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Author : Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed
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Total Pages : 446 pages
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Download or read book The University of Chicago Biographical Sketches written by Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed
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Total Pages : 393 pages
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Download or read book The University of Chicago Biographical Sketches written by Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333403256
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (32 download)
Download or read book The University of Chicago Biographical Sketches, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The University of Chicago Biographical Sketches, Vol. 1 This was the genesis Of the sketches appearing in this volume. At the outset I expected to prepare a series of brief formal statements of the outstanding facts in each life which might be deposited in the Uni versity archives and furnish material for the future historian. NO sooner, however, had I begun my work than I found the story of each life so full Of interest, that, without intention on my part, it assumed the proportions the reader finds in these pages. The editor Of the University Record, Professor David A. Robertson, learning what I was doing, sought the first sketch, which happened to be that Of William B. Ogden, for publication. President Judson encouraged me to go on as I had begun. As each sketch was prepared it appeared in the Record, and the President and editor came to count on one or more of the sketches for each num ber. As they multiplied President Judson expressed his wish that they should be brought together in a volume. It is due to myself to say that the publication of this book is not owing to any suggestion or even wish Of my own. The President's wish has been repeated, quite independently Of him, by many too partial friends, and the foolish vanity of an author has made it difficult for me to Offer Objection. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book The University of Chicago Biographical Sketches. (Short Sketches of the Donors of the Various Funds, Endowments, Scholarships, Etc., of the University.) By Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed. [With Portraits.]. written by University of Chicago and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781355254362
Total Pages : 446 pages
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Download or read book The University of Chicago Biographical Sketches Volume 1 written by Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed
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Download or read book The University of Chicago Biographical Sketch written by Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nora Titone
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416586164
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)
Download or read book My Thoughts Be Bloody written by Nora Titone and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-10-19 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historian Nora Titone takes a fresh look at the strange and startling history of the Booth brothers, answering the question of why one became the nineteenth-century’s brightest, most beloved star, and the other became the most notorious assassin in American history. The scene of John Wilkes Booth shooting Abraham Lincoln in Ford’s Theatre is among the most vivid and indelible images in American history. The literal story of what happened on April 14, 1865, is familiar: Lincoln was killed by John Wilkes Booth, a lunatic enraged by the Union victory and the prospect of black citizenship. Yet who Booth really was—besides a killer—is less well known. The magnitude of his crime has obscured for generations a startling personal story that was integral to his motivation. My Thoughts Be Bloody, a sweeping family saga, revives an extraordinary figure whose name has been missing, until now, from the story of President Lincoln’s death. Edwin Booth, John Wilkes’s older brother by four years, was in his day the biggest star of the American stage. Without an account of Edwin Booth, author Nora Titone argues, the real story of Lincoln’s assassin has never been told. Using an array of private letters, diaries, and reminiscences of the Booth family, Titone has uncovered a hidden history that reveals the reasons why John Wilkes Booth became this country’s most notorious assassin. The details of the conspiracy to kill Lincoln have been well documented elsewhere. My Thoughts Be Bloody tells a new story, one that explains for the first time why Lincoln’s assassin decided to conspire against the president in the first place, and sets that decision in the context of a bitterly divided family—and nation. By the end of this riveting journey, readers will see Abraham Lincoln’s death less as the result of the war between the North and South and more as the climax of a dark struggle between two brothers who never wore the uniform of soldiers, except on stage.
