Biography: historical, political and military Books
University of Toronto Press Timothy Warren Anglin 182296
Book Synopsis Born in Ireland in 1822, Timothy Warren emigrated to New Brunswick in 1849 and quickly became involved in the life and politics of the city of Saint John and the colony. As founder and editor of the newspaper the Freeman, he came lay spokesman for the large, mainly lower-class Irish Catholic population in Saint John, supporting its attempts to alleviate the poverty and harshness of life in New Brunswick and voicing its desire to be accepted as a responsible part of the community. Although Anglin shared his countrymen’s resentment of the British presence in Ireland, he saw Britain’s role in North America as a positive one. Both as a newspaperman and later as a practicing politician he pressed for the constitutional and non-violent redress of grievances. His Irish background and sympathies coupled with his moderate political stance and strongly middle class outlook made him an effective mediator between the Irish Catholics in New Brunswick and the rest of the community.&n
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University of Toronto Press Naturalisme pas mort
Book Synopsis Paul Alexis was a novelist, journalist, and dramatist, one of the naturalistes, and a friend of Emile Zola. This volume brings together for the first time the 229 letters still in existence from him to Zola. Written over a period of thirty years, from the beginning of Rougon-Macquart to the Dreyfus affair, they are a rich source of information on a particularly fertile period in French literature. The letters are intimate, lacking all pretensions to elegance and stylistic constraints; taken together they describe vividly the private life and thoughts of this fervent naturaliste. Alexis was the first to write a biography of Emile Zola, and his letters will be of interest to literary historians and critics for the fresh light they shed on Zola and on the history of naturalisme. Throughout the correspondence Alexis writes of his activities as a free-lance journalist, and provides a first-hand account of the press in France during the nineteenth
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University of Toronto Press Henry Alline
Book SynopsisTo Canadians of this century the name of Henry Alline is almost unknown. This biography introduces him to the general reader. Through the story of his life it also recreates the early settlement of the Maritime provinces, and examines the origins of one of the most dominant and continuing themes in Canadian life, evangelical pietism. Henry Alline emigrated from Rhode Island to Nova Scotia with his parents in 1760. Following his religious conversion during adolescence, he became an evangelical preacher and travelled throughout Nova Scotia spreading the gospel. But Alline was more than an itinerant preacher. Drawing on British (and indirectly on German) mythical writings, he rejected the tenets of Calvinism in favour of universal salvation and human free will. He emphasized Christian asceticism and mysticism. His writings, and his attempts to develop an intellectual rationale for his evangelical position, made him Canada’s first metaphysical and mystical philosopher.
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Bristol University Press Substance Not Spin
Book SynopsisBased on his personal experience at the heart of government and the voluntary sector, Nick Raynsford, a former MP, Minister and campaigner, explores making and implementing policy and legislation. He gives an insider's view' on a range of events, some not previously made public, making a fascinating bridge across the policy and practice divide.Trade Review"Raynsford's incisive, candid and unique perspective on successes and failures in government makes this book a must read for politicians, policy-makers, campaigners and academics alike." Kate Henderson, Town and Country Planning Association"Few people can be better placed to write about housing’s place in politics and policy-making than Nick Raynsford...His book will appeal to those interested in political science and policy studies as well as housing studies" Housing Studies"Nick Raynsford has produced a serious and essential guide to how to do government - and how not - a must read for every future minister." Order, Order"Nick Raynsford was one of the chief architects of the London mayor and assembly. His particular ministerial experience gives him deep understanding of how Whitehall and Westminster operate." Anthony Travers, LSE"A fascinating read from one of the wisest and best informed ministers we have had in recent times. Essential reading for anyone interested in the challenges of delivering good government." Lord Bob Kerslake, former Head of the Civil Service"An honest, thoughtful and detailed inside account covering an eclectic set of issues, with important insights and radical proposals for change." Margaret Hodge, DBE, MP“Raynsford’s aim in drawing out his lessons from decades in government is to help future policy become even more effective. His book provides an interesting exposition of significant policy innovations, with illuminating reflections on the factors behind success and failure.” Local Government Studies"As a serving minister, Nick Raynsford always distinguished between good politics and good policy, and could spot a bad policy from afar. That same common sense permeates these pages." Andy McSmith, Political journalist and author of 'No Such Thing as Society - a History of Britain in the 1980s'“An insightful account …who better than Nick Raynsford to help us understand what actually happened.” Peter Williams, University of Cambridge"Restores faith in the hard working politician, challenges the machinery of Whitehall and offers a route to renewed public confidence in government" David Montague CBE, CEO L&Q Housing TrustTable of ContentsThe problem; Homelessness; The irresistible rise of Housing Benefit; Why we don't build enough homes; Does it fly?; A mayor for London; The slow road to devolution in England; The transformation of Hackney; 'This won't take much of your time'; Wasted opportunities; Conclusions.
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University of Texas Press The Unhappy Medium
Book SynopsisWritten in spritely prose and permeated with a grave humor, this account of nineteenth-century spiritualism will be equally satisfying to the casual reader interested in a good story, and to the scholar seeking serious social history.Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments Prologue 1. The Rochester Rappings 2. The Gotham Spirits 3. The Medium and the Explorer 4. The Boston Apparitions 5. More Gotham Spirits 6. Spirits in the Provinces 7. The Wakemanites 8. The Ghost in the Astor Library 9. Congress and Spiritualism 10. Lincoln and the Spirits 11. Spirits in the Courts 12. Spirits in the city of Brotherly Love 13. Ghosts from Coast to Coast 14. The Haunted Halls of Learning 15. The Descent of the Medium into the Spirits’ World Bibliography Index
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University of Toronto Press Count Frontenac
Book SynopsisThis standard bibliography of Frontenac, the "fighting governor" of New France, was issued previously in the famous Makers of Canada Series, which is now out of print, although still in constant use in libraries. This is the first time this volume has been published separately from the complete set.
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University of Toronto Press Toynbee Reappraisals
Book SynopsisArnold J. Toynbee’s voluminous studies of world history embraced every civilization and religion of the past and present. His general theory of the rise and fall of cultures remains the most comprehensive attempt ever made to understand the recurrent processes of universal history. His name has entered the short list of historical thinkers that every generation feels compelled to encounter.In this volume twelve historians of widely differing specializations re-examine Toynbee’s work. Well aware that he received apparently devastating criticism during his lifetime, they are nevertheless convinced that this scope and creativity are such that no all-encompassing dismissal of him is possible. Their essays reconsider critically a wide range of topics about Toynbee – his life, his religion, his thought about history and international affairs, his global vision. The editors provide an initial essay analysing his method and major concepts and assessing his overall achi
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University of Toronto Press Canadas Past and Present
Book SynopsisThis fifth volume continues the dialogue between the present and the past begun in 1957 in this series of public lectures sponsored by the Institute of Canadian Studies of Carleton University. The theme of French-Canadian nationalism appears, directly or indirectly, in most of these lectures: it is present in George Stanley’s account of Louis Riel, the “martyr of the French-Canadian nation”; and in John Matthews’ discussion of the long life of Charles Mair, who is studied today mainly by historians because of his participation in the first Riel Rebellion. Mair was a poet too, and Matthew finds in his life and work a dichotomy which he believes reflects the dichotomy of Canada itself.Blair Neatby’s tribute to the skills of Mackenzie King as a party leader includes a reminder that King’s severest test as a party leader was in the task of keeping English and French Canada together in time of war. Jean Ethier-blais considers that Paul Emile
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University of Toronto Press A Portrait of Richard Graves
Book SynopsisIt has been said that one of the finest achievements of the Church of England was the maintenance of one well-educated man in every English community. Such a man was Richard Graves. He is best remembered as the author of The Spiritual Quixote, and engaging comic novel written in the mid-eighteenth century. But this life was essentially that of a rural parson. In exploring that life, Clarence Tracy allows us a detailed view of rural English society of the period as well as an appreciation of Graves’s writing.As the second son of a family of landed gentry, Graves was raised with a well-defined sense of his position in society but no income with which to sustain it. He found his place as a fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, from which vantage point his future looked bright. But he fell in love with a young woman, Lucy Bartholomew, and secretly married for a few weeks before she before their first child. Marriage was forbidden to fellows of All Souls, and when G
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University of Toronto Press Benjamin Disraeli Letters
Book SynopsisThe private letters of a statesman are always inviting material for historians and when he has claim to literary fame as well the correspondence assumes a double significance.Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) belonged to an age that gave pride of place to the written word as an instrument of both business and pleasure.This volume includes 363 letters (many previously unpublished) from his school boy days to his establishment in the Tory camp under the patronage of Lord Lyndhurst. Most prominent are Disraeli's letters to his sister, Sarah, with whom he corresponded frequently over several decades. To her he confided his hopes, interspersed with his observations and descriptions of social, literary and political events. The letters to Sarah supply a skeleton around which Disraeli's young manhood can be reconstructed and shed valuable light on the remaining documents in the volume.The correspondence also includes accounts of his tour of the Low Countries and the Rhine
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University of Toronto Press Benjamin Disraeli Letters
Book SynopsisThe 334 letters in this volume cover the period from Disraeli's establishment in the Tory camp under the patronage of Lord Lyndhurst to his election to parliament in 1837. The most important issue to which they speak is the course of Disraeli's political ambitions.In 1835 the road to parliament was not yet clear, for he continued to be haunted by troubles from his past. He was beset by charges of opportunism in his Taunton campaign of 1835, and the longest letters here are those to Edwards Beadon written in justification of past conduct; Disraeli had still to learn the truth of his later dictum, 'never explain.' Also, debts contracted many years before continued to plague him, as they would in years to come. He was tempted by a variety of money-making schemes and the later correspondence makes clear just how close he came to permanent ruin at the hands of his creditors in the spring of 1837. Had the fate of debtors' prison materialized it is doubtful that he would ever have b
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University of Toronto Press Alfred Valdmanis and the Politics of Survival
