Amerikansk historie

Land and the Liberal Project explores the "improving" ideas that informed the expansion of Canada from coast to coast, exposing the justifications for state violence and appropriation of Indigenous territory, thus challenging our assumptions about Canadian sovereignty.

Coming of age during the British Invasion of the early 1960s, Ron West was inspired to pursue a career in music. His interest in bands like the Beatles influenced the formation of the Chesmann and Chesmann Square-popular Kansas City area bands that survived for a decade and included his two younger brothers, Steve and Gary. Then, in 1977, West formed a new band, Missouri, which through the help of well-known concert promoter Chris Fritz, went on to record two studio albums and earned him accolades in the music industry. In record bins at music stores throughout Missouri and surrounding states, music aficionados still come upon a unique Missouri album that resonates with the dreams of several Kansas City area musicians. Their first album, printed in monochrome, features the Gateway Arch from St. Louis standing amongst the desolation of a southwestern desert vista, representing the creative vision of Ron West. His legacy now carries forth through a new iteration of Missouri comprised of original and new members continuing to perform these classic songs. Movin' On is the story of Ron West, highlighting his beginnings in a working-class family in south Kansas City to paying his dues as a musician who aspired to cross the threshold to rock and roll stardom.

A fusion of travel literature and cultural criticism investigating the dark history of the US and exploring how past horrors – from witch trials to slavery and genocide – continue to haunt the national consciousness.Haunted States is a unique guidebook that explores the dark, often horrifying, history of the US. Based on the author’s journey across the United States in summer 2022, it explores locations connected to Gothic fiction and film, tracking the relationship between the American landscapes and the various forms of fictional horror the nation has produced over the centuries.Part cultural history and part travelogue, Haunted States traces how the American Gothic draws inspiration from the natural and built environments, with the astounding geographical variation of the landscape influencing the distinctive forms of horror produced across its many diverse regions. The book also investigates how the horrors of the American Gothic have their roots in the nation’s dark history of colonialism, slavery, violence and oppression – past sins that continue to haunt the national consciousness to this day. Taking horror (in literature, film and the visual arts) as its starting point, Haunted States investigates the landscapes, places and cultures that produced it.Incorporating first-person travel narrative, historical context and supplementary interviews, Haunted States journeys across the USA to learn about its eclectic, regional forms of horror.

Translation of: èAèa: manifiestos sobre la diversidad linguistica.

A narrative account of Jim Crow as people experienced it.

"If the function of the artist is to see, the first duty of the critic is to understand what the artist saw."– J.E.H. MacDonaldTo See What He Saw focuses on the Lake O’Hara work produced by English-Canadian artist and Group of Seven member James Edward Hervey (J.E.H.) MacDonald, R.C A. (1873–1932) between 1924 and 1932. The book documents MacDonald’s seven trips to Yoho National Park in the Rocky Mountains of eastern British Columbia, Canada, and presents a detailed catalogue of the resulting en plein air sketches and the subsequent studio works completed during the last nine years of his life.The book features more than 200 of MacDonald’s western works from this period, organized geographically with en plein air sketches and studio work illustrated side by side. Each sketch is accompanied by at least one present-day photograph, many of which are taken from the exact rocky perch where MacDonald sat. Save for the forest growth since the 1920s, this pairing enables the viewer to see what MacDonald saw, and to understand how he processed the landscape before him. The book includes full transcripts of diaries, essays, and poems from which detailed, chronological descriptions of MacDonald's seven trips have been compiled. Relevant excerpts and original research further contextualize and illuminate the artist’s practices for specific sketches wherever possible.Of interest to Group of Seven and Canadian art collectors, curators, historians, students, and enthusiasts alike, this book is produced in conjunction with a 2024 exhibition at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in Banff, Alberta. To See What He Saw offers a comprehensive examination of this esteemed artist’s painting process, finished works, and mindset over this period, and provides a unique lens through which to view MacDonald’s O’Hara work—a perspective that has not previously been fully explored in exhibition or in publication.

"The George Spangler farm in Gettysburg is a place of reverence. This book profiles scores of additional soldiers and offers new information on events and experiences at the farm. While also completing the story of George and Elizabeth Spangler's historic farm, it provides a deeper and richer understanding of what these men and women endured-suffering that often lingered for the rest of their lives"--

"Somewhere between the New Deal and ChatGPT, the modest American Dream of a middle-class life became an impossible fantasy. How did this happen, and how can we undo the damage? Popular progressive radio host and New York Times bestselling author Thom Hartmann reveals how in this 10th installment of the Hidden History series. The middle-class dream of an affordable house, healthcare, and a modest retirement is no more. Who killed the American Dream and how do we get it back?"--

Explores the value of Shakespeare for theatrical businesspeople and audiences in nineteenth-century New York City.

