Civil War Congress and the creation of modern America : a revolution on the home front / / edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ohio : , : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vi, 226 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 973.7/1 |
Collana | Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877 |
Soggetto topico |
Federal government - United States - History - 19th century
Civilians in war - United States - History - 19th century Social change - United States - History - 19th century |
ISBN | 0-8214-4645-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: The Congress, the Civil War, and the making of modern America / Paul Finkelman -- Conscription and the consolidation of federal power during the Civil War / Jennifer L. Weber -- To slip the surly bonds of states' rights and form a more perfect (financial) union : one legacy of the Thirty-Seventh Congress / Jenny Bourne -- Abraham Lincoln and "government girls" in wartime Washington / Daniel W. Stowell -- The Morrill Land-Grant College Act of 1862 : seedbed of the American system of public universities / Peter Wallenstein -- Military conflict on the Minnesota homefront : Lincoln's humanitarian concerns, political pressures, the Dakota pardons, and the future of U.S. military law / Paul Finkelman -- Behind the scenes: Abraham Lincoln's life in the White House / Jean H. Baker -- A national icon comes of age / Guy Gugliotta. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910504303503321 |
Athens, Ohio : , : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, , 2018 | ||
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Fortune, fame, and desire : promoting the self in the long nineteenth century / / Sharon Hartman Strom |
Autore | Strom Sharon Hartman |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 pages) |
Disciplina | 305.5/5097309034 |
Soggetto topico |
Middle class - United States - History - 19th century
Middle class - United States Self - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century Self - Economic aspects - United States - History - 19th century Ambition - United States - History - 19th century Ambition - Economic aspects - United States - History - 19th century Fame - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century Fame - Economic aspects - United States - History - 19th century Social change - United States - History - 19th century |
ISBN | 1-4422-7266-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Fortune, fame and desire -- "I have an ambition that burns like fire" : Ephraim George Squier, race, and the North American travelogue -- "The right of defining one's position seems to be a very sacred privilege in America" : Lola Montez, Miriam Follin, E.G. Squier, and Dewitt Clinton Hitchcock -- "Yours in the name of freedom" : Frances Watkins Harper, Harriet Wilson, and the legacy of William Watkins -- "One's own branch of the human race" : Frances Watkins Harper, Anna Dickinson, and Frederick Douglass -- "Self reliance," "universal redemption," and "the obsessed woman" : Warren Chase, Juliet Stillman Severence, and Joseph Osgood Barrett -- The woman question, race, and "liberty in thought and expression" : Harriet Wilson, Paschal Beverly Randolph, and Laura Briggs James -- Coda: The present age. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798894703321 |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016 | ||
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Fortune, fame, and desire : promoting the self in the long nineteenth century / / Sharon Hartman Strom |
Autore | Strom Sharon Hartman |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 pages) |
Disciplina | 305.5/5097309034 |
Soggetto topico |
Middle class - United States - History - 19th century
Middle class - United States Self - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century Self - Economic aspects - United States - History - 19th century Ambition - United States - History - 19th century Ambition - Economic aspects - United States - History - 19th century Fame - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century Fame - Economic aspects - United States - History - 19th century Social change - United States - History - 19th century |
ISBN | 1-4422-7266-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Fortune, fame and desire -- "I have an ambition that burns like fire" : Ephraim George Squier, race, and the North American travelogue -- "The right of defining one's position seems to be a very sacred privilege in America" : Lola Montez, Miriam Follin, E.G. Squier, and Dewitt Clinton Hitchcock -- "Yours in the name of freedom" : Frances Watkins Harper, Harriet Wilson, and the legacy of William Watkins -- "One's own branch of the human race" : Frances Watkins Harper, Anna Dickinson, and Frederick Douglass -- "Self reliance," "universal redemption," and "the obsessed woman" : Warren Chase, Juliet Stillman Severence, and Joseph Osgood Barrett -- The woman question, race, and "liberty in thought and expression" : Harriet Wilson, Paschal Beverly Randolph, and Laura Briggs James -- Coda: The present age. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809164403321 |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016 | ||
