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American Vanguard

Author : John Barnard
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814332979
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (329 download)

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Download or read book American Vanguard written by John Barnard and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The struggles and victories of the UAW form an important chapter in the story of American democracy. American Vanguard is the first and only history of the union available for both general and academic audiences. In this thorough and engaging narrative, John Barnard not only records the controversial issues tackled by the UAW, but also lends them immediacy through details about the workers and their environments, the leaders and the challenges that they faced outside and inside the organization, and the vision that guided many of these activists. Throughout, Barnard traces the UAW's two-fold goal: to create an industrial democracy in the workplace and to pursue a social-democratic agenda in the interest of the public at large. Part one explores the obstacles to the UAW's organization, including tensions between militant reformers and workers who feared for their jobs; ideological differences; racial and ethnic issues; and public attitudes toward unions. By the outbreak of World War II, however, the union had succeeded in redistributing power on the shop floor in its members' favor. Part two follows the union during Walter P. Reuther's presidency (1946-1970). During this time, pioneering contracts brought a new standard of living and income security to the workers, while an effort was made to move America toward a social democracy-which met with mixed results during the civil rights decade. Throughout, Barnard presents balanced interpretations grounded in evidence, while setting the UAW within the context of the history of the U.S. auto industry and national politics.

Vanguard

Author : Martha S. Jones
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 1541618602
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book Vanguard written by Martha S. Jones and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The epic history of African American women's pursuit of political power -- and how it transformed America. In the standard story, the suffrage crusade began in Seneca Falls in 1848 and ended with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. But this overwhelmingly white women's movement did not win the vote for most black women. Securing their rights required a movement of their own. In Vanguard, acclaimed historian Martha S. Jones offers a new history of African American women's political lives in America. She recounts how they defied both racism and sexism to fight for the ballot, and how they wielded political power to secure the equality and dignity of all persons. From the earliest days of the republic to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and beyond, Jones excavates the lives and work of black women -- Maria Stewart, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Fannie Lou Hamer, and more -- who were the vanguard of women's rights, calling on America to realize its best ideals.

Outliers and American Vanguard Art

Author : Lynne Cooke
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226522272
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (222 download)

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Book Synopsis Outliers and American Vanguard Art by : Lynne Cooke

Download or read book Outliers and American Vanguard Art written by Lynne Cooke and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some 250 works explore three distinct periods in American history when mainstream and outlier artists intersected, ushering in new paradigms based on inclusion, integration, and assimilation. The exhibition aligns work by such diverse artists as Charles Sheeler, Christina Ramberg, and Matt Mullican with both historic folk art and works by self-taught artists ranging from Horace Pippin to Janet Sobel and Joseph Yoakum. It also examines a recent influx of radically expressive work made on the margins that redefined the boundaries of the mainstream art world, while challenging the very categories of "outsider" and "self-taught." Historicizing the shifting identity and role of this distinctly American version of modernism's "other," the exhibition probes assumptions about creativity, artistic practice, and the role of the artist in contemporary culture. The exhibition is curated by Lynne Cooke, senior curator, special projects in modern art, National Gallery of Art.--Provided by publisher.

American Vanguards

Author : William C. Agee
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300121674
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (216 download)

