The Princess & the Patriot

The Princess & the Patriot
Author: Sue Ann Prince
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780871699619

In 1782, Princess Ekaterina Dashkova was appointed dir. of Russia's Imperial Acad. of Arts & Sci. by Catherine the Great. It was just two years after she had met with another personality of the Enlightenment -- Benjamin Franklin, founding pres. of Amer. first scientific acad., the Amer. Philosophical Soc. (APS). The essays in this vol., pub. as a companion to an exhib. of the same title & on the occasion of the Franklin Tercentenary of 2006, highlight Dashkova as an accomplished Enlightenment woman. They explore how she, like Franklin, took up the challenge of living according to the newest ideals of her age. Nominated by Franklin in 1789 to become the first female member of the APS, she in turn made him the first Amer. member of the Russian Acad.

American Patriot

American Patriot
Author: Michael Burgan
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2009
Genre: Inventors
ISBN: 0756541190

A biography of Benjamin Franklin, American patriot, scientist, inventor, and politician.

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Publisher: IOS Press
Total Pages: 10439
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American Immigration After 1996

American Immigration After 1996
Author: Kathleen R. Arnold
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2011
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0271048891

"Examines the underlying complexities of immigration in the United States and the relationship between globalization of the economy and issues of political sovereignty"--Provided by publisher.

Rage on the Right

Rage on the Right
Author: Lane Crothers
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2019-02-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1538115735

Rage on the Right examines the rise, fall, and reemergence of the militia/alt-right movement from the 1990s through 2018. Using the lenses of history, culture, ideology, and social movement theory Crothers explores the diverse ways contemporary right-wing social movements have used American social and economic context to build themselves into a potent force in American political life. Just as the 1990s militia movement drew life from deeply embedded values and myths central to American political culture and political history, so, too, do the contemporary militia and alt-right movements. Right-wing social movements are as American as apple pieand must be understood as a core and enduring component of American political life. Ideal for undergraduate courses on social movements, political violence, and contemporary political history, this text explores the cultural rootedness of the militia and alt-right in America while also understanding the ways contemporary politics build on historical legacies to promote right wing populism in the United States. Highlights Traces the evolution of the militia and alt-right movements in the United States since the 1990s Situates right-wing populism in its cultural and ideological position in American politics Examines interaction of key events in the history of the militia and alt-right movements in the US with actions of entrepreneurial movement leaders and supporters in government and society Links the rise of the Donald Trump as candidate and president to the (re)emergence of the militia and the alt-right in the United States

The American Superhero

The American Superhero
Author: Richard A. Hall
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2019-02-06
Genre: Literary Criticism
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This compilation of essential information on 100 superheroes from comic book issues, various print and online references, and scholarly analyses provides readers all of the relevant material on superheroes in one place. The American Superhero: Encyclopedia of Caped Crusaders in History covers the history of superheroes and superheroines in America from approximately 1938–2010 in an intentionally inclusive manner. The book features a chronology of important dates in superhero history, five thematic essays covering the overall history of superheroes, and 100 A–Z entries on various superheroes. Complementing the entries are sidebars of important figures or events and a glossary of terms in superhero research. Designed for anyone beginning to research superheroes and superheroines, The American Superhero contains a wide variety of facts, figures, and features about caped crusaders and shows their importance in American history. Further, it collects and verifies information that otherwise would require hours of looking through multiple books and websites to find.

Soldiers

Soldiers
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Total Pages: 720
Release: 1986
Genre: Soldiers
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