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Leaders of the American Civil War

A Biographical and Historiographical Dictionary

By: Charles F. Ritter,Jon L. Wakelyn

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Leaders of the American Civil War

A Biographical and Historiographical Dictionary

By: Charles F. Ritter,Jon L. Wakelyn

Covering both the great military leaders and the critical civilian leaders, this book provides an overview of their careers and a professional assessment of their accomplishments. Entries consider the leaders' character and prewar experiences, their contributions to the war effort, and the war's impact on the rest of their lives. The entries then look at how history has assessed these leaders, thus putting their longtime reputations on the line. The result is a thorough revision of some leaders' careers, a call for further study of others, and a reaffirmation of the accomplishments of the greatest leaders. Analyzing the leaders historiographically, the work shows how the leaders wanted to be remembered, how postwar memorists and biographers saw them, the verdict of early historians, and how the best modern historians have assessed their contributions. By including a variety of leaders from both civilian and military roles, the book provides a better understanding of the total war, and by relating their lives to their times, it provides a better understanding of historical revisionism and of why history has been so interested in Civil War lives.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313064946

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Wall Street

A History : from Its Beginnings to the Fall of Enron

By: Charles R. Geisst

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Wall Street

A History : from Its Beginnings to the Fall of Enron

By: Charles R. Geisst

In this wide-ranging volume, a financial historian updates the first history of Wall Street, recounting the speculative fever of the 1990s and the scandals at Enron, Tyco, WorldCom, and Conseco. 27 halftones.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195170601

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Estes Kefauver

A Biography

By: Charles L. Fontenay

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Estes Kefauver

A Biography

By: Charles L. Fontenay

Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2009 In the 1950s and early 1960s, Estes Kefauver was everywhere in politics and government. He ran for president twice, was the 1956 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee, pioneered the use of television in Congressional hearings, and dug deep into many policy areas in the US Senate. Most students of politics or government have seen Kefauver's name, but there is surprisingly little comprehensive treatment of him as an individual and not as a part of a broader campaign, Senate history, or legislation. Charles Fortenay spent years trying to correct this vacancy in political biography. Fortenay's effort began during Kefauver's life, but took twenty-five years to get published and not in the form Fontenay had originally imagined. But the product is a good one. Fontenay takes us from Kefauver's childhood in Tennessee, to his law career, to his service in the US House, to his campaign for the Senate, his pursuit of the presidency in the 1950s, and his legislative battles up to his early death in 1963. In doing so, Fortenay shows us the many paradoxes of Kefauver. Kefauver was a hard working, not particularly charismatic legislator. But he was also a great retail politician, embarrassing Harry Truman and Adlai Stevenson in multiple primaries throughout the 1950s. He was a something of a liberal, but he also looked down at women and was a swing vote on civil rights (To be fair, as a southern senator being a swing vote in civil rights is better than most of his colleagues). Kefauver maintained a close family life despite his active political career, but cheated on his wife fairly openly. Kefauver was ethical and principled (except when it came to monogamy), refusing to cut political deals to win the presidential nomination or keep gifts, but he had a constellation of wealthy friends who paid his personal expenses and bought stock based on the findings of a Congressional investigation. Any politician, really any person, studied so closely shows some wrinkles. Kefauver is no different. But overall, Kefauver was a hard worker, progressive particularly for his state, and helped democratize the nominating process. In those respects, he is a model for modern senators. A few nitpicks about the book. First, Fontenay writes that a Congressman Reece died and was replaced by his wife by appointment. Reece's wife won a special election because there are no appointments to fill House vacancies. Second, Fontenay short changes some of Kefauver's policy battles, including presidential succession which is of particular interest to me. That aside, Fontenay writes a great book. His sources are varied from many personal interviews, to Kefauver's letters, to the biographies of other senators. He manages to balance the many names and personalities and does a particularly good job of explaining the political convention intrigue of the 1950s. I highly recommend this book to students of politics, government, and history. It fills a void in the literature with the tale of a significant senator of the mid-20th century.

