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[Harold Hyman] ☆ American Singularity: The 1787 Northwest Ordinance, The 1862 Homestead And Morrill Acts, and the 1944 G.I. Bill (The Richard B. Russell Lecture Ser.) ï Download Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. American Singularity: The 1787 Northwest Ordinance, The 1862 Homestead And Morrill Acts, and the 1944 G.I. Bill (The Richard B. Russell Lecture Ser.) Equal access to public lands in the West and to state land-grant universities, countered the economic and social injustices blacks and poor whites would face after the Civil War. Finally, Hyman asserts that the G.I. The idea of America as a promised land of economic opportunity, social mobility, and political freedom has not always flourished. Bill preserved beneficial social programs forged during the depression, carrying into post-World War II America a widespread concern for education and hou
| Title | : | American Singularity: The 1787 Northwest Ordinance, The 1862 Homestead And Morrill Acts, and the 1944 G.I. Bill (The Richard B. Russell Lecture Ser.) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.83 (663 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0820332968 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-16 |
| Language | : | English |
About the Author Harold M. Hobby Professor of History Emeritus at Rice University. Hyman is William P. His books include "Union and Confidence: The 1860s," "A More Perfect Union: The Impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on the Constitution," and "Craftsmanship and Character: A History of the Vinson & Elkins Law Firm of Houston, 1917-1997" (Georgia).
Hobby Professor of History Emeritus at Rice University. . Hyman is William P. His books include "Union and Confidence: The 1860s," "A More Perfect Union: The Impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on the Constitution," and "Craftsmanship and Character: A History of the Vinson & Elkins Law Firm of Houston, 1917-199
Equal access to public lands in the West and to state land-grant universities, countered the economic and social injustices blacks and poor whites would face after the Civil War. Finally, Hyman asserts that the G.I. The idea of America as a promised land of economic opportunity, social mobility, and political freedom has not always flourished. Bill preserved beneficial social programs forged during the depression, carrying into post-World War II America a widespread concern for education and housing opportunities.Examining the legislation that emerged from three periods of conflict in American history, Hyman reveals a consistent pattern favoring equal access to land, education, and law--a progression of singular, if sometimes flawed, attempts to embody in our statutes the values and aspirations that sparked our major wars.. Since the first shots rang out at Lexington and Concord, signaling the beginning of open war between the colonies and England, America has been credited with a singular conviction, a concern for military veterans' and others' economic and political rights. Hyman shows that through the Homestead and Morrill acts of 1862, legislators sought to preserve the values of the Union and to prepare for the entrance of the black man into citizenship. Historians have both given it reality and shaken its substance as they exposed an undercurrent of greed, class conflict, and corruption.In this book Harold Hyman explores the question of American singula
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