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Women in Missouri History - In Search of Power and Influence (Paperback): LeeAnn Whites, Mary C. Neth, Gary R. Kremer Women in Missouri History - In Search of Power and Influence (Paperback)
LeeAnn Whites, Mary C. Neth, Gary R. Kremer
R1,002 Discovery Miles 10 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Women in Missouri History" is an exceptional collection of essays surveying the history of women in the state of Missouri from the period of colonial settlement through the mid-twentieth century. The women featured in these essays come from various ethnic, economic, and racial groups, from both urban and rural areas, and from all over the state. The authors effectively tell these women's stories through biographies and through techniques of social history, allowing the reader to learn not only about the women's lives individually, but also about how groups of "ordinary" women shaped the history of the state. The essays in this collection address questions that are at the center of current developments in the field of women's history but are written in a manner that makes them accessible to general readers. Providing an excellent general overview of the history of women in Missouri, this collection makes a valuable contribution to a better understanding of the state's past.

This Place of Promise - A Historian's Perspective on 200 Years of Missouri History (Paperback): Gary R. Kremer This Place of Promise - A Historian's Perspective on 200 Years of Missouri History (Paperback)
Gary R. Kremer
R958 Discovery Miles 9 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Conceived of as a way to commemorate Missouri's bicentennial of statehood, this unique work presents the perspective of Gary Kremer, one of the Show-Me State's foremost historians, as he ponders why history played out as it did over the course of the two centuries since Missouri's admittance to the Union. In the writing of what is much more than a survey history, Kremer, himself a fifth-generation Missourian, infuses the narrative with his vast knowledge and personal experiences, even as he considers what being a Missourian has meant-across the many years and to this day-to all of the state's people, and how the forces of history-time, place, race, gender, religion, and class-shaped people and determined their opportunities and choices, in turn creating collective experiences that draw upon the past in an attempt to make sense of the present and plan for the future. Key elements of the book include the centrality of race to the Missouri experience-from the time Missourians began to seek statehood in 1817 all the way up to the Black Lives Matter movement of the 21st century-as well as ongoing tensions created by the urban-rural divide and struggle to define the proper role of government in society.

This Place of Promise - A Historian's Perspective on 200 Years of Missouri History (Hardcover): Gary R. Kremer This Place of Promise - A Historian's Perspective on 200 Years of Missouri History (Hardcover)
Gary R. Kremer
R1,304 Discovery Miles 13 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Conceived of as a way to commemorate Missouri's bicentennial of statehood, this unique work presents the perspective of Gary Kremer, one of the Show-Me State's foremost historians, on how history has played out in the two centuries since Missouri's admittance to the Union. In the writing of what is much more than a survey history, Kremer, himself a fifth-generation Missourian, infuses the narrative with his vast knowledge and personal experiences as he thoughtfully considers what being a Missourian has meant-across the many years and to this day-to all of the state's people, and how the forces of history-time, place, race, gender, religion, and class-shaped people and determined their opportunities and choices, in turn creating communities of collective experience that draw upon the past in order to try to make sense of the present and plan for the future.

George Washington Carver - A Biography (Hardcover): Gary R. Kremer George Washington Carver - A Biography (Hardcover)
Gary R. Kremer
R1,382 Discovery Miles 13 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book strips away the myths surrounding the famed scientist George Washington Carver and portrays him as a brilliant, creative man who nonetheless possessed very human peculiarities and frailties. This insightful work chronicles the life of George Washington Carver, the renowned African American scientist and teacher. George Washington Carver: A Biography begins with a discussion of the political and social circumstances in Missouri where Carver was born into slavery, circa 1864. Readers will follow Carver through his formal education to his decision to accept Booker T. Washington's offer to teach and do research at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. The bulk of the volume focuses on Carver's career at Tuskegee, a career that spanned nearly five decades, from 1896 until Carver's death in January 1943.The book highlights Carver's major achievements, including his championing of crop rotation and the hundreds of products he created from peanuts, sweet potatoes, and other plants native to the South. In addition to Carver the scientist, students will meet Carver the man, who, for example, loved art and painted throughout his life. A dozen black-and-white photographs that help document the life of George Washington Carver A "Selected Bibliography" of sources most useful in understanding the life of George Washington Carver

