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Author : Blanche Christenson Norris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 756 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (233 download)
Download or read book Memories of One Life Spanning the Twentieth Century in Mid-America written by Blanche Christenson Norris and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas D. Clark
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813137063
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book My Century in History written by Thomas D. Clark and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2006-08-04 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The imminent American historian and author of A History of Kentucky shares his life story, spanning the twentieth century. When Thomas D. Clark was hired to teach history at the University of Kentucky in 1931, he began a career that would span nearly three-quarters of a century and would profoundly change not only the history department and the university but the entire Commonwealth. His still-definitive AHistory of Kentucky (1937) was one of more than thirty books he would write or edit that dealt with Kentucky, the South, and the American frontier. In addition to his wide scholarly contributions, Clark devoted his life to the preservation of Kentucky’s historical records. He began this crusade by collecting vast stores of Kentucky's military records from the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War. His efforts resulted in the Commonwealth’s first archival system and the subsequent creation of the Kentucky Library and Archives, the University of Kentucky Special Collections and Archives, the Kentucky Oral History Commission, the Kentucky History Center (recently named for him), and the University Press of Kentucky. Born in 1903 on a cotton farm in Louisville, Mississippi, Thomas Dionysius Clark would follow a long and winding path to find his life’s passion in the study of history. He dropped out of school after seventh grade to work first at a sawmill and then on a canal dredge boat before resuming his formal education. Clark’s earliest memories—hearing about local lynch-mob violence and witnessing the destruction of virgin forest—are an invaluable window into the national issues of racial injustice and environmental depredation. In many ways, the story of Dr. Clark’s life is the story of America in the twentieth century. In My Century in History, Clark offers vivid memories of his journey, both personal and academic, a journey that took him from Mississippi to Kentucky and North Carolina, to leadership of the nation’s major historical organizations, and to visiting professorships in Austria, England, Greece, and India, as well as in universities throughout the United States. An enormously popular public lecturer and teacher, he touched thousands of lives in Kentucky and around the world. With his characteristic wit and insight, Clark now offers his many admirers one final volume of history—his own.
Author : Barbara Heeter
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595457134
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (954 download)
Download or read book Flying with One Wing written by Barbara Heeter and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young woman named Anna travels to America from central Europe for an arranged marriage in the dawn of the 20th century. If humans will do nearly anything to avoid change in their lives, what motivates someone to leave her homeland and travel to an unknown land for a lifetime with a stranger? Her husband dies before his time, and unable to read or write English, she finds herself a penniless widow with six children to raise. Eventually, Anna and her family move into a house in a small, steel-mill city in western Pennsylvania-when U.S. Steel was on the rise. The house endows them with emotional security; so strong are their feelings for the structure, the house becomes an entity within itself. Anna's five daughters are the heroines of the tale as they pull together for the sake of their mother's dream, though each breaks a rule of the tight system that binds them together. Their story parallels America's as it becomes a world power, and urban life, the suburbs, the middle class, women and blacks change its landscape forever. The story, a living testimony to family and human determination, is narrated by a member of the second generation of Americans.
Author : Stanley B. Prusiner
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300191146
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Madness and Memory written by Stanley B. Prusiner and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a 1997 recipient of the Noble Prize in medicine, describes the years he spent researching and demonstrating how the infectious proteins known as prions were responsible for brain diseases and how his theory has now become widely accepted in the science establishment.
Author : Jay Winter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139936336
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (399 download)
Download or read book War and Remembrance in the Twentieth Century written by Jay Winter and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-08-27 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How war has been remembered collectively is the central question in this volume. War in the twentieth century is a vivid and traumatic phenomenon which left behind it survivors who engage time and time again in acts of remembrance. This volume, containing essays by outstanding scholars of twentieth-century history, focuses on the issues raised by the shadow of war in this century. The behaviour, not of whole societies or of ruling groups alone, but of the individuals who do the work of remembrance, is discussed by examining the traumatic collective memory resulting from the horrors of the First World War, the Spanish Civil War, the Second World War, and the Algerian War. By studying public forms of remembrance, such as museums and exhibitions, literature and film, the editors have succeeded in bringing together a volume which demonstrates that a popular kind of collective memory is still very much alive.
