by Irving Brant (1989)
Possibly Franklin Roosevelt's best-known legacy in conservation was his executive order proclaiming the Jackson Hole National Monument in Wyomingthis in the middle of WW II. But he was directly involved in other projects: Olympia (Wash.) and Kings Canyon (Calif.) National Parks, the Carl Inn Sugar Pines (Calif.) as well as measures for wildlife protection. The late Brandt was himself a crusader, tireless lobbyist and major figure in conservation circles who also wrote speeches and plotted strategy for FDR and Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes in their fight to expand and create national parks. Brandt here portrays a president who was accessible to his staff and committed to conserving natural resources; the bitter wrangling between the Park and Forestry Services and the implacable opposition (and dirty tricks) by Western lumber and power interests. All this is narrated in excruciating detail, with correspondence, accounts of public and private meetings and official hearings, in an instructive study of conservation history, presidential style and public policy in the making.
Richard B. Morris, James Woodress
Uses excerpts from letters, diaries, novels, poetry, press reports, documents, and other contemporary sources to portray the events in Europe and the United States before, during, and after World War I.
Dana Lindaman and Kyle Ward
"Readers accustomed to a single view of American history will find British and Canadian, and American Indian views of the War of 1812; Cuban and Russian views of the Cuban Missile Crisis; and Iranian views of the Iranian hostage crisis, among various other enlightening examples." "Many of the textbooks included in History Lessons are the only authorized source of information about American history in their respective countries. They are made accessible to American readers for the first time, and several - including excerpts from the only textbook known to have been smuggled out of North Korea - are highly controversial." "History Lessons offers a challenge to the biases we bring to our understanding of American history - and a sobering glimpse into how the rest of the world views the past we take for granted."--BOOK JACKET.
James A. Corrick
Traces developments in European art, architecture, music, literature, philosophy, science, and exploration between 1300 and 1600.
Louis H. Feldman and John R. Levison
This volume offers a state-of-the-art collection of papers on one of the most significant works of Flavius Josephus, by many of the leading scholars in current Josephus research. The collection, which includes a concordance by H. Schreckenberg of the Latin section Contra Apionem 2.5-113, forms a standard, indispensable resource for the study of Josephus' writings, of apologetic literature in general, and particularly for the study of Contra Apionem, one of the most significant apologetic treatises in Antiquity.