America 1844

Author : John Bicknell
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781613730133

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The presidential election of 1844 was one of the two or three most momentous elections in American history. Had Henry Clay won instead of James K. Polk, we'd be living in a very different country today. It cemented the westward expansion that brought Texas, California, and Oregon into the union. It also took place amid religious turmoil that included anti-Mormon and anti-Catholic violence, and the "Great Disappointment" in which thousands of followers of an obscure preacher named William Miller believed Christ would return to earth in October 1844. Author and journalist John Bicknell details even more compelling, interwoven events that occurred during this momentous year-the murder of Joseph Smith, the religious fermentation of the Second Great Awakening, John C. Frémont's exploration of the West, Charles Goodyear's patenting of vulcanized rubber, the near-death of President John Tyler in a freak naval explosion, and much more. All of these elements illustrate the competing visions of the American future-Democrats v. Whigs, Mormons v. Millerites, nativists v. Catholics, those who risked the venture westward and those who stayed safely behind-and how Polk's victory cemented the vision of a continental nation. John Bicknell has written and edited for FCW, Congressional Quarterly, Roll Call, and was coeditor of the 2012 edition of Politics in America, CQ's 1200-page guide to the US Congress. He lives in Haymarket, Virginia.

Author : John Bicknell
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781613730102

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America 1844 by John Bicknell Pdf

The presidential election of 1844 was one of the two or three most momentous elections in American history. Had Henry Clay won instead of James K. Polk, we'd be living in a very different country today. It cemented the westward expansion that brought Texas, California, and Oregon into the union. It also took place amid religious turmoil that included anti-Mormon and anti-Catholic violence, and the "Great Disappointment" in which thousands of followers of an obscure preacher named William Miller believed Christ would return to earth in October 1844. Author and journalist John Bicknell details even more compelling, interwoven events that occurred during this momentous year-the murder of Joseph Smith, the religious fermentation of the Second Great Awakening, John C. Frémont's exploration of the West, Charles Goodyear's patenting of vulcanized rubber, the near-death of President John Tyler in a freak naval explosion, and much more. All of these elements illustrate the competing visions of the American future-Democrats v. Whigs, Mormons v. Millerites, nativists v. Catholics, those who risked the venture westward and those who stayed safely behind-and how Polk's victory cemented the vision of a continental nation. John Bicknell has written and edited for FCW, Congressional Quarterly, Roll Call, and was coeditor of the 2012 edition of Politics in America, CQ's 1200-page guide to the US Congress. He lives in Haymarket, Virginia.

Author : Carl Solms-Braunfels
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Germans
ISBN : 1574411241

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Voyage to North America, 1844-45 by Carl Solms-Braunfels Pdf

"Included in the Appendix are two additional important documents. First, is the diary of the colonial director of the Adelsverein, Alexander Bourgeois, who accompanied Solms until dismissed in August 1844. This record provides a unique counterpoint to Solms's viewpoint. The second is the Memoir on American Affairs, addressed to Queen Victoria. In this, written in 1845 some months after Solms's return to Germany, develops political views which were strongly influenced by Solms's stay in Texas."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Thomas A. Tweed
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2005-10-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780807876152

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The American Encounter with Buddhism, 1844-1912 by Thomas A. Tweed Pdf

In this landmark work, Thomas Tweed examines nineteenth-century America's encounter with one of the world's major religions. Exploring the debates about Buddhism that followed upon its introduction in this country, Tweed shows what happened when the transplanted religious movement came into contact with America's established culture and fundamentally different Protestant tradition. The book, first published in 1992, traces the efforts of various American interpreters to make sense of Buddhism in Western terms. Tweed demonstrates that while many of those interested in Buddhism considered themselves dissenters from American culture, they did not abandon some of the basic values they shared with their fellow Victorians. In the end, the Victorian understanding of Buddhism, even for its most enthusiastic proponents, was significantly shaped by the prevailing culture. Although Buddhism attracted much attention, it ultimately failed to build enduring institutions or gain significant numbers of adherents in the nineteenth century. Not until the following century did a cultural environment more conducive to Buddhism's taking root in America develop. In a new preface, Tweed addresses Buddhism's growing influence in contemporary American culture.

