The American Reader: Words that Moved a NationThe American Reader is a stirring and memorable anthology that captures the many facets of American culture and history in prose and verse. The 200 poems, speeches, songs, essays, letters, and documents were chosen both for their readability and for their significance. These are the words that have inspired, enraged, delighted, chastened, and comforted Americans in days gone by. Gathered here are the writings that illuminate -- with wit, eloquence, and sometimes sharp words -- significant aspects of national conciousness. They reflect the part that all Americans -- black and white, native born and immigrant, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American, poor and wealthy -- have played in creating the nation's character. |
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Those who had signed the compact became the governing body of the Plymouth
colony, with the power to elect officers, pass laws, and admit new voting
members. The covenant entered into on that November day on a ship at anchor
in the ...
Those who had signed the compact became the governing body of the Plymouth
colony, with the power to elect officers, pass laws, and admit new voting
members. The covenant entered into on that November day on a ship at anchor
in the ...
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... he had migrated to Virginia as an indentured servant shortly before 1700. He
taught school, studied for admission to the bar, and served in the Maryland
Assembly. After studying law in London, he settled in Philadelphia, where he
became a ...
... he had migrated to Virginia as an indentured servant shortly before 1700. He
taught school, studied for admission to the bar, and served in the Maryland
Assembly. After studying law in London, he settled in Philadelphia, where he
became a ...
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Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary
claims of Great Britain.” Although Otis lost the case, the British government
withdrew the writs of assistance. Otis became a leading political activist after
these events.
Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary
claims of Great Britain.” Although Otis lost the case, the British government
withdrew the writs of assistance. Otis became a leading political activist after
these events.
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Adams became active in colonial politics in 1765, when he published articles in
the Boston Gazette denouncing the Stamp Act. These articles, published together
as A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law, are excerpted below. Although
...
Adams became active in colonial politics in 1765, when he published articles in
the Boston Gazette denouncing the Stamp Act. These articles, published together
as A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law, are excerpted below. Although
...
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He became famous with his Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, twelve letters
published in 1767–68. The Letters helped to turn public opinion against the
Townshend Acts, which Imposed new taxes on the colonies. Dickinson was a ...
He became famous with his Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, twelve letters
published in 1767–68. The Letters helped to turn public opinion against the
Townshend Acts, which Imposed new taxes on the colonies. Dickinson was a ...
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Common Sense | 45 |
Liberty Tree | 54 |
The Federalist No 1 | 63 |
Reply to Booker T Washington | 329 |
Against Imperialism | 337 |
THE PROGRESSIVE | 345 |
Women and Economics | 354 |
Should Higher Education for Women | 360 |
Prejudice Against Women | 369 |
Advice to a Black Schoolgirl | 378 |
The Preacher and the Slave | 385 |
Farewell Address | 71 |
Hail Columbia | 77 |
The StarSpangled Banner | 83 |
The Meaning of Patriotism in America | 90 |
Woodman Spare That Tree | 96 |
REFORM AND EXPANSION | 103 |
On Top of Old Smoky | 111 |
A Psalm of Life | 118 |
Civil Disobedience | 125 |
Walden | 134 |
The Barefoot Boy | 140 |
The Case for Public Schools | 148 |
Address to the Ohio | 159 |
A Disappointed Woman | 169 |
Walkers Appeal | 175 |
Stanzas for the Times | 181 |
Bearing Witness Against Slavery | 188 |
The Present Crisis | 198 |
The House Divided Speech | 208 |
The LincolnDouglas Debates | 216 |
Last Statement to the Court | 224 |
Go Down Moses | 238 |
Dixie | 243 |
The Bonnie Blue Flag | 250 |
The John Brown Song | 256 |
Second Inaugural Address | 263 |
AFTER THE CIVIL | 273 |
The Ballad of John Henry | 285 |
Speech at the National | 295 |
The New Colossus | 301 |
When de Con Pones Hot | 308 |
The Pledge of Allegiance | 315 |
America the Beautiful | 321 |
Protest to President Wilson | 394 |
Anne Rutledge | 401 |
Solidarity Forever | 408 |
The LeadenEyed | 414 |
Against Entry into the War | 422 |
The Marines Hymn | 429 |
The Right to Ones Body | 435 |
A Korean Discovers New York | 441 |
O Black and Unknown Bards | 447 |
THE DEPRESSION AND WORLD WAR II | 457 |
Second Inaugural | 464 |
Which Side Are You On? | 471 |
This Is the Army Mr Jones | 477 |
High Flight | 485 |
War Message to | 492 |
The Spirit of Liberty | 498 |
AFTER WORLD WAR II | 505 |
A Plea for Civil Rights | 513 |
Declaration of Conscience | 522 |
The Silent Generation | 529 |
Farewell Address | 535 |
Inaugural Address | 549 |
Address to the Broadcasting Industry | 555 |
Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream | 564 |
Speech at the Berlin Wall | 576 |
We Shall Overcome | 583 |
The Feminine Mystique | 589 |
On the Death of | 597 |
The Wilderness Idea | 603 |
The American Idea | 610 |
Author Index | 619 |
Copyright Acknowledgments | 625 |
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| Наслов | The American Reader: Words that Moved a Nation |
| Аутор | Diane Ravitch |
| Издање | ревидирано |
| Издавач | Harper Collins, 2010 |
| ISBN | 006203510X, 9780062035103 |
| Дужина | 656 страница |
| Извоз навода | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |