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Faces of America

Author : Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814732658
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Faces of America written by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the family trees and genealogical identity of 12 of America's most extraordinary people As a nation of immigrants, the American experience is vibrantly defined by the diverse racial, ethnic, cultural, and religious heritage of its people. Perhaps because so many of their ancestors migrated to this country relatively recently, Americans are especially concerned with their family trees, carving out personal histories by combing through documents such as wills and estate records, federal and state censuses, and private family papers, and mining the stories and tales handed down to them by their forebears. Since 2007, the Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., has been helping African Americans find long-buried details about their ancestors by researching their family trees and then, when the paper trail ends, by analyzing their DNA and marrying that information to a wealth of historical data. Now, in Faces of America Gates explores the family trees of twelve of America’s most recognizable and extraordinary citizens, individuals who learn that they are of Asian, English, French, German, Irish, Italian, Jamaican, Jewish, Latino, Native American, Swiss, and Syrian ancestry: Inaugural poet Elizabeth Alexander, chef Mario Batali, comedian and television personality Stephen Colbert, writer Louise Erdrich, writer Malcolm Gladwell, actress Eva Longoria, cellist Yo Yo Ma, writer and director Mike Nichols, former monarch of Jordan Queen Noor, surgeon and author Dr. Mehmet Oz, actress Meryl Streep, and Olympic gold medalist and figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi. In addition, each of the subjects in Faces of America underwent dense genotyping to trace their genetic ancestry on their father’s line, their mother’s line, and their percentages of European, Asian, Native American, and African ancestry. Faces of America unfolds as a riveting journey into our country’s complex ancestral past. Readers will share in the surprise and delight, the shock and sadness of these twelve individuals themselves as Gates unveils their rich family stories, traced back to their arrival on America’s shores, and beyond, deep into the history of their ancestors’ countries of origin. America, as Gates shows us, is a nation of many historical threads, interwoven and united in the present moment. In this compelling book, Gates demonstrates that where we come from profoundly and fundamentally informs who we are today.

The Two Faces of American Freedom

Author : Aziz Rana
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674266552
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book The Two Faces of American Freedom written by Aziz Rana and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-07 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Two Faces of American Freedom boldly reinterprets the American political tradition from the colonial period to modern times, placing issues of race relations, immigration, and presidentialism in the context of shifting notions of empire and citizenship. Today, while the U.S. enjoys tremendous military and economic power, citizens are increasingly insulated from everyday decision-making. This was not always the case. America, Aziz Rana argues, began as a settler society grounded in an ideal of freedom as the exercise of continuous self-rule—one that joined direct political participation with economic independence. However, this vision of freedom was politically bound to the subordination of marginalized groups, especially slaves, Native Americans, and women. These practices of liberty and exclusion were not separate currents, but rather two sides of the same coin. However, at crucial moments, social movements sought to imagine freedom without either subordination or empire. By the mid-twentieth century, these efforts failed, resulting in the rise of hierarchical state and corporate institutions. This new framework presented national and economic security as society’s guiding commitments and nurtured a continual extension of America’s global reach. Rana envisions a democratic society that revives settler ideals, but combines them with meaningful inclusion for those currently at the margins of American life.

The Faces of Buddhism in America

Author : Charles S. Prebish
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520920651
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book The Faces of Buddhism in America written by Charles S. Prebish and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buddhism is the fastest growing religion in the United States, with adherents estimated in the several millions. But what exactly defines a "Buddhist"? This has been a much-debated question in recent years, particularly in regard to the religion's bifurcation into two camps: the so-called "imported" or ethnic Buddhism of Asian immigrants and the "convert" Buddhism of a mostly middle-class, liberal, intellectual elite. In this timely collection Charles S. Prebish and Kenneth K. Tanaka bring together some of the leading voices in Buddhist studies to examine the debates surrounding contemporary Buddhism's many faces. The contributors investigate newly Americanized Asian traditions such as Tibetan, Zen, Nichiren, Jodo Shinshu, and Theravada Buddhism and the changes they undergo to meet the expectations of a Western culture desperate for spiritual guidance. Race, feminism, homosexuality, psychology, environmentalism, and notions of authority are some of the issues confronting Buddhism for the first time in its three-thousand-year history and are powerfully addressed here. In recent years American Buddhism has been featured as a major story on ABC television news, National Public Radio, and in other national media. A strong new Buddhist journalism is emerging in the United States, and American Buddhism has made its way onto the Internet. The faces of Buddhism in America are diverse, active, and growing, and this book will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in understanding this vital religious movement.

