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Paris on the Potomac

Author : Cynthia R. Field
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0821442392
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Paris on the Potomac written by Cynthia R. Field and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-04 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1910 John Merven Carrère, a Paris-trained American architect, wrote, “Learning from Paris made Washington outstanding among American cities.” The five essays in Paris on the Potomac explore aspects of this influence on the artistic and architectural environment of Washington, D.C., which continued long after the well-known contributions of Peter Charles L’Enfant, the transplanted French military officer who designed the city’s plan. Isabelle Gournay’s introductory essay provides an overview and examines the context and issues involved in three distinct periods of French influence: the classical and Enlightenment principles that prevailed from the 1790s through the 1820s, the Second Empire style of the 1850s through the 1870s, and the Beaux-Arts movement of the early twentieth century. William C. Allen and Thomas P. Somma present two case studies: Allen on the influence of French architecture, especially the Halle aux Blés, on Thomas Jefferson’s vision of the U.S. Capitol; and Somma on David d’Angers’s busts of George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette. Liana Paredes offers a richly detailed examination of French-inspired interior decoration in the homes of Washington’s elite in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Cynthia R. Field concludes the volume with a consideration of the influence of Paris on city planning in Washington, D.C., including the efforts of the McMillan Commission and the later development of the Federal Triangle complex. The essays in this collection, the latest addition to the series Perspectives on the Art and Architectural History of the United States Capitol, originated in a conference held by the U.S. Capitol Historical Society in 2002 at the French Embassy’s Maison Française.

The Liberation of Paris

Author : Jean Edward Smith
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501164937
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Liberation of Paris written by Jean Edward Smith and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prize-winning and bestselling historian Jean Edward Smith tells the “rousing” (Jay Winik, author of 1944) story of the liberation of Paris during World War II—a triumph achieved only through the remarkable efforts of Americans, French, and Germans, racing to save the city from destruction. Following their breakout from Normandy in late June 1944, the Allies swept across northern France in pursuit of the German army. The Allies intended to bypass Paris and cross the Rhine into Germany, ending the war before winter set in. But as they advanced, local forces in Paris began their own liberation, defying the occupying German troops. Charles de Gaulle, the leading figure of the Free French government, urged General Dwight Eisenhower to divert forces to liberate Paris. Eisenhower’s advisers recommended otherwise, but Ike wanted to help position de Gaulle to lead France after the war. And both men were concerned about partisan conflict in Paris that could leave the communists in control of the city and the national government. Neither man knew that the German commandant, Dietrich von Choltitz, convinced that the war was lost, schemed to surrender the city to the Allies intact, defying Hitler’s orders to leave it a burning ruin. In The Liberation of Paris, Jean Edward Smith puts “one of the most moving moments in the history of the Second World War” (Michael Korda) in context, showing how the decision to free the city came at a heavy price: it slowed the Allied momentum and allowed the Germans to regroup. After the war German generals argued that Eisenhower’s decision to enter Paris prolonged the war for another six months. Was Paris worth this price? Smith answers this question in a “brisk new recounting” that is “terse, authoritative, [and] unsentimental” (The Washington Post).

A Bitter Peace

Author : Pierre Asselin
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807861235
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book A Bitter Peace written by Pierre Asselin and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2003-10-15 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demonstrating the centrality of diplomacy in the Vietnam War, Pierre Asselin traces the secret negotiations that led up to the Paris Agreement of 1973, which ended America's involvement but failed to bring peace in Vietnam. Because the two sides signed the agreement under duress, he argues, the peace it promised was doomed to unravel. By January of 1973, the continuing military stalemate and mounting difficulties on the domestic front forced both Washington and Hanoi to conclude that signing a vague and largely unworkable peace agreement was the most expedient way to achieve their most pressing objectives. For Washington, those objectives included the release of American prisoners, military withdrawal without formal capitulation, and preservation of American credibility in the Cold War. Hanoi, on the other hand, sought to secure the removal of American forces, protect the socialist revolution in the North, and improve the prospects for reunification with the South. Using newly available archival sources from Vietnam, the United States, and Canada, Asselin reconstructs the secret negotiations, highlighting the creative roles of Hanoi, the National Liberation Front, and Saigon in constructing the final settlement.

1896-1904. American National Institute (Prix de Paris) (Paris, France) Founded by Matilda Smedley

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Report of the International Geographic Congress

Author : United States Department of State
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1114 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report of the International Geographic Congress written by United States Department of State and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 1114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Grand Avenues

Author : Scott W. Berg
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1400076226
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grand Avenues written by Scott W. Berg and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2008-02-12 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1791, shortly after the United States won its independence, George Washington personally asked Pierre Charles L’Enfant—a young French artisan turned American revolutionary soldier who gained many friends among the Founding Fathers—to design the new nation's capital. L’Enfant approached this task with unparalleled vigor and passion; however, his imperious and unyielding nature also made him many powerful enemies. After eleven months, Washington reluctantly dismissed L’Enfant from the project. Subsequently, the plan for the city was published under another name, and L’Enfant died long before it was rightfully attributed to him. Filled with incredible characters and passionate human drama, Scott W. Berg’s deft narrative account of this little-explored story in American history is a tribute to the genius of Pierre Charles L'Enfant and the enduring city that is his legacy.

