lincolns speeches reconsidered

Lincoln's Speeches Reconsidered

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Briggs, John Channing, PUBLISHER: Johns Hopkins University Press, Throughout the fractious years of the mid-nineteenth century, Abraham Lincoln's speeches imparted reason and guidance to a troubled nation. Lincoln's words were never universally praised. But they resonated with fellow legislators and the public, especially when he spoke on such volatile subjects as mob rule, temperance, the Mexican War, slavery and its expansion, and the justice of a war for freedom and union. In this close examination, John Channing Briggs reveals how the process of studying, writing, and delivering speeches helped Lincoln develop the ideas with which he would so profoundly change history. Briggs follows Lincoln's thought process through a careful chronological reading of his oratory, ranging from Lincoln's speech to the Springfield Lyceum to his second inaugural address. Recalling David Herbert Donald's celebrated revisionist essays (Lincoln Reconsidered, ), Briggs's study provides students of Lincoln with new insight into his words, intentions, and image.

Great Speeches of the Twentieth Century

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Blaisdell, Bob, PUBLISHER: Dover Publications, A great speech can stir the soul and inspire a nation. This compact and affordable anthology gathers complete speeches and selected excerpts from memorable addresses by Martin Luther King, Mohandas Gandhi, Winston Churchill, Barbara Jordan, Nelson Mandela, Malcolm X, Ronald Reagan, Colin Powell, the Dalai Lama, Tony Blair, and many others.

The Service of the State The IAS Reconsidered

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bhaskar Ghose, PUBLISHER: Viking, NA

Virginia Reconsidered: New Histories of the Old Dominion

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kevin R Hardwick Warren R Hofstra, PUBLISHER: University of Virginia Press, NA

Political Speeches in Scotland

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: William Ewart Gladstone, PUBLISHER: General Books LLC, NA

Orations, Addresses and Speeches of Chauncey M Depew

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mitchell Chauncey, PUBLISHER: BiblioLife LLC, NA

The Wisdom of Burke Extracts from His Speeches and Writings

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Edmund Burke Edward Alloway Pankhurst, PUBLISHER: Kessinger Publishing LLC, NA

The Writings and Speeches of Samuel J. Tilden, Vol. 2

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Samuel Jones Tilden, PUBLISHER: General Books LLC, NA

Afr Am Voices 2v

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Straub, Debroah / Straub, Deborah Gillan, PUBLISHER: UXL, With "African American Voices," your students will discover 35 full or excerpted speeches and other notable spoken works of African Americans. Covered are famous oral presentations such as Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" and Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" speeches, as well as lesser-known and harder-to-find orations, such as Fannie Lou Hamer's chilling testimony to the Democratic National Convention about her efforts to register to vote in Mississippi in . Each entry is accompanied by an introduction and boxes explaining terms and events to which the speech refers. The 2-vol. set also contains 90 black-and-white illustrations, a timeline and a subject index.

Our America!: Land of the Free

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ideals Publications Inc, PUBLISHER: Ideals Publications, Celebrate our country's rich heritage and the freedoms enjoyed by its citizens. Includes the most beloved patriotic poems, documents, speeches, and over 40 full-color photographs and paintings.

The Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass: Supplementary

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Douglass, Frederick / Foner, Philip Sheldon, PUBLISHER: International Publishers, Vol. 5 (Supplement) Edited by Philip S. Foner. Writings and speeches discovered since the publication of the original 4 volumes;

African American Almanac 9

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gale Group, PUBLISHER: Gale Cengage, Completely updated, this new 8th edition provides a range of historical and current information on African American history, society and culture. Users will also find chronologies, texts of important documents and speeches, biographical profiles, legislation, essays, statistics and more than 800 illustrations to help them with their research.

