Collected Works of James Wilson

Collected Works of James Wilson
Author: James Wilson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 786
Release: 2007
Genre: Law
ISBN:

This two-volume set brings together a collection of writings and speeches by James Wilson, one of only six signers of both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution. His works had a significant impact on the deliberations that produced the cornerstone documents of American democracy.

Clementine Hunter

Clementine Hunter
Author: James L. Wilson
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Total Pages: 170
Release: 1988-10-31
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781455602391

This beautifully illustrated biography of the renowned Southern folk artist includes nearly 100 images, plus commentary from the artist herself. Exuberant colors, bold strokes, and everyday images of rural Southern life typify Clementine Hunter’s folk art. Born in Louisiana in 1887, Hunter spent most of her life working in cotton fields at Melrose Plantation. She only began painting in her fifties, and it was several more years before her talent was recognized. Nearly 100 images of Hunter’s art are presented in this extensive biography, drawn from the many public and private collections of her work. Several paintings are accompanied by Hunter’s own commentary on a variety of subjects, including marriage, baptism, money, and death. François Mignon, her close friend and the librarian of Melrose, was instrumental in the promotion of Hunter’s paintings. Excerpts of his letters to James Register, an art collector and dealer who specialized in Hunter’s works, chronicle her growth and development as a major contemporary artist.

Collected Works of Roger Sherman

Collected Works of Roger Sherman
Author: Roger Sherman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780865978935

Roger Sherman (1721-1793) was the only founder to sign the Articles of Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution. He served 1,543 days in the Continental Congress and was a member of the five-man committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence. At the Federal Convention of 1787 he spoke more times than all but three delegates and was the driving force behind the Connecticut Compromise. As a Representative and Senator in the new republic, he played critical roles in debates over the Bill of Rights, the assumption of state debts, and the creation of a national bank. He was also one of the leading political leaders in Connecticut for the latter part of the eighteenth century. Nevertheless, no book dedicated to his writings has ever been published. Collected Works of Roger Sherman brings together essays, documents, records of his remarks in the Constitutional Convention and in the First Federal Congress, and important representative letters Sherman wrote to a variety of correspondents, including: 1768 letter to William Samuel Johnson, emphasizing Parliament's limited authority over the colonies 1772 letter to the theologian Joseph Bellamy, criticizing Bellamy's position on a congregation's ability to fire its minister 1777 letter to Richard Henry Lee, addressing a number of economic issues 1789 series of letters between Sherman and John Adams, exploring the nature of republican government and the proper scope of presidential power. Mark David Hall is Herbert Hoover Distinguished Professor of Politics and Faculty Fellow in the William Penn Honors Program at George Fox University. In addition to editing, with Kermit L. Hall, the Collected Works of James Wilson (Liberty Fund, 2007) and, with Daniel L. Dreisbach, The Sacred Rights of Conscience: Selected Readings on Religious Liberty and Church-State Relations in the American Founding (Liberty Fund, 2009), he has written Roger Sherman and the Creation of the American Republic (Oxford University Press, 2013).

Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson
Author: H. W. Brands
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2003-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780805069556

An acclaimed historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist offers a clear, comprehensive, and timely account of Wilson's unusual route to the White House, his campaign against corporate interests, and his decline in popularity and health following the rejection by Congress of his League of Nations.

Political Organizations

Political Organizations
Author: Monica Wilson
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1974-02-21
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780465059362

The Calculus of Consent

The Calculus of Consent
Author: James M. Buchanan
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 388
Release: 1965
Genre: Decision-making
ISBN: 9780472061006

A scientific study of the political and economic factors influencing democratic decision making

Classics and Commercials

Classics and Commercials
Author: Edmund Wilson
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 481
Release: 2019-11-12
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0374600260

Classics and Commercials: A Literary Chronicle of the Forties showcases Edmund Wilson's critical writings spanning decades and continents. Many of these essays first appeared in the New Yorker. Here is Wilson on Jane Austen, Thackeray, Edith Wharton, Tolstoy, Swift (the classics) as well as brilliant observations on Poe, H.P Lovecraft, detective stories, and other commercial literature. This wide-ranging study from one of the most influential man of letters demonstrates Wilson's supreme skills as both literary and cultural critic.

Some Permanent Things

Some Permanent Things
Author: James Matthew Wilson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781951319489

In this Second Edition, Revised and Expanded, Wilson has completely revised the poems to attain a more classical perfection. Includes new poems collected as "The Christmas Preface."

The Illustrated Directory of Watches

The Illustrated Directory of Watches
Author: James Wilson
Publisher: Chartwell Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-07-15
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780785829140

The Illustrated Directory series provide enthusiasts with a fully illustrated comprehensive, hardcover reference book packed with timelines, historical facts and images designed to inform and excite. The book provides perhaps the most ambitious and lavishly illustrated history of watches for the collector and general reader. It shows in clear detailed pictures over 1,000 important landmark timepieces from all the classic watchmakers from the 1930s to the present day. Organized A-Z by manufacturer, each watch will be shown face on and in some cases some will include reverse and internal views. Each watch will be specially photographed in the studio for this book. The book will also include a comprehensive introduction on the history of wristwatches and a quick reference listing of every piece featured. We believe the book will be the most comprehensive illustrated reference work to this subject.

Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism

Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism
Author: Ronald J. Pestritto
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780742515178

Examines the political principles of Woodrow Wilson that influenced his presidency and the impact he had on United States and the progressive movement.