Ray Allen Billington (1903–1981)
Auteur de Visiting Our Past: America's Historylands
A propos de l'auteur
Ray Billington was Principal Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of the West of England
Crédit image: Organization of American Historians
Œuvres de Ray Allen Billington
The Journal of Charlotte L. Forten: A Free Negro in the Slave Era (1953) — Directeur de publication — 64 exemplaires
The Protestant crusade, 1800-1860; a study of the origins of American nativism (1938) 62 exemplaires
Land of Savagery, Land of Promise: The European Image of the American Frontier in the Nineteenth Century (1981) 49 exemplaires
American History After 1865: With Questions and Answers (Littlefield, Adams Quality Paperbacks) (1953) 26 exemplaires
The reinterpretation of early American history; essays in honor of John Edwin Pomfret (1966) — Directeur de publication — 23 exemplaires
The historian's contribution to Anglo-American misunderstanding : report of a Committee on National Bias in… (1966) 7 exemplaires
The American Southwest, image and reality : papers read at a Clark Library Seminar, 16 April 1977 3 exemplaires
The Making of American Democracy - Readings and Documents - V0lume II, 1865-1950 (1967) 3 exemplaires
The Making of American Democracy, Readings and Documents, Volume 1, revised edition (1964) 2 exemplaires
The American frontier thesis: attack and defense 2 exemplaires
Dear Lady: The Letters of Frederick Jackson Turner and Alice Forbes Perkins Hooper, 1910-1932 (1970) 2 exemplaires
La Expansión hacia el Oeste Volume II 1 exemplaire
American Problem Studies: The Frontier Thesis - Valid Interpretation of American History? 1 exemplaire
Local history is alive and well : an address given on the occasion of the dedication of the Bentley Historical Library,… (1974) 1 exemplaire
People of the Plains and Mountains: Essays in the History of the West Dedicated to Everett Dick (Contributions in… (1973) 1 exemplaire
Now and Then: The Uses of Local History 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Excursion through America (The Lakeside classics, no. 71) (1973) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions — 24 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1903-09-28
- Date de décès
- 1981-03-07
- Lieu de sépulture
- Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, California, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Bay City, Michigan, USA
- Lieu du décès
- San Marino, California, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Evanston, Illinois, USA
- Études
- University of Wisconsin (PhB | 1926)
University of Michigan (MA | 1927)
Harvard University (PhD | 1933) - Professions
- historian
- Organisations
- American Studies Association
Mississippi Valley Historical Association
Conference on Western History
American Historical Association
Economic History Association
Agricultural History Association (tout afficher 10)
Caxton Club
Wayfarers Club
Westerners
Tavern Club - Prix et distinctions
- Guggenheim Fellowship (1944)
Phi Beta Kappa
Membres
Critiques
The Christian outsider par Ray Billington
For those who are concerned in the 21st century with the continued relevance of the church, here is an account of one man's journey to explore similar ideas in the 1960s. He describes setting up communities in parallel with traditional church gatherings. He explores the dichotomy between "Church and Non-Church", "Theology and non-Theology" and what it means to have human values. This book is of interest to all those who have engaged with the parallel "Honest to God" debate sparked by the then Bishop of Woolwich.… (plus d'informations)
One of my favorite books of all time, when it comes to American history.
Uses famous American landmarks to tell the history of America.
This book is taken from the writings of Charlotte Forten. At age 15, Charlotte Forten began a journal which she kept until 1864. She aslo kept a diary from 1855 to 1892.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 42
- Aussi par
- 5
- Membres
- 1,357
- Popularité
- #18,944
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 77
- Langues
- 2