Referring to the war that was raging across parts of the American landscape, Abraham Lincoln told Congress in 1862, "We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope on earth." Lincoln recognized what was at stake in the American Civil War: not only freedom for 3.5 million slaves but also survival of self-government in the last place on earth where it could have the opportunity of developing freely. Noted historian Steven E. Woodworth tells the story of what many regard as the defining event in United States history. While covering all theaters of war, he emphasizes the importance of action in the region between the Appalachians and the Mississippi River in determining its outcome. Woodworth argues that the Civil War had a distinct purpose that was understood by most of its participants: it was primarily a conflict over the issue of slavery. The soldiers who filled the ranks of the armies on both sides knew what they were fighting for. The outcome of the war—after its beginnings at Fort Sumter to the Confederate surrender four years later—was the result of the actions and decisions made by those soldiers and millions of other Americans. Written in clear and compelling fashion, This Great Struggle is their story—and ours.
JOHN BROWN'S HARPERS FERRY RAID AND THE ELECTION OF 1860
hroughout the decade of the 1850s, the momentum seemed to shift constantly
back and forth between politics and practical action, between the men in frock
coats and other men who would not hesitate at all to dirty their hands in any
number of ways. John Brown was one such man. He had perpetrated the
Pottawatomie killings in Kansas back in 1856. He had also led antislavery militia
in battle there against ...
In Hollywood Left and Right, Steven J. Ross tells a story that has escaped public attention: the emergence of Hollywood as a vital center of political life and the important role that movie stars have played in shaping the course of American politics. Ever since the film industry relocated to Hollywood early in the twentieth century, it has had an outsized influence on American politics. Through compelling larger-than-life figures in American cinema--Charlie Chaplin, Louis B. Mayer, Edward G. Robinson, George Murphy, Ronald Reagan, Harry Belafonte, Jane Fonda, Charlton Heston, Warren Beatty, and Arnold Schwarzenegger--Hollywood Left and Right reveals how the film industry's engagement in politics has been longer, deeper, and more varied than most people would imagine. As shown in alternating chapters, the Left and the Right each gained ascendancy in Tinseltown at different times. From Chaplin, whose movies almost always displayed his leftist convictions, to Schwarzenegger's nearly seamless transition from action blockbusters to the California governor's mansion, Steven J. Ross traces the intersection of Hollywood and political activism from the early twentieth century to the present. Hollywood Left and Right challenges the commonly held belief that Hollywood has always been a bastion of liberalism. The real story, as Ross shows in this passionate and entertaining work, is far more complicated. First, Hollywood has a longer history of conservatism than liberalism. Second, and most surprising, while the Hollywood Left was usually more vocal and visible, the Right had a greater impact on American political life, capturing a senate seat (Murphy), a governorship (Schwarzenegger), and the ultimate achievement, the Presidency (Reagan).
With union leaders committing their organizations to Brown, the Republican
reached out to rankandfile members. Judging from popular responses, Reagan's
efforts proved successful. An Orange County union member's wife told him that
despite instructions “from their San Francisco headquarters,” there is “strong
feeling running in your favor.” The Brown forces grew increasingly concerned as
letters poured in from longtime party loyalists warning, “We may be Democrats,
but find more ...
Cult bestseller, new buzz word... Freakonomics is at the heart of everything we see and do and the subjects that bedevil us daily: from parenting to crime, sport to politics, fat to cheating, fear to traffic jams. Asking provocative and profound questions about human motivation and contemporary living and reaching some astonishing conclusions, Freakonomics will make you see the familiar world through a completely original lens.
Kennedy, a folklorist at heart, apparently wanted to put across the most dramatic
story possible, and therefore included not only his own antiKlan activities but
those of another man, codenamed John Brown. Brown was a union worker and a
former Klan official who had changed his ways and offered to infiltrate the Klan. It
was John Brown who apparently performed many of the most dramatic and
dangerous episodes portrayed in The Klan Unmasked—physically attending
Klan ...
Robert Levine examines the American romance in a new historical context. His book offers a fresh reading of the genre, establishing its importance to American culture between the founding of the Republic and the Civil War. With convincing historical and literary detail, Levine shows that anxieties about foreign elements--French revolutionaries, secret societies, Catholic immigrants, African slaves--are central to the fictional worlds of Brockden Brown, Cooper, Hawthorne and Melville. Ormond, The Bravo, The Blithedale Romance, and Benito Cereno are persuasively explicated by Levine to demonstrate that the romance dramatized the same conflicts and ideals that gave rise to the American Republic. Americans conceived "America" as a historical romance, and their romances dramatize the historical conditions of the culture. The fear that reputed conspiracies would subvert the order and integrity of the new nation were recurrent and widespread; Levine illuminates the influence of such fears on the works of major romance writers during this period.
