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Marguerite Long, the most important French female pianist of the
20th century, left her stamp on a whole epoch of musical life in
Paris. The Pedagogical Writings of Marguerite Long presents English
translations of the two contributions of Marguerite Long to the
literature of piano pedagogy. These translations of her pedagogical
works, Le Piano and La Petite Méthode de Piano, provide a window
to the old French school of pianism as modernized by Long. Le Piano
is a remarkable text offering piano playing techniques and
pragmatic and philosophical musings and observations about life,
musicians, careers, and more. La Petite Méthode de Piano is a
personal manifesto about how to introduce kids to music. Both works
are treasures revealing Long's deep commitment to teaching and they
are still stunningly relevant. In addition, John Ellis analyzes
each work and puts it in historical context. He places special
emphasis on Long's illustrious international career, her teaching,
her rivalry with Alfred Cortot, and the impact of sexism on her.
Ellis addresses the eclipse of Long's reputation by that of Cortot
and fills a gap in the knowledge of Long's place in the history of
pedagogical heritage.
Culture Matters explores the role of political culture studies as
one of the major investigative fields in contemporary political
science. Culture theory was the focal point of the late Aaron
Wildavsky's teaching and research for the last decade of his life,
a life that profoundly affected many fields of political science
from the study of the pres
George Washington claimed that anyone who attempted to provide an
accurate account of the war for independence would be accused of
writing fiction. At the time, no one called it the "American
Revolution": former colonists still regarded themselves as
Virginians or Pennsylvanians, not Americans, while John Adams
insisted that the British were the real revolutionaries, for
attempting to impose radical change without their colonists'
consent. With The Cause, Ellis takes a fresh look at the events
between 1773 and 1783, recovering a war more brutal than any in
American history save the Civil War and discovering a strange breed
of "prudent" revolutionaries, whose prudence proved wise yet tragic
when it came to slavery, the original sin that still haunts
America. Written with flair and drama, The Cause brings together a
cast of familiar and forgotten characters who, taken together,
challenge the story we have long told ourselves about our origins
as a people and a nation.
This new set of original case studies is designed to offer an
empirical counterpart to Cultural Theory (Westview, 1990 ), the
landmark statement of political culture theory authored by Michael
Thompson, Richard Ellis, and Aaron Wildavsky, and to extend and
challenge the analysis developed there. Here, the theoretical
concepts laid out in that book
This new set of original case studies is designed to offer an
empirical counterpart to Cultural Theory (Westview, 1990 ), the
landmark statement of political culture theory authored by Michael
Thompson, Richard Ellis, and Aaron Wildavsky, and to extend and
challenge the analysis developed there.
This book has been written in part with the aim of providing a text
which will be useful in teaching the biochemical applications of
spectroscopy. This book will be of particular use to the biochemist
or biologist who does not have a background in spectroscopy, but
desires to find out what sort of information spectroscopy can
provide. Attention was limited to those techniques most frequently
used, and which at present have the widest applications.
This book has been written in part with the aim of providing a text
which will be useful in teaching the biochemical applications of
spectroscopy. This book will be of particular use to the biochemist
or biologist who does not have a background in spectroscopy, but
desires to find out what sort of information spectroscopy can
provide. Attention was limited to those techniques most frequently
used, and which at present have the widest applications.
A fresh look at this astute, likably quirky statesman, by the
author of the Pulitzer Award-winning Founding Brothers and the
National Book Award winning American Sphinx.
The Rookwood pottery, founded in Cincinnati, Ohio, produced
experimental decorated and commercial pottery from 1880 until 1967.
This new book stands ahead of all other references by offering the
most complete understanding of Rookwood products, and it places
Rookwood's glaze lines in the context of the pottery's history.
Author Anita Ellis conclusively explains the Decorated Wares,
especially those made after 1915 which have always been
problematic, and categorizes and defines the Commercial Ware for
the first time. The book is unique in offering the most complete
set of Rookwood pottery, potter and decorator marks; a thorough
glossary of terms; and all the glaze lines. Over 200 beautiful
color photographs of the elegant Rookwood pottery shapes illustrate
the glaze lines. A values reference and charts of the talented
decorators are included.
