virginian history - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library

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Reading the Virginian in the New West

Book by Melody Graulich, Stephen Tatum; University of Nebraska Press, 2003

Subjects:

Western Stories--History And Criticism, Wister, Owen--1860-1938--Virginian

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Owen, i86o-ig38. Virginian. 2. Western stories - History and criticism...Versions of The Virginian Richard Hutson 126 7 History, Gender, and the...contingent on gender, history, and a host of...Molly and the Virginian over Austen and...
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A Short and Remarkable History of New York City

Book by Jane Mushabac, Angela Wigan; Fordham University Press, 1999

Subjects:

New York (N.Y.)--History--Chronology, New York (N.Y.)--History--Pictorial Works

Collections: History, Entire Library

...makes a deal with Thomas Jeffer- son, a Virginian. New York will give up its role as...property to their chil- dren. 1809 A History of New York, a spoof by Diedrich Knickerbocker...Washington Irv- ings Knickerbocker History of New York is pub- lished with new...
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The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains

Book by Owen Wister; The Macmillan Company, 1903

Subjects:

Fiction

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

The Virginian The Virginian A HORSEMAN OF THE PLAINS BY OWEN WISTER AUTHOR OF...and not a finality. Sometimes readers inquire, Did I know the Virginian? As well, I hope, as a father should know his son. And sometimes...
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Defining Southern Literature: Perspectives and Assessments, 1831-1952

Book by John E. Bassett; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1997

Subjects:

American Literature--Southern States--History And Criticism--Theory, Etc, Authors, American--Homes And Haunts--Southern States, Southern States--In Literature, Southern States--Intellectual Life

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...started the Messenger in part because some Virginians were starting to fear they had lost...the book as an able exposition of the Virginians' position on the negro ques- tion...criticism of life is helped by the detailed history of the manifold and contemporary love...
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The American Revolution

Book by Joseph C. Morton; Greenwood Press, 2003

Subjects:

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783

Collections: History, Entire Library

...resolutions that asserted the rights of Virginians (and hence all Americans) to the ancient...thousands of miles from their shores. Virginian Richard Bland in his The Colonel Dismounted...George Mason, that affirmed that only Virginians could tax Virginians, and that declared...

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Anti-Colonist Discourse, Tragicomedy, and the "American" Behn

Journal article by Adam R. Beach; Comparative Drama, Vol. 38, 2004

Subjects:

Behn, Aphra--Criticism and interpretation, Behn, Aphra--Works, Dramatists--Criticism and interpretation, Dramatists--Works, Dryden, John--Criticism and interpretation, Dryden, John--Works, English drama--Criticism and interpretation, English literature, 1700-1775 (Early 18th century)--Criticism and interpretation, English literature, 1700-1775 (Early 18th century)--Works, English neoclassical period, 1660-1798--Criticism and interpretation, English neoclassical period, 1660-1798--Works, Playwrights--Criticism and interpretation, Playwrights--Works, The Widdow Ranter (Play)

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...as interested in Virginian politics and history as Behn: "Bacons...chose to represent Virginian history within the confines...an upper range of Virginian society that was...English colonial history within the conventions...
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Baltimore's African Experiment, 1822-1827

Journal article by Bruce L. Mouser; The Journal of Negro History, Vol. 80, 1995

Subjects:

Africa--International trade, African Americans in business--History, Baltimore, Maryland--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...York, 1966), pp. 60-77; and Philip Slaughter, The Virginian History of African Colonization (Richmond, 1855), pp. 1-9...Fredrickson, The Black Image, pp. 812. 19 Slaughter, Virginian History, p. 9; James Brewer Stewart, Holy Warriors, The Abolitionists...
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Streets, Sounds and Identity in Interwar Harlem

Journal article by Clare Corbould; Journal of Social History, Vol. 40, 2007

Subjects:

African Americans--History, Harlem life--History, Harlem renaissance--History, Harlem, New York, New York

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Watkins-Owens, Blood Relations, 113-4; Barbara Bair, "Garveyism and Contested Political Terrain in 1920s Virginia," in Afro-Virginian History and Culture, ed. John Saillant (New York, 1999), 227-249; Steven Hahn, A Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political...
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The Brief Career of Rufus W. Bailey, American Colonization Society Agent in Virginia

Journal article by Ellen Eslinger; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 71, 2005

Subjects:

American Colonization Society--Officials and employees, Bailey, Rufus W.--Appreciation, Bailey, Rufus W.--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

Collections: History, Entire Library

...one of the worst voyages in the history of the ACS. Alas, Smith too died...presented at the Shenandoah Valley History Seminar, and I would like to thank...Virginia, see P. Slaughter, The Virginian History of African Colonization (Richmond...
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"Try to Refrain from That Desire": Self-Control and Violent Passion in Oscar Micheaux's African American Western

Journal article by Michael K. Johnson; African American Review, Vol. 38, 2004

Subjects:

African American literature--Criticism and interpretation, American literature--African American authors, American literature--Criticism and interpretation, Micheaux, Oscar--Criticism and interpretation, Western fiction--Criticism and interpretation, Western stories--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Spences Writing Himself into History: Oscar Micheaux, His Silent...and influential Western, The Virginian (1902) (309). For Will, the...novel. Also, the popular The Virginian is widely regarded as a foundational...of name also points to the history of African American participation...

