Author: William Jennings Bryan
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Speeches of William Jennings Bryan
Author: William Jennings Bryan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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A Godly Hero
Author: Michael Kazin
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385720564
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: THE WASHINGTON POST, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, LOS ANGELES TIMES, ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH. Politician, evangelist, and reformer William Jennings Bryan was the most popular public speaker of his time. In this acclaimed biography—the first major reconsideration of Bryan’s life in forty years–award-winning historian Michael Kazin illuminates his astonishing career and the richly diverse and volatile landscape of religion and politics in which he rose to fame. Kazin vividly re-creates Bryan’s tremendous appeal, showing how he won a passionate following among both rural and urban Americans, who saw in him not only the practical vision of a reform politician but also the righteousness of a pastor. Bryan did more than anyone to transform the Democratic Party from a bulwark of laissez-faire to the citadel of liberalism we identify with Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1896, 1900, and 1908, Bryan was nominated for president, and though he fell short each time, his legacy–a subject of great debate after his death–remains monumental. This nuanced and brilliantly crafted portrait restores Bryan to an esteemed place in American history.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385720564
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: THE WASHINGTON POST, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, LOS ANGELES TIMES, ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH. Politician, evangelist, and reformer William Jennings Bryan was the most popular public speaker of his time. In this acclaimed biography—the first major reconsideration of Bryan’s life in forty years–award-winning historian Michael Kazin illuminates his astonishing career and the richly diverse and volatile landscape of religion and politics in which he rose to fame. Kazin vividly re-creates Bryan’s tremendous appeal, showing how he won a passionate following among both rural and urban Americans, who saw in him not only the practical vision of a reform politician but also the righteousness of a pastor. Bryan did more than anyone to transform the Democratic Party from a bulwark of laissez-faire to the citadel of liberalism we identify with Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1896, 1900, and 1908, Bryan was nominated for president, and though he fell short each time, his legacy–a subject of great debate after his death–remains monumental. This nuanced and brilliantly crafted portrait restores Bryan to an esteemed place in American history.
Milestone Documents in American History- Vol.1
Author: Paul Finkelman
Publisher: Salem Press
ISBN: 9780979775819
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
A new series combining full-text primary source documents with expert analysis and commentary.
Publisher: Salem Press
ISBN: 9780979775819
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
A new series combining full-text primary source documents with expert analysis and commentary.
Historical Perspectives (a Reader & Study Guide, Volume 1, Third Edition)
Author: Louise A. Mayo
Publisher: Ingram
ISBN: 9781890919160
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Publisher: Ingram
ISBN: 9781890919160
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
The Presidents and the Constitution, Volume One
Author: Ken Gormley
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479823236
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
Shines a light on the constitutional issues that confronted and shaped each presidency from George Washington to the Progressive Era Drawing from the monumental The Presidents and the Constitution: A Living History, published in 2016, the nation’s foremost experts in the American presidency and the US Constitution join together to tell the intertwined stories of how the first twenty-seven distinctive American presidents have confronted and shaped the Constitution and thus defined the most powerful office in human history. From George Washington to William Howard Taft, The Presidents and the Constitution, Volume 1 illuminates the evolving American presidency in a unique way—through the lens of the Constitution itself. Arranged chronologically by president, the book examines the constitutional issues confronting each president in the context of the personalities driving historical events.The contributors illustrate the extensive powers of the American presidency in domestic and foreign affairs, showing how they have been used by the men who were granted them, and brings to light the overarching constitutional themes that span this country’s history and tie each presidency to the other branches of government.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479823236
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
Shines a light on the constitutional issues that confronted and shaped each presidency from George Washington to the Progressive Era Drawing from the monumental The Presidents and the Constitution: A Living History, published in 2016, the nation’s foremost experts in the American presidency and the US Constitution join together to tell the intertwined stories of how the first twenty-seven distinctive American presidents have confronted and shaped the Constitution and thus defined the most powerful office in human history. From George Washington to William Howard Taft, The Presidents and the Constitution, Volume 1 illuminates the evolving American presidency in a unique way—through the lens of the Constitution itself. Arranged chronologically by president, the book examines the constitutional issues confronting each president in the context of the personalities driving historical events.The contributors illustrate the extensive powers of the American presidency in domestic and foreign affairs, showing how they have been used by the men who were granted them, and brings to light the overarching constitutional themes that span this country’s history and tie each presidency to the other branches of government.
The Literary Digest
Author: Edward Jewitt Wheeler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Milestone Documents in American History-Vol. 3
Author: Paul Finkelman
Publisher: Salem Press
ISBN: 9780979775833
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
A new series combining full-text primary source documents with expert analysis and commentary.
Publisher: Salem Press
ISBN: 9780979775833
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
A new series combining full-text primary source documents with expert analysis and commentary.
Literary Digest
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 1282
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 1282
Book Description
Literary Digest: a Repository of Contemporaneous Thought and Research as Presented in the Periodical Literature of the World
Author: Edward Jewitt Wheeler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1296
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1296
Book Description