For over one hundred years, it has been deeply ingrained in
American culture. Saluting the flag in public schools began as part
of a national effort to Americanize immigrants, its final six words
imbuing it with universal hope and breathtaking power. Now Richard
Ellis unfurls the fascinating history of the Pledge of Allegiance
and of the debates and controversies that have sometimes surrounded
it. For anyone who has ever recited those thirty-one words, To the
Flag provides an unprecedented historical perspective on recent
challenges to the Pledge. As engaging as it is informative, it
traces the story from the Pledge's composition by Francis Bellamy
in 1892 up to the Supreme Court's action in 2004 regarding atheist
Michael Newdow's objection to the words "under God." Ellis is
especially good at highlighting aspects of this story that might
not be familiar to most readers: the schoolhouse flag movement, the
codification of the Pledge at the First National Flag Conference in
1923, changing styles of salute, and the uses of the Pledge to
quell public concerns over sundry strains of radicalism. Created
against the backdrop of rapid immigration, the Pledge has continued
for over a century to be injected into American politics at times
of heightened anxiety over the meaning of our national identity.
Ellis analyzes the text of the Pledge to tell how the very words
"indivisible" and "allegiance" were intended to invoke Civil War
sentiments-and how "with liberty and justice for all" forms a
capsule expression of the American creed. He also examines the
introduction of "under God" as an anti-Communist declaration in the
1950s, demonstrating that the phrase is not mere ceremonial Deism
but rather a profound expression of what has been called America's
"civil religion." The Pledge has inspired millions but has also
been used to promote conformity and silence dissent-indeed its
daily recitation in schools and legislatures tells us as much about
our anxieties as a nation as it does about our highest ideals.
Ellis reveals how, for over a century, those who have been most
fearful about threats to our national identity have often been most
insistent on the importance of patriotic rituals. Indeed, by
addressing this inescapable paradox of our civic life, Ellis opens
a new and unexpected window on the American soul.
For Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Joseph J. Ellis, The Cause
marks the culmination of a lifetime of engagement with the founding
era, completing a trilogy of books that began with Founding
Brothers. Here Ellis, countering popular histories that romanticize
the "Spirit of '76," demonstrates through "evocative profiles of
British loyalists, slaves, Native Americans and soldiers uncertain
of what was being founded" (Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune)
that the rebels fought not for a nation but under the mantle of
"The Cause," a mutable, conveniently ambiguous principle all but
destined to give rise to the warring factions of later American
history. Combining action-packed tales of North American military
campaigns with characteristically trenchant insight, The Cause
"deftly foreshadows all the issues that would complicate America's
trajectory" (Richard Stengel, New York Times Book Review), forcing
us to finally reconsider the story we have long told ourselves
about our origins-as a people, and as a nation. "At the
intersection of his expertise and our need for coherence about our
national founding arrives historian Joseph J. Ellis. . . . Ellis is
no apologist, but he is a chronicler of the entire revolution, its
best aspirations, its worst contradictions, and its ongoing
dilemmas." -Hugh Hewitt, Washington Post
This book is the compilation of papers presented at the
International Symposium on In Vivo Body Composition Studies, held
in Houston, Texas, November 10-12, 1992. The purpose of this
conference was to report on the state-of-the-art techniques for in
vivo body composition measurements and to present the most recent
human data on normal body composition and changes during disease.
This conference was the third in a series of meetings on body
composition studies held in North America, and follows the
successful meetings at Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1986, and
the one in Toronto in 1989. A large number of excellent research
papers were offered for consideration at this Conference which
demonstrates the rapid growth of the field in the last three years.
However, we had to limit the presentations to approximately 90
papers which provided a broad spectrum of the applications and
recent interest in the subject. The proceedings of the Brookhaven
meeting "In Vivo Body Composition Studies," is published by The
Institute of Physical Sciences in Medicine, London. The proceedings
of the Toronto meeting "In Vivo Body Composition Studies" was
published by Plenum Press in its basic life science series. Both
these meetings placed more emphasis on technical aspects while the
current Houston meeting tried to emphasize more the emerging
clinical applications of these techniques. The general sessions
used at the Conference for presentations forms the basis of the
order of appearance of the papers in this book.
An authoritative, accessible guide to the figures who shaped a
nation
How did upstart colonists solidify the ideas celebrated in the
Declaration of Independence and defeat the powerful British army?
How did thinkers from disparate backgrounds shape a government that
transformed modern politics? The Founding Fathers explains how,
putting valuable information on this historic period at your
fingertips--straight from one of the most trusted sources of
information around the globe.
