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Author : Philip Dray
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780618563708
In this grand and compelling new history of Reconstruction, Pulitzer Prize finalist Philip Dray shines a light on a little known group of men: the nation's first black members of Congress.
Author : Jesse Holland
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780762751921
The first book of its kind, with comprehensive up-to-date details Historic sites along the Mall, such as the U.S. Capitol building, the White House and the Lincoln Memorial, are explored from an entirely new perspective in this book, with never-before-told stories and statistics about the role of blacks in their creation. This is an iconoclastic guide to Washington, D.C., in that it shines a light on the African Americans who have not traditionally been properly credited for actually building important landmarks in the city. New research by a top Washington journalist brings this information together in a powerful retelling of an important part of our country's history. In addition the book includes sections devoted to specific monuments such as the African American Civil War Memorial, the real “Uncle Tom's cabin,” the Benjamin Banneker Overlook and Frederick Douglass Museum, the Hall of Fame for Caring Americans, and other existing statues, memorials and monuments. It also details the many other places being planned right now to house, for the first time, rich collections of black American history that have not previously been accessible to the public, such as the soon-to-open Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Monument, as well as others opening over the next decade. This book will be a source of pride for African Americans who live in or come from the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia area as well as for the 18 million annual African American visitors to our nation's capital. Jesse J. Holland is a political journalist who lives in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. He is the Congressional legal affairs correspondent for the Associated Press, and his stories frequently appear in the New York Times and other major papers. In 2004, Holland became the first African American elected to Congressional Standing Committee of Correspondents, which represents the entire press corps before the Senate and the House of Representatives. A graduate of the University of Mississippi, he is a frequent lecturer at universities and media talk shows across the country.
Author : Edward P. Moser
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493055913
The Lost History of the Capitol is an account of the many bizarre, tragic, and violent episodes that have occurred in and around the Capitol Building, from the founding of the federal capital city in 1790 up to contemporary times, including the events of January 6, 2021. In this 230-year span, the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the neighborhoods nearby have witnessed dozens of high-profile scandals, trials, riots, bombings, and personal assaults, along with some inspiring events as well. This is a popular work about the US Capitol Building and its environs. Among the many incidents the book chronicles are a duel-to-the-death between congressmen, the terror bombings of the Senate, the first assassination attempt on a US president, moving tributes to war heroes and heroines, vicious brawls between senators and congressmen, protest marches both uplifting and illicit, public hangings near the Capitol steps, a gun battle in the House, bloody ethnic broils quelled by a famous father and son, and the citywide and Capitol Building riots of 2020–21.
Author : Jesse Holland
Publisher : Lyons Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1493029681
Presents details about the role of blacks in the history of Washington, D.C., including in the creation of such historic sites as the White House and the Lincoln Memorial, and provides information on monuments dedicated to the contributions of African Americans.
Author : Sherene Seikaly
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0804796610
Men of Capital examines British-ruled Palestine in the 1930s and 1940s through a focus on economy. In a departure from the expected histories of Palestine, this book illuminates dynamic class constructions that aimed to shape a pan-Arab utopia in terms of free trade, profit accumulation, and private property. And in so doing, it positions Palestine and Palestinians in the larger world of Arab thought and social life, moving attention away from the limiting debates of Zionist–Palestinian conflict. Reading Palestinian business periodicals, records, and correspondence, Sherene Seikaly reveals how capital accumulation was central to the conception of the ideal "social man." Here we meet a diverse set of characters—the man of capital, the frugal wife, the law-abiding Bedouin, the unemployed youth, and the abundant farmer—in new spaces like the black market, cafes and cinemas, and the idyllic Arab home. Seikaly also traces how British colonial institutions and policies regulated wartime austerity regimes, mapping the shortages of basic goods—such as the vegetable crisis of 1940—to the broader material disparities among Palestinians and European Jews. Ultimately, she shows that the economic is as central to social management as the political, and that an exclusive focus on national claims and conflicts hides the more complex changes of social life in Palestine.