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Round & About: April 2007

Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 57, April 2007

Subjects:

Art exhibitions, Art--Exhibitions

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA Tel: 540-552-8655 www.cpe.vt.edu/culinary-va Exploring the culinary delicacies from 400 years of Virginian history, this conference offers lectures by a number of historians and food writers. It starts by examining foods eaten...
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Lonely Hearts, Classy Dreams, Empty Wallets

Magazine article by Amy Waldman; Washington Monthly, Vol. 27, June 1995

Subjects:

Loneliness--Psychological aspects, Online shopping--Psychological aspects

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...women, the underbelly of that era was a gnawing sense of dissatisfaction. But thats the idea: to banish both the dark side of history and the bright side of real life from living rooms. For a woman like Dorothy from North Carolina, who says, "I watch home shopping...
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Mr. Jefferson Comes to Town

Magazine article by George F. Will; Public Interest, Summer 1993

Subjects:

Dependency (Psychology)--Evaluation, Jefferson, Thomas--Philosophy, Sociology, Urban--Analysis

Collections: Philosophy, Psychology, Entire Library

...magisterial three-volume history of the Civil War, recounts a story concerning a Virginian, General George Thomas...put to ignoble uses. (The history of Christianity, and other...powerful tendencies in modern history, tendencies that tend to...
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Ups and Downs of the Religious Right

Magazine article by Leon Howell; The Christian Century, Vol. 117, April 19, 2000

Subjects:

Bauer, Gary L.--Influence, Bush, George W.--Endorsements, Christian Coalition--Influence, McCain, John--Endorsements, Religion and politics--2000, Religious Right (American politics)--2000, Robertson, Pat--Endorsements

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Coalition and is not defined by it. He appears almost daily on The 700 Club, the most successful religious television show in history; he is chancellor of Regent University; and he heads the aggressive American Center for Law and Justice. On March 24, Robertson...
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Western Hero or Gangster: The U.S. Dilemma

Magazine article by Cuthbert Carson Mann; Monthly Review, Vol. 39, October 1987

Subjects:

American national characteristics--Analysis, Heroes in motion pictures--Social aspects, Heroes--Social aspects, International relations--Psychological aspects, Movies--Social aspects, National characteristics, American--Analysis, Presidents (Government)--Psychological aspects, Presidents--Psychological aspects, Western television programs--Social aspects, Westerns (Television programs)--Social aspects

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...order, and sadism was a common ingredient. (Even Wister had the Virginian supervise a lynching.) In 1881, for example, the citizens of...Knee). But frontier violence is only part of an American history that, in addition to the institution of slavery, is marked...

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A Tough Hill for the South: Despite Setbacks, Virginian Proved His Skills as Commander

Newspaper article by John Roberts; The Washington Times, January 27, 1996

Subjects:

Lee, Robert E.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Antietam, which proved to be the single bloodiest day in American history, Hills forced march from Harpers Ferry brought his division...Hill manfully shouldered the blame and absolved his fellow Virginian of censure. But during the Richmond-Petersburg siege - between...
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Bush to Name Virginian to Lead Maritime Agency

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 3, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Bush to Name Virginian to Lead Maritime Agency. Byline...George Mason University. * Hispanic history The D.C. Office of Latino Affairs (OLA...to produce a documentary about the history of Hispanics in the District. "Through...
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Haunting Antietam Memory; Virginian Lost Arm to Sharpsburg Shell

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 10, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...deserved the title "Stonewall" more than himself. A regimental history says Pvt. Stickley was "detached to Winchester telegraph office...three inches from my holding hand." Harpers Ferry The young Virginian escaped the casualty list at Bull Run, but just over two weeks...
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Silversmith Hews to Rare Craft; Virginian Equips U.S. Military Bands with Their Maces

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 2, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Silversmith hews to rare craft; Virginian equips U.S. military bands with their maces Byline: Amy...individually designed and made to depict heroic scenes of battle and the history and insignias of the military branches that commission them...
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'Gods, Generals' Gets History, but Is It Truth?

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 22, 2004

Subjects:

Lee, Robert E.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Lee. "As a Confederate soldier and as a Virginian, I deny the charge amp;#91;that the...The problem for "Gods and Generals" as history is that the first part of the lost-cause...problem of treating "Gods and Generals" as history arises from its failure to separate the...

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William and Mary in Virginia, College Of

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...periodical The William and Mary Quarterly, is there. The college library houses noted collections relating to Virginian and U.S. history. ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2007, Columbia University Press...
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Virginia , State, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Tens of thousands of Virginians work in government...College, at Petersburg. History Early Settlements...the first in English history. Partly because the...Indian Wars , in which Virginians notably Col. George...Rogers Clark and his Virginians had wrested (1779) the...
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Harrison, William Henry

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...followed was the first of the "rip-roaring" campaigns in U.S. history. Harrison and his running mate, John Tyler , were transformed by publicity. Harrison, an aristocratic Virginian, was made into a simple backwoods frontiersman, Tyler into his...
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Washington, George

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...member (1759 74) of the house of burgesses, became a leader in Virginian opposition to the British colonial policy, and served (1774...into winter quarters at Valley Forge . Seldom in military history has any general faced such want and misery as Washington did...

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