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Univ. of Tennessee Press

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1572332581

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9781572332584

Wall Street: A History

By: Charles R. Geisst

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Wall Street: A History

By: Charles R. Geisst

In the seven years since the publication of the first edition of Wall Street, America's financial industry has undergone a series of wrenching events that have dramatically changed the nation's economic landscape. The bull market of the 1990's came to a close, ushering in the end of the dot com boom, a record number of mergers occurred, and accounting scandals in companies like Enron and WorldCom shook the financial industry to its core. In this wide-ranging volume, financial historian Charles Geisst provides the first history of Wall Street, explaining how a small, concentrated pocket of lower Manhattan came to have such enormous influence in national and world affairs. In this updated edition, Geisst sums up the recent turbulence that has threatened America's financial industry. He shows how in 1997 thirty NASDAQ market makers paid a record $1.3 billion fine for price irregularities in stocks. He makes sense of the closing of the bull market, and explains a major change in the accounting rules for mergers that caused monumental losses for companies like AOL Time Warner. And he recounts how in the aftermath of the speculative fever that swept Wall Street in the 1990's, the scandals at Enron, Tyco, Worldcom, and Conseco represent a last gasp of mergermania and a fallout from a bubble-like market. Wall Street is at once the story of the street itself, from the days when the wall was merely a defensive barricade built by Peter Stuyvesant, to the modern billion-dollar computer-driven colossus of today. In a broader sense it is an engaging economic history of the United States, the role Wall Street played in making America the most powerful economy in the world, and the many challenges to that role it has faced in recent years.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199883610

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Oscar Wilde and His Literary Circle

By: John Charles Finzi

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Oscar Wilde and His Literary Circle

By: John Charles Finzi

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1957. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived

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0520350553

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9780520350557

Joe Blackburn's a Clown's Log

By: Joe Blackburn,Charles H. Day,William L. Slout

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Joe Blackburn's a Clown's Log

By: Joe Blackburn,Charles H. Day,William L. Slout

Joseph Blackburn, a clown who juggled on horseback, took a professional trip to England in 1838, accompanied by the noted American vaulter and bareback rider, Levi J. North. His account of their experiences abroad encompasses activity with the circuses of

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Wildside Press LLC

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0809513072

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9780809513079

Ink from a Circus Press Agent

An Anthology of Circus History from the Pen of Charles H. Day

By: Charles H. Day

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Ink from a Circus Press Agent

An Anthology of Circus History from the Pen of Charles H. Day

By: Charles H. Day

One of the most colorful breed of men in 19th-century circusdom was the press agent, whose duty was to act as "an umpire between the show and the newspapers," and promote his company's greatness in order to generate public interest in advance of the performances. Charles H. Day, one of the leading "puffers" of his time, was particularly active between 1872-87, but unlike many of his colleagues, was also published widely in the entertainment newspapers and magazines. William L. Slout has collected together the best of Day's colorful and evocative essays of 19th-century circus life, and has also added a helpful Circus Personnel Reference Roster, notes, and detailed index.

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0809513021

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Encyclopedia of American Business History

By: Charles R. Geisst,Ambassador Charles a Gargano Professor of Finance Charles R Geisst

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Encyclopedia of American Business History

By: Charles R. Geisst,Ambassador Charles a Gargano Professor of Finance Charles R Geisst

Presents an alphabetically-arranged reference to the history of business and industry in the United States. Includes selected primary source documents.

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Infobase Publishing

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1438109873

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9781438109879

Beggar Thy Neighbor

A History of Usury and Debt

By: Charles R. Geisst

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Beggar Thy Neighbor

A History of Usury and Debt

By: Charles R. Geisst

From the Roman Empire to the most recent financial crisis, this comprehensive economic history examines humanity's attempts to curb the abuse of debt while reaping the benefits of credit.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812244621

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Capital Markets Handbook

By: Charles L. Bennett (Lawyer),Jeffrey J. Posner,Bruce S. Foerster

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Capital Markets Handbook

By: Charles L. Bennett (Lawyer),Jeffrey J. Posner,Bruce S. Foerster

Capital Markets Handbook, Seventh Edition is the definitive desk reference for capital market professionals and a complete resource for anyone working in the financial markets field. Written by seasoned professionals in association with the SIA, Capital Markets Handbook covers the latest developments in major securities legislation, and all aspects of documentation, underwriting, pricing, distribution, settlement, immediate aftermarket trading of new issues, compliance issues, a glossary, a bibliography, and appendices containing the full text of the primary statutes and regulations."--Publisher's website.

