Author: Frederick Douglass
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385512875
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Oration by Frederick Douglass. Delivered on the Occasion of the Unveiling of the Freedmen's Monument in Memory of Abraham Lincoln, in Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C., April 14th, 1876, with an Appendix
Author: Frederick Douglass
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385512875
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385512875
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
American Scripture
Author: Pauline Maier
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307791955
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Pauline Maier shows us the Declaration as both the defining statement of our national identity and the moral standard by which we live as a nation. It is truly "American Scripture," and Maier tells us how it came to be -- from the Declaration's birth in the hard and tortuous struggle by which Americans arrived at Independence to the ways in which, in the nineteenth century, the document itself became sanctified. Maier describes the transformation of the Second Continental Congress into a national government, unlike anything that preceded or followed it, and with more authority than the colonists would ever have conceded to the British Parliament; the great difficulty in making the decision for Independence; the influence of Paine's []Common Sense[], which shifted the terms of debate; and the political maneuvers that allowed Congress to make the momentous decision. In Maier's hands, the Declaration of Independence is brought close to us. She lets us hear the voice of the people as revealed in the other "declarations" of 1776: the local resolutions -- most of which have gone unnoticed over the past two centuries -- that explained, advocated, and justified Independence and undergirded Congress's work. Detective-like, she discloses the origins of key ideas and phrases in the Declaration and unravels the complex story of its drafting and of the group-editing job which angered Thomas Jefferson. Maier also reveals what happened to the Declaration after the signing and celebration: how it was largely forgotten and then revived to buttress political arguments of the nineteenth century; and, most important, how Abraham Lincoln ensured its persistence as a living force in American society. Finally, she shows how by the very act of venerating the Declaration as we do -- by holding it as sacrosanct, akin to holy writ -- we may actually be betraying its purpose and its power.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307791955
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Pauline Maier shows us the Declaration as both the defining statement of our national identity and the moral standard by which we live as a nation. It is truly "American Scripture," and Maier tells us how it came to be -- from the Declaration's birth in the hard and tortuous struggle by which Americans arrived at Independence to the ways in which, in the nineteenth century, the document itself became sanctified. Maier describes the transformation of the Second Continental Congress into a national government, unlike anything that preceded or followed it, and with more authority than the colonists would ever have conceded to the British Parliament; the great difficulty in making the decision for Independence; the influence of Paine's []Common Sense[], which shifted the terms of debate; and the political maneuvers that allowed Congress to make the momentous decision. In Maier's hands, the Declaration of Independence is brought close to us. She lets us hear the voice of the people as revealed in the other "declarations" of 1776: the local resolutions -- most of which have gone unnoticed over the past two centuries -- that explained, advocated, and justified Independence and undergirded Congress's work. Detective-like, she discloses the origins of key ideas and phrases in the Declaration and unravels the complex story of its drafting and of the group-editing job which angered Thomas Jefferson. Maier also reveals what happened to the Declaration after the signing and celebration: how it was largely forgotten and then revived to buttress political arguments of the nineteenth century; and, most important, how Abraham Lincoln ensured its persistence as a living force in American society. Finally, she shows how by the very act of venerating the Declaration as we do -- by holding it as sacrosanct, akin to holy writ -- we may actually be betraying its purpose and its power.
Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America
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Category : Bradford (Haverhill, Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bradford (Haverhill, Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
History of the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Promulgation of the Constitution of the United States
Author: Hampton Lawrence Carson
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Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
The National Celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the Independence of the United States by an International Universal Exhibition, to be Held in Philadelphia in the Year 1876
Author: United States Centennial Commission
Publisher:
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Category : Centennial Exhibition
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Centennial Exhibition
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
The Masterpieces of the Centennial International Exhibition
Author: Walter Smith
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385504775
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 649
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385504775
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 649
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Statutes of the United States of America Passed at the ... Session of the ... Congress
Author: United States
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Session laws
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Session laws
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1206
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1206
Book Description
United States Statutes at Large
Author: United States
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1290
Book Description
Vols. for 1950-19 contained treaties and international agreements issued by the Secretary of State as United States treaties and other international agreements.
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1290
Book Description
Vols. for 1950-19 contained treaties and international agreements issued by the Secretary of State as United States treaties and other international agreements.
Through America. Or, Nine Months in the United States
Author: Walter Gore Marshall
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385459095
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385459095
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.