This comprehensive guide takes a compelling look at prominent
statesmen such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas
Paine, and George Washington and lesser-known but influential
leaders such as Samuel Chase, Charles Pinckney, and others.
Alphabetized for easy reference, it also offers discussions of key
issues, including slavery, the separation of powers, the
presidency, and Deism and Christianity; events, such as the
American Revolution, the Whiskey Rebellion, and the Louisiana
Purchase; and documents, including the Constitution and the Bill of
Rights. Every special essay and concise entry--from ""Abigail
Adams"" to ""George Wythe""--promotes the deeper understanding of
the personalities, issues, and events that only Encyclop?dia
Britannica can provide.
The book's balanced, fact-based coverage of the Founding Fathers is
especially relevant today, when differing interpretations of their
intent are used in debates over current policies. The Founding
Fathers is the ideal resource for anyone looking to hone his or her
knowledge of the fascinating figures who wrote the first chapter of
U.S. history.
"Culture Matters" explores the role of political culture studies as
one of the major investigative fields in contemporary political
science. Culture theory was the focal point of the late Aaron
Wildavsky's teaching and research for the last decade of his life,
a life that profoundly affected many fields of political science
from the study of the presidency to public budgeting. Hence, in
this volume, original essays prepared in Wildavsky's honor examine
the arenas of rationale choice, institutions, theories of change,
political risk, the environment, and practical politics.
This book is the compilation of papers presented at the
International Symposium on In Vivo Body Composition Studies, held
in Houston, Texas, November 10-12, 1992. The purpose of this
conference was to report on the state-of-the-art techniques for in
vivo body composition measurements and to present the most recent
human data on normal body composition and changes during disease.
This conference was the third in a series of meetings on body
composition studies held in North America, and follows the
successful meetings at Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1986, and
the one in Toronto in 1989. A large number of excellent research
papers were offered for consideration at this Conference which
demonstrates the rapid growth of the field in the last three years.
However, we had to limit the presentations to approximately 90
papers which provided a broad spectrum of the applications and
recent interest in the subject. The proceedings of the Brookhaven
meeting "In Vivo Body Composition Studies," is published by The
Institute of Physical Sciences in Medicine, London. The proceedings
of the Toronto meeting "In Vivo Body Composition Studies" was
published by Plenum Press in its basic life science series. Both
these meetings placed more emphasis on technical aspects while the
current Houston meeting tried to emphasize more the emerging
clinical applications of these techniques. The general sessions
used at the Conference for presentations forms the basis of the
order of appearance of the papers in this book.
"A wonderfully vivid account of the momentous era they lived
through, underscoring the chaotic, often improvisatory
circumstances that attended the birth of the fledgling nation and
the hardships of daily life." -Michiko Kakutani, New York Times In
1762, John Adams penned a flirtatious note to "Miss Adorable," the
17-year-old Abigail Smith. In 1801, Abigail wrote to wish her
husband John a safe journey as he headed home to Quincy after
serving as president of the nation he helped create. The letters
that span these nearly forty years form the most significant
correspondence-and reveal one of the most intriguing and inspiring
partnerships-in American history. As a pivotal player in the
American Revolution and the early republic, John had a front-row
seat at critical moments in the creation of the United States, from
the drafting of the Declaration of Independence to negotiating
peace with Great Britain to serving as the first vice president and
second president under the U.S. Constitution. Separated more often
than they were together during this founding era, John and Abigail
shared their lives through letters that each addressed to "My
Dearest Friend," debating ideas and commenting on current events
while attending to the concerns of raising their children
(including a future president). Full of keen observations and
articulate commentary on world events, these letters are also
remarkably intimate. This new collection-including some letters
never before published-invites readers to experience the founding
of a nation and the partnership of two strong individuals, in their
own words. This is history at its most authentic and most engaging.
For a man who insisted that life on the public stage was not what he had in mind, Thomas Jefferson certainly spent a great deal of time in the spotlight--and not only during his active political career. After 1809, his longed-for retirement was compromised by a steady stream of guests and tourists who made of his estate at Monticello a virtual hotel, as well as by more than one thousand letters per year, most from strangers, which he insisted on answering personally. In his twilight years Jefferson was already taking on the luster of a national icon, which was polished off by his auspicious death (on July 4, 1896); and in the subsequent seventeen decades of his celebrity--now verging, thanks to virulent revisionists and television documentaries, on notoriety--has been inflated beyond recognition of the original person.
