The Colonial and Early National Period 1654-1840

The Colonial and Early National Period 1654-1840
Author: Jeffrey S. Gurock
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2014-02-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1136674446

The first volume contains articles on a variety of areas including Jewish involvement in the War of Independence and in the American Revolution, the New York Jewish Community of the time and a look at the Dutch and English Jews of the period.

The Early National Period

The Early National Period
Author: Sarah J. Purcell
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2009
Genre: United States
ISBN: 1438108834

Traces the history, events and people of post-Revolutionary War America through such primary sources as letters, speeches, and newspaper articles.

The Rise and Fall of Early American Magazine Culture

The Rise and Fall of Early American Magazine Culture
Author: Jared Gardner
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2012-05-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 025209381X

Countering assumptions about early American print culture and challenging our scholarly fixation on the novel, Jared Gardner reimagines the early American magazine as a rich literary culture that operated as a model for nation-building by celebrating editorship over authorship and serving as a virtual salon in which citizens were invited to share their different perspectives. The Rise and Fall of Early American Magazine Culture reexamines early magazines and their reach to show how magazine culture was multivocal and presented a porous distinction between author and reader, as opposed to novel culture, which imposed a one-sided authorial voice and restricted the agency of the reader.

The Gilded Age

The Gilded Age
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher:
Total Pages: 380
Release: 1904
Genre: City and town life
ISBN:

Epic in American Culture

Epic in American Culture
Author: Christopher N. Phillips
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2012-05
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1421404893

This book investigates the concept of what it means to be 'epic' and its form in American life, literature, and art from the country's early days.

Reclaiming the American Revolution

Reclaiming the American Revolution
Author: W. Watkins
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2016-04-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1137097949

Reclaiming the American Revolution examines the struggles for political ascendancy between Federalists and the Republicans in the early days of the American Republic. Watkins views the struggle through the lens of the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, charters written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison respectively, that were responses to the Alien and Sedition Acts passed by Federalists that, among other things, made criticism of the federal government a crime. Viewing those acts as a threat to states' rights, as well as indicative of a national government that sought supreme power, the Resolutions restated the principles of the American Revolution and sought to return the nation to the tenets of the Constitution, in which rights for all were protected by checking the power of the national government.

U.S. History

U.S. History
Author: P. Scott Corbett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1886
Release: 2024-09-10
Genre: History
ISBN:

U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience). U.S. History covers key forces that form the American experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender.

1919 The Year That Changed America

1919 The Year That Changed America
Author: Martin W. Sandler
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2019-11-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1547605766

WINNER OF THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 1919 was a world-shaking year. America was recovering from World War I and black soldiers returned to racism so violent that that summer would become known as the Red Summer. The suffrage movement had a long-fought win when women gained the right to vote. Laborers took to the streets to protest working conditions; nationalistic fervor led to a communism scare; and temperance gained such traction that prohibition went into effect. Each of these movements reached a tipping point that year. Now, one hundred years later, these same social issues are more relevant than ever. Sandler traces the momentum and setbacks of these movements through this last century, showing that progress isn't always a straight line and offering a unique lens through which we can understand history and the change many still seek.