Author : Debra Bricker Balken
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226036197
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Harold Rosenberg written by Debra Bricker Balken and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-10-06 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The biography recounts Rosenberg's full story for the first time. Art critic for The New Yorker from 1962 until 1978, Rosenberg, together with Clement Greenberg, radically reshaped the interpretation of art in the post-World-War-II period by promoting and examining abstract expression. But Rosenberg was also a social and literary critic-writing about art was just one aspect of his work. Harold Rosenberg: A Critic's Life weaves together Rosenberg's life and literary production, cast against the dynamic intellectual and social ferment of his time. Rosenberg's mid-century linking of the New York School with the art establishment, together with his observations on the commodification of the artwork and the evisceration of the "self" in favor of celebrity (especially in his often-cited essay "The Herd of Independent Minds") make this book especially topical"--
Author : James E. B. Breslin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226074061
Total Pages : 774 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Mark Rothko written by James E. B. Breslin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book of heroic dimensions, this is the first full-length biography of one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century—a man as fascinating, difficult, and compelling as the paintings he produced. Drawing on exclusive access to Mark Rothko's personal papers and over one hundred interviews with artists, patrons, and dealers, James Breslin tells the story of a life in art—the personal costs and professional triumphs, the convergence of genius and ego, the clash of culture and commerce. Breslin offers us not only an enticing look at Rothko as a person, but delivers a lush, in-depth portrait of the New York art scene of the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s—the world of Abstract Expressionism, of Pollock, Rothko, de Kooning, and Klein, which would influence artists for generations to come. "In Breslin, Rothko has the ideal biographer—thorough but never tedious, a good storyteller with an ear for the spoken word, fond but not fawning, and possessed of a most rare ability to comment on non-representational art without sounding preposterous."—Robert Kiely, Boston Book Review "Breslin impressively recreates Mark Rothko's troubled nature, his tormented life, and his disturbing canvases. . . . The artist's paintings become almost tangible within Breslin's pages, and Rothko himself emerges as an alarming physical force."—Robert Warde, Hungry Mind Review "This remains beyond question the finest biography so far devoted to an artist of the New York School."-Arthur C. Danto, Boston Sunday Globe "Clearly written, full of intelligent insights, and thorough."—Hayden Herrera, Art in America "Breslin spent seven years working on this book, and he has definitely done his homework."-Nancy M. Barnes, Boston Phoenix "He's made the tragedy of his subject's life the more poignant."—Eric Gibson, The New Criterion "Mr. Breslin's book is, in my opinion, the best life of an American painter that has yet been written . . . a biographical classic. It is painstakingly researched, fluently written and unfailingly intelligent in tracing the tragic course of its subject's tormented character."—Hilton Kramer, New York Times Book Review, front page review James E. B. Breslin (1936-1996) was professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of From Modern to Contemporary: American Poetry, 1945-1965 and William Carlos Williams: An American Artist.
Author : Frank Yoder
Publisher : University of Chicago J Regenstein
ISBN 13 : 9780943056159
Total Pages : 59 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (561 download)
Download or read book The University of Chicago Faculty written by Frank Yoder and published by University of Chicago J Regenstein. This book was released on 1991 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This catalog, published in conjunction with an exhibition celebrating the centennial of the U. of Chicago, presents illustrated career- biographical sketches of 28 faculty members noted not only for their scholarship, but also for their teaching, contributions to literature and the arts, and leadership in administration. Needless to say, the roster is awesome. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Author : Lorraine Daston
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226136721
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)
Download or read book Biographies of Scientific Objects written by Lorraine Daston and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2000-06-15 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at how whole domains of phenomena come into being and sometimes pass away as objects of scientific study. With examples from the natural and social sciences, ranging from the 16th to the 20th centuries, this book explores the ways in which scientific objects are both real and historical.
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Total Pages : 820 pages
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Download or read book The Bench and Bar of Chicago written by and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Pamela Bannos
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022659923X
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)
Download or read book Vivian Maier written by Pamela Bannos and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-09-19 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many know her as the reclusive Chicago nanny who wandered the city for decades, constantly snapping photographs, which were unseen until they were discovered in a seemingly abandoned storage locker. When the news broke that Maier had recently died and had no surviving relatives, Maier shot to stardom almost overnight. Bannos contrasts Maier's life has been created, mostly by the men who have profited from her work. Maier was extremely conscientious about how her work was developed, printed, and cropped, even though she also made a clear choice never to display it.
