Richard Payne's Books

Strength and Honor

The Life of Dolley Madison

By: Richard N. Côté

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Strength and Honor

The Life of Dolley Madison

By: Richard N. Côté

Based on more than two thousand of Dolley Payne Todd Madison's letters and accompanied by period illustrations, offers a biography of the popular First Lady who was renowned as a hostess and heroine of the War of 1812.

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Corinthian Books

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1929175094

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9781929175093

The Tricycle

Collected Tribunal Plays 1994-2012

By: Richard Norton-Taylor,Nicolas Kent,Victoria Brittain,Gillian Slovo

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The Tricycle

Collected Tribunal Plays 1994-2012

By: Richard Norton-Taylor,Nicolas Kent,Victoria Brittain,Gillian Slovo

From 1994-2012 Kilburn’s Tricycle Theatre produced an extraordinary body of work that sought to engage, inform,and critique British and International Politics using verbatim testimony to respond to contemporary issues. Collected here for the first time are the complete ‘Tribunal Plays’. 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the Tricycle’ sfirst Tribunal Play – Half the Picture. This collection celebrates a remarkable and enduring body of work. Contains the plays Half the Picture, Nuremberg, Srebrenica, The Colour of Justice, Justifying War, Guantanamo, Bloody Sunday, Called to Account, Tactical Questioning and The Riots. Also included is a brand-new round table discussion with Nicolas Kent, Richard Norton-Taylor, Gillian Slovo and the playwright David Edgar, charting the history and development of each show and the contribution the Tribunal Plays have made to political theatre in the last two decades, and a foreword by Guardian journalist and chief theatre critic Michael Billington.

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910

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1783195673

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9781783195671

Critical Care

A Novel

By: Richard Dooling

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Critical Care

A Novel

By: Richard Dooling

Werner Ernst, a second-year medical resident, encounters the stark realities of the modern intensive care unit, the fears and illusions of the loved ones of the terminally ill, and the exhaustion and irony of doctors, nurses, and technicians.

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Macmillan

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0312143044

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9780312143046

Students of Color and the Achievement Gap

Systemic Challenges, Systemic Transformations

By: Richard R. Valencia

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Students of Color and the Achievement Gap

Systemic Challenges, Systemic Transformations

By: Richard R. Valencia

Students of Color and the Achievement Gap is a comprehensive, landmark analysis of an incontrovertible racialized reality in U.S. K-12 public education---the relentless achievement gap between low-socioeconomic students of color and their economically advantaged White counterparts. Award winning author and scholar Richard Valencia provides an authoritative and systemic treatment of the achievement gap, focusing on Black and Latino/Latina students. He examines the societal and educational factors that help to create and maintain the achievement gap by drawing from critical race theory, an asset-based perspective and a systemic inequality approach. By showing how racialized opportunity structures in society and schools ultimately result in racialized patterns of academic achievement in schools, Valencia shows how the various indicators of the achievement gap are actually symptoms of the societal and school quality gaps. Following each of these concerns, Valencia provides a number of reform suggestions that can lead to systemic transformations of K-12 education. Students of Color and the Achievement Gap makes a persuasive and well documented case that school success for students of color, and the empowerment of their parents, can only be fully understood and realized when contextualized within broader political, economic, and cultural frameworks.

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Routledge

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1317691059

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9781317691051

Dismantling Contemporary Deficit Thinking

Educational Thought and Practice

By: Richard R. Valencia

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Dismantling Contemporary Deficit Thinking

Educational Thought and Practice

By: Richard R. Valencia

Deficit thinking is a pseudoscience founded on racial and class bias. It "blames the victim" for school failure instead of examining how schools are structured to prevent poor students and students of color from learning. Dismantling Contemporary Deficit Thinking provides comprehensive critiques and anti-deficit thinking alternatives to this oppressive theory by framing the linkages between prevailing theoretical perspectives and contemporary practices within the complex historical development of deficit thinking. Dismantling Contemporary Deficit Thinking examines the ongoing social construction of deficit thinking in three aspects of current discourse – the genetic pathology model, the culture of poverty model, and the "at-risk" model in which poor students, students of color, and their families are pathologized and marginalized. Richard R. Valencia challenges these three contemporary components of the deficit thinking theory by providing incisive critiques and discussing competing explanations for the pervasive school failure of many students in the nation’s public schools. Valencia also discusses a number of proactive, anti-deficit thinking suggestions from the fields of teacher education, educational leadership, and educational ethnography that are intended to provide a more equitable and democratic schooling for all students.

