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A Survey Of American Songs Of Peace From The Colonial Era To The Present, Walter Clippinger Simmons
A Survey Of American Songs Of Peace From The Colonial Era To The Present, Walter Clippinger Simmons
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
This thesis will attempt to trace the evolution and historical development of American anti-war and peace songs. Researching the study has been an adventure into an unknown aspect of American history. No published account of a similar or related study was discovered. The Library of Congress has no catalogue classification for pacifist songs. The Swarthmore College Peace Collection contains perhaps the only specific collection of peace songs in the country. Nevertheless, this study can draw upon a collection of over two hundred songs gathered from public and university libraries and interested individuals across the country.
A Historical Analysis Of The Nomination Of Wendell Lewis Willkie For The Presidency Of The United States Of America, Jerold David Gritz
A Historical Analysis Of The Nomination Of Wendell Lewis Willkie For The Presidency Of The United States Of America, Jerold David Gritz
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
In this rather apt description of Wendell Willkie, the 1940 Republican presidential nominee, two important characteristics of the man stand out: his personal traits and energy and his strength of conviction in fighting for the principles in which he believed. Willkie cannot be regarded a politician in the usual sense; he was a businessman who, because of his convictions, waged a personal war against Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal - a war conducted outside the realm of partisan politics. His successes in the fight with the administration brough Willkie a measure of recognition and aroused the interest of certain …
The German "Vormärz" And The Youth Of Carl David Weber, Ilka Stoffregen Hartmann
The German "Vormärz" And The Youth Of Carl David Weber, Ilka Stoffregen Hartmann
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
No biography has yet been written about the man who founded the city of Stockton, the first Californian town with an English name, a city which in 1851 was under consideration to become the state capital.
Little is known about the personal life of Charles M. Weber whom Erin G. Gudde calls "next to Sutter the most notable German pioneer during the transition period of California history".