Author: Thomas Campbell FOSTER
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description
Letters on the condition of the people of Ireland ... Reprinted ... with additions and copious notes, from “The Times” newspaper
The Year That Shaped the Victorian Age
Author: Michael Wheeler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009268821
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
What was special about 1845 and why does it deserve particular scrutiny? In his much-anticipated new book, one of the leading authorities on the Victorian age argues that this was the critical year in a decade which witnessed revolution on continental Europe, the threat of mass insurrection at home and radical developments in railway transport, communications, religion, literature and the arts. The effects of the new poor law now became visible in the workhouses; a potato blight started in Ireland, heralding the Great Famine; and the Church of England was rocked to its foundations by John Henry Newman's conversion to Roman Catholicism. What Victorian England became was moulded, says Michael Wheeler, in the crucible of 1845. Exploring pivotal correspondence, together with pamphlets, articles and cartoons, the author tells the riveting story of a seismic epoch through the lives, loves and letters of leading contemporaneous figures.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009268821
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
What was special about 1845 and why does it deserve particular scrutiny? In his much-anticipated new book, one of the leading authorities on the Victorian age argues that this was the critical year in a decade which witnessed revolution on continental Europe, the threat of mass insurrection at home and radical developments in railway transport, communications, religion, literature and the arts. The effects of the new poor law now became visible in the workhouses; a potato blight started in Ireland, heralding the Great Famine; and the Church of England was rocked to its foundations by John Henry Newman's conversion to Roman Catholicism. What Victorian England became was moulded, says Michael Wheeler, in the crucible of 1845. Exploring pivotal correspondence, together with pamphlets, articles and cartoons, the author tells the riveting story of a seismic epoch through the lives, loves and letters of leading contemporaneous figures.
The Color of Family
Author: Michael O'Malley
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022683591X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
A uniquely blended personal family history and history of the changing definitions of race in America. A zealous eugenicist ran Virginia’s Bureau of Vital Statistics in the first half of the twentieth century, misusing his position to reclassify people he suspected of hiding their “true” race. But in addition to being blinded by his prejudices, he and his predecessors were operating more by instinct than by science. Their whole dubious enterprise was subject not just to changing concepts of race but outright error, propagated across generations. This is how Michael O’Malley, a descendant of a Philadelphia Irish American family, came to have “colored” ancestors in Virginia. In The Color of Family, O’Malley teases out the various changes made to citizens’ names and relationships over the years, and how they affected families as they navigated what it meant to be “white,” “colored,” “mixed race,” and more. In the process, he delves into the interplay of genealogy and history, exploring how the documents that establish identity came about, and how private companies like Ancestry.com increasingly supplant state and federal authorities—and not for the better. Combining the history of O’Malley’s own family with the broader history of racial classification, The Color of Family is an accessible and lively look at the ever-shifting and often poisoned racial dynamics of the United States.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022683591X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
A uniquely blended personal family history and history of the changing definitions of race in America. A zealous eugenicist ran Virginia’s Bureau of Vital Statistics in the first half of the twentieth century, misusing his position to reclassify people he suspected of hiding their “true” race. But in addition to being blinded by his prejudices, he and his predecessors were operating more by instinct than by science. Their whole dubious enterprise was subject not just to changing concepts of race but outright error, propagated across generations. This is how Michael O’Malley, a descendant of a Philadelphia Irish American family, came to have “colored” ancestors in Virginia. In The Color of Family, O’Malley teases out the various changes made to citizens’ names and relationships over the years, and how they affected families as they navigated what it meant to be “white,” “colored,” “mixed race,” and more. In the process, he delves into the interplay of genealogy and history, exploring how the documents that establish identity came about, and how private companies like Ancestry.com increasingly supplant state and federal authorities—and not for the better. Combining the history of O’Malley’s own family with the broader history of racial classification, The Color of Family is an accessible and lively look at the ever-shifting and often poisoned racial dynamics of the United States.
Catalogue of the Library of the Norfolk and Norwich Literary Institution, systematically arranged; with an alphabetical index
Author: Norfolk and Norwich Literary Institution (NORWICH)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota to the Governor for the Fiscal Year Ending ...
Author: University of Minnesota. Board of Regents
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Biennial Report
Author: University of Minnesota. Board of Regents
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The report for 1870/1871 includes "An alphabetical catalogue" of the library, and later reports include "List of books added" up to .
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The report for 1870/1871 includes "An alphabetical catalogue" of the library, and later reports include "List of books added" up to .
Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota to the Governor
Author: University of Minnesota
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Report of the Board of Regents
Author: University of Minnesota
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
A Library Manual
Author: D. Appleton and Company
Publisher:
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 954
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 954
Book Description
Appleton's Library Manual
Author: Daniel APPLETON (AND CO.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description