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Download or read book American Vanguards written by William C. Agee and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new examination of the art and influence of artist John Graham and his circle, whose works and ideas contributed to the advancement of American modernism in the interwar period The enigmatic and charismatic John Graham (1886-1961) was an important influence on his fellow New York artists in the 1920s through 1940s. Graham and his circle, which included Stuart Davis, Arshile Gorky, and Willem de Kooning, helped redefine ideas of what painting and sculpture could be. They, along with others in Graham's orbit, such as Jackson Pollock and David Smith, played a critical role in developing and defining American modernism. American Vanguards showcases about eighty-seven works of art from this vital period that demonstrate the interconnections, common sources, and shared stimuli among the members of Graham's circle. Three essays by notable scholars investigate the complex relationships among Graham and his New York artist-colleagues during this formative period. William C. Agee positions Graham and his circle within the movement of New Classicism, which drew upon classical and Renaissance examples in an attempt to overcome the devastation of World War I. Irving Sandler focuses on the social, political, and intellectual dynamics among Davis, Gorky, Graham, and de Kooning in the mid-1930s. Karen Wilkin discusses the circumstances that brought these artists together, their common commitment to modernism, and the fascinating artistic cross-fertilization evident in their work. This critical reconsideration sheds new light on the New York School, Abstract Expressionism, and the vitality of American modernism between the two world wars. Published in association with the Addison Gallery of American Art Exhibition Schedule: Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY (01/29/12-04/28/12) Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX (06/09/12-08/19/12) Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA (9/21/12-12/31/12) San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA (02/01/13-06/02/13)

American Vanguard. 1948-.

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Book Rating : 4.:/5 (48 download)

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Mississippi River Gunboats of the American Civil War 1861–65

Author : Angus Konstam
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472800613
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Book Synopsis Mississippi River Gunboats of the American Civil War 1861–65 by : Angus Konstam

Download or read book Mississippi River Gunboats of the American Civil War 1861–65 written by Angus Konstam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-20 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the start of the American Civil War, neither side had warships on the Mississippi River and in the first few months both sides scrambled to gather a flotilla, converting existing riverboats for naval use. These ships were transformed into powerful naval weapons despite a lack of resources, trained manpower and suitable vessels. The creation of a river fleet was a miracle of ingenuity, improvisation and logistics, particularly for the South. This title describes their design, development and operation throughout the American Civil War.

Company Profiles: American Vanguard Corporation

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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (958 download)

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Virginia in the Vanguard

Author : Frank B. Atkinson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742552104
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (521 download)

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Book Synopsis Virginia in the Vanguard by : Frank B. Atkinson

Download or read book Virginia in the Vanguard written by Frank B. Atkinson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2006 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virginia in the Vanguard continues the story begun in The Dynamic Dominion, detailing the resurgence of Virginia's Democratic Party in the 1980s and the Republicans' efforts to turn back the gains made by Chuck Robb and Douglas Wilder. It closes with Democrat Tim Kaine taking the governor's seat and former Republican and Democratic governors George Allen and Mark Warner poised to enter the 2008 presidential primaries.

American Heavy Frigates 1794–1826

Author : Mark Lardas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782005609
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book American Heavy Frigates 1794–1826 written by Mark Lardas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-20 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By 1805 the 44-gun frigate was probably viewed as a failed experiment whilst the 38-gun frigate was viewed as the vessel of the future. Ten years later every navy was building 44-gun frigates and today it is viewed as the symbol of the Napoleonic-era cruiser. This remarkable transformation resulted from the performance of three ships – the Constitution, United States, and President – 44-gun frigates built for the United States Navy between 1794 and 1799. Their victories in the naval War of 1812, as well as their performance against the Barbary Pirates, caught the imagination of the world – and spurred all navies into re-examining the class.

American Privateers of the Revolutionary War

Author : Angus Konstam
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472836332
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book American Privateers of the Revolutionary War written by Angus Konstam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the American War of Independence (1775–83), Congress issued almost 800 letters of marque, as a way of combating Britain's overwhelming naval and mercantile superiority. At first, it was only fishermen and the skippers of small merchant ships who turned to privateering, with mixed results. Eventually though, American shipyards began to turn out specially-converted ships, while later still, the first purpose-built privateers entered the fray. These American privateers seized more than 600 British merchant ships over the course of the war, capturing thousands of British seamen. Indeed, Jeremiah O'Brien's privateer Unity fought the first sea engagement of the Revolutionary War in the Battle of Machias of 1775, managing to capture a British armed schooner with just 40 men, their guns, axes and pitchforks, and the words 'Surrender to America'. By the end of the war, some of the largest American privateers could venture as far as the British Isles, and were more powerful than most contemporary warships in the fledgling US Navy. A small number of Loyalist privateers also put to sea during the war, and preyed on the shipping of their rebel countrymen. Packed with fascinating insights into the age of privateers, this book traces the development of these remarkable ships, and explains how they made such a significant contribution to the American Revolutionary War.

