Download or read book Horace Greeley and the Politics of Reform in Nineteenth century America written by Mitchell Snay and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snay's new biography places Horace Greeley (1811-1872) in his historical context. As a newspaper editor, politician, and reformer, Greeley was involved with the major events and trends of the era. He was the influential editor of the New York Tribune from 1841 until his death and was instrumental in the rise of the Whig and Republican parties.
Download or read book Horace Greeley written by James M. Lundberg and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively portrait of Horace Greeley, one of the nineteenth century's most fascinating public figures. The founder and editor of the New-York Tribune, Horace Greeley was the most significant—and polarizing—American journalist of the nineteenth century. To the farmers and tradesmen of the rural North, the Tribune was akin to holy writ. To just about everyone else—Democrats, southerners, and a good many Whig and Republican political allies—Greeley was a shape-shifting menace: an abolitionist fanatic; a disappointing conservative; a terrible liar; a power-hungry megalomaniac. In Horace Greeley, James M. Lundberg revisits this long-misunderstood figure, known mostly for his wild inconsistencies and irrepressible political ambitions. Charting Greeley's rise and eventual fall, Lundberg mines an extensive newspaper archive to place Greeley and his Tribune at the center of the struggle to realize an elusive American national consensus in a tumultuous age. Emerging from the jangling culture and politics of Jacksonian America, Lundberg writes, Greeley sought to define a mode of journalism that could uplift the citizenry and unite the nation. But in the decades before the Civil War, he found slavery and the crisis of American expansion standing in the way of his vision. Speaking for the anti-slavery North and emerging Republican Party, Greeley rose to the height of his powers in the 1850s—but as a voice of sectional conflict, not national unity. By turns a war hawk and peace-seeker, champion of emancipation and sentimental reconciliationist, Greeley never quite had the measure of the world wrought by the Civil War. His 1872 run for president on a platform of reunion and amnesty toward the South made him a laughingstock—albeit one who ultimately laid the groundwork for national reconciliation and the betrayal of the Civil War's emancipatory promise. Lively and engaging, Lundberg reanimates this towering figure for modern readers. Tracing Greeley's twists and turns, this book tells a larger story about print, politics, and the failures of American nationalism in the nineteenth century.
Download or read book Horace Greeley written by Robert C. Williams and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2006-05 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major figure in nineteenth-century American politics and reform movements, Greeley was also a key actor in a worldwide debate about the meaning of freedom that involved progressive thinkers on both sides of the Atlantic, including Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Karl Marx." "In the first comprehensive biography of Greeley to be published in nearly half a century, Williams captures Greeley from all sides: editor, reformer, political candidate, eccentric, and trans-Atlantic public intellectual; examining headlining news issues of the day, including slavery, westward expansion, European revolutions, the Civil War, the demise of the Whig and the birth of the Republican parties, transcendentalism, and other intellectual currents of the era."
Download or read book Horace Greeley written by Glyndon G. Van Deusen and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2017-01-30 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a biography of a great nineteenth-century American statesman and U.S. Senator.
Download or read book Horace Greeley and the Politics of Reform in Nineteenth Century America written by Mitchell Snay and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2011-09-16 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horace Greeley (1811–1872) was a major figure in nineteenth century American history. As a newspaper editor, politician, and reformer, Greeley was involved with the major events and trends of the era. He was the influential editor of the New York Tribune from 1841 until his death and was instrumental in the rise of the Whig and Republican parties. Snay's biography places Greeley in his historical context—considering the ways that he shaped and was influenced by the rise of the Jacksonian party system, the varieties of antebellum reform, the evolution of urban class relations, and the politics of slavery and emancipation.