Author : David Krasner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405137347
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (51 download)
Download or read book A Companion to Twentieth-Century American Drama written by David Krasner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion provides an original and authoritative surveyof twentieth-century American drama studies, written by some of thebest scholars and critics in the field. Balances consideration of canonical material with discussion ofworks by previously marginalized playwrights Includes studies of leading dramatists, such as TennesseeWilliams, Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill and Gertrude Stein Allows readers to make new links between particular plays andplaywrights Examines the movements that framed the century, such as theHarlem Renaissance, lesbian and gay drama, and the soloperformances of the 1980s and 1990s Situates American drama within larger discussions aboutAmerican ideas and culture
Author : Santrock
Publisher : McGraw Hill
ISBN 13 : 1526815044
Total Pages : 802 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (268 download)
Download or read book Ebook: Life-Span Development written by Santrock and published by McGraw Hill. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ebook: Life-Span Development
Author : Viola Fontenot
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496817109
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)
Download or read book A Cajun Girl's Sharecropping Years written by Viola Fontenot and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2018-07-05 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2019 Humanities Book of the Year from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Today sharecropping is history, though during World War II and the Great Depression sharecropping was prevalent in Louisiana's southern parishes. Sharecroppers rented farmland and often a small house, agreeing to pay a one-third share of all profit from the sale of crops grown on the land. Sharecropping shaped Louisiana's rich cultural history, and while there have been books published about sharecropping, they share a predominately male perspective. In A Cajun Girl's Sharecropping Years, Viola Fontenot adds the female voice into the story of sharecropping. Spanning from 1937 to 1955, Fontenot describes her life as the daughter of a sharecropper in Church Point, Louisiana, including details of field work as well as the domestic arts and Cajun culture. The account begins with stories from early life, where the family lived off a gravel road near the woods without electricity, running water, or bathrooms, and a mule-drawn wagon was the only means of transportation. To gently introduce the reader to her native language, the author often includes French words along with a succinct definition. This becomes an important part of the story as Fontenot attends primary school, where she experienced prejudice for speaking French, a forbidden and punishable act. Descriptions of Fontenot's teenage years include stories of going to the boucherie; canning blackberries, figs, and pumpkins; using the wood stove to cook dinner; washing and ironing laundry; and making moss mattresses. Also included in the texts are explanations of rural Cajun holiday traditions, courting customs, leisure activities, children's games, and Saturday night house dances for family and neighbors, the fais do-do.
Author : K. Rogers
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1403982953
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Life and Death in the Delta written by K. Rogers and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-02-04 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terrorism, black poverty, and economic exploitation produced a condition of collective trauma and social suffering for thousands of black Deltans in the Twentieth Century. Based on oral histories with African American activists and community leaders, this work reveals the impact of that oppression.
Author : Jilene Williams
Publisher : Blessed Memories Press
ISBN 13 : 9781734672701
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (727 download)
Download or read book A Heart Full of Precious Memories written by Jilene Williams and published by Blessed Memories Press. This book was released on 2020-06-20 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Heart Full of Precious Memories is a delightful glimpse into a mid 20th century girl's childhood from 1953 through 1965. From the first story relating to toddlerhood, Jilene Williams shares her rich love for life as she grabs your heartstrings and carries you through to her preteen years. She shares fun-filled facts, family foibles, faith, and stories of love, loneliness, and longing. Smiles follow sweet moments, laughter erupts, and gentle tears fall. Fearful encounters bring pounding hearts and knocking knees. She tells of the strengths and weaknesses she gained in life from those who influenced her most. Her Grandma, teachers, choir director, leaders, and pastors are named in the list of those who inspired her and to whom she is most grateful. Her first awareness of God causes you to contemplate her observations, and the foundation for her childlike faith is laid. Contrastingly, life is not always blue skies and pink roses. Still, the little girl shares these moments with discernment and sensitivity. Jilene was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She tells of her home in Wellston on the corner of a high traffic four-lane boulevard and a two-lane avenue. Living in the area for ten years, she is well acquainted with her community. She gladly takes the reader in tow with her as soon as she can cross the street on foot with her mom. Your mind is filled with sites, scents, sounds, and flavors while running errands with her mom or dad and her sisters. The tales are sometimes serious and other times cause countless giggles. The Lutheran church and school she attends are in a community westward named Pagedale. Girl Scouts activities and softball games add another dimension. She cannot leave you without knowledge of entertainment and recreational activities during those years. Distant relatives and desired vacations bring a bonus to Jilene's narrative. Travel destinations include Arkansas, Nebraska, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee. Niagara Falls, the New York World's Fair, and the Gateway Arch provide both wonder and humor to the family.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Mid-America Folklore written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292782012
