American Anniversaries
Author | : Philip Robert Dillon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 1918 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Philip Robert Dillon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 1918 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Philip Robert Dillon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 2008-06-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781436534154 |
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Author | : Philip Robert Dillon |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 2015-06-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781330168929 |
Excerpt from American Anniversaries: Every Day in the Year, Presenting Seven Hundred and Fifty Events in United States History, From the Discovery of America to the Present Day To find an unexplored region in the realm of reference books is an unwonted achievement. Yet that is what the writer of the following pages seems to have done. Makers of almanacs and compilers of calendars have indeed made short excursions into the domain of American Anniversaries but their contributions are obvious and fragmentary to the point of tantalization. In this volume the leading events of American history arc treated comprehensively and with a degree of scholarship that deserves to be called scientific. The material has been gathered during years of research; the selections have been made judiciously, with a discrimination that is as evident from the omissions as from what is included. Difference of opinion there may be as to the proportionate emphasis laid upon the several events and to the comparative space allotted to each. But few if any readers will quarrel with the author's predilection for the dramatic and romantic aspects of history nor with his patriotic purpose as manifest throughout the book. As to the style, which maintains the best traditions of American literature as developed in the field of journalism there would seem to be no question as to its sober eloquence nor its adequate enthusiasm where the subject warrants it. The simplicity of the scheme of classification approaches a stroke of genius and with the system of cross references provided by the index makes the contents of the book readily available. The need for such a book is undeniable. The occasional speaker in the pulpit and upon the platform; the orator of the day; as well as those whose voices arc heard through the daily press will alike welcome a handy volume that reminds them from day to day of the supreme moments in American history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : Philip Robert Dillon |
Publisher | : Palala Press |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2016-05-10 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781356287734 |
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Author | : Philip Robert Dillon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 2019-03-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780526706143 |
Author | : William M. Johnston |
Publisher | : Transaction Publishers |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780887383755 |
In the twentieth century, celebrations of historical anniversaries abounded. There was the bicentennial of the French Revolution, the 150th anniversary of photography, Bach's 300th anniversary, and the 200th anniversary of the American Constitution, to name just a few. Every year hundreds of anniversaries still attract media attention and government investment in ever greater degrees. Deploying an astonishing array of insights, Celebrations explores the causes and consequences of this major phenomenon of our time. As Johnston shows, anniversaries fulfill a number of needs. They provide the kind of experience of regularity across a lifetime that the weekly cycle supplies in daily life. The use of anniversaries for political ends emerged during the French Revolution and expanded to promote nationalism during the nineteenth century, although there are differences in how they are used. Europeans tend to celebrate cultural heroes, while Americans tend to celebrate events. Entire nations exploit anniversaries of founding events in order to promote national identity. Commercially, there are whole industries built around commemoration, and they provide intellectuals an opportunity to take center stage. Using methods of cultural history, sociology, and religious studies, Johnston shows how the cult of anniversaries reflects postmodern concerns. It fills a void left by the disappearance of ideologies and avant-gardes. In an era when there is little consensus about styles or methods, anniversaries allow intellectuals, businesses, and governments to acknowledge and celebrate every nuance of opinion. By suggesting ways to use anniversaries more creatively, this book offers a broad range of insights.
