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Book Prominent Families of New York

Download or read book Prominent Families of New York written by Lyman Horace Weeks and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Public Ledger Almanacs for the years 1894 1903

Download or read book Public Ledger Almanacs for the years 1894 1903 written by and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 1166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Philadelphia

    Book Details:
  • Author : Russell Frank Weigley
  • Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
  • Release : 1982
  • ISBN : 9780393016109
  • Pages : 870 pages

Download or read book Philadelphia written by Russell Frank Weigley and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1982 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this, the definitive comprehensive history of Philadelphia, the reader will discover a rich and colorful portrait of one of America's most vital, interesting, and illustrious cities.

Book Ritual Imports

    Book Details:
  • Author : Claire Sponsler
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2018-07-05
  • ISBN : 1501729926
  • Pages : 246 pages

Download or read book Ritual Imports written by Claire Sponsler and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-05 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the Americas, performances deriving from medieval European rituals, ceremonies, and festivities made up a crucial part of the cultural cargo shipped from Europe to the overseas settlements. In 1583, Sir Humphrey Gilbert sailed from Plymouth, England, to Newfoundland, bringing with him "morris dancers, hobby horses, and Maylike Conceits" for the "allurement of the savages" and the "solace of our people." His voyage closely resembled that of twelve Franciscan friars who in 1524 had arrived in what is now Mexico armed with a repertoire of miracle plays, religious processions, and other performances. These two events, although far from unique, helped shape initial encounters between Europeans and indigenous peoples; they also marked the first stages of the process that would lead—by no means smoothly—to a distinctively American culture. Ritual Imports is a groundbreaking cultural history of European performance traditions in the New World, from the sixteenth century to the present. Claire Sponsler examines the role of survivals and adaptations of medieval drama in shaping American culture from colonization through nation building and on to today's multicultural society. The book's subjects include New Mexican matachines dances and Spanish conquest drama, Albany's Pinkster festival and Afro-Dutch religious celebrations, Philadelphia's mummers and the Anglo-Saxon revival, a Brooklyn Italian American saint's play, American and German passion plays, and academic reconstructions of medieval drama. Drawing on theories of cultural appropriation, Ritual Imports makes an important contribution to medieval and American studies as well as to cultural studies and the history of theater.

Book Auction Catalogue

Download or read book Auction Catalogue written by C.F. Libbie & Co and published by . This book was released on 1919-02-11 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Edwin Forrest

    Book Details:
  • Author : Arthur W. Bloom
  • Publisher : McFarland
  • Release : 2019-05-23
  • ISBN : 1476677549
  • Pages : 345 pages

Download or read book Edwin Forrest written by Arthur W. Bloom and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-05-23 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edwin Forrest was the foremost American actor of the nineteenth century. His advocacy of American, and specifically Jacksonian, themes made him popular in New York's Bowery Theatre. His rivalry with the English tragedian William Charles Macready led to the Astor Place Riot, and his divorce from Catharine Sinclair Forrest was one of the greatest social scandals of the period. This full-length biography examines Forrest's personal life while acknowledging the impossibility of separating it from his public image. Included is a historical chronology of every known performance the actor gave.

Book Auction Sale

    Book Details:
  • Author : C.F. Libbie & Co
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1919
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 162 pages

Download or read book Auction Sale written by C.F. Libbie & Co and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Beyond the Founders

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  • Author : Jeffrey L. Pasley
  • Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 0807828890
  • Pages : 451 pages

Download or read book Beyond the Founders written by Jeffrey L. Pasley and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In pursuit of a more sophisticated and inclusive American history, the contributors to Beyond the Founders propose new directions for the study of the political history of the republic before 1830. In ways formal and informal, symbolic and tactile,

Book Woman s Who s who of America

Download or read book Woman s Who s who of America written by John W. Leonard and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tennessee Biographical Dictionary

Download or read book Tennessee Biographical Dictionary written by Jan Onofrio and published by Somerset Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 925 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tennessee Biographical Dictionary contains biographies on hundreds of persons from diverse vocations that were either born, achieved notoriety and/or died in the state of Tennessee. Prominent persons, in addition to the less eminent, that have played noteworthy roles are included in this resource. When people are recognized from your state or locale it brings a sense of pride to the residents of the entire state.

Book Who s who in Finance and Banking

Download or read book Who s who in Finance and Banking written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 974 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book American Railroad Journal

Download or read book American Railroad Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Niles  National Register

Download or read book Niles National Register written by and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Midnight Cry

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  • Author : Francis D. Nichol
  • Publisher : TEACH Services, Inc.
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN : 9781572581463
  • Pages : 590 pages

Download or read book The Midnight Cry written by Francis D. Nichol and published by TEACH Services, Inc.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work gives a detailed history and defense of the Advent Movement of the 1840's known as Millerism, the movement from which the Seventh-day Adventist denomination sprang. The book is based on original sources, William Miller's correspondence, contemporaneous books, pamphlets, journals, newspapers. The first half is devoted to the history of the movement, and the second half to an examination of charges made against the Advent believers, such as that they wore ascension robes, that the Millerite preaching filled the asylums, and so forth.

Book Herringshaw s American Statesman and Public Official Year book

Download or read book Herringshaw s American Statesman and Public Official Year book written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book American Slavery  Irish Freedom

Download or read book American Slavery Irish Freedom written by Angela F. Murphy and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2010-05-24 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In American Slavery, Irish Freedom, Angela F. Murphy examines the interactions among abolitionists, Irish nationalists, and American citizens as the issues of slavery and abolition complicated the first transatlantic movement for Irish independence. For Irish Americans, the call of Old World loyalties, perceived duties of American citizenship, and regional devotions collided as the slavery issue intertwined with their efforts on behalf of their homeland. By looking at the makeup and rhetoric of the American repeal associations, the pressures on Irish Americans applied by both abolitionists and American nativists, and the domestic and transatlantic political situation that helped to define the repealers' response to antislavery appeals, Murphy investigates and explains why many Irish Americans did not support abolitionism.