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Organizing America [[electronic resource] ] : wealth, power, and the origins of corporate capitalism / / Charles Perrow |
Autore | Perrow Charles |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina | 302.35 |
Soggetto topico |
Organizational behavior - United States - History - 19th century
Big business - United States - History - 19th century Social change - United States - History - 19th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
9786612129391
1-4008-2508-3 1-282-12939-2 1-4008-1453-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Preparing the Ground -- Chapter 3. Toward Hierarchy: The Mills of Manayunk -- Chapter 4. Toward Hierarchy and Networks -- Chapter 5. Railroads, the Second Big Business -- Chapter 6. The Organizational Imprinting -- Chapter 7. Summary and Conclusions -- Appendix. Alternative Theories Where Organizations Are the Dependent Variable -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454793303321 |
Perrow Charles
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Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, c2002 | ||
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Organizing America [[electronic resource] ] : wealth, power, and the origins of corporate capitalism / / Charles Perrow |
Autore | Perrow Charles |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina | 302.35 |
Soggetto topico |
Organizational behavior - United States - History - 19th century
Big business - United States - History - 19th century Social change - United States - History - 19th century |
ISBN |
9786612129391
1-4008-2508-3 1-282-12939-2 1-4008-1453-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Preparing the Ground -- Chapter 3. Toward Hierarchy: The Mills of Manayunk -- Chapter 4. Toward Hierarchy and Networks -- Chapter 5. Railroads, the Second Big Business -- Chapter 6. The Organizational Imprinting -- Chapter 7. Summary and Conclusions -- Appendix. Alternative Theories Where Organizations Are the Dependent Variable -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779902703321 |
Perrow Charles
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Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, c2002 | ||
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What hath God wrought [[electronic resource] ] : the transformation of America, 1815-1848 / / Daniel Walker Howe |
Autore | Howe Daniel Walker |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (925 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.5 |
Collana | The Oxford history of the United States |
Soggetto topico | Social change - United States - History - 19th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-27069-9
9786612270697 0-19-972657-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prologue: The defeat of the past -- The continental setting -- From the jaws of defeat -- An era of good and bad feelings -- The world that cotton made -- Awakenings of religion -- Overthrowing the tyranny of distance -- The improvers -- Pursuing the millennium -- Andrew Jackson and his age -- Battles over sovereignty -- Jacksonian democracy and the rule of law -- Reason and revelation -- Jackson's third term -- The new economy -- The Whigs and their age -- American renaissance -- Texas, Tyler, and the telegraph -- Westward the star of empire -- The war against Mexico -- The revolutions of 1848 -- Finale: A vision of the future. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455203503321 |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 | ||
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What hath God wrought [[electronic resource] ] : the transformation of America, 1815-1848 / / Daniel Walker Howe |
Autore | Howe Daniel Walker |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (925 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.5 |
Collana | The Oxford history of the United States |
Soggetto topico | Social change - United States - History - 19th century |
ISBN |
0-19-771786-1
0-19-974379-7 1-282-27069-9 9786612270697 0-19-972657-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prologue: The defeat of the past -- The continental setting -- From the jaws of defeat -- An era of good and bad feelings -- The world that cotton made -- Awakenings of religion -- Overthrowing the tyranny of distance -- The improvers -- Pursuing the millennium -- Andrew Jackson and his age -- Battles over sovereignty -- Jacksonian democracy and the rule of law -- Reason and revelation -- Jackson's third term -- The new economy -- The Whigs and their age -- American renaissance -- Texas, Tyler, and the telegraph -- Westward the star of empire -- The war against Mexico -- The revolutions of 1848 -- Finale: A vision of the future. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778005003321 |
Howe Daniel Walker
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 | ||
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