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Routledge

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1136988092

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9781136988097

The Enlightenment and the Book

Scottish Authors and Their Publishers in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Ireland, and America

By: Richard B. Sher

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The Enlightenment and the Book

Scottish Authors and Their Publishers in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Ireland, and America

By: Richard B. Sher

The late eighteenth century witnessed an explosion of intellectual activity in Scotland by such luminaries as David Hume, Adam Smith, Hugh Blair, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, James Boswell, and Robert Burns. And the books written by these seminal thinkers made a significant mark during their time in almost every field of polite literature and higher learning throughout Britain, Europe, and the Americas. In this magisterial history, Richard B. Sher breaks new ground for our understanding of the Enlightenment and the forgotten role of publishing during that period. The Enlightenment and the Book seeks to remedy the common misperception that such classics as The Wealth of Nations and The Life of Samuel Johnson were written by authors who eyed their publishers as minor functionaries in their profession. To the contrary, Sher shows how the process of bookmaking during the late eighteenth-century involved a deeply complex partnership between authors and their publishers, one in which writers saw the book industry not only as pivotal in the dissemination of their ideas, but also as crucial to their dreams of fame and monetary gain. Similarly, Sher demonstrates that publishers were involved in the project of bookmaking in order to advance human knowledge as well as to accumulate profits. The Enlightenment and the Book explores this tension between creativity and commerce that still exists in scholarly publishing today. Lavishly illustrated and elegantly conceived, it will be must reading for anyone interested in the history of the book or the production and diffusion of Enlightenment thought.

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842

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University of Chicago Press

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0226752542

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9780226752549

Delphi Collected Works of Sir Richard Francis Burton (Illustrated)

By: Sir Richard Francis Burton

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Delphi Collected Works of Sir Richard Francis Burton (Illustrated)

By: Sir Richard Francis Burton

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Delphi Classics

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1786560550

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9781786560551

Debt, Investment, Slaves

Credit Relations in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, 1825-1885

By: Richard Holcombe Kilbourne,Gavin Wright

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Debt, Investment, Slaves

Credit Relations in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, 1825-1885

By: Richard Holcombe Kilbourne,Gavin Wright

Richard Kilbourne has produced a comprehensive study of the credit system in one Louisiana parish in the antebellum and postbellum periods of the Civil War. East Feliciana Parish was important in terms of both population and the large number of slaves. This book's primary concern is the role of slave property in collateralizing credit relationships and planter perceptions regarding slaves as financial assets.

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University of Alabama Press

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0817357750

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9780817357757

Lessons from History of Education

The Selected Works of Richard Aldrich

By: Richard Aldrich

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Lessons from History of Education

The Selected Works of Richard Aldrich

By: Richard Aldrich

14 of Richard Aldrich's key writings. Click on the link below to access this e-book. Please note that you may require an Athens account.

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Psychology Press

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0415358922

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9780415358927

Murder Has Its Points

By: Frances Lockridge,Richard Lockridge

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Murder Has Its Points

By: Frances Lockridge,Richard Lockridge

Mr. and Mrs. North chase a gunman who killed an author in the middle of his book launch Looking around the Hotel Dumont, Pamela North sees plenty of people she might like to murder. That’s what happens when she’s left alone at a book party, bored to tears. Her husband is a publisher, and when he’s late to an event, all she can do is look from critic to critic and think that, as messy as it can be, homicide has its advantages. She needn’t worry; a good killing will come along soon. The party to celebrate Anthony Payne’s latest release is just winding down when the shooter strikes. Payne is midsentence when he drops, a bullet hole in his bald head. And with a single shot, there’s more than enough blood to wash away all the evening’s tedium—and send the Norths on the hunt for a long-distance killer. Murder Has Its Points is the 25th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

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Open Road Media

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1504031458

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9781504031455

County Comparisons

By: Richard L. Miller

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County Comparisons

By: Richard L. Miller

Volume III of the series: The U.S. Atlas of Nuclear Fallout 1951-1962. Comparisons of all United States counties for total fallout from the U.S. Nuclear Test Program 1951-1962. 740 pages. Illustrated.

