Makers Of Our Nation

Author : Richard J. Gwyn
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307356451

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Nation Maker by Richard J. Gwyn Pdf

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER John A. Macdonald, Canada's first and most important prime minister, is the man who made Confederation happen, who built this country over the next quarter century, and who shaped what it is today. From Confederation Day in 1867, where this volume picks up, Macdonald finessed a reluctant union of four provinces in central and eastern Canada into a strong nation, despite indifference from Britain and annexationist sentiment in the United States. But it wasn't easy. Gwyn paints a superb portrait of Canada and its leaders through these formative years and also delves deep to show us Macdonald the man, as he marries for the second time, deals with the birth of a disabled child, and the assassination of his close friend Darcy McGee, and wrestles with whether Riel should hang. Indelibly, Gwyn shows us Macdonald's love of this country and his ability to joust with forces who would have been just as happy to see the end of Canada before it had really begun, creating a must-read for all Canadians.

Author : Fanny E. Coe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:35815668

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Makers of the nation by Fanny E. Coe Pdf

Author : Reuben Post Halleck,Juliette Frantz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1929
Category : United States
ISBN : STANFORD:36105049340867

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Founders of Our Nation by Reuben Post Halleck,Juliette Frantz Pdf

Author : Caroline S. Hau,Kasīan Tēchaphīra
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9971695472

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Traveling Nation Makers by Caroline S. Hau,Kasīan Tēchaphīra Pdf

Cross-border movements are often discussed as a high-level abstraction, but people cross borders as individuals. Their lives are reshaped by the experience, and in some cases they in turn reshape their own environment. For the ten individuals whose biographies appear in this volume, "travel" and its contingent and uneven processes of translation, circulation, and exchange helped forge patterns of political thought and action, and defined their contribution to the process of nation-making in Southeast Asia. Mariano Ponce, Pham Hong Thai, Hilaire Noulens, Vu Trong Phung, Du Ai, Lin Bin, Ruam Wongphan, James Puthucheary, K. Bali, Connie Bragas-Regalado, and Imam Samudra each "traveled" within and beyond Southeast Asia. The accounts in this book discuss how travel shaped their lives and careers, and explain the transformative effects it had on the intellectual, political, and cultural trajectories of nationalism, communism, Islamism, and other movements in the region. The volume illuminates some of the pathways by which people in this region worked to realize their intellectual, aesthetic and political visions and projects over the last tumultuous century.

Author : Reuben Post Halleck
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0267466048

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Makers of Our Nation (Classic Reprint) by Reuben Post Halleck Pdf

Excerpt from Makers of Our Nation The story told in these pages begins with the patriots who won our independence and continues almost to the present. It is told in a way easily understood by those who are studying this period for the first time. The authors use biography when that serves best to tell the story, but they also employ simple historical narrative when needed. There are no stray biographies in this text. All are logically related to some definite problem. This story aims to give enough outstanding facts to show the pupil how the work of the patriot, pioneer, inventor, explorer, captain of industry, and altruist has made the United States a leading nation of the world. In writing the book, the authors have tried to follow their own creed in teaching namely, to be simple, direct, concrete, vivid, ethical, and to present life and its ideals in action. Children love action. The authors have tried to make this book a story of action. All the characters are doers of deeds tha/t helped to make their country. The chil dren themselves are given a list of Things to Do at the end of each chapter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Fanny E. Coe
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0364474319

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Makers of the Nation (Classic Reprint) by Fanny E. Coe Pdf

Excerpt from Makers of the Nation The moral education of the young is perhaps the object of keenest concern to-day. Books, pamphlets, magazine articles, suggested courses In Citizenship, good will, and character building are being projected in many sections of the country. It has been well said by the Committee of Eight that the moral element is of surpassing importance in history. Truth has its supreme embodiment in personality. Therefore special emphasis should be given to personal force, because it is truth in the concrete and the great life principles as they have been embodied in individual men that win the deep interest of the boy or girl in the grammar school. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Tom Ginsburg,Sumit Bisarya
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108905046

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Constitution Makers on Constitution Making by Tom Ginsburg,Sumit Bisarya Pdf

Constitution-making is a major event in the life of a country, with constitutions often acting as a catalyst for social and political transformation. But what determines the visions, aspirations and compromises that go into a written constitution? In this unique volume, constitution makers from countries around the world come together to offer their insights. Using a collection of case studies from countries with recently written constitutions, Constitution Makers on Constitution Making provides a common framework to explain how constitutions are created. Scholars and practitioners very close to the process illuminate critical insights into how participants see constitutional options, how deadlocks are broken, and how changes are achieved. This vital volume also draws lessons concerning the role of courts in policing the process, on international involvement, and on public participation.

Author : Ramachandra Guha
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-14
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780674725966

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Makers of Modern India by Ramachandra Guha Pdf

Modern India is the world's largest democracy, a sprawling, polyglot nation containing one-sixth of all humankind. The existence of such a complex and distinctive democratic regime qualifies as one of the world's bona fide political miracles. Furthermore, India's leading political thinkers have often served as its most influential political actorsÑthink of Gandhi, whose collected works run to more than ninety volumes, or Ambedkar, or Nehru, who recorded their most eloquent theoretical reflections at the same time as they strove to set the delicate machinery of Indian democracy on a coherent and just path. Out of the speeches and writings of these thinker-activists, Ramachandra Guha has built the first major anthology of Indian social and political thought. Makers of Modern India collects the work of nineteen of India's foremost generators of political sentiment, from those whose names command instant global recognition to pioneering subaltern and feminist thinkers whose works have until now remained obscure and inaccessible. Ranging across manifold languages and cultures, and addressing every crucial theme of modern Indian historyÑrace, religion, language, caste, gender, colonialism, nationalism, economic development, violence, and nonviolenceÑMakers of Modern India provides an invaluable roadmap to Indian political debate. An extensive introduction, biographical sketches of each figure, and guides to further reading make this work a rich resource for anyone interested in India and the ways its leading political minds have grappled with the problems that have increasingly come to define the modern world.