James Milton Turner and the Promise of America - The Public Life of a Post-Civil War Black Leader (Paperback): Gary R. Kremer James Milton Turner and the Promise of America - The Public Life of a Post-Civil War Black Leader (Paperback)
Gary R. Kremer
R898 Discovery Miles 8 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

James Milton Turner, Missouri's most prominent nineteenth-century African American political figure, possessed a deep faith in America. The Civil War, he believed, had purged the land of its sins and allowed the country to realize what had always been its promise: the creation of a social and political environment in which merit, not race, mattered. Born a slave, Turner gained freedom when he was a child and received his education in clandestine St. Louis schools, later briefly attending Oberlin College. A self-taught lawyer, Turner earned a statewide reputation and wielded power far out of proportion to Missouri's relatively small black population. After working nearly a decade in Liberia, Turner never regained the prominence he had enjoyed during Reconstruction.

Race and Meaning - The African American Experience in Missouri (Paperback): Gary R. Kremer Race and Meaning - The African American Experience in Missouri (Paperback)
Gary R. Kremer
R1,011 Discovery Miles 10 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

No one has written more about the African American experience in Missouri over the past four decades than Gary Kremer, and now for the first time fourteen of his best articles on the subject are available in one place with the publication of Race and Meaning: The African American Experience in Missouri. By placing the articles in chronological order of historical events rather than by publication date, Kremer combines them into one detailed account that addresses issues such as the transition from slavery to freedom for African Americans in Missouri, all-black rural communities, and the lives of African Americans seeking new opportunities in Missouri's cities. In addition to his previously published articles, Kremer includes a personal introduction revealing how he first became interested in researching African American history and how his education at Lincoln University--and specifically the influence of his mentor, Lorenzo Greene--helped him to realize his eventual career path. Race and Meaning makes a collection of largely unheard stories spanning much of Missouri history accessible for the first time in one place, allowing each article to be read in the context of the others, and creating a whole that is much greater than the sum of its parts. Whether you are a student, researcher, or general reader, this book will be essential to anyone with an interest in Missouri history.

Race and Meaning - The African-American Experience in Missouri (Hardcover): Gary R. Kremer Race and Meaning - The African-American Experience in Missouri (Hardcover)
Gary R. Kremer
R1,299 Discovery Miles 12 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

No one has written more about the African American experience in Missouri over the past four decades than Gary Kremer, and now for the first time fourteen of his best articles on the subject are available in one place with the publication of "Race and Meaning: The African American Experience in Missouri." By placing the articles in chronological order of historical events rather than by publication date, Kremer combines them into one detailed account that addresses issues such as the transition from slavery to freedom for African Americans in Missouri, all-black rural communities, and the lives of African Americans seeking new opportunities in Missouri's cities.

In addition to his previously published articles, Kremer includes a personal introduction revealing how he first became interested in researching African American history and how his education at Lincoln University--and specifically the influence of his mentor, Lorenzo Greene--helped him to realize his eventual career path. "Race and Meaning" makes a collection of largely unheard stories spanning much of Missouri history accessible for the first time in one place, allowing each article to be read in the context of the others, and creating a whole that is much greater than the sum of its parts. Whether you are a student, researcher, or general reader, this book will be essential to anyone with an interest in Missouri history.

A History of Missouri v. 4; 1875 to 1919 (Paperback, New Ed): Lawrence O. Christensen, Gary R. Kremer A History of Missouri v. 4; 1875 to 1919 (Paperback, New Ed)
Lawrence O. Christensen, Gary R. Kremer
R1,067 Discovery Miles 10 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Drawing on original research in primary sources, this comprehensive study covers such topics as the Constitution of 1875, the impact of railroad expansion, the 1904 World's Fair, the Populist and Progressive movements, and World War I. It also deals with less familiar topics, such as the state's use of convict labor to save taxpayers money, the emergence of women's clubs, the arrival of moving pictures, and the terrible conditions under which coal miners worked and lived.