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Two-Sixty Press

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1881043126

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9781881043126

West Indies Accounts

Essays on the History of the British Caribbean and the Atlantic Economy in Honour of Richard Sheridan

By: Richard B. Sheridan

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West Indies Accounts

Essays on the History of the British Caribbean and the Atlantic Economy in Honour of Richard Sheridan

By: Richard B. Sheridan

Collection of essays written by former students, colleagues, and friends to honor a preeminent economic historian of the Caribbean. Covering period 1650-1850, essays encompass a broad range of topics, with major focus on various aspects of slavery and imperial relations during those years. Excellent introductory essay on Sheridan's contributions to Caribbean economic history.

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Barbados : The Press University of the West Indies

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9766400229

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9789766400224

The Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes

A Comprehensive History

By: Richard Sowers

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The Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes

A Comprehensive History

By: Richard Sowers

This is the definitive history of thoroughbred racing's three premier events, which have never before been explored in such detail. This book gives the history of America's classic races from the inaugural Belmont Stakes in 1867 through 2013, identifying which equine participants were truly worthy of lasting acclaim and which were one-hit wonders. Perhaps even more compelling are the stories of the men and women who rode, trained, owned, or bred classic winners, including their exploits on the turf and their triumphs and failures in arenas far removed from horse racing.

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McFarland

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1476613273

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9781476613277

Radio's Hidden Voice

The Origins of Public Broadcasting in the United States

By: Hugh Richard Slotten

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Radio's Hidden Voice

The Origins of Public Broadcasting in the United States

By: Hugh Richard Slotten

A detailed study of American public radio's early history

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University of Illinois Press

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0252034473

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9780252034473

St. John's Church, Lafayette Square

The History and Heritage of the Church of the Presidents, Washington, DC

By: Richard F. Grimmett

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St. John's Church, Lafayette Square

The History and Heritage of the Church of the Presidents, Washington, DC

By: Richard F. Grimmett

St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square, in Washington, DC is one of the most unique churches in the United States. A National Historic Landmark, located just north of Lafayette Square, and in clear view of the White House, it has witnessed the presence within its walls of more notable civilian and military leaders of the United States than any other church in the nation. Apart from the White House, St. John's Church is the oldest building adjacent to Lafayette Square. It was designed, and its construction supervised, by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, a leading architect of the early national period. From its opening in October 1816, every person, beginning with James Madison, who has held the office of President of the United States has attended St. John's at least once. Several Presidents have been members. Thus, St. John's is called "the Church of the Presidents." A significant number of members of St. John's, past and present, have played very prominent roles in the public life of the United States and the city of Washington, DC. This book tells the story of this historic church from its origins to the present, while chronicling notable services held at it, and key events in the lives of distinguished Americans who were personally connected with St. John's during their residence in Washington. REVIEWS The first thing to note about this marvelous history of St. John's Church is the research. From start to finish the facts are meticulously assembled and clearly laid out to the reader. This alone makes the book worth reading. But it is far more than a collection of facts. It is the story--or rather the stories-- of St. John's Church that makes this book stand out as a true gem with very few equals in the annals of Church History. --Harry S. Stout Jonathan Edwards Professor of American Religious History Yale University Sited importantly on its corner across from the White House, St. John's Episcopal Church has served both the famous and Everyman without interruption for nearly 200 years, its architectural evolution an index of the development of the capital itself. Historian Richard Grimmett tells the story of the "Church of the Presidents" in "St. John's Church: Lafayette Square" with the painstaking accuracy of an experienced researcher. Flavored with personalities and rich anecdotes, this book begins life as a Washington classic. --William Seale Editor, White House History author of "The President's House: A History." Because St. John's Church has been so closely associated with presidents, cabinet members, powerful insiders and Washington society ... anyone interested in the compelling historical details of a slice of Washington life would want to add the book to his or her library. --Mary O. Klein Archivist, Episcopal Diocese of Maryland.

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Hillcrest Publishing Group

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1934248533

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9781934248539

A State of Mixture

Christians, Zoroastrians, and Iranian Political Culture in Late Antiquity

By: Richard E. Payne

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A State of Mixture

Christians, Zoroastrians, and Iranian Political Culture in Late Antiquity

By: Richard E. Payne

Christian communities flourished during late antiquity in a Zoroastrian political system, known as the Iranian Empire, that integrated culturally and geographically disparate territories from Arabia to Afghanistan into its institutions and networks. Whereas previous studies have regarded Christians as marginal, insular, and often persecuted participants in this empire, Richard Payne demonstrates their integration into elite networks, adoption of Iranian political practices and imaginaries, and participation in imperial institutions. The rise of Christianity in Iran depended on the Zoroastrian theory and practice of hierarchical, differentiated inclusion, according to which Christians, Jews, and others occupied legitimate places in Iranian political culture in positions subordinate to the imperial religion. Christians, for their part, positioned themselves in a political culture not of their own making, with recourse to their own ideological and institutional resources, ranging from the writing of saints’ lives to the judicial arbitration of bishops. In placing the social history of East Syrian Christians at the center of the Iranian imperial story, A State of Mixture helps explain the endurance of a culturally diverse empire across four centuries.

