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Blog. From Germany to America: An 1853 Journey. During the course of the nineteenth century, millions of our ancestors left Germany and embarked on a new life in America. Whether the reason was the failed 1848 uprisings, the effects of the Industrial Revolution, or simply seeking an opportunity for a better life, the end result was the same ...
John Ernst Steinbeck (/ ˈ s t aɪ n b ɛ k / STYNE-bek; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer.He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception".
- December 20, 1968 (aged 66), New York City, U.S.
- John Ernst Steinbeck II, February 27, 1902, Salinas, California, U.S.
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1 The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge by David McCullough. 2 Wilderness At Dawn: The Settling of the North American Continent by Ted Morgan. 3 The Story of American Freedom by Eric Foner. 4 This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust.
When completed, the Teaching American History documents collection will be a comprehensive and authoritative account of America’s story, told in the words of those who wrote it—America’s presidents, labor leaders, farmers, philosophers, industrialists, politicians, workers, explorers, religious leaders, judges, soldiers; its slaveholders ...
Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1776 – 1831) became Germany's leading historian of Ancient Rome and a founding father of modern scholarly historiography. By 1810 Niebuhr was inspiring German patriotism in students at the University of Berlin by his analysis of Roman economy and government. Niebuhr was a leader of the Romantic Era and symbol of German ...
Table of Contents. Introduction 1. The beginnings of German history 2. From the Ottonians to the Salians 3. The Hohenstaufen and the Late Middle Ages 4. The Reformation 5. The Counter-Reformation and the Thirty Years War 6. The eighteenth century 7. Reform, restoration and reaction 8. The unification of Germany 9. The German Empire 10. The ...
12--9. Campaigns of Drusus in Northern Germany. A. D. 9. Defeat of Varus by Hermann. 14--16. Campaigns of Germanicus. 21. Death of Hermann. 69. Revolt of Claudius Civilis. 98. Tacitus writes his "Germania." 166--181. War of the Marcomanni against Marcus Aurelius. 200--250. Union of the German tribes under new names. 276. Probus invades Germany ...
