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America s First Dynasty
Author | : Richard Brookhiser |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2002-04-24 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780743242097 |
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They were America's longest lasting dynasty, the closest thing to a royal family our nation has ever known. The Adamses played a leading role in America's affairs for nearly two centuries -- from John, the self-taught lawyer who rose to the highest office in the government he helped to create; to John Quincy, the child prodigy who followed his father to the White House and fought slavery in Congress; to Charles Francis, the Civil War diplomat; to Henry, the brilliant scholar and journalist. Indeed, the history of the Adams family can be read as the history of America itself. For when the Adamses "looked at their past, they saw the nation's," writes author Richard Brookhiser. "When they looked at the nation's past, they saw themselves." America's First Dynasty charts the family's travels through American history along with an impressive cast of characters, among them George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Theodore Roosevelt. Brookhiser also details the darker side of the Adams experience, from the specters of alcoholism and suicide to the crushing burden of performance passed on from father to son. Yet by putting a human face on this legendary family, Brookhiser succeeds in creating an impassioned, heroic family portrait that the American public is not likely to forget.
America s First Dynasty
Author | : Richard Brookhiser |
Publsiher | : Touchstone |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0684868644 |
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A portrait of the Adamses, America's first political dynasty whose influence spanned four generations, details their prominent involvement in politics, journalism, and literature, and their determination to achieve success.
American Dynasty
Author | : Kevin Phillips |
Publsiher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 525 |
Release | : 2004-09-30 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780141941318 |
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An acerbic, withering account of the ascent of the Bush family to the pinnacle of the American political and social elite and the implications of the dynasty's hold on power for democracy in America. With an unerring instinct for fakery and humbug,Phillips traces the convoluted trail of Bush mendacity through three generations. The picture he paints of a family willing to do ANYTHING to hold power and a country so craven as to vote for it is both very funny and completely dismaying in equal measure.
Conflict in the Early Americas
Author | : Rebecca M. Seaman |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 508 |
Release | : 2013-08-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781598847772 |
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This detailed study is the only reference work of its kind to address Spain's conquest of Central and South America, providing in-depth coverage of native and European ideologies, political motivations, and cultural practices of the region. As the study of world history evolves from a Eurocentric perspective to a more global viewpoint, formerly marginalized groups are now the focus of discussion, revealing a background rich with important military, political, social, and economic achievements. This book examines the once prosperous and powerful native civilizations in Central and South America, discussing the key individuals, strategies, and politics that made these countries strong and indomitable. In spite of this, the author shows how, in only a few generations, Spain defeated these mini-empires, eventually dominating much of the Western Hemisphere. Conflict in the Early Americas: An Encyclopedia of the Spanish Empire's Aztec, Incan, and Mayan Conquests focuses primarily on the defeat of the Aztec, Incan, and Mayan civilizations, but also includes Spanish interactions with lesser-known native groups. Supporting documents including primary sources, maps, and visual aids provide necessary context to this once-untold story.
When the Red Sox Ruled
Author | : Thomas J. Whalen |
Publsiher | : Government Institutes |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2011-04-16 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9781566639026 |
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In the years before the Curse of the Bambino descended on New England, the Boston Red Sox rode major league baseball like a colossus, capturing four World Series titles in seven seasons. Blessed with legendary players like Babe Ruth, Tris Speaker, Harry Hooper, and Smokey Joe Wood, and a brand new, thoroughly modern stadium, the Red Sox reigned as kings of the Deadball Era. Just in time for the centenary of baseball's hallowed Fenway Park and the dawn of the Red Sox dynasty, Thomas J. Whalen gracefully recounts the rise and fall of one of baseball's greatest teams.
The American Empire and the Fourth World
Author | : Anthony J. Hall,Tony Hall |
Publsiher | : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Total Pages | : 740 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0773530061 |
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In a book that Naomi Klein says could "change the world," Anthony Hall shows that the globalization debate actually began in 1492.
The Renaissance of Empire in Early Modern Europe
Author | : Thomas James Dandelet |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 2014-04-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521769938 |
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Examines the intellectual and artistic foundations of the Imperial Renaissance in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Italy and traces its political realization in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe.
The Rise and Fall of the American Empire
Author | : Rocky M. Mirza |
Publsiher | : Trafford Publishing |
Total Pages | : 517 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : 9781425113834 |
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Dr. Mirza's unorthodox but refreshing look at the history of the US and its failure to plant true democracy at home or abroad goes a long way towards explaining its failed invasion of Iraq.