Structural Adjustment Reconsidered: Economic Policy and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sahn, David E. / Younger, Stephen D. / Dorosh, Paul A., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The often emotional debate over the impact of structural adjustment on the poor in Africa has been confused by the complexity of economic reforms and their inconsistent implementation, the diversity of prior conditions, and confounding effects of external shocks. Professors Sahn, Dorosh, and Younger isolate from other factors the effect of specific policy measures associated with adjustment programs. The authors suggest that contrary to common belief, adjustment policies do not harm the poor in Africa. Reforms in fact usually benefit the poor slightly, but alone are insufficient to reduce poverty significantly.

The Fear of Conspiracy: Images of Un-American Subversion

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Davis, David Brion, PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press, First published by Cornell in , The Fear of Conspiracy brings together eighty-five speeches, documents, and writings-the authors of which range from George Washington to Stokely Carmichael-that illustrate the role played in American history by the fear of conspiracy and subversion. This book, documenting two centuries of conspiracy-mongering (), highlights the American tendency to search for subversive enemies and to construct terrifying dangers from fragmentary and highly circumstantial evidence.

The Dynamic Architecture of a Developing Organism: An

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Beloussov, L. V., PUBLISHER: Springer, This book is the first comprehensive attempt to consider the development of organisms as a multi-level feedback-linked self-organizing process. Accordingly, the data related to morphogenetic cell activities and to the development of entire organisms are reconsidered and reformulated in terms of theories of symmetry and self-organization, which is described in non-specialist terms. An important role for biomechanical feedback is emphasized. Two opposing approaches to development are outlined, a genocentric' one and a morphocentric' one, and the possibility of their combination is discussed. Unlike other books recently published in biotheoretical and biomathematical fields, this book is centered around developmental problems. Audience: Students and researchers in biology, biomechanics and mathematical modelling.

With Pen and Voice: A Critical Anthology of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Logan, Shirley Wilson, PUBLISHER: Southern Illinois University Press, "O woman, woman upon you I call; for upon your exertions almost entirely depends whether the rising generation shall be any thing more than we have been or not. O woman, woman your example is powerful, your influence great."--Maria W. Stewart, "An Address Delivered Before the Afric-American Female Intelligence Society of Boston" () Here--in the only collection of speeches by nineteenth-century African-American women--is the battle of words these brave women waged to address the social ills of their century. While there have been some scattered references to the unique roles these early "race women" played in effecting social change, until now few scholars have considered the rhetorical strategies they adopted to develop their powerful arguments. In this chronological anthology, Shirley Wilson Logan highlights the public addresses of these women, beginning with Maria W. Stewart's speech at Franklin Hall in , believed to be the first delivered to an audience of men and women by an American-born woman. In her speech, she focused on the plight of the Northern free black. Sojourner Truth spoke in at the Akron, Ohio, Women's Rights Convention not only for the rights of black women but also for the rights of all oppressed nineteenth-century women. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper struggled with the conflict between universal suffrage and suffrage for black men. Anna Julia Cooper chastised her unique audience of black Episcopalian clergy for their failure to continue the tradition of the elevation of womanhood initiated by Christianity and especially for their failure to support the struggling Southern black woman. Ida B. Wells's rhetoric targeted mob violence directed at Southern black men. Her speech was delivered less than a year after her inaugural lecture on this issue--following a personal encounter with mob violence in Memphis. Fannie Barrier Williams and Victoria Earle Matthews advocated social and educational reforms to improve the plight of Southern black women. These speeches--all delivered between and --are stirring proof that, despite obstacles of race and gender, these women still had the courage to mount the platform in defense of the oppressed. Introductory essays focus on each speaker's life and rhetoric, considering the ways in which these women selected evidence and adapted language to particular occasions, purposes, and audiences in order to persuade. This analysis of the rhetorical contexts and major rhetorical tactics in the speeches aids understanding of both the speeches and the skill of the speakers. A rhetorical timeline serves as a point of reference. Historically grounded, this book provides a black feminist perspective on significant events of the nineteenth century and reveals how black women of that era influenced and were influenced by the social problems they addressed. "A government which can protect and defend its citizens from wrong and outrage and doe

