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22 produkter
Charles Evans Hughes
and American Democratic Statesmanship
Av Dexter Perkins, Oscar Handlin
Inbunden, 1978
786 kr
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The author presents Hughes not only as a remarkable jurist but also as one of the most remarkable statesmen in American history. A well-rounded picture of the man and his career is presented.
Uprooted
Häftad, 1973
305 kr
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Provides an historical account of the 35,000,000 people who emigrated to America in the 19th and early 20th century. The author offers an insight into alienation, its consequences and the emotions of those involved. The book examines their disillusionment incited by a new land.
Boston’s Immigrants, 1790–1880
A Study in Acculturation, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, With a New Preface by the Author
Häftad, 1991
406 kr
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As fresh today as when it was first published a half-century ago, Boston’s Immigrants illuminates the history of a particular city and an important phase of the American experience. Focusing on the life of people from the perspective of the social historian, the book explores a wide range of …
Commonwealth
A Study of the Role of Government in the American Economy: Massachusetts, 1774–1861, Revised Edition
Av Oscar Handlin, Mary Flug Handlin
Häftad, 1987
418 kr
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Commonwealth, when first published in 1947, was a pioneer effort to investigate the historical role of government in the American economy. It revealed for the first time the importance of political action in the development of the American free enterprise system. The present edition has been …
From the Outer World
Av Oscar Handlin, Lilian Handlin
Häftad, 1997
524 kr
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Oscar and Lilian Handlin show us how the new voyagers in the twentieth century--from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Latin America--record their experiences in the United States. The narratives of the non-Europeans, they find, clearly reflect the circumstances of their composition, as well as the …
Glimpses of the Harvard Past
Av Bernard Bailyn, Donald Fleming m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
372 kr
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This happy combination of literary essay and exceptionally well-written history, providing insights into a past still important in the twentieth century, will quickly take an honored place on the shelves of Harvardiana.Bernard Bailyn writes on the origins of Harvard and the foundations of Harvard’s …
Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups
Av Stephan Thernstrom, Ann Orlov m. fl.
Inbunden, 1980
2045 kr
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From Acadians to Zoroastrians-Asians, American Indians, East Indians, West Indians, Europeans, Latin Americans, Afro-Americans, and Mexican Americans—the Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups provides the first comprehensive and systematic review of the many peoples of this country. It …
Popular Sources of Political Authority
Documents on the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780
Av Oscar Handlin, Mary Flug Handlin
Inbunden, 1966
2181 kr
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Rarely is it possible to hear the voice of the people in a revolution except as it filters through the writings of articulate individuals who may not really be representative. But on several occasions during the effort to draft a constitution for Massachusetts after 1776, the citizens of the …
Harvard Guide to American History
Av Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr, Samuel Eliot Morison m. fl.
Inbunden, 1954
814 kr
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Truth in History
Häftad, 1979
524 kr
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One of the most eminent historians of our time offers here a perceptive guide to the study of history. Truth in History teaches how to read, how to analyze, how to discriminate. It is as helpful to the reader whose history is created daily in the news as it is to the professional historian whose …
Uprooted
The Epic Story of the Great Migrations That Made the American People
Häftad, 2002
388 kr
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Awarded the 1952 Pulitzer Prize in history, The Uprooted chronicles the common experiences of the millions of European immigrants who came to America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries-their fears, their hopes, their expectations. The New Yorker called it "strong stuff, handled in …
Truth in History
Inbunden, 2018
2586 kr
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Like scholars in other fields, historians have long occupied themselves in self-justification. In a society which calibrates all measures by a single standard, the proof of scientific worth became relevance, which in turn was interpreted as a search not for truth but for political correctness. In a …
Truth in History
E-bok, 2018
907 kr
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Like scholars in other fields, historians have long occupied themselves in self-justification. In a society which calibrates all measures by a single standard, the proof of scientific worth became relevance, which in turn was interpreted as a search not for truth but for political correctness. In a …
Truth in History
E-bok, 2018
927 kr
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Like scholars in other fields, historians have long occupied themselves in self-justification. In a society which calibrates all measures by a single standard, the proof of scientific worth became relevance, which in turn was interpreted as a search not for truth but for political correctness. In a …
Distortion of America
E-bok, 2017
820 kr
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This book is a methodological primer on how historians gather evidence, presume reliability of witnesses, and develop forms of verification in the conduct of analysis and research. It is an introduction to the study of history and an examination of specific instances in which ideology has distorted …
Distortion of America
E-bok, 2017
820 kr
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This book is a methodological primer on how historians gather evidence, presume reliability of witnesses, and develop forms of verification in the conduct of analysis and research. It is an introduction to the study of history and an examination of specific instances in which ideology has distorted …
Distortion of America
Häftad, 2015
791 kr
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This book is a methodological primer on how historians gather evidence, presume reliability of witnesses, and develop forms of verification in the conduct of analysis and research. It is an introduction to the study of history and an examination of specific instances in which ideology has distorted …
Truth in History
Häftad, 1997
789 kr
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Like scholars in other fields, historians have long occupied themselves in self-justification. In a society which calibrates all measures by a single standard, the proof of scientific worth became relevance, which in turn was interpreted as a search not for truth but for political correctness. In a …
The American Archipelago: A New Edition of Oscar Handlin's Classic Anthology, 'This Was America'
Av Oscar Handlin, Kenneth Weisbrode
Häftad, 2026
1503 kr
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The American Archipelago: A New Edition of Oscar Handlin's Classic Anthology, 'This Was America'
Av Oscar Handlin, Kenneth Weisbrode
Inbunden, 2026
866 kr
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Distortion of America
Inbunden, 1995
469 kr
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This book is a methodological primer on how historians gather evidence, presume reliability of witnesses, and develop forms of verification in the conduct of analysis and research. It is an introduction to the study of history and an examination of specific instances in which ideology has distorted …