For the historian Joseph J. Ellis, the experience of writing about Jefferson was "as if a pathologist, just about to begin an autopsy, has discovered that the body on the operating table was still breathing." In American Sphinx, Ellis sifts the facts shrewdly from the legends and the rumors, treading a path between vilification and hero worship in order to formulate a plausible portrait of the man who still today "hover[s] over the political scene like one of those dirigibles cruising above a crowded football stadium, flashing words of inspiration to both teams." For, at the grass roots, Jefferson is no longer liberal or conservative, agrarian or industrialist, pro- or anti-slavery, privileged or populist. He is all things to all people. His own obliviousness to incompatible convictions within himself (which left him deaf to most forms of irony) has leaked out into the world at large--a world determined to idolize him despite his foibles.
From Ellis we learn that Jefferson sang incessantly under his breath; that he delivered only two public speeches in eight years as president, while spending ten hours a day at his writing desk; that sometimes his political sensibilities collided with his domestic agenda, as when he ordered an expensive piano from London during a boycott (and pledged to "keep it in storage"). We see him relishing such projects as the nailery at Monticello that allowed him to interact with his slaves more palatably, as pseudo-employer to pseudo-employees. We grow convinced that he preferred to meet his lovers in the rarefied region of his mind rather than in the actual bedchamber. We watch him exhibiting both great depth and great shallowness, combining massive learning with extraordinary naïveté, piercing insights with self-deception on the grandest scale. We understand why we should neither beatify him nor consign him to the rubbish heap of history, though we are by no means required to stop loving him. He is Thomas Jefferson, after all--our very own sphinx.
Presidents shape not only the course of history but also how
Americans remember and retell that history. From the Oval Office
they instruct us what to respect and what to reject in our past.
They regale us with stories about who we are as a people, and tell
us whom in the pantheon of greats we should revere and whom we
should revile. The president of the United States, in short, is not
just the nation's chief legislator, the head of a political party,
or the commander in chief of the armed forces, but also, crucially,
the nation's historian in chief. In this engaging and insightful
volume, Seth Cotlar and Richard Ellis bring together top historians
and political scientists to explore how eleven American presidents
deployed their power to shape the nation's collective memory and
its political future. Contending that the nation's historians in
chief should be evaluated not only on the basis of how effective
they are in persuading others, Historian in Chief argues they
should also be judged on the veracity of the history they tell.
In this landmark work of history, the National Book Award—winning author of American Sphinx explores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply flawed individuals–Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams, and Madison–confronted the overwhelming challenges before them to set the course for our nation.
The United States was more a fragile hope than a reality in 1790. During the decade that followed, the Founding Fathers–re-examined here as Founding Brothers–combined the ideals of the Declaration of Independence with the content of the Constitution to create the practical workings of our government. Through an analysis of six fascinating episodes–Hamilton and Burr’s deadly duel, Washington’s precedent-setting Farewell Address, Adams’ administration and political partnership with his wife, the debate about where to place the capital, Franklin’s attempt to force Congress to confront the issue of slavery and Madison’s attempts to block him, and Jefferson and Adams’ famous correspondence–Founding Brothers brings to life the vital issues and personalities from the most important decade in our nation’s history.
The Macmillan English Language Book gives pupils the opportunity to
work through basic skills such as reading, comprehension, sentence
and language building, grammar, listening, phonics, spelling and
class writing. Revision pages reinforce material already learnt.
George W. Bush's presidency has helped accelerate a renewed
interest in the legal or formal bases of presidential power. It is
now abundantly clear that presidential power is more than the sum
of bargaining, character, and rhetoric. Presidential power also
inheres in the Constitution or at least assertions of
constitutional powers. Judging Executive Power helps to bring the
Constitution and the courts back into the study of the American
presidency by introducing students to sixteen important Supreme
Court cases that have shaped the power of the American presidency.
The cases selected include the removal power, executive privilege,
executive immunity, and the line-item veto, with particularly
emphasis on a president's wartime powers from the Civil War to the
War on Terror. Through introductions and postscripts that accompany
each case, landmark judicial opinions are placed in their political
and historical contexts, enabling students to understand the
political forces that frame and the political consequences that
follow from legal arguments and judgments.
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