Research on the weekly newspapers of such towns as Edina, Bethany, Boonville, Mount Vernon, and Kennett provides a comparative regional and rural perspective on events that took place around the turn of the century, giving the reader a unique glimpse of what small-town life was like. The rapid growth of Missouri's cities is also discussed in detail. St. Louis's development as one of the nation's leading cities is fully recorded, as is the rise of smaller towns such as St. Joseph, Joplin, Springfield, and Sedalia. Kansas City's City Beautiful Movement and the rise of the Pendergast Machine are also treated.

Significant attention is given to World War I. The authors document Missourians' reliance on voluntarism to support the war effort, and they also explain how government officials mobilized the citizens of the state to support the war, especially Missourians of German ancestry. The book fully details the experiences of African Americans and women who lived in Missouri during the period.

This extensive and balanced coverage of Missouri as it moved into the twentieth century will be the authoritative volume on the subject for decades to come. Anyone with an interest in Missouri history will treasure this informative new resource.

Dictionary of Missouri Biography (Hardcover): Lawrence O. Christensen, William E. Foley (Professor of History, Central Missouri... Dictionary of Missouri Biography (Hardcover)
Lawrence O. Christensen, William E. Foley (Professor of History, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, USA), Gary R. Kremer, Kenneth H. Winn (State Archivist, Missouri, USA)
R2,269 Discovery Miles 22 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the making for almost a decade, the Dictionary of Missouri Biography is the most important reference work on Missouri biography to be published in the last half century. Written by nearly three hundred talented authors from around the country and edited by four of the leading authorities on Missouri history, this monumental work contains biographies of more than seven hundred individuals who have in some way made a contribution to the course of state and national history.

Covering all time periods as well as all regions of the state, this remarkable volume exemplifies the state's cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity. Although the men and women chosen for inclusion in this book came from many walks of life, all of them were either born in Missouri or through their lives touched the state in a significant way. Many of the people will be instantly recognizable, but others will be less well known. Each of them, however, achieved prominence in some area of activity -- politics, business, agriculture, the arts, entertainment, sports, education, military service, diplomacy, social reform, civic improvements, science, or religion.

Providing information on and insight into the lives, careers, personalities, and eras of all of the subjects, the book powerfully exemplifies the achievements of the featured individuals, as well as the richness of the state's heritage. Brief bibliographies after each entry direct the reader toward further research on a given subject.

Written in an easy-to-read and accessible style, the Dictionary of Missouri Biography will be an indispensable reference. Scholars, researchers, and the general reader will turn to this guide repeatedly to discover useful andreliable information about noteworthy Missourians. Every library, every school, every historian, and every Missouri family will want this important new work in its collection.

Missouri's Black Heritage (Paperback, Revised Ed): Lorenzo Johnston Greene, Gary R. Kremer, Antonio Frederick Holland Missouri's Black Heritage (Paperback, Revised Ed)
Lorenzo Johnston Greene, Gary R. Kremer, Antonio Frederick Holland
R1,065 Discovery Miles 10 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally written in 1980 by the late Lorenzo J. Greene, Gary R. Kremer, and Antonio F. Holland, "Missouri's Black Heritage" remains the only book-length account of the rich and inspiring history of the state's African American population. It has now been revised and updated by Kremer and Holland, incorporating the latest scholarship into its pages. This edition describes in detail the struggles faced by many courageous African Americans in their efforts to achieve full civil and political rights against the greatest of odds.

Documenting the African American experience from the horrors of slavery through present-day victories, the book touches on the lives of people such as John Berry Meachum, a St. Louis slave who purchased his own freedom and then helped countless other slaves gain emancipation; Hiram Young, a Jackson County free black whose manufacturing of wagons for Sante Fe Trail travelers made him a legendary figure; James Milton Turner, who, after rising from slavery to become one of the best-educated blacks in Missouri, worked with the Freedmen's Bureau and the State Department of Education to establish schools for blacks all over the state after the Civil War; and Annie Turnbo Malone, a St. Louis entrepreneur whose business skills made her one of the state's wealthiest African Americans in the early twentieth century.

A personal reminiscence by the late Lorenzo J. Greene, a distinguished African American historian whom many regard as one of the fathers of black history, offers a unique view of Missouri's racial history and heritage.

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