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Witnessing America
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Author : Library of Congress
language : en
Publisher: Viking Adult
Release Date : 1996
Witnessing America written by Library of Congress and has been published by Viking Adult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.
Presents a portait of America's social and cultural history between 1600 and 1900, told through letters, diaries, memoirs, tracts, and other articles and first-hand accounts found in the collections of the Library of Congress.
Witnessing America
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Author : Noel Martin Douglas Rae
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Witnessing America written by Noel Martin Douglas Rae and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with United States categories.
The Great Stain
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Author : Noel Rae
language : en
Publisher: Abrams
Release Date : 2018-02-20
The Great Stain written by Noel Rae and has been published by Abrams this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-20 with History categories.
“Eyewitness testimonies to the culture and commerce of slavery . . . coupled with smart commentary” from an acclaimed historian. “Essential.”(Kirkus Reviews) In this important book, Noel Rae integrates firsthand accounts into a narrative history that brings the reader face to face with slavery’s everyday reality. From the travel journals of sixteenth-century Spanish settlers who offered religious instruction and “protection” in exchange for farm labor, to the diaries of Reverend Cotton Mather, to Central Park designer Frederick Law Olmsted’s travelogue about the “cotton states,” to an 1880 speech given by Frederick Douglass, Rae provides a comprehensive portrait of the antebellum history of the nation. Most significant are the testimonies from former slaves themselves, ranging from the famous Solomon Northup to the virtually unknown Mary Reynolds, who was sold away from her mother as child. Drawing on thousands of original sources, The Great Stain tells of a society based on the exploitation of labor and fallacies of racial superiority. Meticulously researched, this is a work of history that is profoundly relevant to our world today. “Noel Rae expertly assembles the most consequential accounts from the era of the American slave trade. . . . A vivid and comprehensive picture.” —Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning author of Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America “Uniquely immediate, multivoiced, specific, arresting, and illuminating.” —Booklist “Many histories have been written of slavery in America, but far too few have let the participants, and particularly the victims, speak so directly for themselves. Rae has helped to fill that historical vacuum in this important work, and the voices are intense, eloquent, and haunting.” —National Book Review
Seeing America
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Author : Nancy Crocker
language : en
Publisher: Medallion Media Group
Release Date : 2014-07-15
Seeing America written by Nancy Crocker and has been published by Medallion Media Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-15 with Fiction categories.
Missouri, 1910. John Hartmann is graduating from high school under the critical eye of his father and has no idea what options lie beyond the family farm and his small town. When Paul Bricken, nineteen and blind, buys a brand-new Ford Model T and suggests John drive him to Yellowstone National Park, John jumps at the chance. He’s less enthusiastic about inviting Henry Brotherton, who’s loud, crude, and a bigot—but Henry’s available both as a second driver and a tough guy who might be helpful in a tight spot. As the three young men set off on their tumultuous journey, America is preparing for the fight of the century between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries—and is headed for its biggest racial upheaval since the Civil War. With Yellowstone drawing ever closer and tensions rising, Paul, John, and Henry will soon learn there is a great deal they didn’t know about the fledgling American Midwest—or about each other.
Lynching And Spectacle
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Author : Amy Louise Wood
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2011-02-01
Lynching And Spectacle written by Amy Louise Wood and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-01 with History categories.
Lynch mobs in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America exacted horrifying public torture and mutilation on their victims. In Lynching and Spectacle, Amy Wood explains what it meant for white Americans to perform and witness these sadistic spectacles and how lynching played a role in establishing and affirming white supremacy. Lynching, Wood argues, overlapped with a variety of cultural practices and performances, both traditional and modern, including public executions, religious rituals, photography, and cinema, all which encouraged the horrific violence and gave it social acceptability. However, she also shows how the national dissemination of lynching images ultimately fueled the momentum of the antilynching movement and the decline of the practice. Using a wide range of sources, including photos, newspaper reports, pro- and antilynching pamphlets, early films, and local city and church records, Wood reconfigures our understanding of lynching's relationship to modern life. Wood expounds on the critical role lynching spectacles played in establishing and affirming white supremacy at the turn of the century, particularly in towns and cities experiencing great social instability and change. She also shows how the national dissemination of lynching images fueled the momentum of the antilynching movement and ultimately led to the decline of lynching. By examining lynching spectacles alongside both traditional and modern practices and within both local and national contexts, Wood reconfigures our understanding of lynching's relationship to modern life.
Seeing America
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Author : Melissa A. McEuen
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date :
Seeing America written by Melissa A. McEuen and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Photography categories.
Library Of Congress Information Bulletin
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Library Of Congress Information Bulletin written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Documentation categories.
Witness To America
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Author : Douglas Brinkley
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2010-07-20
Witness To America written by Douglas Brinkley and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-20 with History categories.
"A classic collection of primary source accounts covering the history of the United States, now in a new format, abridged, and brought up to the present day"--Provided by publisher.
Seeing America
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Author : University of Rochester. Memorial Art Gallery
language : en
Publisher: University Rochester Press
Release Date : 2006
Seeing America written by University of Rochester. Memorial Art Gallery and has been published by University Rochester Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Art categories.
A stunning, full-color volume that examines 82 pieces in the University of Rochester Memorial Art Gallery's American collection and their connections to American history, culture, literature, and politics. Seeing America is the first-ever catalog of the University of Rochester Memorial Art Gallery's American collection. Founded in 1913, the Memorial Art Gallery was created in conjunction with the University of Rochester so that it would function within a scholarly milieu, yet at the same time perform service as a community museum. From its conception it has been an ardent advocate for American art, which so many counterpart institutions snubbed untilat least the 1930s, and more often until well after World War II, in favor of European and Asian art. The 336-page, full-color volume examines 82 objects and their connections to American history, culture, literature and politics. The 73 articles present a running commentary on each piece by knowledgeable and thoughtful contemporary scholars and artists writing with expertise and insight, ultimately presenting a new and deeper understanding that enhances the reader/viewer's appreciation of the work. The tour ranges from Colonial times to the twenty-first century, from Maine to Florida to the far West, from mighty historical subjects to intimate byways, from august figures and events to the humblest and most anonymous. The diversity of American experience on display here reminds us that the best American art is inextricably bound up with the essential truths of American experience.
Seeing America
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Author : Nancy Crocker
language : en
Publisher: Medallion Media Group
Release Date : 2013-05-01
Seeing America written by Nancy Crocker and has been published by Medallion Media Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-01 with Fiction categories.
Set in the winter of 1147, the second book in The Queen's Guard series follows Lady Catherine le Rochefort, who was welcomed into the ranks of Queen Eleanor's guard after escaping a deadly encounter. The French army makes its way through Asia Minor, with King Louis determined to recapture Edessa, a holy undertaking blessed by the Pope. After leaving Constantinople, Queen Eleanor waits with her guard and retinue in Nicea for King Louis to decide which route the caravan should take toward Antioch and her uncle Raymond's palace. Eleanor caused trouble in Constantinople, so Louis asks his trusted friend Lord Payen de Montfer to infiltrate the guard and listen for dissent. Payen, whose painful past has taught him that beauty makes a man weak, does his best to ignore the fair Catherine, while Catherine tries to protect her deadly secret from the observant man. Catherine seeks only to reach Jerusalem, where absolution awaits, but soon she's fighting her feelings for Payen. If the two give in to their attraction, Payen's honor is at stake and Catherine fears she could lose her soul.