Author : Nayantara Sahgal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-31
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9354473067

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Nehru's India Essays on the Maker of a Nation by Nayantara Sahgal Pdf

Nehru s influence stretched beyond the Freedom Movement and the political and bureaucratic boundaries of prime ministerhood. A man of letters, it was Nehru who initiated the setting up of the Sahitya Akademi devoted to literature, the National School of Drama and the National Institute of Design; just as, in the field of technology and business management, he established the Indian Institutes of Technology and the Indian Institutes of Management across the country. He was equally the force behind the setting up of dams and factories, which he regarded as the temples of modern India. Today, the four key dimensions of Indian nationhood, as conceived and implemented by Nehru democracy, secularism, socialism and non-alignment have altered to a point where they have changed almost beyond recognition or even abandoned altogether. As the debate continues between Nehru s supporters who believe in his enduring contribution, and his detractors who attempt to deny it, the definitive word, perhaps, comes from Nayantara Sahgal, who says in her Introduction, No Nehru, no modern India. The ground we stand on was laid in Nehru s time. This volume brings together an examination of the different aspects of Nehru s personality and his legacy by some of our foremost thinkers, writers and activists: Mani Shankar Aiyar, Kumar Ketkar, Aditya and Mridula Mukherjee, Shiv Visvanathan, Rakesh Batabyal, Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Hartosh Bal, Aakar Patel, Kiran Nagarkar, Purushottam Agrawal, Syeda Hameed, Ramachandra Guha, Neera Chandhoke and Shabnam Hashmi

Author : Katey Howes
Publisher : Carolrhoda Books ®
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781541546844

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Be a Maker by Katey Howes Pdf

How many things can you make in a day? A tower, a friend, a change? Rhyme, repetition, and a few seemingly straightforward questions engage young readers in a discussion about the many things we make—and the ways we can make a difference in the world. This simple, layered story celebrates creativity through beautiful rhyming verse and vibrant illustrations with a timely message.

Author : Rana Foroohar
Publisher : Currency
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780553447255

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Makers and Takers by Rana Foroohar Pdf

Is Wall Street bad for Main Street America? "A well-told exploration of why our current economy is leaving too many behind." —The New York Times In looking at the forces that shaped the 2016 presidential election, one thing is clear: much of the population believes that our economic system is rigged to enrich the privileged elites at the expense of hard-working Americans. This is a belief held equally on both sides of political spectrum, and it seems only to be gaining momentum. A key reason, says Financial Times columnist Rana Foroohar, is the fact that Wall Street is no longer supporting Main Street businesses that create the jobs for the middle and working class. She draws on in-depth reporting and interviews at the highest rungs of business and government to show how the “financialization of America”—the phenomenon by which finance and its way of thinking have come to dominate every corner of business—is threatening the American Dream. Now updated with new material explaining how our corrupted financial sys­tem propelled Donald Trump to power, Makers and Takers explores the confluence of forces that has led American businesses to favor balance-sheet engineering over the actual kind, greed over growth, and short-term profits over putting people to work. From the cozy relationship between Wall Street and Washington, to a tax code designed to benefit wealthy individuals and corporations, to forty years of bad policy decisions, she shows why so many Americans have lost trust in the sys­tem, and why it matters urgently to us all. Through colorful stories of both “Takers,” those stifling job creation while lining their own pockets, and “Makers,” businesses serving the real economy, Foroohar shows how we can reverse these trends for a better path forward.

Author : Coe Fanny E
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 135546420X

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Makers of the Nation by Coe Fanny E 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 : Dutch Sheets,William L. III Ford
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441267146

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History Makers by Dutch Sheets,William L. III Ford Pdf

In History Makers, Dutch Sheets and William Ford III reveal how God wants us to connect with the powerful and timeless things He has done in the past so that we can become empowered for the future. We must look to our Christian forefathers and pray for the renewal of the covenants God made with them, building on God's past work to move closer to His ultimate goals for us as a nation and a planet. Now is our chance to connect with the past, shaping the outcome of the future, and turning it back in God's direction!

Author : Carter Wiseman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0393320545

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Twentieth-century American Architecture by Carter Wiseman Pdf

Describes landmark buildings that shaped the American 20th century and brings to life architects of the period and the major architectural movements. Discusses the rise of modernism, the growth of historic preservation, the financial aspects of building, and the struggle in design between individualism and community. Includes bandw photos of buildings. Wiseman was architectural critic for New York magazine from 1980 to 1996. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Allan Downey
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774836050

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The Creator’s Game by Allan Downey Pdf

Lacrosse has been a central element of Indigenous cultures for centuries, but once non-Indigenous players entered the sport, it became a site of appropriation – then reclamation – of Indigenous identities. The Creator’s Game focuses on the history of lacrosse in Indigenous communities from the 1860s to the 1990s, exploring Indigenous-non-Indigenous relations and Indigenous identity formation. While the game was being appropriated in the process of constructing a new identity for the nation-state of Canada, it was also being used by Indigenous peoples to resist residential school experiences, initiate pan-Indigenous political mobilization, and articulate Indigenous sovereignty. This engaging and innovative book provides a unique view of Indigenous self-determination and nationhood in the face of settler-colonialism.