Book SynopsisAlfred Valdmanis is best known in Canada for his infamous role in Premier Joey Smallwood's scheme to industrialize Newfoundland. A Latvian immigrant, he was appointed Director General of Economic Development in 1950 with the understanding that through his connections to Europe he could entice German and Baltic industrialists to the isolated, rural island. His influence was brought to an abrupt end when, in 1954, he was charged with defrauding the government. The media, latching on to his murky past and his possible affiliation with war criminals, made him the scapegoat of Newfoundland's problems, painting him as part comedian, part sinister villain.This was not the first time his name was connected with controversial issues. Valdmanis's wily political manoeuvring is more the stuff of fiction than history. Between 1938, at age 29, and his ironic downfall in the safe haven of Canada, he was a finance minister of pre-war Latvia, a government official during the Soviet invasion,
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University of Nebraska Press Oracle of Lost Causes
Book Synopsis2024 Spur Award Finalist John Newman Edwards was a soldier, a father, a husband, and a noted author. He was also a virulent alcoholic, a duelist, a culture warrior, and a man perpetually at war with the modernizing world around him. From the sectional crisis of his boyhood and the battlefields of the western borderlands to the final days of the Second Mexican Empire and then back to a United States profoundly changed by the Civil War, Oracle of Lost Causes chronicles Edwards’s lifelong quest to preserve a mythical version of the Old World—replete with aristocrats, knights, damsels, and slaves—in North America. This odyssey through nineteenth-century American politics and culture involved the likes of guerrilla chieftains William Clarke Quantrill and “Bloody Bill” Anderson, notorious outlaws Frank and Jesse James, Confederate general Joseph Orville Shelby, and even Emperor Maximilian I and Empress Charlotte of Mexico. It is thTrade Review"The author has researched his story deeply, and he tells it well."—Gerard Helferich, Wall Street Journal"Hulbert uncovers distinctive details and lesser-known perspectives on the Civil War. Midwestern history buffs, take note."—Publishers Weekly"Oracle of Lost Causes is an entertaining and informative read that is pushing the field of Civil War history in new and exciting directions—both in its style and content."—Summer Perritt, Civil War Monitor“The life of John Newman Edwards defies belief. Florid, romantic, and intoxicated by barbarity, he championed the Old South in the quintessential border state, helping former Confederates gain power before he drank himself to death. In Matthew Hulbert’s capable hands, Edwards’s extraordinary story brings into focus the conflicts that made modern America, in a region that defies definition.”—T. J. Stiles, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Custer’s Trials and The First Tycoon“In John Newman Edwards, Missouri’s notorious Civil War guerrillas found their Boswell. The former cavalryman, romantic reactionary, and wire-pulling editor Confederatized them, most notably the outlaws Jesse James and William Quantrill, into ironic avatars for the Southern Lost Cause in the postwar West. In this sparkling and overdue biography, Matthew Hulbert has at last offered the Bushwhackers’ Boswell, and for us, his own.”—Christopher Phillips, author of The Rivers Ran Backward: The Civil War and the Remaking of the American Middle Border“Oracle of Lost Causes is a gripping, fast-paced story of John Newman Edwards’s journey from a childhood filled with books in Virginia to an adulthood that veered from Missouri to Mexico and positioned him as an architect of the Lost Cause in the West. But it is much more than a biography. In Matthew Hulbert’s skilled hands, readers go deep into the mind of a hardened believer in the supremacy of white people and witness the birth of some of the nation’s most stubborn and distorted narratives of its past. By showing us what Edwards saw in the Civil War era and how he wrote about it, Hulbert offers a fascinating and powerful account of how mythmaking has been woven into the writing of history—and, therefore, how it can be unwoven. Oracle of Lost Causes is essential reading for our times.”—Amy Murrell Taylor, author of Embattled Freedom: Journeys through the Civil War’s Slave Refugee Camps, winner of the Frederick Douglass Book PrizeTable of Contents List of Illustrations Preface: Coming of Age in an Age of Crisis Introduction: A Man at War with the World 1: Into the Forge 2: A Brigade of Iron 3: The Costs of Valor 4: In Quest of Camelot 5: War by Other Means 6: Architect 7: The Ghost and the Monster Epilogue: Fallen Prince Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited Index
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University of Nebraska Press Franz Boas
Book SynopsisFranz Boas defined the concept of cultural relativism and reoriented the humanities and social sciences away from race science toward an antiracist and anticolonialist understanding of human biology and culture. Franz Boas: Shaping Anthropology and Fostering Social Justice is the second volume in Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt’s two-part biography of the renowned anthropologist and public intellectual. Zumwalt takes the reader through the most vital period in the development of Americanist anthropology and Boas’s rise to dominance in the subfields of cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, ethnography, and linguistics. Boas’s emergence as a prominent public intellectual, particularly his opposition to U.S. entry into World War I, reveals his struggle against the forces of nativism, racial hatred, ethnic chauvinism, scientific racism, and uncritical nationalism. Boas was instrumental in the American cultural renaissance of the 1920s aTrade Review"Zumwalt's lively style and abundant use of quotes make readers feel they are present."—A. B. Kehoe, Choice“Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt knows Franz Boas, his world, and his students as no one else. In this powerful work she presents the struggles for both scientific truth and social justice of the person who made American anthropology the powerful intellectual, scholarly, and moral endeavor it was for most of the twentieth century.”—Herbert S. Lewis, author of In Defense of Anthropology: An Investigation of the Critique of Anthropology“This even-handed, intimate portrait of Franz Boas is timely. Zumwalt hangs Boas’s North Star—that the more you learn of our world and individuals in it, the less you will feel yourself and your native language and belief system superior to others—in today’s dark skies.”—Nancy Mattina, author of Uncommon Anthropologist: Gladys Reichard and Western Native American Culture“The biography of Franz Boas is a very important subject, especially to those interested in the history of anthropology, and I expect this volume, along with the first, will become a standard historical resource in coming years. This book makes an important contribution as an account of Boas’s career emphasizing his ongoing struggles at Columbia. This makes for a poignant narrative and a striking contrast with his growing fame and subsequent reputation.”—Grant Arndt, author of Ho-Chunk Powwows and the Politics of TraditionTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Series Editors’ Introduction Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Note on Translations 1. Building the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University 2. Franz Boas and His Early Students, 1901–1915 3. Race and the Quest for Social Justice 4. Folklore and Ruins in Mexico and Puerto Rico 5. Conflict, War, and Censure 6. Preponderance of Women Students 7. Loss and Loneliness 8. The Last Cohort of Boas’s Students 9. Rescuing Scientists 10. After Retirement Appendix: Tribal and Historical Designations Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Nebraska Press The Ultimate Engineer
Book SynopsisThis well-researched book is as much a history of NASA as a biography of George Low, and as such is an important contribution to the history of the agency. Jurek's detailed book will appeal to both fans and scholars of NASA and of the engineers like Low who make the agency's spaceflights work.-Sara R. Tompson, Library JournalFrom the late 1950s to 1976, the U.S. human spaceflight program advanced as it did largely due to the extraordinary efforts of Austrian immigrant George M. Low. Described as the ultimate engineer during his career at NASA, Low was a visionary architect and leader from the agency's inception in 1958 to his retirement in 1976. As chief of manned spaceflight at NASA, Low was instrumental in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. At the end of his NASA career, Low was one of the leading figures in the development of the Space Shuttle in the early 1970s, and he was instrumental in NASA's transition into a post-Apollo world. Chronicling Low's escape from Nazi-occupied Austria to his helping land a man on the moon, The Ultimate Engineer sheds new light on one of the most fascinating and complex personalities of the golden age of U.S. human space travel. Trade Review"The result of Jurek's extensive research and careful use of detail is a comprehensive portrait of a figure vastly greater in significance than in name recognition."—Publishers Weekly“The Ultimate Engineer should be required reading for all students in engineering cohorts, as it shows how a student with modest, some might say even turbulent, beginnings became one of the key figures in getting humanity off the planet, into Earth orbit, and far beyond.”—Emily Carney, AdAstra Magazine"The book blossoms. The risky decision to fly Apollo 8 to the moon ahead of schedule? Largely down to George Low. How the fallout from the Apollo 15 covers scandal may have scuttled Low’s chances at steering NASA into a glorious future? Original, and intriguing. Preparations for the first joint flight by America and the Soviet Union? Fascinating. Best of all, Jurek expertly leads the reader through the strange paradox of NASA’s decline . . . . NASA’s years under President Nixon, Ford, and Carter, and its much-delayed space shuttle development are not often chronicled in books. This is probably because much of it is a sad tale of decline, of NASA’s wilderness years. For this reason, the book fills an important gap."—Francis French, author and space historian"This well-researched book is as much a history of NASA as a biography of George Low, and as such is an important contribution to the history of the agency. Jurek's detailed book will appeal to both fans and scholars of NASA and of the engineers like Low who make the agency's spaceflights work."—Sara R. Tompson, Library Journal"In his engaging biography, The Ultimate Engineer: The Remarkable Life of NASA’s Visionary Leader George M. Low, Richard Jurek follows Low’s life from his early years in Austria as Europe slid toward World War II, through his family’s move to the United States and his military service at the end of the war, followed by his education and long service at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and NASA. . . . The Ultimate Engineer is an important introduction to life and work of George Low."—Christopher Gainor, Quest"We have been fortunate to have had many outstanding individuals move through the space program over the years—being key players in the numerous manned and unmanned systems. George M. Low was one that I was aware of (based on some of his specific actions), such as the Apollo 8 decision. But without an in-depth biography, many of us don’t know the true significance of an individual. This book by author Richard Jurek provides an excellent survey of Low’s life work and is filled with quotes that bring the personal perspective."—Ted Spitzmiller, National Space Society“It took four hundred thousand people for NASA to reach the moon, but one was absolutely essential: a soft-spoken, brilliant engineer named George Low. As this detailed, well-written account reveals, from Apollo’s very conception to its recovery from tragedy to its historic triumphs, Low was Apollo’s essential man.”—Andrew Chaikin, author of A Man on the Moon“George Low is one of the unsung heroes of spaceflight, but there’s never been a thorough examination of his life and the important contributions he made to Apollo and other NASA programs. The Ultimate Engineer finally fills this huge gap in human spaceflight history!”—Peter King, correspondent for CBS News Radio“The real book about NASA and human spaceflight should be about George Low.”—George W. S. Abbey, former director of the Johnson Space Center“This Austrian immigrant, a specialist in aerodynamics, proved to be the perfect leader of the Apollo spacecraft engineering team—as well as a key political operator in America’s human space programs from Mercury to the space shuttle. In The Ultimate Engineer Richard Jurek tells Low’s unique and inspiring story, filling a huge hole in the history.”—Michael Cassutt, novelist, screenwriter, and coauthor of Deke! and We Have CaptureTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword Introduction 1. New Beginnings 2. A Man in Space, Soonest 3. Toward a Worthy Goal 4. The Longest Days 5. Post-Apollo 6. Giving Back to the Future Epilogue Acknowledgments Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Nebraska Press A Maverick Boasian
