American Mobbing, 1828-1861: Toward Civil War

By David Grimsted, David Grimstead

"American Mobbing, 1828-1861: Toward Civil War is a comprehensive history of mob violence related to sectional issues in antebellum America. David Grimsted argues that, though the issue of slavery...

American Mobbing, 1828-1861: Toward Civil War

By David Grimsted, David Grimstead

American Mobbing, 1828-1861: Toward Civil War is a comprehensive history of mob violence related to sectional issues in antebellum America. David Grimsted argues that, though the issue of slavery p...

American Mobbing, 1828-1861

By David Grimsted, David Grimstead

American Mobbing, 1828-1861: Toward Civil War is a comprehensive history of mob violence related to sectional issues in antebellum America. David Grimsted argues that, though the issue of slavery p...

Melodrama Unveiled: American Theater And Culture, 1800-1850

By David Grimsted

Melodrama Unveiled: American Theater And Culture, 1800-1850

By David Grimsted

david Grimsted's melodrama Unveiled Explores Early American Drama To Try To Understand Why Such Severely Limited Plays Were So Popular For So Long. Concerned With Both The Plays And The Dramatic Se...

Notions Of The Americans 1820-1860

By David Grimsted

Notions Of The Americans, 1820-1860.

By David Grimsted

Introduction -- David Grimsted -- Favorite Songs / Samuel Woodworth -- From Classic To Gothic -- Vice Unmasked / P.w. Grayson -- Self-reliance / Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Man In Nature -- Sinners Boun...

The Searchers: Essays And Reflections On John Ford’S Classic Western

By Brian Henderson, David Grimsted, Peter Lehman, Gaylyn Studlar, Arthur M. Eckstein, Douglas Pye

In many ways a traditional western, The Searchers (1956) is considered by critics as one of the greatest Hollywood films, made by the most influential of western directors. But John Ford’s classic...

The Human Tradition In The American Revolution

By Thomas J Humphrey, John Shy, Gary B. Nash, Stephen Aron, Maurice Jackson, John Sainsbury, Edward J. Cashin, David Grimsted, Sheila Skemp, Nancy L. Rhoden, Daniel Vickers, Alison Duncan Hirsch, Michelle Leung, Katherine M. J. McKenna, Phillip W. Hoffman, Ian K. Steele, Gary L. Hewitt, Jon W. Parmenter

This collection of 17 biographies provides a unique opportunity for the reader to go beyond the popular heroes of the American Revolution and discover the diverse populace that inhabited the coloni...

The Human Tradition In The American Revolution

By Thomas J Humphrey, John Shy, Gary B. Nash, Stephen Aron, Maurice Jackson, John Sainsbury, Edward J. Cashin, David Grimsted, Sheila Skemp, Nancy L. Rhoden, Daniel Vickers, Alison Duncan Hirsch, Michelle Leung, Katherine M. J. McKenna, Phillip W. Hoffman, Ian K. Steele, Gary L. Hewitt, Jon W. Parmenter

This collection of 17 biographies provides a unique opportunity for the reader to go beyond the popular heroes of the American Revolution and discover the diverse populace that inhabited the coloni...