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Univ of California Press

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0520961536

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9780520961531

Sociocultural Studies in Education

Critical Thinking for Democracy

By: Richard A Quantz

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Sociocultural Studies in Education

Critical Thinking for Democracy

By: Richard A Quantz

Sociocultural Studies in Education: Critical Thinking for Democracy fills a void in the education of educators and citizens in a democracy. It explores some of the fundamentals around which disagreements in education arise. It presents a process with which those new to these debates can understand often confusing and entwined sets of facts and logics. This book leads the reader through some general concepts and intellectual skills that provide the basis for making sense out of the debates around public education in a democracy. This book can be seen as a primer on how to read texts about education. It acknowledges that good teachers must be not only trained to teach, but also educated about education. It presents the various themes and currents found within the arguments and narratives that people use to represent public education. It assumes that the more those interested in education know about how to see through the rhetoric, the better they will be at discerning whose interests are served by which texts.

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Routledge

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1317260759

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9781317260752

The Plays of John Heywood

By: John Heywood,Richard Axton

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The Plays of John Heywood

By: John Heywood,Richard Axton

The series is performing an important service by providing fully annotated editions of Tudor humanists and playwrights in the original Tudor English, with glossaries and listing of textual variants and doubtful readings. COMPARATIVE DRAMA `A first-rate edition that substantially advances the cause of scholarship.' COMPARATIVE DRAMA First complete and fully annotated collection of John Heywood's plays in the original language. It makes possible a reevaluation ofhis remarkable achievement as actor-playwright and an appreciation of his lively contribution to the English language. In all their experimental variety the comedies are seen to have the stamp of an idiosyncratic, theatricalintelligence coupled with a surprising seriousness and Heywood emerges as a resourceful apologist for traditional Catholic doctrine in a time of Reformation. In arguing for a new chronology, the editors suggest that Henry VIII'sservant and entertainer was capable of refreshing irreverence and political daring. Contents: Witty and Witles, Johan Johan, The Pardoner and theFrere, The Foure PP, A Play of Love, The Play of the Wether. Notes.Appendices: Verses from a lost Play of Reason, Translation of . RICHARD AXTON is a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, and University lecturer in English. PETER HAPPÉis the former Principal of Barton PeverilSixth-Form College.

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Boydell & Brewer Ltd

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0859913198

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9780859913195

The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia [2 volumes]

[2 volumes]

By: Ulrich Marzolph,Richard van Leeuwen

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The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia [2 volumes]

[2 volumes]

By: Ulrich Marzolph,Richard van Leeuwen

The most comprehensive treatment of the Arabian Nights ever published, with more than 800 detailed encyclopedic entries and a wealth of authoritative essays and resources. The tales of the Arabian Nights have long been the focus of scholarly research and critique, but no English language work has ever attempted an all-embracing treatment of them. The fruit of years of research, The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive reference work introducing both the Arabian Nights and the context of their genesis and aftermath in Near Eastern, European, and world culture. Editors Ulrich Marzolph, one of the world's foremost scholars of Near Eastern narrative culture, and Richard van Leeuwen, a prominent scholar of the Arabian Nights, present detailed, authoritative, and up-to-date research on virtually all aspects of the tales, including major protagonists, themes, important translations, textual history, adaptations, reworkings, works inspired by the Arabian Nights, and aspects of literary theory, and provide extensive bibliographies for each tale. In addition to the 800+ encyclopedic entries and numerous essays, the work introduces research that has not previously been published, making it an invaluable resource to scholars, educators, students, and the general public, as well as an essential addition to the core collection of academic and public libraries.

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950

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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185109640X

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9781851096404

Roosevelt the Reformer

Theodore Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner, 1889-1895

By: Richard Downing White

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Roosevelt the Reformer

Theodore Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner, 1889-1895

By: Richard Downing White

Richard White Jr. situates young Roosevelt within the exciting events of the Gilded Age, the Victorian era, and the gay nineties. He describes Roosevelt's relationships with family, friends, colleagues, and adversaries.

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