Book SynopsisA Maverick Boasian explores the often contradictory life of Alexander Goldenweiser (1880–1940), a scholar considered by his contemporaries to be Franz Boas’s most brilliant and most favored student. The story of his life and scholarship is complex and exciting as well as frustrating. Although Goldenweiser came to the United States from Russia as a young man, he spent the next forty years thinking of himself as a European intellectual who never felt entirely at home. A talented ethnographer, he developed excellent rapport with his Native American consultants but cut short his fieldwork due to lack of funds. An individualist and an anarchist in politics, he deeply resented having to compromise any of his ideas and freedoms for the sake of professional success. A charming man, he risked his career and family life to satisfy immediate needs and wants. A number of his books and papers on the relationship between anthropology and other social sciences helped foTrade Review"Kan's excellent biography is deeply researched, easy to read, and economically written. It does a good job of telling the story of an important but little-known figure in the history of folklore and anthropology."—Alex Golub, Journal of Folklore Research“Alexander A. Goldenweiser is a unique figure among American anthropologists. A Maverick Boasian is a valuable contribution to the history of anthropology, specifically to the study of the first generation of Franz Boas’s students and the establishment of professionalized anthropology in the United States.”—Robert Brightman, author of Grateful Prey: Rock Cree Human-Animal Relationships“An authoritative contribution to the history of anthropology.”—Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt, author of Franz Boas: Shaping Anthropology and Fostering Social JusticeTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Series Editors’ Introduction Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Russian Beginning and the Early American Years 2. Early Scholarship, the Iroquois Fieldwork, and Columbia 3. The New School, Academic and Popular Writing, and a Devastating Divorce 4. The West Coast Exile 5. The End Notes References Index
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Cornell University Press Building the City of Spectacle
Book SynopsisBy the time he left office on May 16, 2011, Mayor Richard M. Daley had served six terms and more than twenty-two years at the helm of Chicago''s City Hall, making him the longest serving mayor in the city's history. Richard M. Daley was the son of the legendary machine boss, Mayor Richard J. Daley, who had presided over the city during the postWorld War II urban crisis. Richard M. Daley led a period of economic restructuring after that difficult era by building a vibrant tourist economy. Costas Spirou and Dennis R. Judd focus on Richard M. Daley's role in transforming Chicago's economy and urban culture.The construction of the city of spectacle required that Daley deploy leadership and vision to remake Chicago's image and physical infrastructure. He gained the resources and political power necessary for supporting an aggressive program of construction that focused on signature projects along the city's lakefront, including especially Millennium Park, Navy Pier, the Museum Campus, NoTrade Review... well-written histories both portray the travails of urban governance in the contemporary era... point to a fundamental flaw of the power structure dominant in Chicago, a one-party city where alternatives to Democratic Party control fall between the traditional liberal approach or the neoliberalism of Daley... * journal of the illinois state historical society *
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Cornell University Press The Revolution of 28
Book SynopsisThe Revolution of '28 explores the career of New York governor and 1928 Democratic presidential nominee Alfred E. Smith. Robert Chiles peers into Smith's work and uncovers a distinctive strain of American progressivism that resonated among urban, ethnic, working-class Americans in the early twentieth century. The book charts the rise of that idiomatic progressivism during Smith's early years as a state legislator through his time as governor of the Empire State in the 1920s, before proceeding to a revisionist narrative of the 1928 presidential campaign, exploring the ways in which Smith's gubernatorial progressivism was presented to a national audience. As Chiles points out, new-stock voters responded enthusiastically to Smith''s candidacy on both economic and cultural levels.Chiles offers a historical argument that describes the impact of this coalition on the new liberal formation that was to come with Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal, demonstrating the broad praTrade ReviewMay galvanize readers currently feeling cheated by a shortage of contemporary political heroes. I, for one, can never get enough of New York’s 1920s governor Alfred E. Smith, whom Robert Chiles... reanimates in The Revolution of ’28. * The New York Times *This is an exceptionally thorough, well-balanced, and clearly written volume. It puts Progressivism, Smith's governorship and 1928 campaign for the presidency, and the New Deal in a broader context. * Choice *Robert Chiles has written an insightful contribution to the scholarship on Alfred E. Smith.... Chiles analyzes Smith's governorship, his campaign message in the election of 1928, the reasons why people cast ballots for him, and the extent to which his agenda and appeals presaged Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. These subjects blend seamlessly throughout the book, which benefits from the author's lucid prose, logical organization, command of the secondary literature, and prodigious digging in manuscript collections and newspapers.... Chiles has entered the debate on Smith's contributions to American politics in a rigorous and stimulating manner.... His book deserves a wide audience. * Australasian Journal of American Studies *The Revolution of '28 offers a fresh, revisionist take on Smith.... The book is a substantial achievement and is indispensable reading for those interested in the interwar period or in twentieth-century American political history. * New England Quarterly *Chiles's solidly researched, well-documented, well-indexed book illuminates Smith's role in the emergence of the Democratic party coalition of the 1930s. * Journal of American History *Smith is finally getting his due, thanks to the fine scholarship of Robert Chiles. As his splendid account of Al Smith's governorship, failed presidential bid, and transformational political appeal makes clear, Smith was perhaps the most influential American politician of the first half of the twentieth century never to hold national office.... In these troubled times, we have much to learn from this story, and Robert Chiles is to be commended for telling it so beautifully. * The Hudson River Valley Review *To understand why Smith is considered New York's greatest governor, read this book. * The Island Now *Robert Chiles makes a strong case that we should start the modern era of American politics not with Franklin D. Roosevelt but with his predecessor as Democratic presidential nominee, Al Smith. Chiles has convinced me that not enough attention has been paid to Smith and his platform, and this well written and argued book is the remedy. -- Larry J. Sabato, Director, U.Va. Center for Politics and author of The Kennedy Half-CenturyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Making of a Progressive 2. Progressive Governor 3. The Campaign of the Decade 4. The People's Verdict 5. The Revolution before the New Deal Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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Cornell University Press Charles Austin Beard
Book SynopsisRichard Drake presents a new interpretation of Charles Austin Beard''s life and work. The foremost American historian and a leading public intellectual in the first half of the twentieth century, Beard participated actively in the debates about American politics and foreign policy surrounding the two world wars. In a radical change of critical focus, Charles Austin Beard places the European dimension of Beard''s thought at the center, correcting previous biographers'' oversights and presenting a far more nuanced appreciation for Beard''s life.Drake analyzes the stages of Beard''s development as a historian and critic: his role as an intellectual leader in the Progressive movement, the support that he gave to the cause of American intervention in World War I, and his subsequent revisionist repudiation of Wilsonian ideals and embrace of non-interventionism in the lead-up to World War II. Charles Austin Beard shows that, as Americans tally the ruinous costsbTrade ReviewAn incisive view of the power of Beard, and a sense of his intellectual origins. Drake's worthy volume seeks to take full measure of Charles Beard's contribution to the scholarship of American history. * The Progressive *An estimable study. Drake's fine book performs an important service. It invites readers to do what Beard himself strove to do as he kept close watch on events during the 1930s and 1940s: to remain alert to hypocrisy and contradiction contributing to the misuse of American power. In an era awash with fake news, the handiwork not only of policymakers but of the media itself, this task becomes more important than ever. * The American Conservative *An unfolding account of [Charles Austin Beard's] ideas and arguments. The cold, hard face of Charles Austin Beard peers from the front cover of Mr. Drake's biography, as if from the other side of a tinted glass. His is a strong, hard visage, that of a man who long ago had made up his own mind about the world and America's limited place in it. * Wall Street Journal *Drake's book is to be recommended for historians of the interwar period in the United States, the 1930s, and the intellectual history of the United States in the first half of the twentieth century, as well as anyone interested in the range of historiographical thought in American history. Drake breaks new ground in showing Beard's relationship to European social thought, as well as Beard's friendship with Herbert Hoover in the later 1930s it will likely remain a standard work for many years to come, one that anyone interested in Charles Beard should not pass over. * H-Net *Drake has written a straightforward account of Beard's rise and fall. The book excels at showing how Beard's understanding of American history. * The Journal of American History *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction: The Beardian Interpretation of American History 1. Discovering the Economic Taproot of Imperialism 2. Two Contrasting Progressive Views of the Great War 3. Becoming a Revisionist 4. Washington and Wall Street Working Together for War 5. Isolationism versus Internationalism 6. A Wartime Trilogy 7. Waging War for the Four Freedoms 8. Beard Finds an Ally in Herbert Hoover 9. Attacking "the Saint" 10. Defending Beard after the Fall 11. Beard's Philosophy of History and American Imperialism Conclusion: The Sad Historian of the Pensive Plain Notes Index
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Cornell University Press A Field in Flux
Book SynopsisA Field in Flux chronicles the extraordinary journey of industrial and labor relations expert Robert McKersie. One of the most important industrial relations scholars and leaders of our time, McKersie pioneered the study of labor negotiations, helping to formulate the concepts of distributive and integrative bargaining that have served as analytical tools for understanding the bargaining process more generally.The book provides a window into McKersie''s life and work and its impact on the evolution of labor and industrial relations. Spanning six decades, the reader learns about the intersection of labor and the Civil Rights movement, the watershed moment of the Air Traffic Controller''s Strike, his relationship with George Schultz, the shift from labor relations to human resource management, and McKersie''s role in the seminal cases (Motorola, GM, Toyota) of the labor movement. A Field in Flux serves two important functions: it demonstrates how people havTrade ReviewThis superb book is by one of the most outstanding industrial relations scholars of his generation, whose work has extended over more than half a century. * ILR Review *
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Cornell University Press Governor of the Cordillera
