Author: Anne Newport RoyallPublisher:
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Category : Middle Atlantic States
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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Mrs. Royall's Pennsylvania, Or, Travels Continued in the United States
Author: Anne Newport RoyallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Middle Atlantic States
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Mrs. Royall's Pennsylvania
Author: Anne Newport RoyallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Middle Atlantic States
Languages : en
Pages : 586
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A Dictionary of Books Relating to America
Author: Joseph SabinPublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Bibliotheca Americana
Author: Joseph SabinPublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 596
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The Trials of a Scold
Author: Jeff BiggersPublisher: Thomas Dunne Books
ISBN: 1250065127
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
A portrait of one of America's first female muckrakers, who was convicted in a bizarre 1829 trial as a "common scold," describes the tenacity that earned her the first presidential interview ever granted to a woman.
Catalogue of the Pennsylvania State Library
Author: Pennsylvania State LibraryPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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The Bibliographer's Manual of American History: R-Z. nos. 4528-6056. 1909
Author: Stanislaus Vincent HenkelsPublisher:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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A Notorious Woman
Author: Elizabeth J. ClappPublisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813938376
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
During her long career as a public figure in Jacksonian America, Anne Royall was called everything from an "enemy of religion" to a "Jackson man" to a "common scold." In her search for the source of such strong reactions, Elizabeth Clapp has uncovered the story of a widely read woman of letters who asserted her right to a political voice without regard to her gender. Widowed and in need of a livelihood following a disastrous lawsuit over her husband’s will, Royall decided to earn her living through writing--first as a travel writer, journeying through America to research and sell her books, and later as a journalist and editor. Her language and forcefully expressed opinions provoked people at least as much as did her inflammatory behavior and aggressive marketing tactics. An ardent defender of American liberties, she attacked the agents of evangelical revivals, the Bank of the United States, and corruption in government. Her positions were frequently extreme, directly challenging the would-be shapers of the early republic’s religious and political culture. She made many enemies, but because she also attracted many supporters, she was not easily silenced. The definitive account of a passionate voice when America was inventing itself, A Notorious Woman re-creates a fascinating stage on which women’s roles, evangelical hegemony, and political involvement were all contested.
A Most Magnificent Machine
Author: Craig MinerPublisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700617558
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Just as the railroad transformed America's economic landscape, it profoundly transfigured its citizens as well. But while there have been many histories of railroads, few have examined the subject as a social and cultural phenomenon. Informed especially by rich research in the nation's newspaper archives, Craig Miner now traces the growth of railroads from their origins in the 1820s to the onset of the Civil War. In this first social history of the early railroads, Miner reveals how ordinary Americans experienced this innovation at the grass roots, from boosters' dreams of get-rich schemes to naysayers' fears of soulless corporations. Drawing on an amazing 400,000 articles from 185 newspapers-plus more than 3,000 books and pamphlets from the era-he documents the initial burst of enthusiasm accompanying early railroading as it took shape in various settings across the country. Miner examines the cultural, economic, and political aspects of this broad and complicated topic while remaining rooted in the local interests of communities. He takes readers back to the days of the Mauch Chunk Railway, a tourist sensation of the mid-1820s, navigates the mixed reactions to trains as Baltimore's city fathers envisioned tracks to the Ohio River, shows how Pennsylvanians wrestled with the efficacy of railroads versus canals, and describes the intense rivalry of cities competing for trade as old transportation patterns were replaced by the new rail technology. Miner samples individual railroads to compare progress across the industry, showing how it became a quintessentially American business-and how the Panic of 1837 significantly slowed the railways as a major engine of growth for many years. He also explores the impact of railroads on different regions, even disproving the backwardness of the South by citing the Central of Georgia as one of the best-managed and most profitable lines in the country. Through this panoramic work, readers will discover just how the benefits of what became the country's first big business triumphed over cultural concerns, though not without considerable controversy along the way. By identifying citizens' hopes and fears sparked by the railroads, A Most Magnificent Machine takes readers down the tracks of progress as it opens a new window on antebellum America.
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