Defining America

Author : Jude M. Pfister
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476643779

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Defining America in the Radical 1760s by Jude M. Pfister Pdf

The 1760s were a period of great agitation in the American colonies. The policies implemented by the British resulted in an outcry from the Americans that inaugurated the radical ideas leading to the Revolution in 1775. John Dickinson led the way in the "war of ink" between America and Britain, which saw over 1,000 pamphlets and essays written both for and against British policy. King George III, the new British monarch, wrote extensively on the role of Britain in the colonial world and sought to find a middle way between the quickly rising feelings on both sides of the debate. This book tells the story of this radical decade as it occurred in writing, drawing from primary sources and rarely seen exchanges.

Author : Bill Ong Hing
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781592138487

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Defining America by Bill Ong Hing Pdf

From the earliest days of nationhood, the United States has determined who might enter the country and who might be naturalized. In this sweeping review of US immigration policies, Bill Ong Hing points to the racial, ethnic, and social struggles over who should be welcomed into the community of citizens. He shows how shifting visions of America have shaped policies governing asylum, exclusion, amnesty, and border policing. Written for a broad audience, Defining America Through Immigration Policy sets the continuing debates about immigration in the context of what value we as a people have assigned to cultural pluralism in various eras. Hing examines the competing visions of America reflected in immigration debates over the last 225 years. For instance, he compares the rationales and regulations that limited immigration of southern and eastern Europeans to those that excluded Asians in the nineteenth century. He offers a detailed history of the policies and enforcement procedures put in place to limit migration from Mexico, and indicts current border control measures as immoral. He probes into little discussed issues such as the exclusion of gays and lesbians and the impact of political considerations on the availability of amnesty and asylum to various groups of migrants. Hing's spirited discussion and sophisticated analysis will appeal to readers in a wide spectrum of academic disciplines as well as those general readers interested in America's on-going attempts to make one of many.

Author : Eric Wearne
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781793606341

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Defining Hybrid Homeschools in America by Eric Wearne Pdf

Defining Hybrid Homeschools in America: Little Platoons explores the idea of hybrid homeschools, where students attend a formal school setting for part of the week and are homeschooled the rest of the week. Eric Wearne observes that school choice in America typically comes in two forms: programs set up for disadvantaged students, and the more common form of choice that wealthy parents can exercise—paying private tuition or moving to a more desirable school district. While disadvantaged families in many places and wealthy families everywhere can exercise choice when it comes to schooling, a sizeable group typically gets left out of those options—the large number of families who are too wealthy to access state or local programs, but not wealthy enough to pay for private schooling or moving expenses. Wearne argues that this is a long-term weakness for school choice in America; the middle class is generally a well-off demographic, but is almost completely unserved when it comes to this large aspect of their children’s lives. However, one low-cost option has arisen to address this niche: hybrid home schools. Wearne cites existing research to argue for this model’s efficacy for the middle class as a strong example of a healthy civil society and examines how policy definitions are breaking down and evolving in education as we challenge the existing definitions of schooling.

Author : Roger Anghis
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781449764265

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Defining America’S Exceptionalism by Roger Anghis Pdf

Many pastors I have spoken with have no problem with the so-called separation of church and state and have even told me that it was in our Constitution. Because we no longer teach our Constitution in our schools and we, the pastors, do not teach the importance of who we are and where we came from, we have come to the point where we believe what we are told by academia concerning our Founding Fathers and the Constitution and have been led down a path of falsehoods and deception. It has been long said that if we forget who we are and where we came from, we will not know who we are or where we are going. There are many forces out there determined to remove all vestiges of our religious history. Our Founding Fathers knew that there was to be involvement by the church and allowed the influence of Christianity to be prevalent. The only separation of church and state that the founders wanted was an institutional separation. They designed our Constitution so that the government would have no say whatsoever in the exercise of religion by the people. Todays government has turned that around 180 degrees and is now using what used to guarantee freedom of religion to the removal of religion from the public square. Will we let it continue? It is now the choice of We the People.

Author : JT. DOWD
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1716044723

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DEFINING AMERICA. by JT. DOWD Pdf

Author : David Halberstam
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0792259092

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Defining a Nation by David Halberstam Pdf

Essays by historians, commentators, and writers--including Stan Katz, Sam Roberts, Anna Quindlen--in a celebration of America that combines more than 300 exquisite photos and illustrations with unsurpassed prose.

Author : Victor Connor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1434301494

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Defining America by Victor Connor Pdf

George Custis is a battle savvy Union Captain who is known for his fighting tenacity and leadership prowess. He makes the mistake of getting ahead of his troops in lone pursuit of the enemy and suffers a head wound that takes away his memory suffering from amnesia and seriously wounded, he is taken in by three southern sisters and nursed back to health. After regaining his memory and returning to his regiment he finds himself in a myriad of adventures that are fast moving'' and will delight the reader with their twists. A romantic thread is woven throughout the saga and creates only one of the great twists experienced.