Book SynopsisGovernor of the Cordillera tells the story of an American colonial official in the Philippines who took the unpopular position of defending the rights of the Igorots, was fired in disgrace, and made a triumphal return. During the first fifteen years of colonial rule (18981913), a small group of Americans controlled the headhunting tribes who were wards of the nascent colonial government. These officials ignored laws, carved out fiefdoms, and brutalized (or killed) those who challenged their rule. John Early was cut from a different cloth. Battling colleagues and supervisors over their treatment of the mountain people, Early also had run-ins with lowland Filipino leaders like Manuel Quezon. Early''s return as governor of the entire Cordillera was celebrated by all the tribes.In Governor of the Cordillera Shelton Woods combines biography with colonial history. He includes a discussion on the exhibition of the Igorots at the various fairs in the US anTable of ContentsIntroduction Part One: John Early's Path to the Igorots(1521–1906) 1. The Making of a Governor 2. Eight Million Souls for Twenty Million Dollars 3. War and Colonial Policies 4. The Discovery of the Igorots 5. The Philippine Constabulary Part Two: The Creation of Mountain Province (1906–1908) 6. John Early in the Cordillera 7. Dean Worcester and the Making of Mountain Province 8. Early's Move to Bontoc: Teaching, Bricks, and Olympics 9. Lieutenant Governor of Amburayan 10. Lieutenant Governor of Bontoc Part Three: Conflict (1910–1911) 11. Alcohol, Labor, and Land 12. The Problem of Kalinga and the Hale Solution 13. The Bacarri Problem 14. The Bacarri Massacre 15. The Report 16. Igorots on Display 17. Schneidewind Meets His Match 18. New Players, New Problems 19. Early's Last Stand 20. Tragedy in Europe Part Four: Banishment, Politics, War, and Scandals (1911–1921) 21. Early's Exile South 22. Changes in Mountain Province 23. Colonial Policies: Harrison, Osmeña, and Quezon 24. World War I and a Troubled Yet Vibrant Economy 25. Marriages and Scandals 26. Wilson's Parting Shot and the Republicans Return Part Five: Sweet Dreams and Nightmares Come True (1922–1932) 27. The Wood-Forbes Mission 28. Governor-General Wood 29. Vindication 30. Political Deadlock 31. "We Felt It Was Our Duty to Confirm Him" 32. Henry Stimson 33. Dark Days 34. Advisor to the Governor-General 35. Vice-Governor 36. "Please Write Your Story" Epilogue
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Cornell University Press Governor of the Cordillera
Book SynopsisGovernor of the Cordillera tells the story of an American colonial official in the Philippines who took the unpopular position of defending the rights of the Igorots, was fired in disgrace, and made a triumphal return. During the first fifteen years of colonial rule (18981913), a small group of Americans controlled the headhunting tribes who were wards of the nascent colonial government. These officials ignored laws, carved out fiefdoms, and brutalized (or killed) those who challenged their rule. John Early was cut from a different cloth. Battling colleagues and supervisors over their treatment of the mountain people, Early also had run-ins with lowland Filipino leaders like Manuel Quezon. Early''s return as governor of the entire Cordillera was celebrated by all the tribes.In Governor of the Cordillera Shelton Woods combines biography with colonial history. He includes a discussion on the exhibition of the Igorots at the various fairs in the US anTable of ContentsIntroduction Part One: John Early's Path to the Igorots(1521–1906) 1. The Making of a Governor 2. Eight Million Souls for Twenty Million Dollars 3. War and Colonial Policies 4. The Discovery of the Igorots 5. The Philippine Constabulary Part Two: The Creation of Mountain Province (1906–1908) 6. John Early in the Cordillera 7. Dean Worcester and the Making of Mountain Province 8. Early's Move to Bontoc: Teaching, Bricks, and Olympics 9. Lieutenant Governor of Amburayan 10. Lieutenant Governor of Bontoc Part Three: Conflict (1910–1911) 11. Alcohol, Labor, and Land 12. The Problem of Kalinga and the Hale Solution 13. The Bacarri Problem 14. The Bacarri Massacre 15. The Report 16. Igorots on Display 17. Schneidewind Meets His Match 18. New Players, New Problems 19. Early's Last Stand 20. Tragedy in Europe Part Four: Banishment, Politics, War, and Scandals (1911–1921) 21. Early's Exile South 22. Changes in Mountain Province 23. Colonial Policies: Harrison, Osmeña, and Quezon 24. World War I and a Troubled Yet Vibrant Economy 25. Marriages and Scandals 26. Wilson's Parting Shot and the Republicans Return Part Five: Sweet Dreams and Nightmares Come True (1922–1932) 27. The Wood-Forbes Mission 28. Governor-General Wood 29. Vindication 30. Political Deadlock 31. "We Felt It Was Our Duty to Confirm Him" 32. Henry Stimson 33. Dark Days 34. Advisor to the Governor-General 35. Vice-Governor 36. "Please Write Your Story" Epilogue
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Cornell University Press Lord Acton for Our Time
Book SynopsisLord Acton for Our Time illuminates the thought of the English historian, politician, and writer who gave us the famous maxim: Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Extracting lessons for our current age, Christopher Lazarski focuses on libertyhow Acton understood it, what he thought was its foundation and necessary ingredients, and the history of its development in Western Civilization. Acton is known as a historian, or even the historian, of liberty and as an ardent liberal, but there is confusion as to how he understood liberty and what kind of liberalism he professed. Lord Acton for Our Time provides an introduction that presents essentials about Acton''s life and recovers his theory of liberalism. Lazarski analyzes Acton''s type of liberalism, probing whether it can offer a solution to the crisis of liberal democracy in our own era. For Acton, liberty is the freedom to do what we ought to do, both as individualTrade ReviewA man with intelligence so great that he was, and is, the only intellectual to ever face full-on the profound conundrums of religious faith, moral philosophy, economic activity, and political action. * P.J. O'Rourke, speaking at the Acton Institute's 2013 Anniversary Dinner *
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Stanford University Press Before Trans: Three Gender Stories from
Book SynopsisA fascinating exploration of three individuals in fin-de-siècle France who pushed the boundaries of gender identity. Before the term "transgender" existed, there were those who experienced their gender in complex ways. Before Trans examines the lives and writings of Jane Dieulafoy (1850–1916), Rachilde (1860–1953), and Marc de Montifaud (1845–1912), three French writers whose gender expression did not conform to nineteenth-century notions of femininity. Dieulafoy fought alongside her husband in the Franco-Prussian War and traveled with him to the Middle East; later she wrote novels about girls becoming boys and enjoyed being photographed in her signature men's suits. Rachilde became famous in the 1880s for her controversial gender-bending novel Monsieur Vénus, published around the same time that she started using a calling card that read "Rachilde, Man of Letters." Montifaud began her career as an art critic before turning to erotic writings, for which she was repeatedly charged with "offense to public decency"; she wore tailored men's suits and a short haircut for much of her life and went by masculine pronouns among certain friends. Dieulafoy, Rachilde, and Montifaud established themselves as fixtures in the literary world of fin-de-siècle Paris at the same time as French writers, scientists, and doctors were becoming increasingly fascinated with sexuality and sexual difference. Even so, the concept of gender identity as separate from sexual identity did not yet exist. Before Trans explores these three figures' lifelong efforts to articulate a sense of selfhood that did not precisely align with the conventional gender roles of their day. Their intricate, personal stories provide vital historical context for our own efforts to understand the nature of gender identity and the ways in which it might be expressed.Trade Review"Before Trans is an exceedingly well-written, layered, and compelling account of three overlapping gender-variant biographies. These individuals' stories have never been told together, and Rachel Mesch's beautiful braiding of their lives and loves, their desires and disappointments, offers a fresh and original take on trans history."—Jack Halberstam, author of The Queer Art of Failure"This fascinating exploration of three remarkable lives explores a wide range of gender outlaw behavior long before the term was invented. Consistently provocative, deeply researched, and amply illustrated, this book will challenge us to think more clearly about what gender nonconformity meant and did 'before trans.'"—Margaret Waller, author of The Male Malady"Original, impeccably researched, and well written, Before Trans represents a vital contribution to humanities scholarship, French studies, and gender and sexuality studies. This thoughtful and informed work deftly demonstrates how much the past has to teach us about what we think of as ultra-contemporary issues."—Rhonda Garelick, author of Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History"Through deeply personal stories of complex individuals, Rachel Mesch gives us a much-needed history of transgender 'before' our modern definitions and categories of gender identity. Joining an exciting new wave of scholarship on gender non-conforming historical figures, Before Trans pushes feminist history beyond the binary, showing how we can better locate and understand past trans practices."—Leah DeVun, author of The Shape of Sex"Before Trans is lucid, compelling, and a must-read for specialists in trans history as well as gender history more broadly. Using modern trans frameworks to understand the past, Rachel Mesch gives us much to contemplate in her analysis of gender identity's complex history."—Emily Skidmore, author of True Sex: The Lives of Trans Men at the Turn of the Twentieth Century"Mesch is careful not to make her subjects too representative of modern ideas about gender roles, and delivers multifaceted portraits of complex individuals, rather than caricatures in service of buzzwords and slogans. This sensitive triple biography will appeal to scholarly readers interested in the origins of trans, queer, and feminist perspectives."—Publishers Weekly"Using queer theory in practice, [this] immensely readable book provides excellently researched biographies strung together to show complex worlds where gender norms mattered, but could be transgressed."—Louie Dean Valencia-García, EuropeNow"A fascinating analysis of identity, women's rights, and literature as a transformative tool....Mesch does such a masterful job of relating to her readers, as well as her subjects, that we feel safe in her hands." —Mariko Hewer, Washington Independent Review of Books"Rachel Mesch adroitly walks the methodological tightrope of examining historical characters through the lens of transgender analysis, yet accepting their gender originality. Her writing is theoretically savvy without being academically ponderous. Mesch's detailed and textured survey of these women and their writings does full justice to their unique talent and complex psyches."—Vernon Rosario, The Gay & Lesbian Review/Worldwide"Mesch asks a question that has often vexed historians of this era: how are we supposed to categorise the seemingly endless number of people who took divergent paths from those expected of the period? Rather than place this within the familiar rhetoric of ambiguity, deviance and performativity, Mesch turns to the lessons of trans scholarship... In many ways, the greatest contribution ofBefore Transis its promise of more; a taste of things to come."—Frankie Dytor, Review 31"As Mesch shows us, there is a prehistory of transgender, but there is also a history of trans* narrative making through history. Pushing against binarized gender categories through previous French narratives is itself a historical narrative—another story to be told through the evidence of queer and trans* ephemera."—Todd W. Reeser, Canadian Journal of History"Mesch's pathbreaking book, Before Trans, is a must-read for experts and students of gender studies for years to come, opening the door to more scholarship on gender non-conforming historical figures."—Anne E. Linton, Nineteenth-Century French Studies"Contrasting and complementary, Mesch's three literary biographies form a remarkable and lasting contribution to the fields of nineteenth-century French, trans, gender, and feminist studies. The book frees its three protagonists from their previous feminist avant la letter category to show how, each in their own way, these three authors embodied, researched, archived, and narrated gender creative lives."—Anna Kłosowska, H-France Forum"Before Trans is a hugely significant book for a number of reasons. It provides one of the first explorations of French history from a trans perspective and shows how queer perspectives can be brought to bear on the field. Its willingness to resist simply placing its subjects into new boxes highlights the success of Mesch's project to analyze and understand the possibilities for telling new gender stories in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century France."—Andrew Israel Ross, H-France Forum "Mesch's far-reaching biographical and historical study complements previous work on Rachilde and fleshes out enlightening and interesting information about the lives of the three women writers Jane Dieulafoy, Rachilde, and Marc de Montifaud, while emphasizing their exploration of their own gender identities, and most important for those of us in literary studies, the relation of their writing to that exploration."—Dorothy Kelly, H-France ForumTable of Contents1. A Soldier Is Born 2. Unearthing Jane 3. Excavating the Self 4. Fictional Truths 5. Loving Marcel 6. "May He or She Rest in Peace!" 7. Becoming Rachilde 8. Born of Scandal 9. A Symbol of Her Mind 10. Freedom through Imagination 11. Death by Marriage 12. Why She Was Not a Feminist 13. Becoming Marc 14. Montifaud on Trial 15. Clothing Stories 16. Love Stories 17. The Right to Difference 18. Conclusion
