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Abraham Lincoln and Treason in the Civil War: The Trials of John Merryman (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War)
In the spring of 1861, Union military authorities arrested Maryland farmer John Merryman on charges of treason against the United States for burning railroad bridges around Baltimore in an effort to prevent northern soldiers from reaching the capital. From his prison cell at Fort McHenry, Merryman p... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
Emancipation, the Union Army, and the Reelection of Abraham Lincoln (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War)
The Union army's overwhelming vote for Abraham Lincoln's reelection in 1864 has led many Civil War scholars to conclude that the soldiers supported the Republican Party and its effort to abolish slavery. In Emancipation, the Union Army, and the Reelection of Abraham Lincoln Jonathan W. White challen... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Midnight in America: Darkness, Sleep, and Dreams during the Civil War (Civil War America)
The Civil War brought many forms of upheaval to America, not only in waking hours but also in the dark of night. Sleeplessness plagued the Union and Confederate armies, and dreams of war glided through the minds of Americans in both the North and South. Sometimes their nightly visions brought the ho... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
To Address You as My Friend: African Americans' Letters to Abraham Lincoln
Many African Americans of the Civil War era felt a personal connection to Abraham Lincoln. For the first time in their lives, an occupant of the White House seemed concerned about the welfare of their race. Indeed, despite the tremendous injustice and discrimination that they faced, African America... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Cellular Signal Transduction in Toxicology and Pharmacology: Data Collection, Analysis, and Interpretation
Covering a key topic due to growing research into the role of signaling mechanisms in toxicology, this book focuses on practical approaches for informatics, big data, and complex data sets. Combines fundamentals / basics with experimental applications that can help those involved in preclinical dru... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Contested Loyalty: Debates over Patriotism in the Civil War North (The North's Civil War)
by Gary W. Gallagher • Matthew Warshauer • Jonathan W. White • Robert M. Sandow • Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai • Ryan W. Keating • Judith Giesberg • Melinda Lawson • Julie A. Mujic • Timothy J. Orr • Thaddeus M. Romansky • Sean A. ScottSituational and wartime constructions of "Patriotism" and "Loyalty" shaped American discourse and actions throughout the Civil War. While most of the scholarly work on Civil War Era nationalism has focused on southern identity and Confederate nationhood, the essays in this volume examine the variabl... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
The Civil War in Maryland Reconsidered (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War)
by Richard Bell • Jonathan W. White • Robert J. Cook • Frank J. Williams • Thomas G. Clemens • Brian Matthew Jordan • Frank Towers • Timothy J. Orr • Martha Jones • Sharita Jacobs-Thompson • Jessica Millward • Rob SchoeberleinCONTENTS:Introduction, Jean H. Baker and Charles W. Mitchell“Border State, Border War: Fighting for Freedom and Slavery in Antebellum Maryland,” Richard Bell“Charity Folks and the Ghosts of Slavery in Pre–Civil War Maryland,” Jessica Millward“Confronting Dred Scott: Seeing Citizenship from Baltimore... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Global Urban Agriculture: Convergence Of Theory And Practice Between North And South
by Tammy E. Parece • Leslie Gray • Susan Algert • Imogen Bellwood-Howard • Fernando J. Bosco • Sasha Broadstone • Christian Brannstrom • Jason A. Byrne • James B. Campbell • Joana Chan • Brian W. Conz • Lucy Diekmann • Lauren Dryburgh • Bryce B. DuBois • Charles A. Francis • Courtney M. Gallaher • Daniela A. Guitart • Sophia E. Hagolani-Albov, • Sarah J. Halvorson • Michael W. Hamm • Colleen Hammelman • Kyle D. Hoagland • Sarah S. Horowitz • Pascale Joassart-Marcelli • Sara Law • Timothy F. LeDoux • Juanjuan Liu • Jonathan T. Lowell • Nathan McClintock • Leslie McLees • Never Mujere • Kristine T. Nemec • Catherine M Pickering • Rebecca Sims-Castley • Stephanie A. WhiteThere has been growing attention paid to urban agriculture worldwide because of its role in making cities more environmentaly sustainable while also contributing to enhanced food access and social justice. This edited volume brings together current research and case studies concerning urban agric... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Writing History with Lightning: Cinematic Representations of Nineteenth-Century America
