Official Congressional Directory

Official Congressional Directory
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher: Joint Committee on Printing
Total Pages: 1258
Release: 2012-01-18
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Contains biographies of Senators, members of Congress, and the Judiciary. Also includes committee assignments, maps of Congressional districts, a directory of officials of executive agencies, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, web addresses, and other information.

Artistry in Bronze

Artistry in Bronze
Author: Jens M Daehner
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 920
Release: 2017-11-21
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1606065424

The papers in this volume derive from the proceedings of the nineteenth International Bronze Congress, held at the Getty Center and Villa in October 2015 in connection with the exhibition Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World. The study of large-scale ancient bronzes has long focused on aspects of technology and production. Analytical work of materials, processes, and techniques has significantly enriched our understanding of the medium. Most recently, the restoration history of bronzes has established itself as a distinct area of investigation. How does this scholarship bear on the understanding of bronzes within the wider history of ancient art? How do these technical data relate to our ideas of styles and development? How has the material itself affected ancient and modern perceptions of form, value, and status of works of art? www.getty.edu/publications/artistryinbronze

History of Perquimans County

History of Perquimans County
Author: Ellen Goode Rawlings Winslow
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Total Pages: 544
Release: 1974
Genre: Deeds
ISBN: 0806379960

Here is a county history that is extraordinarily rich in primary source materials, including abstracts of deeds from 1681 through the Revolutionary War period and, moreover, petitions, divisions of estates, wills, and marriages found in the records of Perquimans and adjacent North Carolina counties. Numbering in the tens of thousands, the records provide the names of all principal parties and related family members, places of residence and migration, descriptions of real and personal property, dates, boundary surveys, names of executors, witnesses, and appraisers, and dates of recording. Altogether, the index contains references to about 35,000 persons! Researchers should note that Perquimans was one of the original North Carolina precincts--with very close ties to the southeastern Virginia counties of Norfolk, Princess Anne, Nansemond, and Isle of Wight--and for many years had fluid boundaries with the North Carolina counties of Chowan, Gates, and Pasquotank.

The Brontës in Context

The Brontës in Context
Author: Marianne Thormählen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2012-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0521761867

Crammed with information, The Brontës in Context shows how the Brontës' fiction interacts with the spirit of the time.

Triumph Forsaken

Triumph Forsaken
Author: Mark Moyar
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 551
Release: 2006-08-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 113945921X

Drawing on a wealth of new evidence from all sides, Triumph Forsaken, first published in 2007, overturns most of the historical orthodoxy on the Vietnam War. Through the analysis of international perceptions and power, it shows that South Vietnam was a vital interest of the United States. The book provides many insights into the overthrow of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963 and demonstrates that the coup negated the South Vietnamese government's tremendous, and hitherto unappreciated, military and political gains between 1954 and 1963. After Diem's assassination, President Lyndon Johnson had at his disposal several aggressive policy options that could have enabled South Vietnam to continue the war without a massive US troop infusion, but he ruled out these options because of faulty assumptions and inadequate intelligence, making such an infusion the only means of saving the country.

The Department of Defense and the Nuclear Mission in the 21st Century

The Department of Defense and the Nuclear Mission in the 21st Century
Author: Clark A. Murdock
Publisher: CSIS
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780892065257

"This report argues that nuclear weapons are still important to U.S. national security, and it outlines a set of recommendations for how the Department of Defense should organize for nuclear missions in the twenty-first century. After first chronicling a failed effort in 2007 to develop a "balanced and integrated" package of policy initiatives on nuclear issues, the report provides a rationale for why the next administration should chose a strategic option as it confronts a number of nuclear challenges, ranging from the growing risk of nuclear terrorism to the proliferation risks associated with the expansion of nuclear energy to the role of nuclear weapons in a proliferating world."--CSIS web site

The Case for Liberty

The Case for Liberty
Author: Helen Hill Miller
Publisher:
Total Pages: 282
Release: 1965
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

Historical evolution of fundamental American freedoms outlined in the Bill of Rights, emphasizing their application to the civil rights issue.