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Stanford University Press The Optimist: A Social Biography of Tawfiq Zayyad
Book SynopsisTawfiq Zayyad (1929–94) was a renowned Palestinian poet and a committed communist activist. For four decades, he was a dominant figure in political life in Israel, as a local council member, mayor of Nazareth, and member of the Israeli parliament. Zayyad personified the collective struggle of the Palestinian citizens of Israel, challenging the military government following the creation of the state of Israel, leading the 1976 nationwide strike against land confiscation, and tirelessly protesting Israeli military occupation after 1967. With this book, Tamir Sorek offers the first biography of this charismatic figure. Zayyad's life was one of balance and contradiction—between his revolutionary writings as Palestinian patriotic poet and his pragmatic political work in the Israeli public sphere. He was uncompromising in his protest of injustices against the Palestinian people, but always committed to a universalist vision of Arab-Jewish brotherhood. It was this combination of traits that made Zayyad an exceptional leader—and makes his biography larger than the man himself to offer a compelling story about Palestinians and the state of Israel.Trade Review"With nuance, precision, and admiration, Tamir Sorek tells the story of Tawfiq Zayyad's complicated and heroic life, and with it, the story of an ongoing catastrophe and the Palestinian people's unceasing battle for survival and dignity. The Optimist pays homage to resistance, radical politics, and the struggle for social mobility, all of which typified Zayyad's long career. A bold and important achievement."—Orit Bashkin, University of Chicago, author of Impossible Exodus: Iraqi Jews in Israel"Tamir Sorek provides a richly detailed excursion into the life and work of an eminent 'organic intellectual,' who found in language a means for recovery after Israel's colonial erasure of Palestine. The Optimist is valuable to anyone interested in encountering fusions between Marxism and Messianism, Jewishness and Arabness, Christianity and Islam, childhood and adulthood, the prosaic and the poetic, the political and the personal."—Khaled Furani, Tel Aviv University, author of Silencing the Sea: Secular Rhythms in Palestinian Poetry"The Optimist is a deftly written biography that will fascinate readers already familiar with the broad contours of Tawfiq Zayyad's life as well as those encountering him for the first time. Tamir Sorek provides fresh insight into how someone can maintain hope in a region too often characterized as hopeless."—Maha Nassar, author of Brothers Apart: Palestinian Citizens of Israel and the Arab World"[Tamir Sorek] presents an unprecedented, in-depth exploration of the life and work of Tawfiq Zayyad....The Optimist is a must read."—Naim Mousa, Mondoweiss"This sympathetic and informative biography is a welcome celebration of [Tawfiq Zayyad's] memory as well as a valuable contribution to our understanding of Palestinian history."—John Green, Morning Star Online"Tamir Sorek has written a superb biography of Tawfiq Zayyad... The imperative for Zayyad, as Sorek shows, was (and, presumably, would be) to organize and mobilize against conditions and policies of oppression by taking advantage of every non-violent opportunity for struggle."—Ian S. Lustick, International Journal of Middle East Studies"The Optimist is more than an excellent biography of Zayyad. It offers a comprehensive account of the ICP, from its early formations to its conceptions, contested ideology, and hierarchal structure. The book is also highly recommended for its insightful political history of Palestinian citizens of Israel under the enduring communist leadership throughout the second half of the twentieth century."—Nadeem Karkabi, Journal of Palestine Studies"In chapter after chapter, Sorek reveals deep strata of Zayyad's personality as a political leader and his motivations in persisting in fighting for Palestinian rights."—Sheren Falah Saab, HaaretzTable of ContentsPrologue 1. Communism and Anticolonialism 2. Steadfastness 3. Badges of Modernity 4. In the Crossfire 5. Municipal Struggles 6. National Leadership 7. Children in the Battlefield 8. A Secular Holy Warrior 9. A Spoke in the Wheel of History 10. Oslo: The Sky Is the Limit
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Redwood Press Dear California: The Golden State in Diaries and
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Stanford University Press The Last Nahdawi: Taha Hussein and Institution
Book SynopsisTaha Hussein (1889–1973) is one of Egypt's most iconic figures. A graduate of al-Azhar, Egypt's oldest university, a civil servant and public intellectual, and ultimately Egyptian Minister of Public Instruction, Hussein was central to key social and political developments in Egypt during the parliamentary period between 1922 and 1952. Influential in the introduction of a new secular university and a burgeoning press in Egypt—and prominent in public debates over nationalism and the roles of religion, women, and education in making a modern independent nation—Hussein remains a subject of continued admiration and controversy to this day. The Last Nahdawi offers the first biography of Hussein in which his intellectual outlook and public career are taken equally seriously. Examining Hussein's actions against the backdrop of his complex relationship with the Egyptian state, the religious establishment, and the French government, Hussam R. Ahmed reveals modern Egypt's cultural influence in the Arab and Islamic world within the various structural changes and political processes of the parliamentary period. Ahmed offers both a history of modern state formation, revealing how the Egyptian state came to hold such a strong grip over culture and education—and a compelling examination of the life of the country's most renowned intellectual.Trade Review"The Last Nahdawi is a breakthrough biography of one of the most important figures of modern Arab thought. Hussam R. Ahmed brings to light much new material about Taha Hussein's illustrious career and impressive oeuvre in a masterful, original, and important critical assessment of this towering intellectual."—Khaled Fahmy, University of Cambridge"In The Last Nahdawi Hussam R. Ahmed provides a lucid, insightful, and nuanced reassessment of Taha Hussein's key role in twentieth-century Egypt's cultural and political life. Anyone interested in modern Egypt will find this book of value."—Zachary Lockman, New York University"As we wonder about the role of the humanities today, The Last Nahdawi suggests that some solutions to our present predicament might be located in interwar and postcolonial Egypt. This brilliant work not only richly contextualizes a mesmerizing public intellectual, but pays homage to his humanity and his democratic vision of education and language."—Orit Bashkin, University of Chicago"The institutional approach adopted by Ahmed in The Last Nahdawi... adds much-needed nuance to Hussein's public positions by revealing the bureaucratic constraints and opportunities within which he operated. The book not only reveals the hidden side of Hussein's otherwise well-documented story but also elucidates the birth of Egypt's key cultural institutions from the interwar period, which has merited little attention by researchers. It is against this backdrop that Ahmed's book will hopefully spark new conversations in the field of Arab intellectual history on the ways in which cultural bureaucracies participate in thought production."—Giedrė Šabasevičiūtė, International Journal of Middle East Studies
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Stanford University Press Reading John Milton: How to Persist in Troubled
Book SynopsisA captivating biography that celebrates the audacious, inspiring life and works of John Milton, revealing how he speaks to our times. John Milton is unrivalled—for the music of his verse and the breadth of his learning. In this brisk, topical, and engaging biography, Stephen B. Dobranski brushes the scholarly dust from the portrait of the artist to reveal Milton's essential humanity and his unwavering commitment to ideals—freedom of religion and the right and responsibility of all persons to think for themselves—that are still relevant and necessary in our times. Milton's epic poem, Paradise Lost, is considered by many to be English poetry's masterpiece. Samuel Johnson, not one for effusive praise, claimed that from Milton's "books alone the Art of English Poetry might be learned." But Milton's renown rests on more than his artistic achievements. In a time of convulsive political turmoil, he justified the killing of a king, pioneered free speech, and publicly defended divorce. He was, in short, an iconoclast, an independent, even revolutionary, thinker. He was also an imperfect man—acrimonious, sometimes mean. Above all, he understood adversity. Afflicted by blindness, illness, and political imprisonment, Milton always sought to "bear up and steer right onward" through life's hardships. Dobranski looks beyond Milton's academic standing, beyond his reputation as a dour and devout purist, to reveal the ongoing power of his works and the dauntless courage that he both wrote about and exemplified. Trade Review"Reading John Milton is an erudite and lively guide both to Milton's turbulent life and his riveting writings, and makes a powerful case for the excitement of engaging with him in our contemporary moment."—Joe Moshenska, author of Making Darkness Light: A Life of John Milton"Milton may have had the most tumultuous life of any major English poet. This lavishly illustrated study revitalizes our image of him by showing his deep immersion in—and resilience to—the catastrophes of his times."—Leah S. Marcus, author of How Shakespeare Became Colonial"This contemporary, informed, accessible introduction to Milton's life is the one book I might share with literally anyone who cares about language and literature. Dobranski reminds us that Milton was a public intellectual, and offers him back to us."—Wendy Furman-Adams, coeditor of Riven Unities: Authority and Experience, Self and Other in Milton's Poetry"Ingeniously organized around a biographical core, this full-throated celebration of the work and thought of John Milton heartily commends him to readers of our own age."—Thomas N. Corns, coauthor of John Milton: Life, Work, and Thought"This book provides an accessible, approachable, introduction to the life and writings of John Milton. Thoughtfully and beautifully illustrated, it seeks to open up one of the greatest poets in literary history to a contemporary audience."—Blaine Greteman, author of Networking Print in Shakespeare's England"Dobranski does a marvelous job of revealing just as much about Milton himself as he does about the man's work through close readings that create an illuminating portrait of an artist who 'aspired to transcend his own limitations, defeats, and prejudices, continuing to work tirelessly and trying to... help his readers to live freely and righteously.' This puts to rest the notion that Milton is just for academics."—Publishers WeeklyTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Power of Language: "These defenseless doors" 2. Personal Loss: "Weep no more" 3. Combating Injustice: "Need not kings to make them happy" 4. Physical Suffering: "Only stand and wait" 5. Free Speech: "Precious lifeblood" 6. Arrogance: "Pride and worse ambition" 7. Forgiveness: "Hand in hand with wand'ring steps" 8. Resisting Temptation: "He who reigns within himself" 9. Doubt: "Strenuous liberty" 10. Surviving Disaster: "By small / Accomplishing great things" Epilogue
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University of Pennsylvania Press Pierre de Thomas: Scholar, Diplomat, and Crusader
Book SynopsisThis book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
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University of Pennsylvania Press English Biography in the Eighteenth Century
Book SynopsisThe growth and maturity of life-writing, especially in the works of Johnson and Boswell, with an incidental picture of the times.