America, Amerikkka

Author : Rosemary Radford Ruether
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317491246
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book America, Amerikkka written by Rosemary Radford Ruether and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America views itself as a nation inhabiting a "promised land" and enjoying a favoured relation with God. This view of unique election has been coupled with racial exclusivism and the marginalization of non-white citizens. America, Amerikkka traces the historical and ideological patterns behind America’s sense of itself. In its examination of America’s "chosenness", the book ranges across the doctrine of the "rights of man" in the 18th and 19th centuries, the role of America in the twentieth century as "global policeman", and the enforcement of neo-colonial relations over the "third world". The volume argues for a vision of global relations between peoples based on justice and mutuality, rather than hegemonic dominance.

African American Faces of the Civil War

Author : Ronald S. Coddington
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 142140625X
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book African American Faces of the Civil War written by Ronald S. Coddington and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2012-08-20 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A renowned collector of Civil War photographs and a prodigious researcher, Ronald S. Coddington combines compelling archival images with biographical stories that reveal the human side of the war. This third volume in his series on Civil War soldiers contains previously unpublished photographs of African American Civil War participants—many of whom fought to secure their freedom. During the Civil War, 200,000 African American men enlisted in the Union army or navy. Some of them were free men and some escaped from slavery; others were released by sympathetic owners to serve the war effort. African American Faces of the Civil War tells the story of the Civil War through the images of men of color who served in roles that ranged from servants and laborers to enlisted men and junior officers. Coddington discovers these portraits— cartes de visite, ambrotypes, and tintypes—in museums, archives, and private collections. He has pieced together each individual’s life and fate based upon personal documents, military records, and pension files. These stories tell of ordinary men who became fighters, of the prejudice they faced, and of the challenges they endured. African American Faces of the Civil War makes an important contribution to a comparatively understudied aspect of the war and provides a fascinating look into lives that helped shape America.

Faces of America

Author : Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 081473264X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Faces of America written by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2010-07-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shares the family trees and genetic profiles of twelve famous Americans from diverse backgrounds.

The King's Three Faces

Author : Brendan McConville
Publisher : University of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807830659
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book The King's Three Faces written by Brendan McConville and published by University of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King's Three Faces: The Rise and Fall of Royal America, 1688-1776

New Faces in a Changing America

Author : Loretta I. Winters
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761923008
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book New Faces in a Changing America written by Loretta I. Winters and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2003 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How multiracial people identify themselves can have a big impact on their positions in family, community & society. This volume examines the multiracial experience in the US.

Unexpected Faces in Ancient America (1500 B.C.-A.D. 1500)

Author : Alexander von Wuthenau
Publisher : Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unexpected Faces in Ancient America (1500 B.C.-A.D. 1500) written by Alexander von Wuthenau and published by Crown Publishing Group (NY). This book was released on 1975 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Many Faces of Alexander Hamilton

Author : Douglas Ambrose
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814707246
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book The Many Faces of Alexander Hamilton written by Douglas Ambrose and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Alexander Hamilton has been the focus of debate from his day to ours. On the one hand, Hamilton was the quintessential Founding Father, playing a central role in every key debate and event in the Revolutionary and Early Republic eras. Who was he really and what is his legacy? Was Hamilton a closet monarchist or a sincere republican?