The Greater Journey

Author : David McCullough
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416576894
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book The Greater Journey written by David McCullough and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-05-24 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 bestseller that tells the remarkable story of the generations of American artists, writers, and doctors who traveled to Paris, fell in love with the city and its people, and changed America through what they learned, told by America’s master historian, David McCullough. Not all pioneers went west. In The Greater Journey, David McCullough tells the enthralling, inspiring—and until now, untold—story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, and others who set off for Paris in the years between 1830 and 1900, hungry to learn and to excel in their work. What they achieved would profoundly alter American history. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female doctor in America, was one of this intrepid band. Another was Charles Sumner, whose encounters with black students at the Sorbonne inspired him to become the most powerful voice for abolition in the US Senate. Friends James Fenimore Cooper and Samuel F. B. Morse worked unrelentingly every day in Paris, Morse not only painting what would be his masterpiece, but also bringing home his momentous idea for the telegraph. Harriet Beecher Stowe traveled to Paris to escape the controversy generated by her book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Three of the greatest American artists ever—sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, painters Mary Cassatt and John Singer Sargent—flourished in Paris, inspired by French masters. Almost forgotten today, the heroic American ambassador Elihu Washburne bravely remained at his post through the Franco-Prussian War, the long Siege of Paris, and the nightmare of the Commune. His vivid diary account of the starvation and suffering endured by the people of Paris is published here for the first time. Telling their stories with power and intimacy, McCullough brings us into the lives of remarkable men and women who, in Saint-Gaudens’ phrase, longed “to soar into the blue.”

Rio-Paris-Washington

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Rio-Paris-Washington written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

American Art Annual

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 434 pages
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Download or read book American Art Annual written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Publications of the United States Naval Observatory

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Publications of the United States Naval Observatory written by and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

International Index to Periodicals

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1528 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book International Index to Periodicals written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 1528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An author and subject index to publications in fields of anthropology, archaeology and classical studies, economics, folklore, geography, history, language and literature, music, philosophy, political science, religion and theology, sociology and theatre arts.

The Catholic Charities Review

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 754 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book The Catholic Charities Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes book reviews.

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1334 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Commercial and Financial Chronicle written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

George Washington's False Teeth

Author : Robert Darnton
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393057607
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (576 download)

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Download or read book George Washington's False Teeth written by Robert Darnton and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2003 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of articles concentrated on the Enlightenment in France argues for a scaled-down interpretation of the significance of the movement.

1895-1905. American National Institute (Prix de Paris) (Paris, France) Founded by Matilda Smedley

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book 1895-1905. American National Institute (Prix de Paris) (Paris, France) Founded by Matilda Smedley written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Daring Pioneers Tame the Frontier

Author : Bettye Burkhalter
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1438996535
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book Daring Pioneers Tame the Frontier written by Bettye Burkhalter and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History, Romance, & Destiny Daring Pioneers Tame the Frontier is an exquisite saga of Dr. Jean (John) Baptiste Elzèar Burel's lifelong desire to cross the Atlantic Ocean to the beckoning new America. With his naval surgeon license in one hand and his medical chest in the other, he followed Marquis de Lafayette to Colonial America during the Revolutionary War. During the war he fell passionately in love and married a beautiful Acadian French woman in Philadelphia. After the war they made plans to return to his home at Ollioules, France. Homeward bound, the bourgeois doctor boarded the ship in Philadelphia with his new bride and their few belongings. There on deck he was unexpectedly forced to choose between his beloved homeland and family in France and his wife with child. Disembarking the ship with grave disappointment, John knowingly forfeited his inheritance as sole heir. Struggling to survive in Philadelphia, oftentimes John sat quietly admiring the beautiful woman who owned his heart as he secretly yearned for his prominent family and lifestyle on the Mediterranean Coast of France. Standing on the threshold of the newly independent America, the young doctor decided to take his wife and infant son and pioneer down the Great Wagon Road into the raw frontier of South Carolina. Believing he would build a new and prosperous life, he settled at Goshen Hill between the Tyger and Enoree Rivers within the lawless backcountry of South Carolina. Fighting the dangers and hardships of the frontier, and the recurring restlessness to return to France, John and his family carved out a simple life. Although disappointed at times, within the walls of his log home the enduring love and warmth of his wife and six children transcended adversity and hardships of the outside world. The heartwarming story is filled with humanity as John faced his inevitable destiny. The first novel in the trilogy closes with Dr. Burel's widow standing helplessly in her front yard watching the wagon train take her spirited children and grandchildren west in search of richer land and prosperity. It was déjà vu!

Teaching Space, Place, and Literature

Author : Robert T. Tally Jr.
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351693972
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Teaching Space, Place, and Literature written by Robert T. Tally Jr. and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Space, place and mapping have become key concepts in literary and cultural studies. The transformational effects of postcolonialism, globalization, and the rise of ever more advanced information technologies helped to push space and spatiality into the foreground, as traditional spatial or geographic limits are erased or redrawn. Teaching Space, Place and Literature surveys a broad expanse of literary critical, theoretical, historical territories, as it presents both an introduction to teaching spatial literary studies and an essential guide to scholarly research. Divided into sections on key concepts and issues; teaching strategies; urban spaces; place, race and gender and spatiality, periods and genres, this comprehensive book is the ideal way to approach the teaching of space and place in the humanities classroom.