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University of Pennsylvania Press John Randolph Clay: America's First Career
Book SynopsisThis is the biography of a nineteenth-century gentleman whose career in the diplomatic service of his country contributed greatly to the worldwide expansion of American trade and commerce. John Randolph Clay (1808-1885), son of a Philadelphia Congressman, was named in honor of John Randolph, his father's friend and political associate, with whom he lived after his father's death. In 1830, John Randolph, appointed Minister to Russia, secured the appointment of Clay as Secretary of Legation. Randolph soon returned home, seriously ill, leaving Clay as Charge d'Affaires. Although youthful and inexperienced, Clay acquitted himself well, continuing in diplomatic posts in Russia and Austria for seventeen years. From 1847 to 1860, Clay was the diplomatic representative of the United States in Peru. He worked tirelessly, whether applying pressure for the payment of claims, protecting the business and personal interests of Americans, or insisting on the rights of our citizens to participate in the guano trade. He negotiated treaties of commerce, maritime rights, and whaling rights with the Peruvian government. His greatest triumph came in avoiding a rupture with Peru at the time of the Lobos Islands controversy. During the thirty years in which he served his country in foreign lands, Clay saw the coming of the steamship, the railroad, and the telegraph. He met or was on terms of personal friendship with many of the great men of the age: Prince Metternich, Louis Phillipe, Count Nesselrode, and the Peruvian dictator-president Castilla. He was equally at ease amid the splendors of court life in St. Petersburg or Vienna or in the shabby palace of the Peruvian president in the ancient city of Lima. His story, fascinating in itself, is also the story of the growth of the United States diplomatic service.Table of ContentsThe Clays of Philadelphia Virginia The Mission to Russia, 1830 James Buchanan and the Commercial Treaty Diplomatic Courier, 1832-1833 Personal and Public Affairs in Russia, 1833-1837 Homecoming, 1837; Return to Diplomacy, 1838 The Tobacco Mission to Austria Vienna: Happiness and Tragedy, 1838-1840 Politics and Frustration, 1840-1845 Russian Interlude, 1845-1847 Peruvian Journey Debt Collector Extraordinary Guano Diplomacy Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation The Lobos Islands Controversy Back Door to the Amazon The Pelican War and Its Aftermath Matters Personal and Political Clay as a Treaty Maker Claims, Counter Claims, and Revolution Mounting Claims and Controversies, 1856-1860 Winter in Washington, 1860-1885 Clay in Retirement, 1861-1885 John Randolph Clay: An Appraisal Bibliography Index
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University of Pennsylvania Press P. C. Chang and the Universal Declaration of
Book SynopsisThe Universal Declaration of Human Rights is one of the world's best-known and most translated documents. When it was presented to the United Nations General Assembly in December in 1948, Eleanor Roosevelt, chair of the writing group, called it a new "Magna Carta for all mankind." The passage of time has shown Roosevelt to have been largely correct in her prediction as to the declaration's importance. No other document in the world today can claim a comparable standing in the international community. Roosevelt and French legal expert René Cassin have often been represented as the principal authors of the declaration. But in fact, it resulted from a collaborative effort involving a number of individuals in different capacities. One of the declaration's most important authors was the vice chairman of the Human Rights Commission, Peng Chun Chang (1892-1957), a Chinese diplomat and philosopher whose contribution has been the focus of growing attention in recent years. Indeed, it is Chang who deserves the credit for the universality and religious ecumenism that are now regarded as the declaration's defining features. Despite this, Chang's extraordinary contribution has been overlooked by historians. Peng Chun Chang was a modern-day Renaissance man—teacher, scholar, university chancellor, playwright, diplomat, and politician. A true cosmopolitan, he was deeply involved in the cultural exchange between East and West, and the dramatic events of his life left a profound mark on his intellectual and political work. P. C. Chang and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the first biography of this extraordinary actor on the world stage, who belonged to the same generation as Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek. Drawing on previously unknown sources, it casts new light on Chang's multifaceted life and involvement with one of modern history's most important documents.Trade Review"[A]n excellent book that made accessible an otherwise arcane subject to the general reader and specialist alike. Roth's book is a landmark study in its field and deserves a broad readership." * Connections *"This volume is an important addition to the literature on the history of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and also a fascinating biography of the complex, multitalented, cosmopolitan P. C. Chang (1892–1957)." * Choice *"In this unprecedented work, Hans Ingvar Roth casts a spotlight on the life and times of Chinese philosopher Peng Chun Chang, who has remained in the shadows too long-in spite of his signal contributions to the making of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). Gathering much new evidence and insisting on Chang's relevance even today to a movement that seeks cross-cultural and global purchase, Roth has made a noteworthy contribution to the history and theory of human rights." * Samuel Moyn, author of Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World *"A fine and deeply engaging book. P. C. Chang and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is quite the page turner, with a unique and novel angle into a much-researched topic, which is timely, both among practitioners and scholars, and Hans Ingvar Roth's approach fits well with the new generation of transnational historians of human rights." * Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen, Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Sweden *
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University of Minnesota Press Professor Berman: The Last Lecture of Minnesota's
Book SynopsisBehind the scenes of Minnesota history, by way of the engaging life story of the state’s best-known and beloved political observer Professor Hy Berman (1925–2015) was, by most accounts, the face of public history in Minnesota for many decades—a peerless political observer and labor historian, popular lecturer and university professor, and familiar presence on the Twin Cities PBS show Almanac, dependably interpreting Minnesota history—and making some of his own. In Professor Berman: The Last Lecture of Minnesota’s Greatest Public Historian, readers encounter the Hy Berman audiences and students loved, telling stories as only he could—stories that are at once a close-up view of Minnesota history and a conversational self-portrait of a man who often found himself in the middle of that history even as it was unfolding. Berman came by his passion for history and politics naturally: as the “red diaper baby” of left-wing, Yiddish-speaking Polish immigrants in New York. With humor, sharp wit, and the insight of wisdom acquired over ninety years, he takes us back to that heady 1920s milieu that set him on a path that would one day lead to, among other adventures, a brush with the House Un-American Activities Committee, a role in a black student takeover on the University of Minnesota campus, and a lifelong alliance with Minnesota’s “Happy Warrior” for civil rights, Hubert Humphrey. Featuring an all-star cast of the state’s politicians (from Humphrey to Rudy Perpich, Harold Stassen, Arne Carlson, and Jesse Ventura) and full of engaging, often surprising anecdotes, Berman’s “last lecture” describes a rich life devoted to teaching that reached far beyond the classroom—and that found the professor translating history for an avid TV audience, helping to appoint the state’s first female Supreme Court justice, and testifying at Minnesota’s landmark tobacco trial. Edited and with an Introduction and Afterword by long-time Twin Cities journalist Jay Weiner, Hy Berman’s final lecture is a strong and powerful contribution to Minnesota’s story.Trade Review"Professor Hy Berman’s ‘Last Lecture’ is an incredible lesson for anyone interested in Minnesota and Jewish history. His stories are captivating, and details of his personal relationships, conversations, and experiences bring alive facts of history we all learned but never truly understood. This book should be required reading for any student of history—that is, each and every one of us."—Marcia Zimmerman, Alvin and June Perlman Senior Rabbinic Chair, Temple Israel, Minneapolis"We know more about Minnesota's history because of Hy Berman. If you watched Hy on television—and especially if you didn’t—you will learn a lot from this book."—Eric Eskola, co-host of Twin Cities Public Television’s Almanac"A product of the Yiddish-speaking, red-diaper-baby Bronx, Hy Berman became the embodiment of what is best in Minnesota and its land-grant university. He lived, taught, modeled, and preached egalitarianism, public citizenship, intellectual honesty, and humility. Jay Weiner has done a great service to both history and letters in elegantly weaving this autobiography from the brilliant, vivid miscellany of writings and interviews that Berman left behind at his death. Anyone interested in labor history, higher education, the Jewish Left, and so many other subjects in Berman's questing mind will be grateful for this memoir."—Samuel G. Freedman, author of Letters to a Young Journalist
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University of Minnesota Press The Senator Next Door: A Memoir from the
Book SynopsisIn The Senator Next Door, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar chronicles her remarkable heartland journey, from her immigrant grandparents to her middle-class suburban upbringing to her rise in American politics. At a moment when America's government often seems incapable of getting anything done, Amy Klobuchar proves that politics is still the art of the possible.Trade Review"Amy Klobuchar’s The Senator Next Door is a must read for public servants across the country. With her trademark Midwestern honesty and humor, she recounts the events that have shaped her life and reminds us that it is still possible, with grit and good will, to work across the aisle to get things done in Washington."—Senator John McCain "From the halls of her high school all the way to the United States Senate, Amy Klobuchar's journey is one of incredible perseverance and success. Her story radiates with warmth, humor, and candor."—Sheryl Sandberg, author of Lean In"The Senator Next Door is both a desperately needed wake-up call to our politicians and a delightful memoir that will inspire everyone. Buy one for yourself and give one to an elected official."—Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs and Benjamin Franklin "I absolutely loved this book and could not put it down. It's smart, funny, moving, and filled with wisdom and insight. The Senator Next Door left me deeply inspired with renewed hope for the American Dream."—Amy Chua, author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother"The Senator Next Door is about avoiding the sort of blistering rhetoric and political posturing that makes it hard to forge alliances across party lines to get things done."—USA Today"The Lean In of political memoirs."—The New Republic "The book is timely because there’s talk of the senator moving to higher office in the future." —Pioneer Press "If, in these polarized times, you need to boost our faith in democratic politics, this is the book for you." —The Annals of IowaTable of ContentsContentsPrologue 1. Beginnings2. Growing Up 3. From New Haven to Hyde Park 4. The Real World 5. A Mom and a Candidate 6. The Chief Prosecutor 7. Without Fear or Favor 8. Running for the Senate 9. Under the Capitol Dome 10. Governing Epilogue Notes AcknowledgmentsIndex
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University of Minnesota Press Infinite Variety: The Life and Legend of the
