As the most learned and eminent public lawyer in Germany, a busy administrator, and a prolific writer, Moser (1701-85) lived and breathed the political order.
Startling, clear-eyed, undeniably cool' Observer'Bold, necessary, profound' New Statesman'Exhilarating' Financial TimesTwo friends meet in an art gallery after decades of silence.
Lifestyle Society offers a compelling exploration of how lifestyles have become the central organizing principle of contemporary social life, reshaping traditional understandings of class, identity, and social differentiation.
Few men in Americas intellectual history have sought as much as Irving Babbitt to be a crucible for the cultural values that America, expecially in its progressive epoch, had no inclination to receive.
In this biography, Ula Taylor explores the life and ideas of one of the most important, if largely unsung, Pan-African freedom fighters of the twentieth century: Amy Jacques Garvey (18951973).
Master's Thesis from the year 2004 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: Distinction, University of Newcastle upon Tyne (School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics), language: English, abstract: Gibson's fiction both embraces the potential of technology for undermining traditional categories and, at the same time, encodes a nostalgic longing for the stable identities produced by these very categories.
Major General Don Carlos Buell stood among the senior Northern commanders early in the Civil War, led the Army of the Ohio in the critical Kentucky theater in 186162, and helped shape the direction of the conflict during its first years.
In Sevilla, Spain, the General Archive of the Indies has, for 240 years, been a repository for centuries of materials and documents gathering a record of the daily life of empire.
Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Frankfurt (Main), course: Introduction to Literature, language: English, abstract: The present composition will describe and elucidate derivations and meanings of selected names in CLIFFORD ODETS' play GOLDEN BOY .
The varied career of Walter Hines Page affected many facets of the American political and social milieu from the end of Reconstruction through World War I.
William Tryons role in the affairs of British America during the last years of the empire, and his inability to stem the collapse of that empire, makes for a fascinating story.
One of the most controversial figures in nineteenth-century American history, Thaddeus Stevens is best remembered for his role as congressional leader of the radical Republicans and as a chief architect of Reconstruction.
North Carolinas Paul Green (18941981) was part of that remarkable generation of writers who first brought southern writing to the attention of the world.
Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,7, University of Potsdam (Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultat), course: Proseminar Politik und Gesellschaft in den USA, language: English, abstract: There is nothing so American as our national parks.
Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of Siegen, course: More Than a Renaissance: Romantic Writers in America, language: English, abstract: The Scarlet Letter is Nathaniel Hawthorne's first novel and was published in 1850.
Seminar paper from the year 2023 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,7, University of Bayreuth, language: English, abstract: This research paper explores the linguistic differences between routine and emergency situations in air traffic control (ATC) communication, focusing on politeness markers and speech rate.
Essay from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Siegen (FB 3: Literatur-, Sprach- und Medienwissenschaften), course: Nobel Prize Winners in English: Instantly Canonized?
Originally published by UNC Press in 1989, Fighting for the Confederacy is one of the richest personal accounts in all of the vast literature on the Civil War.
The journal of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, spanning the years from 1848 to 1889, is rare for its treatment of both the Civil War and postbellum years and for its candor and detail in treating these eras.
Wilhelm II (18591941), King of Prussia and German Emperor from 1888 to 1918, reigned during a period of unprecedented economic, cultural, and intellectual achievement in Germany.
Bland Simpson, the celebrated bard of North Carolina’s sound country, has blended history, observation of nature, and personal narrative in many books to chronicle the people and places of eastern Carolina.
Seminar paper from the year 2000 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,0, University of Leipzig (Anglistik), course: Sociolinguistics, language: English, abstract: Diese in englischer Sprache abgefasste Arbeit befasst sich auf der Grundlage einer vom Verfasser selbst vorgenommenen kleinen empirischen Erhebung mit den Einstellungen von Glasgowern der Mittelschicht gegenuber Glasgow speech als einer Variante des Englischen.
This volume of distinguished stories and poems brings together a number of writers who have either taught or studied at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro during the past thirty years.
This collection of diverse pieces excerpts from novels, essays, poems, historical records, and newspaper and magazine articles is a warm and interesting summing-up of North Carolina.
Orr traces Aycocks growth from farm boy to practicing lawyer and on to that final eminence in which his fame spread beyond the state in connection with his brilliant oratory, his interest in public education, and his devotion to the Democratic party.
In this life of Walter Clark, the author tells of an antebellum boyhood on a Carolina plantation and a long career of involvement in the bitterest sociopolitical battles the state of North Carolina has known, which won Clark a national reputation as a liberal noted for his straight thinking and his clear speaking.
The first biography of new Archbishop Sarah Mullally by highly-respected journalist Tim Wyatt and a list of high-profile contributors analysing the challenges facing the Church of England Essential reading for all who care about the future of the national church and the wider Anglican CommunionTim Wyatt and other leading writers, expertly outline how Sarah Mullally can be the Archbishop to meet 10 urgent challenges for the Church of England Afterword by Rowan Williams The book opens with an insightful biography and exclusive interview with Sarah Mullally by journalist Tim Wyatt, helping us to better understand her qualities as a person, as a pastor and as a leader.
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1 (A), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (Institute for Anglistics/ American Studies), course: PS English Sounds and Letters - Past and Present, language: English, abstract: Word accent is a largely discussed field in modern linguistics.
The autobiographies of former slaves contributed powerfully to the abolitionist movement in the United States, fanning national even international indignation against the evils of slavery.