The Face of Our Past

Author : Kathleen Thompson
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253336354
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book The Face of Our Past written by Kathleen Thompson and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Images of Black Women from Colonial America to the Present.

Faces of Revolution

Author : Bernard Bailyn
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 030779847X
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Faces of Revolution written by Bernard Bailyn and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-06-29 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Bernard Bailyn brings us a book that combines portraits of American revolutionaries with a deft exploration of the ideas that moved them and still shape our society today.

Faces from the Past

Author : James M. Deem
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
ISBN 13 : 9780547370248
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Faces from the Past written by James M. Deem and published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children. This book was released on 2012 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the efforts of a scientific team to learn about the life and culture of a person whose skeletal remains are traced to prehistoric times, profiling the valuable technical achievements of artists who use special skills to reconstruct faces from archaeological remains. 10,000 first printing.

The Faces of Power

Author : Seyom Brown
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231096690
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (966 download)

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Download or read book The Faces of Power written by Seyom Brown and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the new edition of this major work, Seyom Brown brings his authoritative account of United States foreign policy completely up-to-date with analyses of the Truman administration to the Clinton administration. Most notably, Brown provides an insightful overview of the last three presidencies, beginning with an expanded treatment of the Reagan years to the first major scholarly assessment of Bush's foreign policies to Clinton's early ambivalence toward grappling with the dilemmas of the post-Cold War world.

Faces of Internationalism

Author : Eugene R. Wittkopf
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Faces of Internationalism written by Eugene R. Wittkopf and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Faces of Internationalism, Eugene R. Wittkopf examines the changing nature of public attitudes toward American foreign policy in the post-Vietnam era and the role that public opinion plays in the American foreign policymaking process. Drawing on new data--four mass and four elite opinion surveys undertaken by the Chicago Council of Foreign Relations from 1974 to 1986--combined with sophisticated analysis techniques, Wittkopf offers a pathbreaking study that addresses the central question of the relationship of a democracy to its foreign policy. The breakdown of the "consensus" approach to American foreign policy after the Cold War years has become the subject of much analysis. This study contributes to revisionist scholarship by describing the beliefs and preferences that have emerged in the wake of this breakdown. Wittkopf counters traditional views by demonstrating the persistence of U.S. public opinion defined by two dominant and distinct attitudes in the post-Vietnam war years--cooperative and militant internationalism. The author explores the nature of these two "faces" of internationalism, focusing on the extent to which elites and masses share similar opinions and the political and sociodemographic correlates of belief systems. Wittkopf also offers an original examination of the relationship between beliefs and preferences.

Black Faces, White Spaces

Author : Carolyn Finney
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469614480
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Black Faces, White Spaces written by Carolyn Finney and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors

The Lincoln Enigma

Author : Gabor Boritt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198033028
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book The Lincoln Enigma written by Gabor Boritt and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-02-08 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Lincoln Enigma, Gabor Boritt invites renowned Lincoln scholars, and rising new voices, to take a look at much-debated aspects of Lincoln's life--including his possible gay relationships, his plan to send blacks back to Africa, and his high-handed treatment of the Constitution. Boritt explores Lincoln's proposals that looked to a lily-white America. Jean Baker marvels at Lincoln's loves and marriage. David Herbert Donald compares Lincoln and Jefferson Davis as Commanders-in-Chief. Douglas Wilson shows us the young Lincoln--not the strong leader of popular history, but a man who struggles to find his purpose. Gerald Prokopowicz searches for the military leader, William C. Harris for the peacemaker, and Robert Bruce meditates on Lincoln and death. In a final section Boritt and Harold Holzer offer a fascinating portfolio of Lincoln images in modern art. Acute and thought-provoking in their observations, this all-star cast of historians--including two Pulitzer and three Lincoln Prize winners--questions our assumptions of Lincoln, and provides a new vitality to our ongoing reflections on his life and legacy.