"In the early 1900s, at the dawn of the "American Century," few knew the intoxicating power of greed better than white men on the forefront of the black gold rush. When oil was discovered in Oklahoma, these counterfeit tycoons impersonated, defrauded, and murdered Native property owners to snatch up hundreds of acres of oil-rich land. Writer and fourth-generation Oklahoman Russell Cobb sets the stage for one such oilman's chicanery: Tulsa entrepreneur Charles Page's campaign for a young Muscogee boy's land in Creek County. Problem was, "Tommy Atkins," the boy in question, had died years prior-if he ever lived at all. Ghosts of Crook County traces Tommy's mythologized life through Page's relentless pursuit of his land. We meet Minnie Atkins and the two other women who claimed to be Tommy's "real" mother. Minnie would testify a story of her son's life and death that fulfilled the legal requirements for his land to be transferred to Page. And we meet Tommy himself-or the men who proclaimed themselves to be him, alive and well in court. Through evocative storytelling, Cobb chronicles with unflinching precision the lasting effects of land-grabbing white men on Indigenous peoples. What emerges are the interconnected stories of unabashedly greedy men, the exploitation of Indigenous land, and the legacy of a boy who may never have existed"--

"In stunning full color and accessible text, a graphic adaptation of the American Book Award winning history of the United States as told from the perspective of Indigenous peoples"--

"Four stories of resilience, mutual aid, and radical rebellion that will transform how we understand the Great Depression"--

"An invaluable guide to the forces of American conspiracy theory that are currently bending our world out of shape" Gabriel Gatehouse, presenter of The Coming Storm on BBC Radio 4"A vivid and sobering look at the web of connections that link the furthest reaches of the far right to [Trump] ... Day of Reckoning is a stark warning" J.M. Berger, author of Extremism"Excellent ... powerfully exposes the drivers behind today's most dangerous anti-democracy movements. An essential read for those who value liberal democracy as we know it" Julia Ebner, author of Going MainstreamThe MAGA movement was in retreat after Donald Trump's defeat in 2020, but the fascist fringes have not just survived, they continue to thrive and burrow into the mainstream. The January 6 Capitol riot prosecutions have done little to curb their enthusiasm for mayhem.In this chilling exposé of the far right, Mike Wendling encounters Covid deniers, QAnon supporters, Capitol rioters, and Proud Boys, uncovering the roots of a movement that threatens to shatter the foundations of democracy.Trump's base in the GOP is committed to their candidate like never before. Apocalyptic messaging ensures that white nationalist groups see the next election as a life-or-death struggle, and they are uniting to back the one person they can all agree on.Mike Wendling is US National Digital Reporter for the BBC, based in Chicago. He is the co-founder of the BBC's disinformation unit and was editor and presenter of BBC Trending. He has decades of experience covering extremism, the American far right, social media and disinformation, and is the author of Alt-Right: From 4chan to the White House.

"The Myth of American Idealism offers a timely and comprehensive introduction to the incisive critiques of U.S. power that have made Noam Chomsky a "global phenomenon," one of the most widely known public intellectuals of all time. Surveying the history of U.S. military and economic activity around the world, Chomsky and his co-author Nathan J. Robinson vividly trace the way the American pursuit of global domination has wrought havoc in country after country - without, ironically, making Americans any safer. And they explore how dominant elites in the United States have pushed self-serving myths about this country's commitment to "spreading democracy," while pursuing a reckless foreign policy that served the interest of few and endangered all too many. Chomsky and Robinson range across the globe, offering penetrating accounts of Washington's relationship with the Global South, its role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -all justified with noble stories about humanitarian missions and the benevolent intentions of American policy makers. The same kinds of myths that have led to repeated disastrous wars, they argue, are now driving us closer to wars with Russia and China that imperil humanity's future. Examining nuclear proliferation and climate change, they show how U.S. policies are continuing to exacerbate global threats. For well over half a century, Noam Chomsky has committed himself to exposing governing ideologies and criticizing his country's unchecked use of military power. At once thorough and devastating, urgent and provocative, The Myth of American Idealism offers a highly readable entry to the conclusions he has come to after a lifetime of thought and activism"--

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A vivid portrait of America’s greatest stallion, the larger-than-life men who raced and bred him, and the dramatic times in which they lived.”—Geraldine Brooks, author of HorseThe powerful true story of the champion Thoroughbred racehorse who gained international fame in the tumultuous Civil War–era South, and became the most successful sire in American racing historyThe early days of American horse racing were grueling. Four-mile races, run two or three times in succession, were the norm, rewarding horses who brandished the ideal combination of stamina and speed. The stallion Lexington, named after the city in Kentucky where he was born, possessed these winning qualities, which pioneering Americans prized.  Lexington shattered the world speed record for a four-mile race, showing a war-torn nation that the extraordinary was possible even in those perilous times. He would continue his winning career until deteriorating eyesight forced his retirement in 1855. But once his groundbreaking achievements as a racehorse ended, his role as a sire began. Horses from his bloodline won more money than the offspring of any other Thoroughbred—an annual success that led Lexington to be named America’s leading sire an unprecedented sixteen times.  Yet with the Civil War raging, Lexington’s years at a Kentucky stud farm were far from idyllic. Confederate soldiers ran amok, looting freely and kidnapping horses from the top stables. They soon focused on the prized Lexington and his valuable progeny. Kim Wickens, a lawyer and dressage rider, became fascinated by this legendary horse when she learned that twelve of Thoroughbred racing's thirteen Triple Crown winners descended from Lexington. Wickens spent years meticulously researching the horse and his legacy—and with Lexington, she presents an absorbing, exciting account that transports readers back to the raucous beginning of American horse racing and introduces them to the stallion at its heart.