Author : Tamar Herzog
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780300129830

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Defining Nations by Tamar Herzog Pdf

In this book Tamar Herzog explores the emergence of a specifically Spanish concept of community in both Spain and Spanish America in the eighteenth century. Challenging the assumption that communities were the natural result of common factors such as language or religion, or that they were artificially imagined, Herzog reexamines early modern categories of belonging. She argues that the distinction between those who were Spaniards and those who were foreigners came about as local communities distinguished between immigrants who were judged to be willing to take on the rights and duties of membership in that community and those who were not.

Author : Neil Philip
Publisher : Viking Books for Young Readers
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : UOM:49015002327683

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Singing America by Neil Philip Pdf

An anthology of poems that describe, celebrate and bring to vivid life the American experience.

Author : Jt Dowd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798693007888

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Defining America by Jt Dowd Pdf

Drug use, capitalism, Defining America explores what it's truly like to be alive and how our mind creates a world beyond good and evil.

Author : James Davison Hunter
Publisher : [New York] : BasicBooks
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1991-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015058009823

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Culture Wars by James Davison Hunter Pdf

"A riveting account of how Christian fundamentalists, Orthodox Jews, and conservative Catholics have joined forces in a battle against their progressive counterparts for control of American secular c"

Author : Amira Karam
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-11
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9783668921696

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Who is american? A definition of American Identity by Amira Karam Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2018 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,7, University of Frankfurt (Main), language: English, abstract: This paper focuses on what it means to be an American and if it is possible for people and immigrants with different cultural backgrounds to acquire an American Identity. In want to find out if the American exceptionalism and its three dimensions give an impression of what it means to gain an American identity. Obviously, being American means to share the same values, but it is not clear if it means to also share the same citizenship. I take a close look at the idea of multiculturalism that challenges the current ideological solutions for equality and diversity in the United States, trying to answer the question whether multiculturalism is or is not a threat to the idea of an American Identity. The meaning and consequences of national identification have long been the subject of debate among philosophers, historian, and social scientist. The identification with the American country through national attachment, pride, and loyalty is self-evident for many Americans. A national identity shared by fellow citizen creates a sense of unity and a bond of solidarity. The question of what defines an identity or the American identity, to be specific, is not clarified. What is clear, however, is the important and vast difference between a patriot, who feels a sense of pride and love for his country, while the nationalist views his country as superior with a desire to dominate other countries. However, both are bond by their trust for the American values. Freedom, Truth, Justice and the American way of life.

Author : Paola Ramos
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781984899101

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Finding Latinx by Paola Ramos Pdf

Latinos across the United States are redefining identities, pushing boundaries, and awakening politically in powerful and surprising ways. Many—Afrolatino, indigenous, Muslim, queer and undocumented, living in large cities and small towns—are voices who have been chronically overlooked in how the diverse population of almost sixty million Latinos in the U.S. has been represented. No longer. In this empowering cross-country travelogue, journalist and activist Paola Ramos embarks on a journey to find the communities of people defining the controversial term, “Latinx.” She introduces us to the indigenous Oaxacans who rebuilt the main street in a post-industrial town in upstate New York, the “Las Poderosas” who fight for reproductive rights in Texas, the musicians in Milwaukee whose beats reassure others of their belonging, as well as drag queens, environmental activists, farmworkers, and the migrants detained at our border. Drawing on intensive field research as well as her own personal story, Ramos chronicles how “Latinx” has given rise to a sense of collectivity and solidarity among Latinos unseen in this country for decades. A vital and inspiring work of reportage, Finding Latinx calls on all of us to expand our understanding of what it means to be Latino and what it means to be American. The first step towards change, writes Ramos, is for us to recognize who we are.

Author : Roger Anghis
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781449764272

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Defining America's Exceptionalism by Roger Anghis Pdf

Many pastors I have spoken with have no problem with the so-called “separation of church and state” and have even told me that it was in our Constitution. Because we no longer teach our Constitution in our schools and we, the pastors, do not teach the importance of who we are and where we came from, we have come to the point where we believe what we are told by academia concerning our Founding Fathers and the Constitution and have been led down a path of falsehoods and deception. It has been long said that if we forget who we are and where we came from, we will not know who we are or where we are going. There are many forces out there determined to remove all vestiges of our religious history. Our Founding Fathers knew that there was to be involvement by the church and allowed the influence of Christianity to be prevalent. The only “separation of church and state” that the founders wanted was an institutional separation. They designed our Constitution so that the government would have no say whatsoever in the exercise of religion by the people. Today’s government has turned that around 180 degrees and is now using what used to guarantee freedom of religion to the removal of religion from the public square. Will we let it continue? It is now the choice of We the People.

Author : Jude M. Pfister
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476679747

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Defining America in the Radical 1760s by Jude M. Pfister Pdf

The 1760s were a period of great agitation in the American colonies. The policies implemented by the British resulted in an outcry from the Americans that inaugurated the radical ideas leading to the Revolution in 1775. John Dickinson led the way in the "war of ink" between America and Britain, which saw over 1,000 pamphlets and essays written both for and against British policy. King George III, the new British monarch, wrote extensively on the role of Britain in the colonial world and sought to find a middle way between the quickly rising feelings on both sides of the debate. This book tells the story of this radical decade as it occurred in writing, drawing from primary sources and rarely seen exchanges.