Author : Edward Bartlett Rugemer
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807135594

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The Problem of Emancipation by Edward Bartlett Rugemer Pdf

"A most persuasive work that repositions the American debates over emancipation where they clearly belong, in a broader Anglo-Atlantic context." -- Reviews in History While many historians look to internal conflict alone to explain the onset of the American Civil War, in The Problem of Emancipation, Edward Bartlett Rugemer places the origins of the war in a transatlantic context. Addressing a huge gap in the historiography of the antebellum United States, he explores the impact of Britain's abolition of slavery in 1834 on the coming of the war and reveals the strong influence of Britain's old Atlantic empire on the United States' politics. He demonstrates how American slaveholders and abolitionists alike borrowed from the antislavery movement developing on the transatlantic stage to fashion contradictory portrayals of abolition that became central to the arguments for and against American slavery. Richly researched and skillfully argued, The Problem of Emancipation explores a long-neglected aspect of American slavery and the history of the Atlantic World and bridges a gap in our understanding of the American Civil War. "Most discussions about the roots of the American Civil War seldom stray beyond the nation's borders, but Rugemer makes a persuasive case for why that should change." -- Charleston (SC) Post and Courier "A tremendous contribution to the greatest issue and ongoing controversy in pre--twentieth-century American historiography: the causes of the American Civil War. I was quite unprepared for Rugemer's crucial discoveries as he studied the way dozens of southern and northern newspapers responded to the British West Indian slave insurrections, to the British act of emancipation, and to the consequences of this so-called Mighty Experiment. Few historians have shown such sophistication in analyzing the rapidly changing pre--Civil War media and the shifts in public opinion." -- David Brion Davis, author of Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World

Author : Amelia Marie Kiddle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 1552389405

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Energy in the Americas by Amelia Marie Kiddle Pdf

"Energy in the Americas provides a hemispheric perspective on the historical construction of contemporary debates on the role of energy in society Understanding the history of energy and its evolving place of energy in society is essential to face the changing future of energy production. Across North and South America, national and localized understandings of energy as a common, public, or market good have influenced the development of energy industries. Energy in the Americas brings the diverse energy histories of North and South American nations into dialogue with one another, presenting an integrated hemispheric framework for understanding the historical constructions of contemporary debates on the role of energy in society. Rejecting pat truisms, this collection historicizes the experiences of producers and policymakers and assesses the interplay between environmental, technological, political, and ideological influences within and between countries and continents. Breaking down assumptions about the evolution of national energy histories, Energy in the Americas broadens and opens the conversation. De-emphasizing traditional focus on national peculiarities, it favours an international, integrated approach that brings together the work of established and emerging scholars. This is an essential step in understanding the circumstances that have created current energy policy and practice, and the historical narratives that underpin how energy production is conceptualized and understood."--

Author : Cambridge Philosophical Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105000714662

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Transactions by Cambridge Philosophical Society Pdf

Author : William Philip HIERN
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0022139914

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A Monograph on Ebenaceæ. From the Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, etc by William Philip HIERN Pdf

Author : John Robert Godley
Publisher : Cambridge, Mass. : General Microfilm Company
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0608421952

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Letters from America. 1844 by John Robert Godley Pdf

Author : Richard Hughes Seager
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231159739

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Buddhism in America by Richard Hughes Seager Pdf

"This well-informed book provides a comprehensive survey of a variety of Buddhist traditions in the contemporary U.S. . . . [its] strength, apart from being a mine of information, is Seager's insistence on taking a historically informed and comparative perspective." - Religious Studies Review.

Author : George Haven 1844-1930 Putnam
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1363994247

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MEMORIES OF MY YOUTH 1844-1865 by George Haven 1844-1930 Putnam Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Jacques M. Downs,Frederic D. Grant, Jr.
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789888139095

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The Golden Ghetto by Jacques M. Downs,Frederic D. Grant, Jr. Pdf

Before the opening of the treaty ports in the 1840s, Canton was the only Chinese port where foreign merchants were allowed to trade. The Golden Ghetto takes us into the world of one of this city’s most important foreign communities—the Americans—during the decades between the American Revolution of 1776 and the signing of the Sino-US Treaty of Wanghia in 1844. American merchants lived in isolation from Chinese society in sybaritic, albeit usually celibate luxury. Making use of exhaustive research, Downs provides an especially clear explanation of the Canton commercial setting generally and of the role of American merchants. Many of these men made fortunes and returned home to become important figures in the rapidly developing United States. The book devotes particular attention to the biographical details of the principal American traders, the leading American firms, and their operations in Canton and the United States. Opium smuggling receives especial emphasis, as does the important topic of early diplomatic relations between the United States and China. Since its first publication in 1997, The Golden Ghettohas been recognized as the leading work on Americans trading at Canton. Long out of print, this new edition makes this key work again available, both to scholars and a wider readership. “The fullest exposition on the subject thus far and as the final word on extant, previously untapped, English-language sources.” — Eileen Scully, in The China Quarterly

Author : Justin Winsor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : America
ISBN : UOM:39015010456260

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Narrative and Critical History of America: English explorations and settlements in North America. 1497-1689. [c1884 by Justin Winsor Pdf

Author : George Haven 1844-1930 Putnam
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 1373482907

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MEMORIES OF MY YOUTH 1844-1865 by George Haven 1844-1930 Putnam Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Samuel Austin Allibone
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : American literature
ISBN : IOWA:31858028079287

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A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors by Samuel Austin Allibone Pdf