Jews in American History: Their Contribution to the United States of America, 1492-1950

1951 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 689
Author(s):  
Carl Wittke ◽  
Harry L. Golden ◽  
Martin Rywell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
American History ◽  
The United States

The Historian and the Indian: Racial Bias in American History

1963 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack D. Forbes
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
American Indian ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
American History ◽  
Racial Bias ◽  
United States History ◽  
The United States ◽  
Historical Past ◽  
States History ◽  
Historical Profession

The student of history who is concerned with the historical past of the American Indian and who is also a reader of general American historical works is faced with a provocative problem which apparently does not seriously bother other members of the historical profession. That is, he is aware of the question of defining what is meant by the concepts of “United States history “and “American history.” Most historically minded people would solve the problem very simply: American history is the story of America’s past (meaning by “American “the United States of America only) or, Unįted States history is the story of the development of the United States as a nation and as a region.

scholarly journals Mining and development lessons from the United States

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gundars Rudzitis
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
American History ◽  
The United States ◽  
The West ◽  
Mining Communities ◽  
The Us ◽  
Do So

American history, and particularly that of the West where, during the 19th and early 20th centuries, mining for gold and silver flourished, and periodically continues to do so, is based on a frontier mentality. Indeed, we in the United States of America are still not far removed from that mentality, and have our roots in exploitation based on the idea, historically, of unlimited resources. We have created a variety of myths. Myths need not be bad, but ours have not served us well. We have started to learn slowly from our mistakes and to accept, in however belated a fashion, that we should avoid repeating them. Here I try briefly to sketch some of the outcomes from our history as it relates to mining, in the hope that New Zealand will not suffer some of the same consequences as mining communities and regions have in the US.

Polygyny in American Politics

1993 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Betzig ◽  
Samantha Weber
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
American History ◽  
American Politics ◽  
Census Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Congress ◽  
Vice Presidents ◽  
Biographical Dictionary ◽  
The U.S

Biographical data were collected on members of the U.S. executive, legislative, and judicial branches, in George Washington's first through Ronald Reagan's last administration, fromWho Was Who in America,theBiographical Dictionary of the United States Congress, Vice Presidents and Cabinet Members,andBurke's Presidential Families of the United States of America.They suggest that serial polygyny in this sample has declined over the last two hundred years. Census data on average American men suggest that the number of wives per man has stayed the same or increased at the same time. These trends imply that mating equality may have increased over the last two centuries of American history. What sketchy evidence exists on extramarital opportunities tentatively suggests a similar trend.

Identifying Families in C-SPAN's U.S. Presidential Ratings: 2000, 2009, and 2017

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-161
Author(s):  
ALEXANDER CRAMER ◽  
KENNETH CRAMER
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
American History ◽  
The United States ◽  
George Washington ◽  
The U.S

ABSTRACT Since the inauguration of George Washington in 1789, the United States of America has seen the governance of some 44 individual presidents. Although such presidents share a variety of attributes, they still differ from one another on many others. Significantly, these traits may be used to construct distinct sets of “families” of presidents throughout American history. By comparatively analyzing data from experts on the U.S. presidency – in this case, the C-SPAN Presidential Historians Surveys from 2000, 2009, and 2017 – this article identifies a consistent set of six presidential families: the All Stars; the Conservative Visionaries; the Postwar Progressives; the Average Joes; the Forgettables; and the Regrettables. In situating these categories in history, this article argues that U.S. presidents can be accurately organized into cohesive, like-performing families whose constituents share a common set of criteria.

scholarly journals Book Review: Women in American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Rachel Wexelbaum
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
American History ◽  
White Men ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sexual Orientations ◽  
Document Collection ◽  
Research And Education

To this day, high school and college students rarely learn about the role of women in American history, cultures, or politics. Teachers and textbooks still focus predominantly on the white Christian heterosexual males that continue to take most of the credit for building the United States of America. While it is fact that, for most of American history, only white men could own land, vote, and serve in government, women of all races, religions, and sexual orientations have done a great deal to advance American culture, fight for justice, and impact the laws, businesses, scientific research, and education systems that have developed in the United States over time.

British Influences on the United States of America

1959 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 2-3
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
British Empire ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
American History ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
The United States ◽  
British Isles

One of the finest indications of regionalism in the British Isles is a good course in American history. If no American history is available, a sound grounding in the story of the British Empire should serve much the same purpose. It is surely no accident that the last work of the great British Imperial historian, Sir Reginald Coupland, was a book on Welsh and Scottish nationalism. As one studies the settlement of British peoples overseas and tries to assess the marks which they have made on their adopted countries, one becomes more and more aware of the differences which exist amongst these peoples in their country of origin.

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