Politics and Culture of the Civil War Era

by Robert Walter Johannsen

2006 · Susquehanna University Press

Robert W. Johannsen, professor emeritus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is one of the leading Jacksonian- and Civil War-era historians of his generation. Works such as his Stephen A. Douglas and To the Halls of the Montezumas have cemented his place in period scholarship. He also has mentored literally dozens of professional historians. In his honor, eleven of his students have gathered to contribute new essays on the period's history. On display here are cutting-edge examinations of thought and culture in the late Jacksonian era, new considerations of Manifest Destiny, and fascinating interpretations of the lives of the two political giants of the period, Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln. Democratic Party politics and Civil War-era religion also come into play.

Theology of the Old Testament

by Walter Brueggemann

2012 · Fortress Press

In this powerful book, Walter Brueggemann moves the discussion of Old Testament theology beyond the dominant models of previous generations. Brueggemann focuses on the metaphor and imagery of the courtroom trial in order to regard the theological substance of the Old Testament as a series of claims asserted for Yahweh, the God of Israel. This provides a context that attends to pluralism in every dimension of the interpretive process and suggests links to the plurality of voices of our time.

The Military History of Yates County, N.Y.

by Walter Wolcott

1895

"The following pages contain facts which are part of the annals of Yates County, and as such, are of interest to all intelligent residents, particularly to those who are veterans of the Civil War. To the young and the rising generation, also, the facts herein related will be found valuable, both for instruction and for reference. It has been the object of the writer to produce a condensed history of certain military events in which citizens of Yates County have been concerned. This county has, in a military sense, a record alike grand and creditable. Many of the early settlers were soldiers in the Revolution, and not a few of the inhabitants of the region now included in our county took at active part in the War of 1812. Among the volunteers of the Mexican War, Yates County was to some extent represented, and to a large extent among the soldiers who fought in the War of 1861-65 for the preservation of the Union"--Preface.

Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts

by George Godolphin Osborne Duke of Leeds, Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset Duke of Beaufort, James Caulfeild Earl of Charlemont, James Edward William Theobald Butler Marquis of Ormonde, John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray Duke of Atholl, Sir Daniel Fleming, William Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas-Hamilton Duke of Hamilton, William Henry Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott Duke of Buccleuch, William Walter Legge Earl of Dartmouth, William Wyndham Grenville Baron Grenville

1877

First to ninth reports, 1870-1883/84, with appendices giving reports on unpublished manuscripts in private collections; Appendices after v. [15a] pt. 10 issued without general title.