Download or read book Hints Toward Reforms written by Horace Greeley and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This influential collection of Horace Greeley's lectures, addresses, and other writings provides an in-depth look at the social, economic, and political challenges facing America in the mid-19th century. From the need for social justice to the importance of civic engagement, Greeley's insights still resonate today. A must-read for anyone interested in American history or political theory. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Horace Greeley s New York Tribune written by Adam-Max Tuchinsky and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians and biographers have struggled to reconcile these seemingly contradictory tendencies. Tuchinsky's history of the Tribune, by placing the newspaper and its ideology squarely within the political, economic, and intellectual climate of Civil War-era America, illustrates the connection between socialist reform and mainstream political thought. It was democratic socialism--favoring free labor, and bridging the divide between individualism and collectivism--that allowed Greeley's Tribune to forge a coalition of such disparate elements as the old Whigs, new Free Soil men, labor, and staunch abolitionists. This progressive coalition helped ensure the political success of the Republican Party. Indeed, even in 1860, proslavery ideologue George Fitzhugh referred to socialism as Greeley's "lost book"--The overlooked but crucial source of the Tribune's and, by extension, the Republican Party's antagonism toward slavery and its more general free labor ideology.
Download or read book Hints Toward Reforms in Lectures Addresses and Other Writings By Horace Greeley written by Horace Greeley and published by University of Michigan Library. This book was released on 1854 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Horace Greeley s New York Tribune written by Adam-Max Tuchinsky and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Publisher: In the mid-nineteenth century, Horace Greeley's New-York Tribune had the largest national circulation of any newspaper in the United States. Its contributors included many of the leading minds of the period-Margaret Fuller, Henry James Sr., Charles Dana, and Karl Marx. The Tribune was also a locus of social democratic thought that closely matched the ideology of Greeley, its founder and editor, who was a noted figure in politics and reform movements. Adam Tuchinsky's book recalls an earlier style of opinion media, with "participant editors" acting not unlike today's Internet journalists--professionals and amateurs alike--who digest the news and also shape it. It will appeal to all readers interested in the history of the media and its relationship to partisan politics. During its Greeley era, the Tribune was simultaneously an influential voice in the Whig and Republican parties and a vigorous advocate of socialism. Historians and biographers have struggled to reconcile these seemingly contradictory tendencies. Tuchinsky's history of the Tribune, by placing the newspaper and its ideology squarely within the political, economic, and intellectual climate of Civil War-era America, illustrates the connection between socialist reform and mainstream political thought. It was democratic socialism--favoring free labor, and bridging the divide between individualism and collectivism--that allowed Greeley's Tribune to forge a coalition of such disparate elements as the old Whigs, new Free Soil men, labor, and staunch abolitionists. This progressive coalition helped ensure the political success of the Republican Party. Indeed, even in 1860, proslavery ideologue George Fitzhugh referred to socialism as Greeley's "lost book"--The overlooked but crucial source of the Tribune's and, by extension, the Republican Party's antagonism toward slavery and its more general free labor ideology. Tuchinsky brings forth this lost history and demonstrates that, amid the sectional crisis and the battle over slavery, Greeley and the Tribune promoted a viable form of democratic socialism that formed one foundation of modern liberalism in America.
Download or read book Horace Greeley written by Erik Sheldon Lunde and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1981 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Horace Greeley written by Charles River Charles River Editors and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "Journalism will kill you, but it will keep you alive while you're at it." - Horace Greeley "That poor white hat! If, alas, it covered many weaknesses, it covered also much strength, much real kindness and benevolence, and much that the world will be better for." - Harriet Beecher Stowe's remark about Horace Greeley There is little one can say about Horace Greeley that has not already been said, much of it during his lifetime, for unlike many others, fame came to him early, and by the end of his life he was already one of the most famous men in the United States. Of course, no one who knew him as a young man would ever have thought that this would be the case, for he was born into less than ideal circumstances, and he went out to work early as a print setter. He experienced several business failures before finding success with the New York Tribune. On the other hand, he enjoyed quick but brief political successes, followed by frequent but unsuccessful runs for public office. In his 2017, essay, "Emerson's Newspaperman: Horace Greeley and Radical Intellectual Culture, 1836-1872," David O. Dowling observed that Greeley "brokered his career in large part on public controversy, much of which he openly courted. In the process, he became victim to savage lampoons, particularly by Thomas Nast...his views elicited a deluge of responses precisely because his outspoken editorials had run counter to the status quo. A newspaper editor, Greeley insisted, was 'not a mere jumping jack, who only needed to know what other people thought to ensure my instant and abject conformity to their prejudices.'" At the close of a biography of Greeley, historian Glyndon G.Van Deusen noted, "His genuine human sympathies, his moral fervor, even the exhibitionism that was a part of his makeup, made it inevitable that he should crusade for a better world. He did so with apostolic zeal... Greeley's effectiveness as a crusader was limited by some of his traits and characteristics. Culturally deficient, he was to the end ignorant of his own limitations, and this ignorance was a great handicap...symbolized an America that, though often shortsighted and misled, was never suffocated by the wealth pouring from its farms and furnaces ...he inspired others with hope and confidence, making them feel that their dreams also had the substance of realty. It is his faith, and theirs that has given him his place in American history. In that faith he still marches among us, scolding and benevolent, exhorting us to confidence and to victory in the great struggles of our own day..." Horace Greeley: The Life and Legacy of 19th Century America's Most Influential Editor examines the various roles Greeley played in American politics during his life, and how he shaped the debates. Along with pictures depicting important people, places, and events, you will learn about Horace Greeley like never before.