Author | : Scott Spencer |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2010-11-23 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1453205446 |
During WWII, a naive young woman is hired by a Nazi-sympathizing congressman, in this novel by the New York Times–bestselling author of A Ship Made of Paper. As the Second World War heats up, Caitlin Van Fleet moves to Washington, DC, to become a “government girl” in the office of Congressman Stowe, who has connections to such controversial figures as the fiery radio commentator Father Coughlin and the German-American Bund. Young and impressionable, Caitlin enters into a passionate love affair with the congressman’s aide, Betty Sinclair. But their relationship, while intense, is short-lived. When Caitlin befriends Joe Rose, an undercover reporter working to expose Stowe as a Nazi collaborator, she must decide once and for all what she truly stands for. From a two-time National Book Award finalist known for such novels as Endless Love, The Rich Man’s Table, and An Ocean Without a Shore, New York Times Notable Book Secret Anniversaries brings to life the political controversies surrounding World War II, and delves into one woman’s decades-long journey as she wrestles with questions of passion and principle. “Spencer is one of my very favorite writers.” —Emma Cline, New York Times–bestselling author of The Girls “A gifted storyteller.” —Newsday “A magnificent writer.” —Anne Tyler, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Redhead by the Side of the Road
Author | : T. G. Otte |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 405 |
Release | : 2017-09-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 135170236X |
For historians centennial commemorations furnish an excellent heuristic tool for gauging late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century attitudes towards the past and the present. Centenary celebrations helped to revive, perpetuate and reinforce public perceptions of historical events and people in collective memory. They were fairly infrequent before 1850 but increased in size and numbers by the end of the long nineteenth century, so much so that a ‘cult of the centenary’ had become established throughout the wider Western world around 1900. At one level, such events were ephemeral affairs. And yet many left a lasting legacy. Above all, as part of the contemporary processes of the ‘invention of traditions’ and the conscious national ‘self-historicization’ of the established nation-states, they offer crucial insights into the social, cultural and political dynamics of the period.
Author | : Uwe Johnson |
Publisher | : New York Review of Books |
Total Pages | : 913 |
Release | : 2021-07-27 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1681375567 |
The first volume of a titanic masterpiece of twentieth-century literature, named one of the best books of 2018 by The New York Times critics. Published to great acclaim as a two-part boxed set in 2018, Anniversaries is now available as two individual volumes. It is August 1967, and Gesine Cresspahl, born in Germany the year that Hitler came to power, a survivor of war, of Soviet occupation, and of East German Communism, has been living with her ten-year-old daughter, Marie, in New York City for six years. Mother and daughter find themselves caught up in the countless stories of the world around them: stories of work and school and their neighborhood, with its shifting and varied cast of characters, as well as the stories that Gesine reads in The New York Times every day—about Che Guevara, racial violence, the war in Vietnam, and the US elections to come. Now, with Marie growing up, Gesine has decided to tell her daughter the story of her own childhood in a small north German town in the 1930s and ’40s. Amid memories of Germany’s criminal and disastrous past and the daily barrage of news from a world in disarray, Gesine, conscientious, self-scrutinizing, with a sharp sense of humor, struggles to describe what she has learned over the years and what she hopes to pass on to Marie. Marie, articulate, quizzical, with a perspective that is very much her own, has plenty of questions, too. Uwe Johnson’s intimate portrait of a mother and daughter is also a panorama of past and present history and the world at large. Comparable in richness of invention and depth of feeling to Joyce’s Ulysses and Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, Anniversaries is one of the world’s great novels.
Author | : American Association for State and Local History |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2021-09-21 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781737486411 |
Making History at 250: The Field Guide for the Semiquincentennial provides themes, ideas, and inspiration for museum professionals, historians, educators, volunteers, and others in the history community as they prepare for the Semiquincentennial anniversary of the United States' Declaration of Independence. The themes, "Unfinished Revolutions," "Power of Place," "We the People," "American Experiment," and "Doing History," are intended to encourage inclusive, relevant histories and provide cohesiveness to a multi-faceted, grassroots commemoration. Developed with direction from a diverse panel of more than twenty-five historians and museum professionals from across the United States, each of these guiding themes can be used to explore the nation's founding and the legacy of the Revolution, helping the history community and the nation confront hard truths about the shortcomings of our experiment in liberty and equality, while celebrating the vital principles of participatory government and constitutional rights. The themes in this guide encourage a deep engagement with the entirety of our past, one full of moments that both inspire and challenge us.Making History at 250 can help the history community coordinate their efforts in advance of 2026 and work together to fulfill the incredible, transformative potential of the Semiquincentennial.