Author: New York State Historical AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association with the Quarterly Journal
Author: New York State Historical AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
The Quarterly Journal of the New York State Historical Association
Author: New York State Historical AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Bulletin of Bibliography and Dramatic Index
Author: Bulletin of Bibliography
Author: Bulletin of Bibliography and Magazine Subject-index
Author: The Recorder
Author: Thirteen Charges Against Benedict Arnold
Author: Ennis DulingPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476643601
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Years before General Benedict Arnold betrayed the American cause, a young officer and attorney named John Brown brought 13 charges of misconduct against him and called for his arrest, Brown was shuttled from one general to another, and finally to George Washington, before powerful politicians decided in Arnold's favor without hearing from Brown or any other witnesses. Historians have continued to ignore the accusations, finding Brown's charges to be false, and even absurd. In fact, some are unquestionably true, and all are worthy of investigation. John Brown was an early hero of the Revolution, a legislator, envoy, spy, and accomplished field officer. His charges and his many proposed witnesses are a starting point for a reevaluation of Arnold's conduct in the war--on his storied march up Maine's Kennebec River to Canada, during the winter siege of Quebec, and at the battles of Valcour Island and Saratoga. What emerges from Brown's charges is a story of deceit and misconduct, and of prominent leaders and historians turning a blind eye in order to maintain exciting myths.
Dreadful Visitations
Author: Alessa JohnsPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136683895
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Throughout history, varying responses to catastrophe have revealed much about a society's cultural and philosophical character. In Dreadful Visitations , leading scholars of different disciplines examine eighteenth-century responses to natural disaster, showing how human agency played an active role in the creation of destructive circumstances, and how these disasters helped to establish national and moral identities in the Age of Reason. Contributors: David Arnold, Daniel Gordon, Carla Hesse, George Starr, Alan Taylor, Steven Tobriner and Charles Walker.
Prologue
Author: American Disasters
Author: Steven BielPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814713459
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Ranging widely, essayists here examine the 1900 storm that ravaged Galveston, Texas, the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the Titanic sinking, the Northridge earthquake, the crash of Air Florida Flight 90, the 1977 Chicago El train crash, and many other devastating events. These catastrophes elicited vastly different responses, and thus raise a number of important questions. How, for example did African Americans, feminists, and labor activists respond to the Titanic disaster? Why did the El train crash take on such symbolic meaning for the citizens of Chicago? In what ways did the San Francisco earthquake reaffirm rather than challenge a predominant faith in progress?