Автор: Madison James H. Название: The Ku Klux Klan in the Heartland ISBN: 0253052181 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780253052186 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 12540.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: "Who is an American?" asked the Ku Klux Klan. It is a question that echoes as loudly today as it did in the early twentieth century. But who really joined the Klan? Were they "hillbillies, the Great Unteachables" as one journalist put it? It would be comforting to think so, but how then did they become one of the most powerful political forces in our nation's history? In The Ku Klux Klan in the Heartland, renowned historian James H. Madison details the creation and reign of the infamous organization. Through the prism of their operations in Indiana and the Midwest, Madison explores the Klan's roots in respectable white protestant society. Convinced that America was heading in the wrong direction because of undesirable "un-American" elements, Klan members did not see themselves as bigoted racist extremists but as good Christian patriots joining proudly together in a righteous moral crusade. The Ku Klux Klan in the Heartland offers a detailed history of this powerful organization and examines how, through its use of intimidation, religious belief, and the ballot box, the ideals of Klan in the 1920s have on-going implications for America today.
Автор: Joseph Madison Beck Название: My Father and Atticus Finch: A Lawyer`s Fight for Justice in 1930s Alabama ISBN: 0820353086 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780820353081 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 19410.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: My Father and Atticus Finch is the true story of Foster Beck, the author’s late father, whose courageous defense of a black man accused of raping a white woman in 1930s Alabama foreshadowed the trial at the heart of Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird. After repeatedly being told that his father’s case “might have” inspired Ms. Lee, author Beck, now a lawyer himself, located the trial transcript and multiple newspaper articles and here reconstructs his father’s role in State of Alabama v. Charles White, Alias.On the day of the arrest, the local newspaper reported, under a page-one headline, that “a wandering negro fortune teller giving the name Charles White” had “volunteered a detailed confession of the attack” of a local white girl. However, Foster Beck concluded that the confession was coerced. The same article claimed that “the negro accomplished his dastardly purpose,” but as in To Kill a Mockingbird, there was stunning and dramatic testimony at the trial to the contrary.The saga captivated the community with its dramatic testimonies and emotional outcome. This riveting memoir, steeped in time and place, seeks to understand how race relations, class, and the memory of southern defeat in the Civil War produced such a haunting distortion of justice and how it may figure into our literary imagination.
Автор: Jeff Broadwater Название: James Madison: A Son of Virginia and a Founder of the Nation ISBN: 1469628317 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781469628318 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 27170.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: James Madison is remembered primarily as a systematic political theorist, but this bookish and unassuming man was also a practical politician who strove for balance in an age of revolution. In this biography, Jeff Broadwater focuses on Madison's role in the battle for religious freedom in Virginia, his contributions to the adoption of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, his place in the evolution of the party system, his relationship with Dolley Madison, his performance as a wartime commander in chief, and his views on slavery. From Broadwater's perspective, no single figure can tell us more about the origins of the American republic than our fourth president.In these pages, Madison emerges as a remarkably resilient politician, an unlikely wartime leader who survived repeated setbacks in the War of 1812 with his popularity intact. Yet Broadwater shows that despite his keen intelligence, the more Madison thought about one issue, race, the more muddled his thinking became, and his conviction that white prejudices were intractable prevented him from fully grappling with the dilemma of American slavery.
James Madison earned the title "Father of the Constitution." How did this man who was diminutive of stature with a weak constitution produce such an energetic document? Through more than 200 years, it stands like a silent sentinel to protect the freedom and independence of the American people.
It was a time when the Americans were weary from the tumult of the Revolution, but Madison's job had barely begun. He realized that it was up to him now to help fashion the future of a country that would outlive him.
Although characterized as introverted and pensive, Madison had a ferocious absorption to persevere until he could effectively shepherd the Constitution through all the logistical stages necessary to make it real.
In this new captivating history book, you'll discover the story of his remarkable life from beginning to end.