Author : Kirby Lambert,Patricia Mullan Burnham,Susan R. Near
Publisher : Montana Historical Society
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0917298837
In honor of the Capitol's centennial, the building's history is described back to its construction 100 years ago. Lavishly illustrated, the volume provides a long overdue tribute to this crown jewel of Montana architecture. 27 photos. 45 illustrations.
Author : Mike Cox
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439661086
From its beginning as one of the most ambitious construction projects west of the Mississippi, the imposing red granite Lone Star statehouse loomed large in Texas lore. The iconic landmark rests on a foundation of election rigging, an unsolved murder, land swaps and pre-dedication blackmail. It bore witness to the first meeting between LBJ and Lady Bird, as well as a bizarre resolution honoring the Boston Strangler. Mike Cox digs up a quarry's worth of the capitol's untold history, cataloguing everything from its ghost stories to its public art and collectible tourist kitsch.
Author : Sandra Jeppesen,Michael Hoechsmann,iowyth hezel ulthiin,David VanDyke,Miranda McKee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000586244
The Capitol Riots maps out the events of the January 6, 2021 insurrectionary riots at the United States Capitol building, providing context for understanding the contributing factors and ongoing implications of the uprising. This definitive text explores the rise of populism, disinformation, conspiracy theories, the alt-right, and white supremacy during the lead-up to and planning of the Stop the Steal campaign, as well as the complex interplay during the riots of political performances, costumes, objectives, communications, digital media, datafication, race, gender, and—ultimately—power. Assembling raw data from social media, selfie photos and videos, and mainstream journalism, the authors develop a timeline and data visualizations representing the events. They delve into the complex, openly shared narratives, motivations, and actions of people on the ground that day who violated the symbolic center of U.S. democracy. An analysis of visual data reveals an affective outpouring of mutually amplifying expressions of frustration, fear, hate, anger, and anomie that correspond to similar logics and counter-logics in the polarized and chaotic contemporary media environment that have only been intensified by COVID-19 lockdowns, conspiracy theories, and a call to action at the Capitol from the outgoing POTUS and his inner circle. The book will appeal to both a general audience of those curious about how and why the Capitol riots unfolded and to students and scholars of communications, political science, media studies, sociology, education, surveillance studies, digital humanities, gender studies, critical whiteness studies, and datafication studies. It will also find an audience within computer science and technology studies through its approach to big data, data visualization, AI, algorithms, data tracking, and other data sciences.
Author : Robert Ney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Legislators
ISBN : 0984304770
In this new book, Bob explains what happened leading up to his resignation, and how powerful members of congress played leading roles in both the Abramoff scandal and Bob's own downfall.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1210 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1924
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015018408719
Author : Guy Gugliotta
Publisher : Hill and Wang
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781429969222
The modern United States Capitol is a triumph of both engineering and design. From its 9-million-pound cast-iron dome to the dazzling opulence of the President's Room and the Senate corridors, the Capitol is one of the most renowned buildings in the world. But the history of the U.S. Capitol is also the history of America's most tumultuous years. As the new Capitol rose above Washington's skyline, battles over slavery and secession ripped the country apart. Ground was broken just months after Congress adopted the compromise of 1850, which was supposed to settle the "slavery question" for all time. The statue Freedom was placed atop the Capitol's new dome in 1863, five months after the Battle of Gettysburg. In Freedom's Cap, the award-winning journalist Guy Gugliotta recounts the history and broader meaning of the Capitol building through the lives of the three men most responsible for its construction. We owe the building's scale and magnificence to none other than Jefferson Davis, who remained the Capitol's staunchest advocate up until the week he left Washington to become president of the Confederacy. Davis's protégé and the Capitol's lead engineer, Captain Montgomery C. Meigs, became quartermaster general of the Union Army and never forgave Davis for his betrayal of the nation. The Capitol's brilliant architect and Meigs's longtime rival, Thomas U. Walter, defended slavery at the beginning of the war but eventually turned fiercely against the South. In impeccable detail, Gugliotta captures the clash of personalities behind the building of the Capitol and the unique engineering, architectural, design, and political challenges the three men collectively overcame to create the iconic seat of American government.
Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1318 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015082458574
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 846 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11350729
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015073303037
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015005182640