Book SynopsisFor the first three decades of the twentieth century, the Marchesa Luisa Casati astounded Europe. She was infamous for her evening strolls—naked beneath her furs, parading cheetahs on diamond-studded leashes. Artists such as Man Ray and Augustus John painted, sculpted, and photographed her; writers, including Jean Cocteau, Ezra Pound, and Jack Kerouac, praised her strange beauty; celebrities and royalty from around the world were amazed and awed by her lavish parties and spectacles at her homes in Italy and France. The extravagance ended in 1930 when Casati was more than twenty-five million dollars in debt, but she continued her iconoclastic and creative pursuits until her death in London in 1957. Her legacy continues, especially in contemporary fashion, with John Galliano, Tom Ford, Alexander McQueen, Karl Lagerfeld, and other designers inspired by her remarkable style. Fully authorized, completely updated, and richly illustrated, this is the fantastic story of the Marchesa Casati.Trade Review"Fascinating . . . with or without her cheetahs, the Marchesa Casati’s circus of the self makes her a natural for the new millennium."—Vanity Fair"A meticulously researched biography, Infinite Variety is as much art history as chronicle of personal obsession."—New York Times"Ryersson and Yaccarino are judicious historians of frivolity who capture the tone of a life that was obscenely profligate yet strangely pure."—The New Yorker"Beautifully written . . . Prepare to be astonished."—ELLETable of ContentsForeword Quentin CrispIntroduction: Siren of the Century Dream Child A Slow Awakening1001 Nights on the Grand CanalThe Basilisk’s StareTigress on CapriMedusa in PearlsDragonfly in AmberEpilogue: Phoenix RisingAfterwordFrancesca GranataAcknowledgmentsNotesSelect BibliographyIndex
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University of Minnesota Press Pothole Confidential: My Life as Mayor of
Book SynopsisA pajama party at the Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport inadvertently helped launch R.T. Rybak’s political career (imagine a rumba line one hundred protesters long chanting, “We deserve to sleep, hey!”), but his earliest lessons in leadership occurred during his childhood. Growing up in a middle-class neighborhood, attending private school with students who had much more than he did, spending evenings at his family’s store in an area where people lived with much less, he witnessed firsthand the opportunity and injustice of the city he called home. In a memoir that is at once a political coming-of-age story and a behind-the-scenes look at the running of a great city, the three-term mayor takes readers into the highs and lows and the daily drama of a life inextricably linked with Minneapolis over the past fifty years. With refreshing candor and insight, Rybak describes his path through journalism, marketing, and community activism that led to his unlikely (to him, at least) primary election—on September 11, 2001. His personal account of the challenges and crises confronting the city over twelve years, including the tragic collapse of the I-35W bridge, the rising scourge of youth violence, and the bruising fight over a ban on gay marriage (with Rybak himself conducting the first such ceremony at City Hall on August 1, 2013), is also an illuminating, often funny depiction of learning the workings of the job, frequently on the fly, while trying to keep up with his most important constituency, his family. As bracing as the “fresh air” campaign that swept him into office, Rybak’s memoir is that rare document from a politician: one more concerned with the people he served and the issues of his time than with burnishing his own credentials. As such, it reflects what leadership truly looks like.Trade Review"There are four types of political memoirs, depending on whether or not the politician was any good and whether or not the politician can write. There is much to be learned from all four, but only one type can be recommended with enthusiasm. A skilled journalist before he became a great mayor, R.T. Rybak has given us a story that deserves the attention of all those who enjoy good governance and good reading."—Jeff Speck, author of Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time"This is a fascinating look into the personal and political life of one of the best big city mayors in the U.S. R.T. Rybak, a leader of the American Progressive Movement, started out as a Nixon Republican and became a public servant known for his honesty and his willingness to tackle the really tough problems of urban America. It's a great read."—Howard Dean, former governor of Vermont*"R.T. Rybak's decision to return to writing is an enormous gift to us all. This book is a love letter to Minneapolis, and it tells the riveting story of what you must tackle to make and keep a city great."—Lizz Winstead, cocreator of The Daily Show"It is a rare political book that makes us laugh out loud while also inviting us to examine the challenges of running a modern American city."—Michele Norris, former host of NPR’s All Things Considered and founder of The Race Card Project"In his dozen years as mayor of Minneapolis, R.T. Rybak was the poster child for ebullience, a fearless crowd-surfer. . . and an advocate for equality."—Star Tribune"The job of building community is bigger and so much more complex than most people can imagine, and that shines through in Rybak’s vivid and honest stories."—Governing Magazine"Innocuous, fairly interesting and often entertaining."—Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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University of Minnesota Press Citizen Swain: Tales from a Minnesota Life
Book SynopsisAn entertaining personal history of the state, told by one of its leading citizens For an insider’s take on the last eighty years in Minnesota history, sit down with Tom H. Swain’s memoir. It is a personal look at the people and events that shaped the state’s history, written by a civic and business leader—and a true public servant—with a genuine knack for telling a story. From business to athletics, politics to education, Swain is a key player. He’s been a mayor, a University of Minnesota vice president, a chief of staff to former Minnesota governor Elmer L. Andersen, and a member and chair of numerous nonprofit and civic boards. In Citizen Swain: Tales from a Minnesota Life, he brings his vibrant presence and meaningful contributions to life eloquently, giving readers a rare glimpse into the inner workings of institutions and their leaders.Swain was more than a witness to state history. He helped make it happen. Readers learn what it was like to be a part of Governor Andersen’s administration—including details about the dramatic vote recount that ended his term. Swain’s dedication to education and sports shine through as he speaks of his service at the University of Minnesota. Over the years in positions ranging from ticket manager in the athletic department to vice president, Swain got to know Gopher coach Bernie Bierman and three University of Minnesota presidents—Nils Hasselmo, Mark Yudof, and Robert Bruininks. Twenty-three years at the St. Paul Companies gave him profound insight into the state’s oldest corporation.Whether he’s describing the hard work behind the scenes of the massive civic celebration of the state’s centennial or growing up in 1930s and 1940s Minneapolis, Swain’s passion for making Minnesota a better place comes through in these remembrances, told with warmth, respect, and not a small amount of wit. Citizen Swain will be an inspiration to anyone seeking to make positive change through active citizenship.Trade Review"Tom H. Swain is the quintessential Minnesotan. He sallies forth through the ups and downs of life with his unique brand of unflappable, straightforward, and mission-oriented character. His gifts of old-fashioned honor, abiding wisdom, endurance, and a genuine love of people are evident in these stories, always told in his clear and unpretentious voice."—George Latimer"It’s hard to imagine how many lives Tom H. Swain has touched through his civic and volunteer activities. Citizen Swain is a fitting tribute to a great Minnesotan."—Peter Pearson, President, The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library"Tom H. Swain shows by example how one person can make a positive difference in people’s lives and in Minnesota history. He has worked hard to leave the campsite better for the next group of citizen adventurers."—Dave Metzen"Swain’s observations, and more important, the example of his exemplary life should command our attention."—Star TribuneTable of ContentsContentsForeword: A Life of Service Lori Sturdevant1. “Miss Pep” 2. Student Days3. Staff Sergeant Swain4. Back to Campus5. Mac6. Holman Field7. Ticket Man8. Come to St. Paul9. A Royal Kiss10. Floyd and Judy at the Centennial11. The Wager12. Showboat13. Skål, Vikings—and Stay, Twins14. Elmer for Governor15. Right Hand to the Governor16. Recount17. Insurance Man18. Minnesota’s Favorite Son19. St. Paul School Independence20. Missing in Action21. DARE22. “Don’t Leave Home without It”23. Insurance Encore24. Health Reformer25. Gopher Tales26. Questions27. Still a Republican28. Show ’Em the Money29. Mr. Mayor30. Things Change31. Millie’s Ashes32. All in the Family33. On LeadershipChronologyIndex
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Bristol University Press India’s First Diplomat: V.S. Srinivasa Sastri and
Book SynopsisV.S. Srinivasa Sastri was a celebrated Indian politician and diplomat in the early twentieth century. Despite being hailed as the ‘very voice of international conscience’, he is now a largely forgotten figure. This book rehabilitates Sastri and offers a diplomatic biography of his years as India’s roving ambassador in the 1920s. It examines his involvement in key conferences and agreements, as well as his achievements in advocating for racial equality and securing the rights of Indians both at home and abroad. It also illuminates the darker side of being a native diplomat, including the risk of legitimizing the colonial project and the contradictions of being treated as an equal on the world stage while lacking equality at home. In retrieving the legacy of Sastri, the book shows that liberal internationalism is not the preserve of western powers and actors – where it too often represents imperialism by other means – but a commitment to social progress fought at multiple sites and by many protagonists.Trade Review“By bringing out critiques of Sastri from within his contemporaries – Congress statesmen and India’s leading political thinkers – the book succeeds in decolonising pre-independence Indian diplomacy, thus far, a field too deeply entrenched in India’s colonial past.” H-Soz-Kult "[A] most enjoyable treasure box of a book… [this] well-researched and elegantly written monograph covers everything in terms of Sastri's political life" - Amit Das Gupta, Sehepunkte"Dr Vineet Thakur’s latest book is an important and exciting contribution to our understanding of race and the global colour line in the British imperial world of the 1920s." LSE Review of Books“Vineet Thakur’s biographical study of Sastri, India’s First Diplomat, is therefore a refreshing correction to such historiography. While acknowledging the shrinking domestic political space in which liberals operated in the interwar period, Thakur highlights the very real contributions they made in the diplomatic sphere.” The India ForumTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Native Diplomat Shirtless Srinivasan A Worthy Successor to Gokhale The Silver-Tongued Orator The Most Picturesque Figure A Rather Dangerous Ambassador Like the Anger of Rudra An Honourable Compromise A Trustee of India’s Honour We Have No Sastri Conclusion: An Amiable Usurper
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Jew in the French Revolution
Book SynopsisZalkind Hourwitz lived during one of the most pivotal periods in history. A Polish Jew born in 1752, Hourwitz moved to France in 1774 and entered the intellectual and political life of ancien régime Paris. Frances Malino provides a vivid description of this compelling and exotic figure who fits none of the traditional portraits of eighteenth-century Jews. An investigation of his experiences in the French capital during this period challenges our previous understanding of Jewish emancipation, provides an additional perspective on revolutionary Paris (from that of both Jew and foreigner) and adds another dimension to the historiography of the French Revolution.Trade Review"Malino's book is a splendid piece of work, well-researched and richly annotated." American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Political Beginnings. 2. The Apologies des Juifs. 3. A Revolutionary Jewish Voice. 4. The Frustrations of Emancipation. 5. Revolutionary Illusions. 6. A Would-Be Ideologue. 7. In Retreat. Conclusion.