Military Leadership: In Pursuit of Excellence

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rosenbach, William E. / Taylor, Robert L. / Rosenbach, Eric B., PUBLISHER: Westview Press, The sixth edition of this classic text continues its popular interdisciplinary approach to the topic of leadership by examining fundamental elements of military leadership: the "process" of leadership, the dynamic personal interactions between leader and followers, and the individual and organizational values that foster effective military leadership. "Military Leadership" provides a thoroughly reconsidered and greatly expanded mix of classic and contemporary articles as well as original essays, with authors representing all of the services. Incisive introductory essays to each section highlight themes and connections. Eric B. Rosenbach joins the editorial team for this edition, helping infuse the text with fresh perspectives. The essays of the sixth edition confront the kudos and criticisms that surround military leadership today, offer international viewpoints, and relate military leadership to contemporary leadership theory and approaches.

Mark & Livy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Willis, Resa, PUBLISHER: TV Books, Olivia Langdon Clemens was not only Samuel Clemens's wife and the mother of his children; she was Mark Twain's editor. She read and critiqued all his written work, and attended and commented on all his lectures and speeches. He relied on her judgment on his writing, and readily admitted that she not only edited his work but also "edited" his public persona. Until now, little has been known about the woman behind one of America's best-known writers. Mark and Livy brings us the full story of this remarkable courtship, marriage, and partnership that lasted forty years.

Spirit of the North: The Quotable Sigurd F. Olson

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Olson, Sigurd F. / Backes, David, PUBLISHER: University of Minnesota Press, Sigurd F. Olson was the most beloved wilderness advocate of his generation. His renowned writings, including the nature classics The Singing Wilderness and Listening Point, evoke the singular beauty and richness of the northern woods and lakes and reveal a philosophy of preservation that is as eloquent and relevant today as when he first wrote. The wilderness was the spring of happiness in Olson's life, and he devoted himself to the pursuit of sharing this magic with others and ensuring its future existence. Revealing Olson's understanding and love of wilderness, Spirit of the North gathers together for the first time the most quotable and memorable of his well-loved passages gleaned not only from published works, but also from personal letters, journal entries, and speeches. Reflective, anecdotal, and universally poignant, this book is a chronology of thoughts and experiences that ebb and flow in their assuredness and reveal the whole man, a wilderness icon mired in doubt while he doggedly refused to abandon his dreams. David Backes, preeminent Olson biographer and scholar, contributes an introduction to each chapter, illuminating the historical context and personal significance of Olson's words. Frequently, during a quiet moment of contemplation on a canoe trip, Olson would read brief passages of poetry and prose scrawled on small scraps of paper for inspiration and peace of mind. Similarly, Spirit of the North is the ideal wilderness companion, passionate, authentic, and deeply reverent of the natural world. Sigurd F. Olson () introduced generations of Americans to the importance of wilderness through his work as a conservation activist and popular writer. He served aspresident of the Wilderness Society and the National Parks Association and as a consultant to the federal government on wilderness preservation and ecological problems. He earned many honors, including the highest possible from the Sierra Club, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Izaak Walton League. David Backes is the author of A Wilderness Within: The Life of Sigurd F. Olson (Minnesota, ), winner of the Small Press Book Award for biography, and editor of The Meaning of Wilderness: Essential Articles and Speeches by Sigurd F. Olson (Minnesota, ). Backes is also the author of Canoe Country: An Embattled Wilderness () and The Wilderness Companion ().

Beowulf

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hinds, Gareth, PUBLISHER: Candlewick Press (MA), This exhilarating graphic-novel edition of an ancient classic honors the spirit of the original as it attracts modern readers. The epic tale of the great warrior Beowulf has thrilled readers through the ages -- and now it is reinvented for a new generation with Gareth Hinds's masterful illustrations. Grendel's black blood runs thick as Beowulf defeats the monster and his hideous mother, while somber hues overcast the hero's final, fatal battle against a raging dragon. Speeches filled with courage and sadness, lightning-paced contests of muscle and will, and funeral boats burning on the fjords are all rendered in glorious and gruesome detail. Told for more than a thousand years, Beowulf's heroic saga finds a true home in this graphic-novel edition.

