1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454664703321

Autore

Burlingame Michael

Titolo

Lincoln's Journalist [[electronic resource] ] : John Hay's Anonymous Writings for the Press, 1860 - 1864

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-585-11288-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (426 p.)

Disciplina

973.7/092

973.7092

Soggetti

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Frontispiece; Book Ttile; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. 1860; 2. 1861; 3. 1862; 4. 1863-1864; Notes; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Michael Burlingame presents anonymous and pseudonymous newspaper articles written by Lincoln's assistant personal secretary, John Hay, between 1860 and 1864. In the White House, Hay became the ultimate insider, the man who had the president's ear. ""Only an extremely small number of persons ever saw Abraham Lincoln both day and night in public as well as private settings from 1860 to 1864,"" notes Wayne C. Temple, chief deputy director, Illinois State Archives. ""And only one of them had the literary flair of John Milton Hay."" Burlingame takes great pains to establish auth



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910967580303321

Titolo

Accommodating Poverty : The Housing and Living Arrangements of the English Poor, c. 1600-1850 / / edited by J. McEwan, P. Sharpe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011

ISBN

9786612999758

9781282999756

1282999753

9780230304703

0230304702

Edizione

[1st ed. 2011.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (309 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

McEwanJoanne

SharpePamela

Disciplina

362.5094209033

Soggetti

Social history

Civilization - History

Great Britain - History

Economic history

Europe - History - 1492-

History, Modern

Social History

Cultural History

History of Britain and Ireland

Economic History

History of Early Modern Europe

Modern History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The value of accommodation -- pt. 2. Mobility and household composition -- pt. 3. Parochial relief and charity.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a detailed examination of the living arrangements and material circumstances of the poor betweeen 1650 and 1850. Chapters



investigate poor households in urban, rural and metropolitan contexts, and contribute to wider investigations into British economic and social conditions in the long Eighteenth century.