American Vanguard

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American Autobahn

Author : Mark Rask
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780966913606
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (136 download)

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Download or read book American Autobahn written by Mark Rask and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After 12 years of research, plus thousands of miles driving Germany's Autobahn, Rask, a lifelong automotive and racing enthusiast, exposes half-truths and myths about the speed factor in traffic accidents in America. He analyzes the combination of safety and speed on the Autobahn and offers an exciting new direction for America's interstates that would make speeds of 100 mph or more commonplace on open stretches of rural freeway, with far greater safety than ever imagined at 55 mph. Includes bandw photos of highways and vehicles. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

American Civil War Artillery 1861–65 (2)

Author : Philip Katcher
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178200095X
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book American Civil War Artillery 1861–65 (2) written by Philip Katcher and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-20 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because of the length of the coastline of the United States, from the beginning American ordnance and engineers placed an emphasis on heavy artillery mounted in coastal defences. The Union army organised its 'Heavy Artillery' into separate regiments, uniformed and equipped differently. While the Field Artillery was assigned across the fighting fronts Heavy Artillery units served the big guns in the forts and the defences of Washington. The Confederates did not differentiate types of artillery and those that became known as Heavy Artillery did so through informal association rather than formal designation. This book details the development and usage of the big guns. New Vanguard 38 and 40 are also available in a single volume special edition as 'American Civil War Artillery 1861-65'.

Far-Right Vanguard

Author : John S. Huntington
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812253477
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Far-Right Vanguard written by John S. Huntington and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2021-10-29 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An examination of the far-right roots of mid-twentieth-century conservatism"--

American Vanguard, 1956. Edited by J.E. Wright and F. Morton. With a Preface by Joseph Kramm, Etc. [By Various Authors.].

Author : J. Ernest WRIGHT (and MORTON (Frederic))
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book American Vanguard, 1956. Edited by J.E. Wright and F. Morton. With a Preface by Joseph Kramm, Etc. [By Various Authors.]. written by J. Ernest WRIGHT (and MORTON (Frederic)) and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

African American Army Officers of World War I

Author : Adam P. Wilson
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476620075
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book African American Army Officers of World War I written by Adam P. Wilson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In April 1917, Congress approved President Woodrow Wilson's request to declare war on the Central Powers, thrusting the United States into World War I with the rallying cry, "The world must be made safe for democracy." Two months later 1,250 African American men--college graduates, businessmen, doctors, lawyers, reverends and non-commissioned officers--volunteered to become the first blacks to receive officer training at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Denied the full privileges and protections of democracy at home, they prepared to defend it abroad in hopes that their service would be rewarded with equal citizenship at war's end. This book tells the stories of these black American soldiers' lives during training, in combat and after their return home. The author addresses issues of national and international racism and equality and discusses the Army's use of African American troops, the creation of a segregated officer training camp, the war's implications for civil rights in America, and military duty as an obligation of citizenship.

The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion (Signed Edition)

Author : Antwaun Sargent
Publisher : Aperture Direct
ISBN 13 : 9781683952343
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (523 download)

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Download or read book The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion (Signed Edition) written by Antwaun Sargent and published by Aperture Direct. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a richly illustrated essay, curator and critic Antwaun Sargent addresses a radical transformation taking place in fashion, art, and the visual vocabulary around beauty and the body. In The New Black Vanguard, fifteen artist portfolios and a series of conversations feature the brightest contemporary fashion photographers. Their images and stories chart the history of inclusion (and exclusion) in the creation of the Black fashion image, while simultaneously proposing a brilliantly reenvisioned future.