Parallel and Distributed Processing and Applications: Third

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pan, Y. / Pan, Yi / Chen, Daoxu, PUBLISHER: Springer, This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing and Applications, ISPA , held in Nanjing, China in November . The 90 revised full papers and 19 revised short papers presented together with 3 keynote speeches and 2 tutorials were carefully reviewed and selected from 645 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on cluster systems and applications, performance evaluation and measurements, distributed algorithms and systems, fault tolerance and reliability, high-performance computing and architecture, parallel algorithms and systems, network routing and communication algorithms, security algorithms and systems, grid applications and systems, database applications and data mining, distributed processing and architecture, sensor networks and protocols, peer-to-peer algorithms and systems, internet computing and Web technologies, network protocols and switching, and ad hoc and wireless networks.

I Call Myself an Artist: Writings by and about Charles

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Byrd, Rudolph P., PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press, Charles Johnson is one of the most talented artists currently working in America. All of his novels have been widely praised and read. Middle Passage won the National Book Award and established Johnson in the tradition of Ralph Ellison, one of his idols. In he was the recipient of one of the prestigious MacArthur "Genius" awards. Though best known for his fiction, Johnson is also an accomplished essayist, reviewer, scriptwriter, and cartoonist. This collection gathers together a rich sampling of his work, including stories, speeches, cartoons, and interviews. A final section contains scholarly commentary by leading academic writers. I Call Myself an Artist provides a fascinating overview of the life work of one of America's most important creative minds.

Narrators and Focalizers: The Presentation of the Story in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: de Jong, Irene, PUBLISHER: Bristol Classical Press, Acclaimed as one of the pioneering texts to introduce narratology (the theory that deals with the general principles underlying narrative texts) to classical scholarship, Irene de Jong's Narrators and Focalizers explains key concepts such as 'narrator', 'focalization' and 'prolepsis', highlighting their relevance by using them for the analysis and interpretation of Homer's Iliad. What is the role of the narrator, and how do the parts of the story told by the narrator relate to the many speeches for which Homer is famous?This, the most important work on Homer's technique as narrator, was first published in . It is here reissued with a substantial new Introduction by the author, offering an overview of the trends in Homeric narratological scholarship over the last decade.

Democratisation in the European Neighbourhood

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Emerson, Michael, PUBLISHER: Centre for European Policy Studies, Until recently there was pervasive pessimism over whether the countries of the former Soviet Union or the Arab/Muslim states in the Mediterranean and Middle East would engage in genuine democratic reform. This landscape has begun to change, however, as some of the European CIS states resolved to clean up their phony democracies, and the Arab/Muslim world witnessed either advances in the formal institutions of democracy or signs of popular uprisings against authoritarian regimes. The contributors to this volume approach democratization of the European neighborhood from two sides, first exploring developments in the states themselves and then examining what the European Union has been doing to promote the process. While democracy always receives top billing in formal EU speeches, in practice it has had to find a more modest place in a complex set of often competing and sometimes contradictory interests.

On the Extent and Aims of a National Museum of Natural

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Owen, Richard, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, A significant limitation on the development of zoology, botany and palaeontology in the mid-nineteenth century was the absence of a centralised collection of specimens. Appointed superintendent of the British Museum's natural history departments in , the distinguished biologist Richard Owen () quickly realised the need to make various scattered samples more readily available for study, and began campaigning for a new, national museum with unprecedented space and resources. This book is the text of one of his speeches to the Royal Institution, given in and first published in . He argues against the usual practice of exhibiting only one type form for each genus, provides possible floor plans, and presents case studies across the zoological field which show the limitations of the then current system. He also stresses a new idea, that such a museum should aim not only to help scientists, but to educate the general public.

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