Dictionary of American History
The Oxford Companion to American Literature
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Dictionary of American History, reference work written by some 1000 historians under the general editorship of James Truslow Adams, the managing editorship of R.V. Coleman, and an advisory council of 17 scholars. It was begun in 1936 with the compilation of a list of 6000 topics, and published in six volumes (1940). It was expanded to eight volumes (1976). Each of the brief articles deals with a separate aspect of American history, but there are many “covering” articles presenting broader subjects in orderly summary, and cross references indicate collateral information.
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The misanthrope's corner. (reflections on the Kennedy family)(Column)
Magazine article from: National Review; 2/9/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...In his introduction to The Education of Henry Adams, James Truslow Adams wrote: By the time the line reached Henry, the...New Year's Eve. THE explanation would intrigue James Truslow Adams, whose family had the opposite problem in later...
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GRADUATES CAN HELP FULFILL AMERICAN DREAM FOR BETTER TOMORROW
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/11/2007; 700+ words
; ...was first identified by an American historian named James Truslow Adams. Most people have never heard of him. But we are...widely translated book titled "Epic of America," James Truslow Adams coined the term "The American Dream." Wherever...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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A tale of another determined president
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 2/9/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...All Editions.=.Sunday Biographical: JAMES K. POLK THE PRESIDENT of the United States...it. There was nothing brilliant about James K. Polk, observed that eminent historian James Truslow Adams. Clearly, Polk's narrow and undistinguished...
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PURDUE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT JISCHKE TO CLASS OF 2007: 'WE'RE GRADUATING WITH YOU'
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/11/2007; 700+ words
; ...little-known American historian, James Truslow Adams. In his widely translated book, "Epic of America," Adams coined the term "The American...Jischke said, people believed Adams when he said "the American Dream...
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Good Neighbor/ Bad Neighbor: Boltonian Americanism and Hemispheric Studies
Magazine article from: Comparative Literature; 7/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...a bestselling historical monograph published by James Truslow Adams in 1931. Adams was himself a leading historian of the period and...which he coined the phrase "The American Dream," Adams had extended his investigations beyond the Puritan...
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The evolution of the American dream.(OPINION)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 9/29/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...dream? Very nearly so. It was James Truslow Adams, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian...The American Epic," Mr. Adams not only described the phenomenon...such a situation has evolved. Adams's words, published in 1931...
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CASHING IN - GLEANING AN EDUCATION FROM OUR ECONOMIC STATE
Magazine article from: Agency Sales; 8/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...to it. Get the right vision. In Epic of America, James Truslow Adams explored what it was that gave America its prominence. As David Kamp, writing in Vanity Fair, notes, "What Adams came up with was a construct he called 'that American...
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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THE AMERICAN DREAM COME TRUE GIVES HOPE TO ALL.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 1/10/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...embodiment of the term American dream as coined by historian James Truslow Adams: ...a dream of social order in which each man and...fortuitous circumstances of birth or position. What Adams saw then, and what's still true now, is that the...
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The evolution of the enduring American dream
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 10/14/2008; ; 646 words
; ...the comfort of our own dream? Very nearly so. It was James Truslow Adams, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian with a foot in...achievement. " In his book, "The American Epic," Adams not only described the phenomenon of this "social order...
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What We Can Learn From a Challenging Economy: Six Business Lessons From the Recession
Magazine article from: The Journal for Quality and Participation; 7/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...to it. Get the Right Vision In The Epic of America, James Truslow Adams explored what it was that gave America its prominence. As David Kamp noted in Vanity Fair, "What Adams came up with was a construct he called 'that American...
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James Truslow Adams
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
James Truslow Adams , 1878-1949, American historian, b. Brooklyn, N.Y...Epic of America (1931), which was widely translated. The Adams Family (1930) and Henry Adams (1933) were books on the famous Massachusetts clan, to...
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Adams, James Truslow
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Adams, James Truslow (1878–1949), New York...1945). He wrote two works on the Adams family of Massachusetts, although he is not related to them: The Adams Family (1930) and Henry Adams (1933...
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The 1920s: The Arts: Awards
Book article from: American Decades
...Smoky, the Cowhorse, by Will James 1928 Gay Neck, by Dhan Mukerji...Eugene O'Neill Fiction: Alice Adams, by Booth Tarkington History: The Founding of New England, by James Truslow Adams Poetry: Collected Poems, by Edwin...
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Dictionary of American History
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Dictionary of American History, reference work written by some 1000 historians under the general editorship of James Truslow Adams, the managing editorship of R.V. Coleman, and an advisory council of 17 scholars. It was begun in 1936 with...
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Thomas Dudley
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Dudley in Edmund S. Morgan, The Puritan Dilemma: The Story of John Winthrop, edited by Oscar Handlin (1958). James Truslow Adams, The Founding of New England (1921), remains useful in placing Dudley in his colonial setting. □
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