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Richard P. McCormick made his mark as an innovative student of American party politics, as well as the most influential interpreter of New Jersey history. A distinguished teacher, scholar, and public historian, McCormick revitalized a venerable but dormant state historical society. Later, he used notable anniversaries, such as the Bicentennial of the American Revolution and the Tercentenary of New Jersey's founding, as vehicles to bring history to schools and the general public. He also helped create a state historical agency, the New Jersey Historical Commission, to promote New Jersey's...

Das Studienbuch fuhrt konzise und aktuell in die linguistische Gesprachsanalyse ein. Dargestellt werden die Fragestellungen, Methoden und Ergebnisse der modernen Konversationsanalyse. Die Einfuhrung richtet sich nicht nur an Studierende der Linguistik, sondern auch der Soziologie, Psychologie und Kommunikationswissenschaften sowie an Praktiker wie Kommunikationstrainer und Sprachtherapeuten.

Die These vom Medienkanzler Gerhard Schroder verkennt, dass jeder deutsche Regierungschef seinen eigenen Stil im Umgang mit den Medien hatte. Dieser Band nimmt den gesamten Zeitraum der bundesrepublikanischen Geschichte in den Blick. Von Konrad Adenauer bis zu Angela Merkel wird untersucht, wie sich die Medienstrategie des jeweiligen Bundeskanzlers und der Bundeskanzlerin sowie das Wechselspiel von Politik und Medien im Wandel der Zeit gestaltet. Dabei werden Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede analysiert und verschiedene Phasen der Medialisierung der Politik herausgearbeitet.

Beginning with the ancient tradition, this volume examines the historical development and aesthetic manifestations of the idyll and the "idyllic." Ranging from the Arcadian locus amoenus to the social utopia of "never-never land," it analyzes canonical literary and artistic works from the points of view of aesthetics, philosophy, and cultural studies to present models of how the concept evolved in the European context.

Inspired by the website that the New York Times hailed as "redefining mourning," this book is a fresh and irreverent examination into navigating grief and resilience in the age of social media, offering comfort and community for coping with the mess of loss through candid original essays from a variety of voices, accompanied by gorgeous two-color illustrations and wry infographics.

At a time when we mourn public figures and national tragedies with hashtags, where intimate posts about loss go viral and we receive automated birthday reminders for dead friends, it's clear we...

Fresh from receiving a doctorate from Cornell University in 1933, but unable to find work, Charles M. Wiltse joined his parents on the small farm they had recently purchased in southern Ohio. There, the Wiltses scratched out a living selling eggs, corn, and other farm goods at prices that were barely enough to keep the farm intact.

In wry and often affecting prose, Wiltse recorded a year in the life of this quintessentially American place during the Great Depression. He describes the family's daily routine, occasional light moments, and their ongoing frustrations, small and...

"Provides scholars with a fresh and thoughtful examination of the first administration that had to deal with Southern secession."--Jonathan M. Atkins, author of Politics, Parties, and the Sectional Conflict in Tennessee, 1832-1861

As James Buchanan took office in 1857, the United States found itself at a crossroads. Dissolution of the Union had been averted and the Democratic Party maintained control of the federal government, but the nation watched to see if Pennsylvania's first president could make good on his promise to calm sectional tensions.
Despite Buchanan's...