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Wolters Kluwer Law & Business

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1543850626

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9781543850628

Fitness for Life

By: Charles B. Corbin,Ruth Lindsey

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Fitness for Life

By: Charles B. Corbin,Ruth Lindsey

A high school textbook designed to promote lifelong fitness and well-being, encouraging students to develop an effective, entertaining exercise and nutrition program, explaining the benefits of good health and describing various types of fitness activities.

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Human Kinetics

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0736066764

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9780736066761

Wall Street People

True Stories of the Great Barons of Finance

By: Charles D. Ellis,James R. Vertin

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Wall Street People

True Stories of the Great Barons of Finance

By: Charles D. Ellis,James R. Vertin

Writing with James R. Vertin, author Charles D. Ellis presents brief profiles of 85 Wall Street leaders who contributed to the growth of the world's major financial marketplace. The authors divide these individuals - all men, which tells a tale right there - into four slightly arbitrary groups: masters of investing, movers and shakers, business builders, and wisemen and rascals. The collection is drawn from the other writers' pieces about these men, and includes occasional articles the featured financiers wrote themselves. Apart from a few brief notes about some patterns that the author observed, these excerpts from various sources stand alone, with no overarching theme or exposition. getAbstract keenly feels the lack of a few analytical essays that might have pulled the collection together and integrated it thematically, but even so, this serves as a useful research tool and an interesting introduction to a unique confluence of powerful men.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471274283

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9780471274285

Buffets. A Story

By: Charles Henry Doe

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Buffets. A Story

By: Charles Henry Doe

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

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3385378389

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9783385378384

An Index to Printed Pedigrees Contained in County and Local Histories, the Heralds' Visitations

And in the More Important Genealogical Collections

By: Charles Bridger

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An Index to Printed Pedigrees Contained in County and Local Histories, the Heralds' Visitations

And in the More Important Genealogical Collections

By: Charles Bridger

Here is a guide to printed British genealogies, containing over 16,000 references to pedigrees in county histories, compendia, record and society publications, heralds' visitations, etc., down to the time the work was originally published (1867). The arrangement is by counties for England and thereunder alphabetically by family name for each title analyzed, with special sections devoted to General Works, Visitations, etc. The compiler has facilitated research still further by means of a complete index to all families, which occupies nearly 100 pages and contains about 8,000 entries.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806300493

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9780806300498

Haunted Ohio

Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Buckeye State

By: Charles A. Stansfield Jr.

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Haunted Ohio

Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Buckeye State

By: Charles A. Stansfield Jr.

Dead presidents, swamp monsters, and spying spaceships figure prominently in this collection of eerie tales from the Buckeye State. From across the plains to the metropolitan centers of Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati come a variety of stories and legends, including the phantom in Dayton's Woodland Cemetery who perches atop his tombstone, the pitiful spirits of the Millfield miners, the fearsome ghost of boatman Mike Fink, and many more.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493040847

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9781493040841

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Leaders of the American Civil War

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Estes Kefauver

Wall Street: A History

Wall Street: A History

Oscar Wilde and His Literary Circle

Oscar Wilde and His Literary Circle

Joe Blackburn's a Clown's Log

Joe Blackburn's a Clown's Log

Ink from a Circus Press Agent

Ink from a Circus Press Agent

Encyclopedia of American Business History

Encyclopedia of American Business History

Beggar Thy Neighbor

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Capital Markets Handbook

Capital Markets Handbook

Fitness for Life

Fitness for Life

Wall Street People

Wall Street People

Buffets. A Story

Buffets. A Story

An Index to Printed Pedigrees Contained in County and Local Histories, the Heralds' Visitations

An Index to Printed Pedigrees Contained in County and Local Histories, the Heralds' Visitations

Haunted Ohio

Haunted Ohio

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