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19 produkter
Telling the Truth about History
Av Joyce Appleby, Lynn Hunt m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
303 kr
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This text examines the problem of historical truth. Seeking the roots of contemporary historical study in the Enlightenment, the authors argue that a model of historical research, based on neutrality and objectivity, served historians well until World War II. After that post-modernism suggested …
Relentless Revolution
A History of Capitalism
Häftad, 2011
404 kr
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With its deep roots and global scope, the capitalist system seems universal and timeless. The framework for our lives, it is a source of constant change, sometimes measured and predictable, sometimes drastic, out of control. Yet what is now ubiquitous was not always so. Capitalism was an unlikely …
Shores of Knowledge
New World Discoveries and the Scientific Imagination
Häftad, 2014
169 kr
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When Columbus first returned to Europe from the Caribbean, he presented King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella with exotic parrots, tropical flowers and bits of gold. The search for riches spurred Columbus and others to voyage the oceans with similar ambitions and these seafarers continued to return …
Knowledge and Postmodernism in Historical Perspective
Av Joyce Appleby, Elizabeth Covington m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
704 kr
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This comprehensive reader chronicles the western engagement with the nature of knowledge during the past four centuries while providing the historical context for the postmodernist thought of Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Richard Rorty and Hayden White, and the challenges their ideas have posed …
Jefferson: Political Writings
Av Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
732 kr
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Thomas Jefferson is among the most important and controversial of American political thinkers: his influence (libertarian, democratic, participatory, and agrarian-republican) is still felt today. A prolific writer, Jefferson left 18,000 letters, Notes on the State of Virginia, an Autobiography, and …
Inheriting the Revolution
The First Generation of Americans
Häftad, 2001
323 kr
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Born after the Revolution, the first generation of Americans inherited a truly new world--and, with it, the task of working out the terms of Independence. Anyone who started a business, marketed a new invention, ran for office, formed an association, or wrote for publication was helping to fashion …
Liberalism and Republicanism in the Historical Imagination
Häftad, 1992
507 kr
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Like dye cast into water, liberal assumptions color everything American, from ideas about human nature to fears about big government. Not the dreaded “L” word of the 1988 presidential campaign, liberalism in its historical context emerged from the modern faith in free inquiry, natural rights, …
Restless Past
History and the American Public
Häftad, 2007
385 kr
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At a time when public commemorations and remembrances often develop into battlefields of contested meanings, historians play an even greater role in shaping the way the American public sees and understands its past.Distinguished historian Joyce Appleby has been at the forefront of many of the …
Capitalism and a New Social Order
The Republican Vision of the 1790s
Häftad, 1984
343 kr
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Examines the vision of Jeffersonian Republicans and their impact on early American politicsIn 1800 the Jeffersonian Republicans, decisive victors over what they considered elitist Federalism, seized the potential for change in the new American nation. They infused in it their vision of a society of …
Knowledge and Postmodernism in Historical Perspective
Av Allison Sneider, Michael Latham m. fl.
E-bok, 2020
831 kr
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This comprehensive reader chronicles the western engagement with the nature of knowledge during the past four centuries while providing the historical context for the postmodernist thought of Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Richard Rorty and Hayden White, and the challenges their ideas have posed …
Knowledge and Postmodernism in Historical Perspective
Av Allison Sneider, Michael Latham m. fl.
E-bok, 2020
831 kr
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This comprehensive reader chronicles the western engagement with the nature of knowledge during the past four centuries while providing the historical context for the postmodernist thought of Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Richard Rorty and Hayden White, and the challenges their ideas have posed …
Encyclopedia of Women in American History
Av Joanne Goodwin, Eileen Chang m. fl.
E-bok, 2015
5931 kr
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This illustrated encyclopedia examines the unique influence and contributions of women in every era of American history, from the colonial period to the present. It not only covers the issues that have had an impact on women, but also traces the influence of women''s achievements on society as a …
Encyclopedia of Women in American History
Av Joanne Goodwin, Eileen Chang m. fl.
E-bok, 2015
5931 kr
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This illustrated encyclopedia examines the unique influence and contributions of women in every era of American history, from the colonial period to the present. It not only covers the issues that have had an impact on women, but also traces the influence of women''s achievements on society as a …
Restless Past
History and the American Public
E-bok, 2007
418 kr
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At a time when public commemorations and remembrances often develop into battlefields of contested meanings, historians play an even greater role in shaping the way the American public sees and understands its past. Distinguished historian Joyce Appleby has been at the forefront of many of the …
Thomas Jefferson
The American Presidents Series: The 3rd President, 1801-1809
Av Joyce Appleby, Jr. Arthur M. Schlesinger
E-bok, 2013
180 kr
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An illuminating analysis of the man whose name is synonymous with American democracy Few presidents have embodied the American spirit as fully as Thomas Jefferson. He was the originator of so many of the founding principles of American democracy. Politically, he shuffled off the centralized …
Knowledge and Postmodernism in Historical Perspective
Av Joyce Appleby, Elizabeth Covington m. fl.
Inbunden, 1996
1023 kr
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This comprehensive reader chronicles the western engagement with the nature of knowledge during the past four centuries while providing the historical context for the postmodernist thought of Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Richard Rorty and Hayden White, and the challenges their ideas have posed …
Encyclopedia of Women in American History
Av Joyce Appleby, Eileen Chang m. fl.
2002, 0-0 år
6818 kr
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This illustrated encyclopedia examines the unique influence and contributions of women in every era of American history, from the colonial period to the present. It not only covers the issues that have had an impact on women, but also traces the influence of women's achievements on society as a …