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University of Massachusetts Press Betty Friedan and the Making of the Feminine
Book SynopsisThis biography of Betty Friedan traces the development of her feminist outlook from her childhood in Illinois to her marriage. Horowitz offers a reading of ""The Feminine Mystique"" and argues that the roots of Friedan's feminism run deeper than she has led us to believe. The links between the ""Popular Front"" of feminism of the ""Old Left"" and the ""New Left"" feminism of the 1960s is delineated, thereby casting doubt on the claims of novelty that many have made about social movements of the 1960s. He illuminates important details by mining everything from her papers while a student as Smith College, to her articles for the labour press. Horowitz advances the historiography with descriptions of women's experiences of left-wing politics and culture in the 1940s and 1950s and by limning Friedan's place within that context.
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University of Massachusetts Press Young Charles Sumner and the Legacy of the
Book SynopsisAn outspoken abolitionist, a founder of the Free Soil and Republican parties, and a leading member of the U.S. Senate for more than twenty years, Charles Sumner (1811-1874) has always figured prominently in histories of the American Civil War. For the most part, however, he has been depicted as a psychologically troubled extremist, a fanatical opponent of slavery whose self-righteousness was matched only by his arrogance. In this book, Anne-Marie Taylor challenges that longstanding view, offering in its stead the portrait of a man animated more by principle than by impulse or ambition. According to Taylor, Sumner's reform-minded politics, including his fervent commitment to put an end to slavery, must be understood in the context of a young nation still struggling to live up to the Enlightenment ideals embraced by its founders and embodied in its Constitution. Focusing on the first forty years of Sumner's life, before he took public office, Taylor traces the evolution of his character and thought among Boston's cultural elite. His belief in the virtues of cosmopolitanism, in the dignity of the human intellect and conscience, and in the possibility of a cultivated and just society, all find their roots in an education steeped in Enlightenment principles. At the same time, as a child of New England Puritanism and Revolutionary republicanism, Sumner was raised to believe in the moral obligation of the individual to work for the common good. As Taylor shows in this well-written biography, much of the triumph and tragedy of Sumner's story - the energy of his idealism as well as the poignancy of his eventual disappointment - derives from the overpowering sense of duty and national destiny imbued by his upbringing.Trade ReviewAs engaging a biography as I have read in a long time, impeccably researched and beautifully rendered. Taylor's scholarly intelligence proves consistently deep and broad-ranging as she knits together the many diverse strands of influence and experience that contributed to the shaping of the mature Charles Sumner. - James Brewer Stewart, author of Wendell Phillips: Liberty's Hero ""This extremely well-written and deeply researched book offers a fresh and compelling interpretation of a figure who has previously been depicted largely in caricature....Above all, the author effectively shows how Sumner's moral absolutism coexisted with a profound political pragmatism."" - Steven Mintz, author of Moralists and Modernizers: America's Pre-Civil War Reformers
£35.06
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. Surviving in Silence: A Deaf Boy in the
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Gallaudet University Press,U.S. Crossing the Divide: Representations of Deafness
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Temple University Press,U.S. Robert Kennedy: Brother Protector
Book SynopsisFor most of his life, Robert Kennedy stood in the shadow cast by his older brother, John; only after President Kennedy's assassination did the public gain a complete sense of Robert (\u0022Bobby,\u0022 we called him) as a committed advocate for social justice and a savvy politician in his own right. In this comprehensive biography, James W. Hilty offers a detailed and nuanced account of how Robert was transformed from a seemingly unpromising youngster, unlikely to match the accomplishments of his older brothers, to the forceful man who ran \u0022the family business,\u0022 orchestrating the Kennedy quest for political power.Trade Review"John and Robert Kennedy's close personal and working relationship was unique in the annals of American public service. James W. Hilty, focusing on Robert as 'brother protector,' has written a thorough, thoughtful account based on scrupulous research and a historian's search for the truth." -Edwin Guthman, former press secretary to RFK and co-editor of Robert Kennedy in His Own Words: The Unpublished Recollections of the Kennedy Years "James Hilty offers an important new study of RFK as lifelong defender and promoter of his brother, President John Kennedy. This fascinating, perceptive biography reveals a man struggling in his brother's shadow as he strives to confirm his own individuality as campaign manager, attorney general, and younger brother/confidant." -Library Journal "Robert Kennedy: Brother Protector is a splendid book. Hilty tells familiar stories with original interpretations, lacing his discussion with lucid tales of RFK's conflicts with Roy Cohn, Martin Luther King, Lyndon B. Johnson, and George Wallace. He challenges the myths and lore of the Kennedy past, from alleged voter fraud in Illinois to RFK's rumored affair with Marilyn Monroe... The book will give pause to Kennedy admirers and detractors alike, for it is the most intelligently analyzed account of RFK to date." -The Journal of American History "A thousand and one Kennedy books are out there, one for every day of John F. Kennedy's mythical reign. But this one, written by a historian, actually provides a useful service. One of its main themes-am I truly my brother's keeper?-is timeless. And the other-exploring the obligations of the U.S. attorney general-is current." -The Baltimore Sun "Hilty offers an interesting take on a much-written-about chapter in U.S. history." -Publishers Weekly "The book's greatest strength is its straightforward, thorough examination of the major controversies surrounding John and Robert Kennedy." -The American Historical Review "...a highly recommended book." -The HistorianTable of ContentsCONTENTS Preface Introduction: Am I My Brother's Keeper? Chapter 1. The Seventh Kennedy Chapter 2. Farewells and Foreboding Chapter 3. "Yes, Dad. Yes, Dad." Chapter 4. Joe McCarthy and the Enemies Within Chapter 5. Investigating Racketeers Chapter 6. Winning Jack the Nomination Chapter 7. Electing Jack President Chapter 8. Justice in the New Frontier Chapter 9. Hoover and Bawdy Tales Chapter 10. Kennedy Aura and Kennedy Promises Chapter 11. The Cauldron of Civil Rights Chapter 12. Toward a Moral Commitment on Civil Rights Chapter 13. The Kennedys and King Chapter 14. "Number One and One-Half" Chapter 15. Missiles of October Chapter 16. Lest Darkness Come Upon You Epilogue: There Has to Be a Morning After Notes Bibliographic Essay Chronology Photograph Credits Index
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University of South Carolina Press A World Turned Upside Down: Palmers of South
Book SynopsisThrough letters and journal entries rich in detail, this text follows the trials of the 19th-century Palmer family who dominated the southern banks of South Carolina's Santee River. The volume offers insights into plantation life; education; religion; and slave/master relations.
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University of South Carolina Press John P.Holland, 1841-1914: Inventor of the Modern
Book SynopsisA classic of maritime history updated with new information, John P. Holland, 1841–1914 is the sole full-length biography of the man whose technological innovations led to the launching of the first modern submarine in May 1897. While David Bushnell may be considered the father of the submarine, Holland devised the technical improvements that enabled a craft to operate equally effectively whether submerged or surfaced, and it was his design that the U.S. Navy purchased in 1900. Richard Knowles Morris draws on diaries and papers left by his grandfather, a longtime friend of Holland and an superintending engineer of the Holland Torpedo Boat Company (later Electric Boat), to trace the inventor's eventful life. Morris recounts Holland's early years, his frustration in dealing with the Fenians and the U.S. Navy, and his company's negotiations with Japan, Great Britain, and Russia for Holland boats. Of particular interest is the selection of photographs that offer an enlightening pictorial of early submarine history.Trade ReviewThe classic story of the self-trained inventor-engineer who revolutionized naval architecture." —Journal of American History"This is a sound work in a highly controversial field, and can be read by naval buffs or history students with equal profit and pleasure." —Choice"A solid, scholarly step toward [Holland's] belated recognition." —New York Times Book Review"Certain to be the standard biography of Holland." —The Irish Sword"By far the best of its kind." —Submarines"[The book's] virtues are many: felicitous coverage of Holland's childhood, youth, and career in Ireland; fascinating material on the activities of the Fenian Society; the agonies of obtaining a government contract; and the history of the Electric Boat Company …This is the definitive work on Holland and is considerably more than naval and submarine history." —Library Journal
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University of South Carolina Press A Faithful Heart: The Journals of Emmala Reed,
Book SynopsisEmmala Reed (1839-1893) may not have watched the unfolding of the Civil War from the front lines, but she nonetheless witnessed the collapse of the Confederacy. With the fall of Charleston and the burning of Columbia, waves of refugees flooded into her hometown of Anderson, South Carolina. Returning Confederate soldiers passed through this isolated settlement to get rations of cornmeal on their journey home, and eventually Union troops occupied the town. All the while this twenty-five-year-old, unmarried woman recorded what she observed from Echo Hall, her family home on Anderson's Main Street. Reed's journals from 1865 and 1866 present a detailed account of life in western South Carolina as war turned to reconstruction. Reed's postwar writings are particularly important given their rarity - many Civil War diarists stopped writing at war's end. As the daughter of Judge Jacob Pinckney Reed, a prominent lawyer, merchant, and prewar Unionist, Reed offers a perspective different from the usual ardent secessionist. Also unlike many diarists of the period, Reed lived in a small town rather than on a plantation or in an urban center. In her journals Reed captures the disheartening, chaoti
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University of South Carolina Press Baroness of Hobcaw: The Life of Belle W. Baruch
Book SynopsisDaughter of the ""Wolf of Wall Street,"" Belle Baruch (1899-1964) could outride, outshoot, outhunt, and outsail most of the young men of her elite social circle. Unapologetic for her athleticism and interests in traditionally masculine pursuits, Baruch towered above male and female counterparts in height and daring. She is known today for the wildlife conservation and biological research center on the South Carolina coast that bears her family name. Belle's life reflects the world of wealthy northerners like the Vanderbilts and Luces who bought tracts of southern acreage. Miller details Belle's fox hunting at Hobcaw, show jumping at Deauville, flying her own plane, and traveling with Edith Bolling Wilson. She recounts Belle's efforts to win her mother's approval and her father's attention, as well as her unraveling relationships with friends, family, employees, and lovers - both male and female. Miller describes Belle's final success in saving Hobcaw from development as the overarching triumph of a tempestuous life.
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