Author: Carol E. HoffeckerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Compilation of previously published articles on the history of Delaware from the landing of the Swedes to the early 20th century.
Readings in Delaware History
Author: Carol E. HoffeckerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Compilation of previously published articles on the history of Delaware from the landing of the Swedes to the early 20th century.
When Washington Crossed the Delaware
Author: Lynne CheneyPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442444517
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
"This is the story that I tell my grandchildren at Christmas. I hope that this book will bring the tradition of sharing history to families all across America." -- Lynne Cheney Christmas night, 1776, was a troubled time for our young country. In the six months since the Declaration of Independence had been signed, General George Washington and his troops had suffered defeat after defeat at the hands of the British. It looked as though our struggle for independence might be doomed, when Washington made a bold decision. He would lead the main body of his army across the Delaware River and launch a surprise attack on enemy forces. Washington and his men were going against the odds. It seemed impossible that the ragtag Americans could succeed against the mightiest power in the world. But the men who started across the icy Delaware loved their country and their leader. Under his command they would turn the tide of battle and change the course of history. Best-selling author Lynne Cheney tells the dramatic story of the military campaign that began on Christmas night in 1776. When Washington Crossed the Delaware will teach the young about the heroism, persistence, and patriotism of those who came before them.
Peoples of the River Valleys
Author: Amy C. SchuttPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812203798
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Seventeenth-century Indians from the Delaware and lower Hudson valleys organized their lives around small-scale groupings of kin and communities. Living through epidemics, warfare, economic change, and physical dispossession, survivors from these peoples came together in new locations, especially the eighteenth-century Susquehanna and Ohio River valleys. In the process, they did not abandon kin and community orientations, but they increasingly defined a role for themselves as Delaware Indians in early American society. Peoples of the River Valleys offers a fresh interpretation of the history of the Delaware, or Lenape, Indians in the context of events in the mid-Atlantic region and the Ohio Valley. It focuses on a broad and significant period: 1609-1783, including the years of Dutch, Swedish, and English colonization and the American Revolution. An epilogue takes the Delawares' story into the mid-nineteenth century. Amy C. Schutt examines important themes in Native American history—mediation and alliance formation—and shows their crucial role in the development of the Delawares as a people. She goes beyond familiar questions about Indian-European relations and examines how Indian-Indian associations were a major factor in the history of the Delawares. Drawing extensively upon primary sources, including treaty minutes, deeds, and Moravian mission records, Schutt reveals that Delawares approached alliances as a tool for survival at a time when Euro-Americans were encroaching on Native lands. As relations with colonists were frequently troubled, Delawares often turned instead to form alliances with other Delawares and non-Delaware Indians with whom they shared territories and resources. In vivid detail, Peoples of the River Valleys shows the link between the Delawares' approaches to land and the relationships they constructed on the land.
Good Night Delaware
Author: Adam GamblePublisher: Good Night Books
ISBN: 1602191468
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Many of North America's most beloved regions are artfully celebrated in these board books designed to soothe children before bedtime while instilling an early appreciation for the continent's natural and cultural wonders. Each book stars a multicultural group of people visiting the featured area's attractions and rhythmic language guides children through the passage of both a single day and the four seasons while saluting the iconic aspects of each place. Covering many of the state’s most interesting places and features, including the Delaware River, Delaware Bay, the Atlantic Ocean, Rehoboth Beach, Brandywine Zoo, and the numerous lighthouses that dot the shore, this book is a celebration of all things that make Delaware a special place.
A History of Anthropological Theory, Fourth Edition
Author: Paul A. EricksonPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442606614
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
In the latest edition of their popular overview text, Erickson and Murphy continue to provide a comprehensive, affordable, and accessible introduction to anthropological theory from antiquity to the present. A new section on twenty-first-century anthropological theory has been added, with more coverage given to postcolonialism, non-Western anthropology, and public anthropology. The book has also been redesigned to be more visually and pedagogically engaging. Used on its own, or paired with the companion volume Readings for a History of Anthropological Theory, Fourth Edition, this reader offers a flexible and highly useful resource for the undergraduate anthropology classroom. For additional resources, visit the "Teaching Theory" page at www.utpteachingculture.com.
Author: Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0759120498
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 667
Book Description
"A Certain Text"
Author: Thomas ClaytonPublisher: University of Delaware Press
ISBN: 9780874137897
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
This collection takes its title from 'Romeo and Juliet' (4.1.21.) when, meeting Paris in Friar Lawrence's cell, Juliet muses, What must be shall be, and the Friar completes her line with, That's a certain text. Where text means a received truth both Friar Lawrence and Clayton are interested skeptics. This essays gathered here reflect this attitude, questioning received ideas about the activities to which Clayton has devoted his professional life- literary editing and the close reading of literary works.
Proceedings of the House of Assembly of the Delaware State, 1781-1792, and of the Constitutional Convention of 1792
Author: Claudia L. BushmanPublisher: University of Delaware Press
ISBN: 9780874133097
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
This volume of the proceedings of Delaware's lower house completes the publication of Delaware's legislative papers, a project envisioned by Delawareans more than one hundred years ago.
Encyclopedia of Delaware
Author: Nancy CapacePublisher: Somerset Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 040309612X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Delaware contains detailed information on States: Symbols and Designations, Geography, Archaeology, State History, Local History on individual cities, towns and counties, Chronology of Historic Events in the State, Profiles of Governors, Political Directory, State Constitution, Bibliography of books about the state and an Index.
Encyclopedia of Local History
Author: Carol KammenPublisher: AltaMira Press
ISBN: 0759120501
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Local History addresses nearly every aspect of local history, including everyday issues, theoretical approaches, and trends in the field. The second edition highlights local history practice in each U.S. state and Canadian province.