Author: Edwin WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
The Presidents of the United States, Their Memoirs and Administrations
Author: Edwin WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Modern English Biography
Author: Frederic BoasePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 936
Book Description
Littell's Living Age
Author: Eliakim LittellAristocratic Women and Political Society in Victorian Britain
Author: K. D. ReynoldsPublisher: Oxford Historical Monographs
ISBN: 9780198207276
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This study of gender and power in Victorian Britain is the first book to examine the contribution made by women to the public culture of the British aristocracy in the 19th century. Based on a wide range of archival sources, it explores the roles of aristocratic women in public life, from their country estates to the salons of Westminster and the royal court. Reynolds also shows that a partnership of authority between men and women was integral to aristocratic life, thus making an important contribution to the "separate spheres" debate. Moreover, she reveals in full the crucial role that these women played at all levels of political activity--from local communities to the national electoral process. The book is both a lively portrait of women's experiences in modern Britain and a corrective to the view of the upper-class Victorian woman as a passive social butterfly.
The Living Age
Author: General Catalogue of the Library of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society: Authors
Author: Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
Littell's Living Age
Author: Catalogue of the ... Central Lending Library
Author: Martin Van Buren
Author: Edward L. WidmerPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0805069224
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The first president born after America's independence ushers in a new era of no-holds-barred democracy The first "professional politician" to become president, the slick and dandyish Martin Van Buren was to all appearances the opposite of his predecessor, the rugged general and Democratic champion Andrew Jackson. Van Buren, a native Dutch speaker, was America's first ethnic president as well as the first New Yorker to hold the office, at a time when Manhattan was bursting with new arrivals. A sharp and adroit political operator, he established himself as a powerhouse in New York, becoming a U.S. senator, secretary of state, and vice president under Jackson, whose election he managed. His ascendancy to the Oval Office was virtually a foregone conclusion. Once he had the reins of power, however, Van Buren found the road quite a bit rougher. His attempts to find a middle ground on the most pressing issues of his day-such as the growing regional conflict over slavery-eroded his effectiveness. But it was his inability to prevent the great banking panic of 1837, and the ensuing depression, that all but ensured his fall from grace and made him the third president to be denied a second term. His many years of outfoxing his opponents finally caught up with him. Ted Widmer, a veteran of the Clinton White House, vividly brings to life the chaos and contention that plagued Van Buren's presidency-and ultimately offered an early lesson in the power of democracy.
Perfection
Author: Margarette LincolnPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300264585
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
A colourful account of women's health, beauty, and cosmetic aids, from stays and corsets to today's viral trends Victorian women ate arsenic to achieve an ideal, pale complexion, while in the 1790s balloon corsets were all the rage, designed to make the wearer appear pregnant. Women of the eighteenth century applied blood from a black cat's tail to problem skin, while doctors in the 1880s promoted woollen underwear to keep colds at bay. Beautification and the pursuit of health may seem all-consuming today, but their history is long and fantastically varied. Ranging across the last four hundred years, Margarette Lincoln examines women's health and beauty in fascinating detail. Through first-hand accounts and reports of physicians, quacks, and advertising, Lincoln captures women's lived experience of consuming beauty products, and the excitement--and trauma--of adopting the latest fashion trends. Considering everything from body sculpture, diet, and exercise to skin, teeth, and hair, Perfection is a vibrant account of women's body-fashioning--and shows how intimately these practices are related to community and identity throughout history.