Author: Jacob Newton BeamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The American Whig Society of Princeton University
Author: Jacob Newton BeamThe Halls
Author: Wallace J. WilliamsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party
Author: Michael F. HoltPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199830894
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1298
Book Description
Here, Michael F. Holt gives us the only comprehensive history of the Whigs ever written. He offers a panoramic account of the tumultuous antebellum period, a time when a flurry of parties and larger-than-life politicians--Andrew Jackson, John C. Calhoun, Martin Van Buren, and Henry Clay--struggled for control as the U.S. inched towards secession. It was an era when Americans were passionately involved in politics, when local concerns drove national policy, and when momentous political events--like the Annexation of Texas and the Kansas-Nebraska Act--rocked the country. Amid this contentious political activity, the Whig Party continuously strove to unite North and South, emerging as the nation's last great hope to prevent secession.
Taking the Town
Author: Kolan Thomas MorelockPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813138833
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The relationship between a town and its local institutions of higher education is often fraught with turmoil. The complicated tensions between the identity of a city and the character of a university can challenge both communities. Lexington, Kentucky, displays these characteristic conflicts, with two historic educational institutions within its city limits: Transylvania University, the first college west of the Allegheny Mountains, and the University of Kentucky, formerly "State College." An investigative cultural history of the town that called itself "The Athens of the West," Taking the Town: Collegiate and Community Culture in Lexington, Kentucky, 1880--1917 depicts the origins and development of this relationship at the turn of the twentieth century. Lexington's location in the upper South makes it a rich region for examination. Despite a history of turmoil and violence, Lexington's universities serve as catalysts for change. Until the publication of this book, Lexington was still characterized by academic interpretations that largely consider Southern intellectual life an oxymoron. Kolan Thomas Morelock illuminates how intellectual life flourished in Lexington from the period following Reconstruction to the nation's entry into the First World War. Drawing from local newspapers and other primary sources from around the region, Morelock offers a comprehensive look at early town-gown dynamics in a city of contradictions. He illuminates Lexington's identity by investigating the lives of some influential personalities from the era, including Margaret Preston and Joseph Tanner. Focusing on literary societies and dramatic clubs, the author inspects the impact of social and educational university organizations on the town's popular culture from the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era. Morelock's work is an enlightening analysis of the intersection between student and citizen intellectual life in the Bluegrass city during an era of profound change and progress. Taking the Town explores an overlooked aspect of Lexington's history during a time in which the city was establishing its cultural and intellectual identity.
The Cliosophic Society, Princeton University
Author: Charles Richard WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Addresses and Proceedings at the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Founding of the American Whig Society
Author: American Whig SocietyPublisher:
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Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Princeton for the Nation's Service
Author: Woodrow WilsonSpecial collections
Author: Princeton University. LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
An Address Delivered Before The American Whig And Cliosophic Societies Of The College Of New Jersey, September 26, 1837
Author: Samuel L (Samuel Lewis) 1 SouthardPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781022612761
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This historic address offers a glimpse into the intellectual and political culture of early 19th-century America. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of Princeton University and the development of American higher education. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Charles Hodge
Author: Paul C. GutjahrPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199838232
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Charles Hodge (1797-1878) was one of nineteenth-century America's leading theologians, owing in part to a lengthy teaching career, voluminous writings, and a faculty post at one of the nation's most influential schools, Princeton Theological Seminary. Surprisingly, the only biography of this towering figure was written by his son, just two years after his death. Paul C. Gutjahr's book is the first modern critical biography of a man some have called the "Pope of Presbyterianism." Hodge's legacy is especially important to American Presbyterians. His brand of theological conservatism became vital in the 1920s, as Princeton Seminary saw itself, and its denomination, split. The conservative wing held unswervingly to the Old School tradition championed by Hodge, and ultimately founded the breakaway Orthodox Presbyterian Church. The views that Hodge developed, refined, and propagated helped shape many of the central traditions of twentieth- and twenty-first-century American evangelicalism. Hodge helped establish a profound reliance on the Bible among Evangelicals, and he became one of the nation's most vocal proponents of biblical inerrancy. Gutjahr's study reveals the exceptional depth, breadth, and longevity of Hodge's theological influence and illuminates the varied and complex nature of conservative American Protestantism.