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Life of Carter G. Woodson
Father of African-American History
E-bok, 2014
524 kr
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Carter G. Woodson, born just ten years after the Civil War ended, grew up in the lingering shadow of slavery. The son of former slaves, Woodson became the first scholar of African-American history, creating this field of university study. He was also the creator of Negro History Week, which has now …
Maverick Republican in the Old North State
A Political Biography of Daniel L. Russell
Av Jeffrey J. Crow, Robert F. Durden
Häftad, 1999
291 kr
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Daniel Russell is a good example of what Carl Degler has termed ""the other South."" The son of an aristocratic eastern North Carolina family of staunch Whig-Unionists, he entered politics when the Republican party first appeared in the state after the Civil War. For more than forty years …
Climax of Populism
The Election of 1896
Häftad, 2014
383 kr
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Rarely has a third political party in the United States exerted a force upon national events comparable to that of the Populists during the 1890s. This force reached its climax in the presidential race of 1896, when the national reforms epitomized in the cry for free silver were at issue. Yet …
Self-Inflicted Wound
Southern Politics in the Nineteenth Century
Häftad, 2014
299 kr
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The essentially tragic political fate of the American South in the nineteenth century resulted from what Robert F. Durden calls a "self-inflicted wound" -- the gradual surrender of the white majority to the pride, fears, and hates of racism. In this gracefully written and closely reasoned study, …
Self-Inflicted Wound
Southern Politics in the Nineteenth Century
E-bok, 2014
462 kr
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The essentially tragic political fate of the American South in the nineteenth century resulted from what Robert F. Durden calls a "self-inflicted wound"the gradual surrender of the white majority to the pride, fears, and hates of racism. In this gracefully written and closely reasoned study, Durden …
Climax of Populism
The Election of 1896
E-bok, 2014
551 kr
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Rarely has a third political party in the United States exerted a force upon national events comparable to that of the Populists during the 1890s. This force reached its climax in the presidential race of 1896, when the national reforms epitomized in the cry for free silver were at issue. Yet …
Dukes of Durham, 1865-1929
Häftad, 1987
395 kr
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This is the history of Washington Duke and two of his sons, Benjamin Newton Duke and James Buchanan Duke. Although numerous other members of the family play their parts in the story it focuses primarily on the three men who were at the center of the economic and philanthropic activities which made …
Launching of Duke University, 1924–1949
Inbunden, 1993
1157 kr
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In this rich and authoritative history, distinguished historian Robert F. Durden tells the story of the formation of Duke University, beginning with its creation in 1924 as a new institution organized around Trinity College. As Durden reveals, this narrative belongs first and foremost to Duke …
Dukes of Durham, 1865-1929
E-bok, 1987
605 kr
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This is the history of Washington Duke and two of his sons, Benjamin Newton Duke and James Buchanan Duke. Although numerous other members of the family play their parts in the story it focuses primarily on the three men who were at the center of the economic and philanthropic activities which made …
Lasting Legacy to the Carolinas
The Duke Endowment, 1924–1994
E-bok, 1998
1510 kr
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Like the majority of the founders of large philanthropic foundations in the United States, James B. Duke assumed that the Duke Endowment, which he established in 1924, would continue its charitable activity forever. Lasting Legacy to the Carolinas is an examination of the history of this foundation …
Launching of Duke University, 1924-1949
E-bok, 1993
1678 kr
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In this rich and authoritative history, distinguished historian Robert F. Durden tells the story of the formation of Duke University, beginning with its creation in 1924 as a new institution organized around Trinity College. As Durden reveals, this narrative belongs first and foremost to Duke …
Gray and the Black
The Confederate Debate on Emancipation
Häftad, 2000
453 kr
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That the Confederacy in its waning days frantically turned to the idea of arming slaves has long been known by all close students of the Civil War. Yet the more explosive, if unexamined, issue before the southern people and leaders in this last great crisis was whether or not the South itself …
Lasting Legacy to the Carolinas
The Duke Endowment, 1924–1994
Inbunden, 1998
1042 kr
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Like the majority of the founders of large philanthropic foundations in the United States, James B. Duke assumed that the Duke Endowment, which he established in 1924, would continue its charitable activity forever. Lasting Legacy to the Carolinas is an examination of the history of this foundation …