Author : John W. Boyer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226835316
Total Pages : 785 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)
Download or read book The University of Chicago written by John W. Boyer and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2024-09-06 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expanded narrative of the rich, unique history of the University of Chicago. One of the most influential institutions of higher learning in the world, the University of Chicago has a powerful and distinct identity, and its name is synonymous with intellectual rigor. With nearly 170,000 alumni living and working in more than one hundred and fifty countries, its impact is far-reaching and long-lasting. With The University of Chicago: A History, John W. Boyer, Dean of the College from 1992 to 2023, thoroughly engages with the history and the lived politics of the university. Boyer presents a history of a complex academic community, focusing on the nature of its academic culture and curricula, the experience of its students, its engagement with Chicago’s civic community, and the resources and conditions that have enabled the university to sustain itself through decades of change. He has mined the archives, exploring the school’s complex and sometimes controversial past to set myth and hearsay apart from fact. Boyer’s extensive research shows that the University of Chicago’s identity is profoundly interwoven with its history, and that history is unique in the annals of American higher education. After a little-known false start in the mid-nineteenth century, it achieved remarkable early successes, yet in the 1950s it faced a collapse of undergraduate enrollment, which proved fiscally debilitating for decades. Throughout, the university retained its fierce commitment to a distinctive, intense academic culture marked by intellectual merit and free debate, allowing it to rise to international acclaim. Today it maintains a strong obligation to serve the larger community through its connections to alumni, to the city of Chicago, and increasingly to its global community. Boyer’s tale is filled with larger-than-life characters—John D. Rockefeller, Robert Maynard Hutchins, and many other famous figures among them—and episodes that reveal the establishment and rise of today’s institution. Newly updated, this edition extends through the presidency of Robert Zimmer, whose long tenure was marked by significant developments and controversies over subjects as varied as free speech, medical inequity, and community relations.
Author : Jeffrey Abt
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226001121
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)
Download or read book American Egyptologist written by Jeffrey Abt and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Henry Breasted (1865–1935) had a career that epitomizes our popular image of the archaeologist. Daring, handsome, and charismatic, he traveled on expeditions to remote and politically unstable corners of the Middle East, helped identify the tomb of King Tut, and was on the cover of Time magazine. But Breasted was more than an Indiana Jones—he was an accomplished scholar, academic entrepreneur, and talented author who brought ancient history to life not just for students but for such notables as Teddy Roosevelt and Sigmund Freud. In American Egyptologist, Jeffrey Abt weaves together the disparate strands of Breasted’s life, from his small-town origins following the Civil War to his evolution into the father of American Egyptology and the founder of the Oriental Institute in the early years of the University of Chicago. Abt explores the scholarly, philanthropic, diplomatic, and religious contexts of his ideas and projects, providing insight into the origins of America’s most prominent center for Near Eastern archaeology. An illuminating portrait of the nearly forgotten man who demystified ancient Egypt for the general public, American Egyptologist restores James Henry Breasted to the world and puts forward a brilliant case for his place as one of the most important scholars of modern times.
Author : Keith Koeneman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226449475
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)
Download or read book First Son written by Keith Koeneman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the life of former Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, making use of access to key players in his administration, as well as to Chicago's business and cultural leaders, to chronicle his political and personal evolution.
Author : David S. Brown
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226076377
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Richard Hofstadter written by David S. Brown and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Hofstadter (1916-70) was America’s most distinguished historian of the twentieth century. The author of several groundbreaking books, including The American Political Tradition, he was a vigorous champion of the liberal politics that emerged from the New Deal. During his nearly thirty-year career, Hofstadter fought public campaigns against liberalism’s most dynamic opponents, from McCarthy in the 1950s to Barry Goldwater and the Sun Belt conservatives in the 1960s. His opposition to the extreme politics of postwar America—articulated in his books, essays, and public lectures—marked him as one of the nation’s most important and prolific public intellectuals. In this masterful biography, David Brown explores Hofstadter’s life within the context of the rise and fall of American liberalism. A fierce advocate of academic freedom, racial justice, and political pluralism, Hofstadter charted in his works the changing nature of American society from a provincial Protestant foundation to one based on the values of an urban and multiethnic nation. According to Brown, Hofstadter presciently saw in rural America’s hostility to this cosmopolitanism signs of an anti-intellectualism that he believed was dangerously endemic in a mass democracy. By the end of a life cut short by leukemia, Hofstadter had won two Pulitzer Prizes, and his books had attracted international attention. Yet the Vietnam years, as Brown shows, culminated in a conservative reaction to his work that is still with us. Whether one agrees with Hofstadter’s critics or with the noted historian John Higham, who insisted that Hofstadter was “the finest and also the most humane intelligence of our generation,” the importance of this seminal thinker cannot be denied. As this fascinating biography ultimately shows, Hofstadter’s observations on the struggle between conservative and liberal America are relevant to our own times, and his legacy challenges us to this day.
