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Anticipating The Brethren: The Reverend Charles Nisbet Critiques The French Revolution, David Robson
Anticipating The Brethren: The Reverend Charles Nisbet Critiques The French Revolution, David Robson
David W. Robson
Charles Nisbet, a Presbyterian minister who emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1785 from Scotland, spoke out against the French Revolution long before other American clergy. Nisbet believed the American Revolution had created democratic excesses that threatened the American religious, political, and social hierarchy, and feared the same would happen in France, and eventually the rest of Europe and Great Britain. Although he came to America impressed with the revolutionary spirit of the people and leaders, Nisbet quickly became disillusioned with religious and social attitudes influenced by uncontrolled democracy and the preference for autonomy over deference to leaders like himself. Although American …
Correspondence, Jan Comfort
The Futility Of Campaign Finance Reform: A Historical Perspective, Christopher H. Hoebeke
The Futility Of Campaign Finance Reform: A Historical Perspective, Christopher H. Hoebeke
Christopher H Hoebeke
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American Checks And Balances, A Brief Survey, Christopher Hoebeke
American Checks And Balances, A Brief Survey, Christopher Hoebeke
Christopher H Hoebeke
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Autobiographies By Americans Of Color 1980-1994: An Annotated Bibliography, Rebecca Stuhr
Autobiographies By Americans Of Color 1980-1994: An Annotated Bibliography, Rebecca Stuhr
Rebecca A Stuhr
This book compiles and provides a brief summary of autobiographies published or reissued during the last decades of the 20th century. This is an excellent source for finding personal accounts of growing up just after the end of slavery through the civil rights movement, experiences for Japanese Americans during World War II, the American Indian Movement, and the growing movement for rights for immigrant labor in the United States. Many of these autobiographies were written to provide an account of family history, hardship endured, and accomplishments achieved for the next generation.
Tibbits’ Boys: A History Of The 21st New York Cavalry, Thomas Reed
Tibbits’ Boys: A History Of The 21st New York Cavalry, Thomas Reed
Thomas J Reed
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South Carolina Inventors And Inventions 1790-1873, Jan Comfort
South Carolina Inventors And Inventions 1790-1873, Jan Comfort
Jan Comfort
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