hot rods, and Jersey nights of the album still resonate, even for listeners born years after its release.
The Civil War
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Author : Louis P. Masur
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011-02-10
The Civil War written by Louis P. Masur 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 2011-02-10 with History categories.
One hundred and fifty years after the first shots were fired on Fort Sumter, the Civil War still captures the American imagination, and its reverberations can still be felt throughout America's social and political landscape. Louis P. Masur's The Civil War: A Concise History offers a masterful and eminently readable overview of the war's multiple causes and catastrophic effects. Masur begins by examining the complex origins of the war, focusing on the pulsating tensions over states rights and slavery. The book then proceeds to cover, year by year, the major political, social, and military events, highlighting two important themes: how the war shifted from a limited conflict to restore the Union to an all-out war that would fundamentally transform Southern society, and the process by which the war ultimately became a battle to abolish slavery. Masur explains how the war turned what had been a loose collection of fiercely independent states into a nation, remaking its political, cultural, and social institutions. But he also focuses on the soldiers themselves, both Union and Confederate, whose stories constitute nothing less than America's Iliad. In the final chapter Masur considers the aftermath of the South's surrender at Appomattox and the clash over the policies of reconstruction that continued to divide President and Congress, conservatives and radicals, Southerners and Northerners for years to come. In 1873, Mark Twain and Charles Dudley wrote that the war had "wrought so profoundly upon the entire national character that the influence cannot be measured short of two or three generations." From the vantage of the war's sesquicentennial, this concise history of the entire Civil War era offers an invaluable introduction to the dramatic events whose effects are still felt today.
The Sum Of A Thousand Dreams
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Author : Wilbert Evangelista Dela Cruz
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2014-05
The Sum Of A Thousand Dreams written by Wilbert Evangelista Dela Cruz and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05 with Fiction categories.
The sum of a thousand dreams is novel about the human heart, in all of us. It is about love and about how a very special kind, can connects us to one of life's greatest mystery, which we often take for granted, where dreams are not just drawn or painted by some twisting of fate but preordained from a specific truth; that dreams do come around, knocking, wearing different names. I call them... miracles. There's no secret, miracles happens every day and in this case, one came with pure intent and aided our hero, who at a very young age lost something he could never live without but only to find them again under a different light, at the same place where he left them in the first place and realized; all he needed was to open his eyes.
Sum
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Author : David Eagleman
language : en
Publisher: Canongate Books
Release Date : 2009-04-24
Sum written by David Eagleman and has been published by Canongate Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-24 with Fiction categories.
In this startling book, David Eagleman shows us forty possibilities of life beyond death. With wit and humanity, he asks the key questions about existence, hope, technology and love. These short stories are full of big ideas and bold imagination.
Yes You Too Can Dream
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Author : Jude D'Silva
language : en
Publisher: Notion Press
Release Date : 2022-01-31
Yes You Too Can Dream written by Jude D'Silva and has been published by Notion Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-31 with Self-Help categories.
“A dream is an inspiring picture of the future that energizes your mind, will and emotions, empowering you to do everything you can to achieve it.” John Maxwell Yes, You Too Can Dream highlights the importance of dreams that has a positive impact on getting things that we desire. It shows us how to make our most impossible dreams come true. Through this book, the author provides us with the knowledge, confidence and power to achieve our dreams. As human beings, we have the wonderful desire to have dreams and develop objectives and goals to achieve them. We should be a warrior of our dreams, a knight of our goals and a soldier of our wishes. Convert your dreams into reality by creating goals and taking action to achieve them. Usually, we give up in the process of achieving our dreams due to fear or lack of interest. We should overcome the obstacles and keep moving until we achieve the goals that are set to bring our dreams come true. We should never quit our dreams due to a lack of motivation or unforeseen setbacks or obstacles. We need to set goals and chase our dreams. But never let our happiness depend on their accomplishments. If you dream it, believe in it and work hard for it; everything is possible. Be stubborn about your goals and be flexible in the means and methods to achieve them. This self-help book of Jude D’Silva will ignite your dreams and transform them into realities. “What you get by achieving your goals are not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” Zig Ziglar
The Sum Of Us
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Author : Heather McGhee
language : en
Publisher: One World
Release Date : 2021-02-16
The Sum Of Us written by Heather McGhee and has been published by One World this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-16 with Social Science categories.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • One of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color. WINNER OF THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, The Washington Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ms. magazine, BookRiot, Library Journal “This is the book I’ve been waiting for.”—Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist Look for the author’s new podcast, The Sum of Us, based on this book! Heather McGhee’s specialty is the American economy—and the mystery of why it so often fails the American public. From the financial crisis of 2008 to rising student debt to collapsing public infrastructure, she found a root problem: racism in our politics and policymaking. But not just in the most obvious indignities for people of color. Racism has costs for white people, too. It is the common denominator of our most vexing public problems, the core dysfunction of our democracy and constitutive of the spiritual and moral crises that grip us all. But how did this happen? And is there a way out? McGhee embarks on a deeply personal journey across the country from Maine to Mississippi to California, tallying what we lose when we buy into the zero-sum paradigm—the idea that progress for some of us must come at the expense of others. Along the way, she meets white people who confide in her about losing their homes, their dreams, and their shot at better jobs to the toxic mix of American racism and greed. This is the story of how public goods in this country—from parks and pools to functioning schools—have become private luxuries; of how unions collapsed, wages stagnated, and inequality increased; and of how this country, unique among the world’s advanced economies, has thwarted universal healthcare. But in unlikely places of worship and work, McGhee finds proof of what she calls the Solidarity Dividend: the benefits we gain when people come together across race to accomplish what we simply can’t do on our own. The Sum of Us is not only a brilliant analysis of how we arrived here but also a heartfelt message, delivered with startling empathy, from a black woman to a multiracial America. It leaves us with a new vision for a future in which we finally realize that life can be more than a zero-sum game. LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL
India Of My Dreams
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Author : Mahatma Gandhi
language : en
Publisher: Rajpal & Sons
Release Date : 2011
India Of My Dreams written by Mahatma Gandhi and has been published by Rajpal & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Philosophy categories.
This book offer a fascinating peep into the mind and ideas of Gandhi and his dream for a vibrant and prosperous India.
Do It
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Author : Peter McWilliams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997-04
Do It written by Peter McWilliams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-04 with Psychology categories.
If you want to get something done, this is where to start.