Download or read book The Life of Horace Greeley written by Lurton Dunham Ingersoll and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Horace Greeley written by Suzanne Schulze and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1992-04-16 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most influential men in nineteenth-century America, Horace Greeley is remembered not only as the editor and publisher of the New York Tribune but also for his contribution to the profession of journalism, for his role in the nomination and election of presidential candidates; for his work toward a homestead law, and for the impact his voice had on the abolition of slavery. This bio-bibliography provides a useful guide to the literature on Greeley. Beginning with a brief chronology of Greeley's life and a biographical sketch, the book then provides annotated entries, arranged chronologically and divided into two major sections: works by Greeley and works about Greeley. The first section on Greeley's own work includes chapters on his books and other published materials, other sources of Greeley writings, newspaper and printing establishments associated with him, and articles in periodicals. The second section includes chapters on biographical works and memorials to Greeley, other books useful to the study of Greeley, reference works and other edited materials, articles in periodicals, theses, manuscript collections with Greeley material, and government documents. The book also includes author and subject indexes. A useful guide for scholars, the volume will also be of interest to anyone wanting to learn more about Greeley.
Download or read book Df Horace Greeley s New York Tribune Z written by A. Tuchinsky and published by . This book was released on 2011-02-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Horace Greeley and Mid century Reform Movements in the United States written by Adelaide Louise Fairbanks and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Doom of Reconstruction written by Andrew L. Slap and published by Reconstructing America (Hardco. This book was released on 2006 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Election of 1872 the conflict between President U. S. Grant and Horace Greeley has been typically understood as a battle for the soul of the ruling Republican Party. In this innovative study, Andrew Slap argues forcefully that the campaign was more than a narrow struggle between Party elites and a class-based radical reform movement. The election, he demonstrates, had broad consequences: in their opposition to widespread Federal corruption, Greeley Republicans unintentionally doomed Reconstruction of any kind, even as they lost the election. Based on close readings of newspapers, party documents, and other primary sources, Slap confronts one of the major questions in American political history: How, and why, did Reconstruction come to an end? His focus on the unintended consequences of Liberal Republican politics is a provocative contribution to this important debate.
Download or read book Glances At Europe written by Horace Greeley and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-02 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Glances at Europe” is a travel literature book written by Horace Greeley. It is a kind of travelogue composed by Horace Greeley who was an American journalist and editor. Through his book, he explains his journey in the mid-19th century through Europe. With the help book “glances at Europe”, he provides the glances of social values and cultural landscapes of the continent. Greeley offers a significant overview of his journey through European society and highlights the major differences and similarities between Europe and other countries. He also compared Europe with the USA through various fixtures. In his book, he has discussed aspects of human relations and a gist of European life with the government system with economic factors implemented for education and distinguishing religion. The book is not just a narrative for the readers but also a personal experience of his adventurous journey through European countries. He showcases the contrast between the old world and the new world with key highlights of European civilization. Overall the book is quite fascinating and evokes the interest of the reader to a greater extent. Showcasing a glimpse of the cultural and societal landscapes of Europe during Greeley’s times is what makes it different from any other book.