"Establishes the cultural power of hair in the 19th century through critical interpretation of the significant space and time devoted to it as an important sociocultural symbol"--

Este libro es el primero de dos tomos que abarcan todas las constituciones que han regido a Honduras en sus distintas etapas de la historia, ya sea como parte de la corona española; en sus primeros pasos independientes; como estado de la Federación Centroamericana o en su andar definitivo como una sola nación. Es un viaje fascinante por más de 215 años.El Tomo I inicia con la Constitución de Bayona de 1808 y concluye con la de los Estados Unidos de Centro América de 1898. Aquí están plasmados los sueños de grandes legisladores que buscaron el bien común. Un articulado legal que, de haber sido respetado, habría llevado a la prosperidad a lo que hoy es Centro América.

A gripping and deeply revealing history of the infamous slave rebellion that nearly toppled New Orleans and changed the course of American historyIn January 1811, five hundred slaves, dressed in military uniforms and armed with guns, cane knives, and axes, rose up from the slave plantations around New Orleans and set out to conquer the city. Their march represented the largest act of armed resistance against slavery in the history of the United States. American Uprising is the riveting and long-neglected story of this elaborate plot, the rebel army's dramatic march on the city, and its shocking conclusion. Daniel Rasmussen illuminates the early history of New Orleans and provides new insight into the path to the Civil War and the slave revolutionaries who fought and died for justice and the hope of freedom.

This book is a reproduction of Arch Bristow's famous humor magazine published a 100 years ago. The September 1923 issue includes ;News- 6Scatterin' and Rakin's - 10The Story of The Goose Hound - 17The Lady Farmer - 33The Little Home and The Pink Lady - 35Something to Brood Over! - 39Little Chronicles of Village Life - 41 Playing Safe - 41 Catfish - 42 A Meadow Mystery - 45A Fine Dog! - 48Dr. Hays - Appendicitis - 51

Transcription of 1856-1859 minutes of the Warren County (NC) Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions; indexed by personal name, business name, geographic name and subject.

This collection of articles weaves extracts from over 30 years of local history research by distinguished historian Dr. Douglas H. Shepard into a single volume, offering a detailed and engaging narrative of Fredonia's development from prehistory to the preservation efforts of the 1990s. Topics range from the physical geography that defines Chautauqua county and places Fredonia in the Lake Erie grape belt, to the many national 'firsts' which occurred in Fredonia: the first march of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in 1873, the first Grange established by the Patrons of Husbandry in 1867, and the first commercial natural gas well established in 1825.

This is a reproduction of Arch Bristow's booklet on the history of Columbus, Pennsylvania, he likely wrote this at about 1930.Arch began in the newspaper business as a cartoonist with the owl character "Zimmie," which started in 1902 and became syndicated nationally.He began the self-published monthly magazine "Hay Rake" in 1920 at the age of 38 in a modest shoemaker's shop in the hamlet of Garland, PA. He grew it to a subscription of 20,000 in a few months and continued to publish it till about 1939.After his hair went gray, he was known as the "Sage of Garland." He continued to write newspaper columns till his death in 1964.

Merely surviving seventy years as an association of likeminded people is an accomplishment and one that we should collectively celebrate. But, of course, if all we have to say about the history of our association is that we are still on our feet, what would be the point? After all, our founding parents that gathered for the first time in the late '40s did not gather to socialize - they came together, instead, to try to change the world.The world those parents faced was one with only two choices with respect to their sons and daughters: send them away to the decaying government institution where they would be offered a full range of support, or keep them at home where they would receive no help from their government and where it was illegal for many of the children to even attend school.This is part of the story of what they did.

The predecessor of today's California bubbly was Eclipse Champagne, the first commercially successful California sparkling wine, produced by Arpad Haraszthy. In A Toast to Eclipse, Brian McGinty offers a definitive history of the wine, exploring California's winemaking past and two of the people who put the state's varietal wines on the map.

George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years anchor of This Week and co-anchor of Good Morning America, recounts the crises that decided the course of history, from the place 12 presidents made their highest-pressure decisions: the White House Situation Room.

This passage outlines the American colonies' journey towards independence from English rule and the formation of theUnited States. It highlights key events and figures, including the imposition of taxes leading to colonial unrest, the Boston Tea Party, John Hancock, the Revolutionary War, the challenges faced by the newly formed United States, and the writing of the Constitution and Bill of Rights. It emphasizes the importance of unity, compromise, and the pursuit of liberty. Additionally, it mentions foreign aid, particularly from France and Spain, which played a role in supporting the American colonies during their struggle for independence.