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9. What Lincolnâs thoughts on democracy can teach us during troubled times

Author

Hodes, Martha

Subjects
Civil war, Historians, Democracy, Elections -- Ethical aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Martha Hodes Disenchanted with the current state of the nation, historian Allen C. Guelzo set out to inquire into Abraham Lincolnâs faith in democracy. Not only did President Lincoln [...]

Published
2024

10. 'Vox' Names the Best Books of 2023 So Far

Author

Cline, Emma, Link, Kelly, Tan, Shaun, Beagin, Jen, Kois, Dan, Harry, Prince, Grann, David, Bringley, Patrick, McMahon, Maya, Dederer, Claire, Hodes, Martha, and Hu, Elise

Subjects
Bibliography -- Best books, Books
Abstract

Books by Emma Cline, Kelly Link, and Prince Harry are among the best of the year so far, according to Vox senior correspondent Constance Grady. In a feature for the [...]

Published
2023

30. Why some white Americans see racial equality as oppression

Author

Hodes, Martha

Subjects
United States Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Evaluation, Equality -- Analysis, White supremacy movements -- Evaluation, Confederate symbols -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Martha Hodes Protesters may have toppled 'Silent Sam,' a Confederate monument at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, last week, but the university has vowed to reinstall [...]

Published
2018

39. Four episodes in re-creating a life

Author

Hodes, Martha

Subjects
Race -- Influence, Civil war -- Influence, Civil war -- United States, Romantic love -- Analysis, History
Abstract

A four-part narration of a white, working-class woman in New England who married a West Indian man of color in 1869 is presented. The first part narrates the story of the death of the woman's first husband, the second recounts what little the archives reveal of the years between the American Civil War and the woman's remarriage, the third part is a twist for the initial meeting between the white widow and the man of color and the last recounts the visit paid to the woman in Vermont.

Published
2006

44. As We Are Now: Mixblood Essays on Race and Identity

Author

Hodes, Martha

Subjects
As We Are Now: Mixblood Essays on Race and Identity (Book), Books -- Book reviews, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, History
Abstract

As We Are Now: Mixblood Essays on Race and Identity. Edited by William S. Penn. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. 255 pp. Notes. $16.95. Against the construct of Native [...]

Published
2000

45. Mistresses and Slaves: Plantation Women in South Carolina, 1830-80

Author

Hodes, Martha

Subjects
Mistresses and Slaves: Plantation Women in South Carolina: 1830-1880. (Book), Books -- Book reviews, History
Abstract

Mistresses and Slaves: Plantation Women in South Carolina, 1830-80. By Marli E Weiner. (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1998. Pp. xii, 308. $19.95.) If much of the information [...]

Published
2000

47. What Lincoln left behind

Author

Hodes, Martha

Subjects
General interest
Abstract

Byline: MARTHA HODES John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater, in Washington, on the evening of April 14, 1865, and within hours, telegrams and newspapers began to deliver [...]

Published
2015

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