by Catherine Clinton • William L. Andrews • Lesley J. Gordon • John C. Inscoe • Marcus Rediker • John F. Marszalek • John David Smith • Graham Hodges • Matthew Stanley • Diane Miller Sommerville • Michael Burlingame • Joseph Beilein • Matthew C. Hulbert • Brian Rouleau • Tom Lee • Kenneth Greenberg • Jonathon Sarris • Ryan Keating • Donna Barbie • Allison Dorsey • Stephen Whitfield • Nicole Etcheson • Drew Swanson • James Crisp • Kevin Waite • Jacob LeeFilms possess virtually unlimited power for crafting broad interpretations of American history. Nineteenth-century America has proven especially conducive to Hollywood imaginations, producing indelible images like the plight of Davy Crockett and the defenders of the Alamo, Pickett’s doomed charge at... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Unwatchable
by Erika Balsom • Kenneth Berger • Susie Bright • Alex Bush • Alec Butler • Noel Carroll • Mel Chen • Jonathan Crary • Abigail De Kosnik • Samuel England • Mattias Frey • Peter Geimer • Michael Boyce Gillespie • Asbjørn Grønstad • Boris Groys • Frances Guerin • Jack Halberstam • Barbara Hammer • Julian Hanich • Stefano Harney • J. Hoberman • Lynne Joyrich • Alexandra Juhasz • E. Ann Kaplan • Katariina Kyrölä • Nathan Lee • Akira Lippit • Jennifer Malkowski • W.J.T. Mitchell • Brandy Monk-Payton • Fred Moten • Bill Nichols • Jan Olsson • Danielle Peers • Raul Perez • Mauro Resmini • B. Ruby Rich • Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi • Jonathan Rosenbaum • Rebecca Schneider • Jeffrey Sconce • Jared Sexton • Philipp Stiasny • Meghan Sutherland • Bennet Togler • Leshu Torchin • Alok Vaid-Menon • Christophe Wall-Romana • Meir Wigoder • Emily Wills • Federico Windhausen • Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa • Genevieve Yue • Alenka Zupancic • Poulomi Saha • Vivian SobchackWe all have images that we find unwatchable, whether for ethical, political, or sensory and affective reasons. From news coverage of terror attacks to viral videos of police brutality, and from graphic horror films to transgressive artworks, many of the images in our media culture might strike us as... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
One Health: The Theory and Practice of Integrated Health Approaches
by Wiku Adisasmito • Cécile Aenishaenslin • Seid Mohamed Ali • Ian Allen • Silvia Alonso • Vilda Amir • Maurizio Aragrande • Sara Babo Martins • Zolzaya Baljinnyam • William Bazeyo • Andrea Beetz • Jeffrey Bender • Mónica Berger-González • Benjamin Blair • Barry Blakley • Michael Bresalier • Martin Bunch • Massimo Canali • Angela Cassidy • Nakul Chitnis • Guéladio Cissé • Michael Clarke • Paul Coleman • Kathryn C. Conlon • Susan Cork • Lisa Crump • Soledad Cuevas • Solveig Danielsen • Anna Dean • Paula Dominguez-Salas • Colleen Duncan • Kaylee Errecaborde • Patricia Farnese • Thomas Fries • Samuel Fuhrimann • Christa A. Gallagher • Iain J. Gordon • Ratna B. Gurung • Felix Hafner • Barbara Häsler • Jan Hattendorf • Karin Hediger • Barbara Jones • Joldoshbek Kasymbekov • Julia S. Lankton • Huong Le Thi • Henrik Lerner • Mahamat Bechir • Michael Mahero • Stephanie Mauti • Céline Mbilo • Hélène Meier • Mary Elizabeth Miranda • Hung Nguyen-Viet • Vi Nguyen-Viet • Brigit Obrist • Peter Odermatt • Anna Okello • Christopher A.L. Oura • Katharine Pelican • Kristina Pelikan • Phuc Pham-Duc • Sue Pollock • Sangay Rinchen • Karma Rinzin • Felix Roth • Johanne Saint-Charles • Esther Schelling • Alexandra Shaw • Jonathan M. Sleeman • Woutrina Smith • Keira Spinner • Katharina D. Stärk • Professor Craig Stephen • Arlette C. Szelecsenyi • Marcel Tanner • Tenzin Tenzin • Jimmy Tickel • Karin Tschanz-Cooke • Rea Tschopp • Dennis C Turner • Hoang Van Minh • Alain Vandermissen • Tu Vu-Van • Daniel P. Walsh • David Waltner-Toews • Sylvia Wanzala • Susan C Welburn • Lenke Wettlaufer • C. LeAnn White • Maxine Whittaker • Andreas F. Widmer • Abigail Woods • Hind Yahyaoui • Christian Zurbrügg • Michel de Garine-WichatitskyOne Health, the concept of combined veterinary and human health, has now expanded beyond emerging infectious diseases and zoonoses to incorporate a wider suite of health issues. Retaining its interdisciplinary focus which combines theory with practice, this new edition illustrates the contribution ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021