This captivating history book covers topics such as:
Early Life and Education
James Madison: Prankster and Protester
Spirit of the Revolution
The Governor's Council - The Second Continental Congress and its Aftermath
James Madison: Father of the Constitution
Congress or Not: That Is the Question
Delicate Dolley - Manipulative Hamilton - Wild Lyon
Secretary of State and Fourth President
Partial Retirement and Death
And much more
So if you want to learn more about the remarkable life of James Madison, click "add to cart"
Автор: Dissected Lives Название: James Madison: Father of the Constitution Biographies of Presidents Grade 4 Children`s Biographies ISBN: 1541977246 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781541977242 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 29420.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: How did James Madison become the "Father of the US Constitution"? Let's find out in this book. Inside, you will see the perfect merger of images and layouts to create the perfect reading material for fourth graders. It's important to study the lives and works of the nation's presidents because their decisions helped shape our present. Enjoy the read
Автор: Cost Jay Название: James Madison: America`s First Politician ISBN: 1541699556 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781541699557 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 32190.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: An intellectual biography of James Madison, arguing that he invented American politics as we know it
Автор: Mattern, Stagg, Johnson & Colony Название: The Paper Of James Madison: Retirement Series ISBN: 0813933765 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813933764 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 93330.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
The Papers of James Madison project, housed at the University of Virginia, was established in 1956 to publish annotated volumes of the correspondence and writings of James Madison, the Virginia statesman most often remembered for his public service as "Father of the Constitution" and as fourth president of the United States.
The published volumes provide accurate texts of Madison's incoming and outgoing correspondence, informative notes on textual and subject matters, and comprehensive indexes. They are incomparably rich sources for students of Madison's life and valuable research tools for those interested in the general history of the period in which Madison lived (1751-1836).
The project has collected more than 27,000 copies of documents related to Madison's life, including letters, essays, notes, diaries, account books, ledgers, wills, legal papers, and inventories. The project serves the public by translating into print these decaying and often nearly illegible manuscripts, thereby preserving them for future generations and making them easier to use. The published volumes also make the contents of Madison-related documents--the originals of which are housed in some 250 archives worldwide--easily accessible to libraries and interested individuals anywhere books travel.
The Retirement Series, encompassing Madison's retirement years 1817 through 1836, contain correspondence and other papers constituting a rich and informative commentary on both the past history and the future prospects of the nation that Madison did so much to create and preserve throughout his lifetime.
During the time covered by this volume, Madison remained at Montpelier, with visits to neighborhood friends and attendance at the Board of Visitor meetings at the University of Virginia. Madison wrote letters on a wide range of topics, corresponding with President James Monroe about domestic and international politics and discussing the building of the University of Virginia with Thomas Jefferson. The volume includes the minutes of those Board of Visitors meetings of the university attended by Madison, extensive discourse on the importance of public education, and comments on slavery. Finally, there are private letters dealing with daily life at Montpelier, including a typhus epidemic during the winter of 1820-21. The editors also provide a number of visitors' accounts published in contemporary newspapers. Access to people, places, and events of the period is facilitated by detailed annotation and a comprehensive index.
Автор: Hong, Cathy Park Название: Minor feelings ISBN: 1788165594 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781788165594 Издательство: Profile Рейтинг: Цена: 10110.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A fearless work of creative non-fiction about racism in cultural pursuits by award-winning poet Cathy Park Hong.
Автор: Sydenham P. H. Название: Midhurst Ww2 Memoirs: 1. a Place Dear to My Heart ISBN: 0648171310 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780648171317 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 33110.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
A region of picturesque and sylvan beauty that I have never seen equalled.' - Benjamin Disraeli. 1870.
By British standards, Midhurst in West Sussex, was always a sleepy town, becoming that way due to its enviable geographical position in the midst of the award winning rural countryside of the South Downs National Park.
WW2 activity filled it to capacity with troops from Canada, USA and those European Countries over-run by Hitler. To make matters even more onerous for its sleepy residents, hundreds of child evacuees were sent there from London to be safe from the bombing blitz on London by mad-man Hitler's Air Force. Every school and run-down living space was pressed beyond capacity.