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)
Download or read book Remembering Childhood in the Middle East written by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up is a universal experience, but the particularities of homeland, culture, ethnicity, religion, family, and so on make every childhood unique. To give Western readers insight into what growing up in the Middle East was like in the twentieth century, this book gathers thirty-six original memoirs written by Middle Eastern men and women about their own childhoods. Elizabeth Warnock Fernea, a well-known writer of books and documentary films about women and the family in the Middle East, has collected stories of childhoods spent in Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey. The accounts span the entire twentieth century, a full range of ethnicities and religions, and the social spectrum from aristocracy to peasantry. They are grouped by eras, for which Fernea provides a concise historical sketch, and include a brief biography of each contributor. The introduction by anthropologist Robert A. Fernea sets the memoirs in the larger context of Middle Eastern life and culture. As a collection, the memoirs offer an unprecedented opportunity to look at the same period in history in the same region of the world from a variety of very different remembered experiences. At times dramatic, humorous, or tragic, and always deeply felt, the memoirs document the diversity and richness of people's lives in the modern Middle East.
Author : Eric Langenbacher
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1589016610
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Power and the Past written by Eric Langenbacher and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-29 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only recently have international relations scholars started to seriously examine the influence of collective memory on foreign policy formation and relations between states and peoples. The ways in which the memories of past events are interpreted, misinterpreted, or even manipulated in public discourse create the context that shapes international relations. Power and the Past brings together leading history and international relations scholars to provide a groundbreaking examination of the impact of collective memory. This timely study makes a contribution to developing a theory of memory and international relations and also examines specific cases of collective memory’s influence resulting from the legacies of World War II, the Holocaust, and September 11. Addressing concerns shared by world leaders and international institutions as well as scholars of international studies, this volume illustrates clearly how the memory of past events alters the ways countries interact in the present, how memory shapes public debate and policymaking, and how memory may aid or more frequently impede conflict resolution.
Author : Judith C. Daniluk
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 9781572309111
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Women's Sexuality Across the Life Span written by Judith C. Daniluk and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2003-06-09 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving beyond a traditional focus on sexual functioning, this book emphasizes the complex interaction of psychological, social, cultural and biological influences on womens's sense of themselves as sexual beings. Written for practitioners and educators, its goal is to challenge contradictory messages and meanings that cause many women to feel disconnected from their bodies and from their needs and desires. Themes explored include the development of sexual awareness and sexuality in childhood and adolescence, the critical sexual choices of young adulthood, and the multiple transitions characterizing the middle and later years of life. The book features creative exercises and interventions to help girls and women construct more affirming sexual meanings.
Author : D. Bell
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 023062748X
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Memory, Trauma and World Politics written by D. Bell and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-10-20 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memory, Trauma and World Politics focuses on the effect that the memory of traumatic episodes (especially war and genocide) has on shaping contemporary political identities. Theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich, this book is an incisive treatment of the ways in which the study of social memory can inform global politics analysis.
Author : Michael M. Tavuzzi
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822319726
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)
Download or read book The Politics of Memory written by Michael M. Tavuzzi and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does a culture in which writing is not a prominent feature create historical tradition? Researcher Joanne Rappaport answers the question by tracing the past three centuries of intellectual history of the Nasa--a community in the Colombian Andes. Originally published in 1990 but of continuing interest to all scholars of Latin America. 21 illustrations.
Author : Marie Therese Miller-Degenfeld
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1412095697
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Memoirs of Marie Therese Miller, Née Countess Degenfeld-Schonburg written by Marie Therese Miller-Degenfeld and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2006-12-20 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Countess Marie Therese von Degenfeld-Schonburg, grew up as the beloved only daughter of a mother and aunt in Neubeuern, Bavaria. Seeking love over status, Maria throws aside the expectations of the German aristocracy to marry an American diplomat.
