Product Description:  The United States in 1800 by Henry Adams is a compilation of the first six chapters of his magnum opus, History of the United States of America during the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. In this volume, Adams explains how personalities and events from this period shaped the main lines of American national development...read more

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Product Description: If the Papara family and people had any name, in European fashion, I suppose it would be Teva, for we are a clan, and Teva is our clan name. On the map of Tahiti the four southwest districts, from Papara to the isthmus, are always marked as Te Teva iuta, the inner Tevas, and the whole peninsula of Taiarapu, beyond the isthmus, is marked as Te Teva itai or outer Tevas...read more

Two novels dealing with the impact of social change on women are accompanied by autobiographical writings and an analysis of the medieval spirit in literature and architecture

Product Description: Book by Adams, Henry

Art Studies, American Studies

Primitive I nstitutions, the original position of the married woman was one of slavery, or akin to slavery. By this phrase is meant not merely subjection to superior force, but to legalized force. In all ages, the weak were the victims of the strong, and were often treated with severity not essentially different from the treatment of slaves; but the exercise of force by the. strong over the weak did not constitute slavery, even in the most barbarous socie ties. Unless the law declared men or women to be slaves, they were, in the view of the law, free, not withstanding their inability to obtain redress. The common view of marriage as a primitive institution implies in the man more than arbitrary superi ority, such as he exercised over tin4 child, which still remained free. The womans slavery was assumed 1R evision of a lecture delivered at the Lowell I nstitute, Dec. 9, I ttTG.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org

Product Description: In the late 1860s, the spectacular growth of the American economy created an unprecedented concentration of power. The corporate directors that emerged possessed tremendous amounts of economic leverage, and often they flagrantly abused it...read more

Traces Benton's life and career, shows how he used drawings and sketches to create his major paintings and murals, and assesses his place in American art

Profiles musicologists, critics, composers, and performers

Product Description: An exhibition catalog on view at The Nelson-Adkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, July 19-September 6, 1992

Product Description: Hardcover edition, Hudson Hills Press, 192 pages.

Product Description: American artist Albert Bloch lived in Munich from 1909 to 1923, where he met and worked with Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, the founders of the revolutionary Blue Rider group. Until now, he has hardly been mentioned in any of the major accounts of the group...read more

The major works of Henry Adams, one of the most powerful writers of the late 19th century, are collected in one volume for the first time.

Product Description: Two Centuries of American Drawings contains essays on landscapes, portraits, and still lifes by Thomas Hart Benton, Benjamin West, John Singleton Copley, and Charles Burchfield, among others. The essays highlight emotionally charged pieces by Jasper F...read more

Looks at paintings by the Kansas artist (view table of contents)