The Commando, led by Lord Lovat, had an HQ there to develop its raids into German held territories. The Royal Navy hid a small 'secret' airfield in the Cowdray Estate. Special Operations Executive agents were accommodated there before they were flown into and out of Europe.
In the 30s, before the war began, the German Ambassador, Von Ribbentrop, often visited there once telling it around that he would soon be the King of Cornwall, and that Hitler already had his eye on a local Midhurst District estate to be his English home when they invaded. Such forgotten stories are many.
This series of books uses the author's childhood formative experiences, there as an evacuee from London, as the story-line on which are stacked many back stories of the Midhurst District's life and times.
In readiness for appreciating the war time memoirs that follow, this first book delves into the Midhurst Rural District area's 1000-year-old history.
Having a colourful family history with bare fist pugilist boxers on one branch and landed West Country Gentry in the other it seemed to be of interest to overview that family history of the writer.
Midhurst has been given many awards and gained numerous testimonials as to its welcoming aura as 'a place to be'. How it escaped becoming a commuter town, and thereby retaining its bygones charms, is explained.
Midhurst began as a small Saxon market town taken over by the Norman Bohun family. They built a minor Norman castle on the highest hill overlooking the Midhurst river plain. That castle was eventually abandoned when the Bohun family built the then magnificent Tudor Cowdray Hall, now lost after it burned to the ground in the late 19th century.
As the major land-owners until this day, the Cowdray estate dynasties have always dominated the local Midhurst District. Their staunch adherence to Catholicism following the Reformation made for some unique and interesting history. The Anglican Church, with its numerous small parishes carried on their key role in guiding the moral and living aspects of the rural population of a few thousand souls.
This book explores the provision of education and health services; canal, rail, car and airplane transport, including the interesting time when Midhurst had a canal route to London, and three, now gone, railway stations of its own.
Two highlight biographic studies of the 1930s are those of a very poor boy living in the medieval part of town, and of the very wealthy, philanthropic, Vicar of Midhurst.
How the District dealt with improving the lot of the poor in the 17th and 18th centuries makes fascinating reading about the workings of a supported migrant scheme to Canada, and of the local Budgenor work house.
To tail out the author tells why he feels he was so lucky to have been sent there during WW2.
Extensive research and scholarly professionalism by Peter Sydenham integrates a surprising amount of 'all but lost' material, showing its place in helping win that war and how 'it is a place to be'. You will enjoy learning about the Midhurst District and its WW2 endurance.
Автор: Haldipur Jan Название: No Place on the Corner: The Costs of Aggressive Policing ISBN: 1479888001 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781479888009 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 25910.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Winner, 2019 Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice, given by the Goddard Riverside Community Center
The impact of stop-and-frisk policing on a South Bronx community
What's it like to be stopped and frisked by the police while walking home from the supermarket with your young children? How does it feel to receive a phone call from your fourteen-year-old son who is in the back of a squad car because he laughed at a police officer? How does a young person of color cope with being frisked several times a week since the age of 15? These are just some of the stories in No Place on the Corner, which draws on three years of intensive ethnographic fieldwork in the South Bronx before and after the landmark 2013 Floyd v. City of New York decision that ruled that the NYPD's controversial "stop and frisk" policing methods were a violation of rights.
Through riveting interviews and with a humane eye, Jan Haldipur shows how a community endured this aggressive policing regime. Though the police mostly targeted younger men of color, Haldipur focuses on how everyone in the neighborhood--mothers, fathers, grandparents, brothers and sisters, even the district attorney's office--was affected by this intense policing regime and thus shows how this South Bronx community as a whole experienced this collective form of punishment. One of Haldipur's key insights is to demonstrate how police patrols effectively cleared the streets of residents and made public spaces feel off-limits or inaccessible to the people who lived there. In this way community members lost the very 'street corner' culture that has been a hallmark of urban spaces. This profound social consequence of aggressive policing effectively keeps neighbors out of one another's lives and deeply hurts a community's sense of cohesion.
No Place on the Corner makes it hard to ignore the widespread consequences of aggressive policing tactics in major cities across the United States.
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