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Senator Albert J. Beveridge And The Politics Of Imperialist Rationale, Leone B. Little
Senator Albert J. Beveridge And The Politics Of Imperialist Rationale, Leone B. Little
Graduate Thesis Collection
This thesis is an unbiased attempt to look a Senator Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, a man who made history in his own time in his own way. Moreover, this thesis attempt to objectively present Senator Beveridge in the context of the era in which he lived as a generating force in America's colonial adventure at the turn of the century.
Senator Albert J. Beveridge, a Hamiltonian nationalist by inheritance, believed in a strong central government. Furthermore, he believed that the end of government should be the gaining of power and material forces, redeeming the redeemable nations of the world and subjugating …
The Restoration Of The Port Of Philadelphia, 1783-1789, George W. Geib
The Restoration Of The Port Of Philadelphia, 1783-1789, George W. Geib
Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS
George W. Geib's contribution to American Neptune, Vol. 32, No. 4.
The Essex Bridge: Transportation And Politics In The Early Republic, George W. Geib
The Essex Bridge: Transportation And Politics In The Early Republic, George W. Geib
Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS
THE years that followed the War for Independence are commonly viewed as a period of rapid economic expansion. Deriving from such elements as a growing population, new foreign markets, increased capital resources, and a confident public spirit, this expansion is known to include a variety of new business ventures, notably in manufacturing and in transportation. Such new ventures are normally pictured in their business context, showing few political overtones apart from sporadic opposition by rural legislators.1 This latter emphasis may be mistaken, however, because many of these early innovative business ventures faced challenges in the form of local political controversies …