Download or read book The Society of Friends in Chicago and Vincinity written by and published by . This book was released on 1936* with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Holy Nation written by Sarah Crabtree and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Early American Quakers transcended the idea of the nation-state during the turbulent Age of Revolution: “Provocative . . . important . . . Highly recommended.” —Choice Early American Quakers have long been perceived as retiring separatists, but in Holy Nation Sarah Crabtree transforms our historical understanding of the sect by drawing on the sermons, diaries, and correspondence of Quakers themselves. Situating Quakerism within the larger intellectual and religious undercurrents of the Atlantic world, Crabtree shows how Quakers forged a paradoxical sense of their place in the world as militant warriors fighting for peace. She argues that during the turbulent Age of Revolution and Reaction, the Religious Society of Friends forged a “holy nation,” a transnational community of like-minded believers committed first and foremost to divine law and to one another. Declaring themselves citizens of their own nation served to underscore the decidedly unholy nature of the nation-state, worldly governments, and profane laws. As a result, campaigns of persecution against the Friends escalated as those in power moved to declare Quakers aliens and traitors to their home countries. Holy Nation convincingly shows that ideals and actions were inseparable for the Society of Friends, yielding an account of Quakerism that is simultaneously a history of the faith and its adherents and a history of its confrontations with the wider world. Ultimately, Crabtree says, the conflicts between obligations of church and state that Quakers faced can illuminate similar contemporary struggles. “A significant and highly important contribution to the scholarship on the intersection of religion and nationalism during [these] critical decades. . . . carefully researched and elegantly written.” —Kirsten Fischer, University of Minnesota
Download or read book Communist Activities in the Chicago Illinois Area written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 1082 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Old Neighborhood written by Ray Suarez and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999-05-10 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of American cities since 1950, looking at the issue of white flight, and discussing its impact on schools, housing, crime, and jobs.
Download or read book Communist Activities in the Chicago Illinois Area written by United States. Congress. House. Un-American Activities and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Religious Views of the Society of Friends written by Howard Malcolm Jenkins and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book McCarthyism in the Suburbs written by Allison Hepler and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1953, Mary Knowles was fired as a branch librarian for the Morrill Memorial Library, a public library in Norwood, Massachusetts. She had been called before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee and, when asked if she’d ever been a member of the Communist Party, she declined to answer, relying on her Fifth Amendment rights. She was fired less than three weeks later. Knowles thought she was unlikely to find a position as a librarian again and left the area. She found a job at a small library outside Philadelphia, where anticommunists who learned of her past tried to create public support for a Loyalty Oath, resulting in the loss of public funding for the library. The resulting controversy eventually brought national attention to the local Quakers who had hired Knowles, the FBI was asked to investigate, Knowles was convicted of contempt of Congress, and the Quakers were subpoenaed and testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Knowles, however, was never fired from this position, retiring from the library in 1979. This book illustrates the impact of McCarthyism on small towns and “ordinary” people and local officials, some of whom abided by the standards of the era. There were others however, who challenged the status quo. Their actions provide readers with models of behavior often at odds with what has been thought of as the 1950s. People who spoke up risked families and jobs. At the same time, anticommunists also tapped into citizens’ fears of the cold war, not just of Communists but of a broad swath of people who promoted social justice and equality. The resulting interactions as described in this book offer important lessons on how fear and bravery operate local communities against the backdrop of (and involvement with) national events.
Download or read book Friends Weekly Intelligencer written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 1104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 1560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Orissa Society of Americas 32nd Annual Convention Souvenir written by and published by Odisha Society of the Americas. This book was released on with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orissa Society of Americas 32nd Annual Convention Souvenir for Convention held in 2001 at Chicago, Illinois re-published as Golden Jubilee Convention July 4-7, 2019 Atlantic City, New Jersey commemorative edition. Odisha Society of the Americas Golden Jubilee Convention will be held in Atlantic City, New Jersey during July 4-7, 2019. Convention website is http://www.osa2019.org. Odisha Society of the Americas website is http://www.odishasociety.org
Download or read book Hearings Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Un American Activities written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 1520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Chicago s Block Clubs written by Amanda I. Seligman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether focused on flower gardens, street crime, or aesthetic conformity, urban block clubs are unusual quasi-institutions that can establish or maintain a neighborhood s appearance, social dynamics, and quality of life. But what is a block club? And how does it function? Is it a definable institution, with codifiable practices and expectations, or is it merely an assemblage of like-minded citizens who happen to live near one another? What makes one such group effective and long-lasting, while most evaporate after a few years of communal activity? These are some of the questions that Amanda Seligman addresses in her deeply researched study."