Villainy and Vulnerability in Charles Brockden Brown's Ormond We are
frequently in most danger when we deem ourselves most safe, and our fortress is
taken sometimes through a point, whose weakness nothing, it should seem, but
the blindest stupidity, could overlook. Brown, Memoirs ofCarwin Charles
Brockden Brown's novels abound with mysterious villains who for a variety of
reasons have fled Europe and emigrated to America. Wanderers in the shifting
terrain of his fiction, they ...
Engaging some of the most canonical and thought-provoking anime, manga, and science fiction films, Tokyo Cyberpunk offers insightful analysis of Japanese visual culture. Steven T. Brown draws new conclusions about the cultural flow of art, as well as important technological issues of the day.
Steven T. Brown draws new conclusions about the cultural flow of art, as well as important technological issues of the day.
The wedding went off without a hitch, everyone partied, and our life together had officially started. The following day we were off to Hawaii for our honeymoon. We were in Maui, one of my favorite Hawaiian islands. I had been here many times before and was enjoying showing Monica around this beautiful island and doing the touristy things people do when in Hawaii. One morning, while she was showering, she felt a lump on one of her breasts. What would you do if you had only been married for a few days and found out that your wife had breast cancer? When his wife, Monica, found a lump on her breast while on their honeymoon in Maui, Steven was forced to ask himself that question. But for him, the answer was simple; he was going to stay by the side of the woman that he loved, show her love and affection every day, and support her in their fight against breast cancer. Monica lost both of her breasts. She underwent chemotherapy. She lost her hair. She struggled with the disease physically and mentally. But through it all, Steven loved and supported her unconditionally. Living and Loving Through and Past Cancer: A Spouse's Perspective is about more than just Steven and Monica's fifteen year battle against cancer; it is a inspiring story of unconditional love in which Steven shares his heart and soul. Living and Loving Through and Past Cancer gives readers insight into not only the trials and tribulations that Steven and Monica endured, but it also reveals how their love and relationship grew stronger in spite of cancer.
A Spouse's Perspective Steven G. Brown. Celebrate. in. the. Time. That. You.
Have. Birthdays became a time to celebrate, as Monica always doubted that she
would see her fiftieth birthday. We were scheduled to meet her girlfriend for
dinner to celebrate her forty-eighth birthday. Unknown to both of us, her girlfriend
had planned a surprise party of family and friends at her home. Throughout that
day, she was not feeling very well and had considered canceling our dinner
engagement ...
Vital Memory and Affect takes as its subject the autobiographical memories of ‘vulnerable’ groups, including survivors of child sexual abuse, adopted children and their families, forensic mental health service users, and elderly persons in care home settings. In particular the focus is on a particular class of memory within this group: recollected episodes that are difficult and painful, sometimes contested, but always with enormous significance for a current and past sense of self. These ‘vital memories’, integral and irreversible, can come to appear as a defining feature of a person’s life. In Vital Memory and Affect, authors Steve Brown and Paula Reavey explore the highly productive way in which individuals make sense of a difficult past, situated as they are within a highly specific cultural and social landscape. Via an exploration of their vital memories, the book combines insights from social and cognitive psychology to open up the possibility of a new approach to memory, one that pays full attention to the contextual conditions of all acts of remembering. This path-breaking study brings together a unique set of empirical material and maps out an agenda for research into memory and affect that will be important reading for students and scholars of social psychology, memory studies, cultural studies, philosophy, and other related fields.
Via an exploration of their vital memories, the book combines insights from social and cognitive psychology to open up the possibility of a new approach to memory, one that pays full attention to the contextual conditions of all acts of ...
Autorka založila u nás průmyslovou neurologii. Do publikace pojala teoretické i praktické problémy. Řeší otázku, jak se projevují v nervové soustavě časná stadia chorob z povolání i jak je rozpoznáváme. V první části osvětluje klinické a fyziologické principy. Do druhé o patoklisi jsou zařazeny problémy afinity nervové soustavy, pokud ji působí škodliviny pracovního prostředí. Řeší i topiku a patogenezi těchto změn. Posléze probírá důležitá hlediska prevence, vhodnosti k práci a kontraindikací.
Autorka založila u nás průmyslovou neurologii.
