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Current, Richard Nelson was born on October 5, 1912 in Colorado City, Colorado, United States. Son of Park Curry and Anna (Christiansen) Current.
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On December 5, 1776, five William and Mary students, led by fifteen-year-old John Heath, formed a secret club called "Societas Philosophiae," whose motto--"Love of wisdom the guide of life"--they represented by the Greek letters O. B.K. The society quickly increased in members as well as in the trappings of mystery common to secret clubs (such as the Masons or Yale's Quill and Dagger): there was a secret handshake, secret initiations, even a secret medal. When in public, they refered to the club cryptically, by its initials P.S. or increasingly by the Greek letters O.B.K., which they pronounced "Fie Beeta Kappa." Today, Phi Beta Kappa is America's foremost honor society, the forerunner and prototype of all other such groups as well as all Greek-letter fraternities and sororities. Distinguished historian Richard Nelson Current here provides a complete history of the society, tracing its growth from a local debating club to a national organization which today boasts a quarter of a million members. Of course, the history of Phi Beta Kappa is in many ways a history of education in America, and as Current charts the society's development he also provides an intriguing portrait of American universities: the friction over the shift away from the classics toward liberal education and the electives system, the growing respect for scholarship among students (in 1917, he reveals, the most socially acceptable grade was C, the so-called "gentleman's grade"), and the unprecedented enrollment after World War Two. But as Current outlines the society's many achievements and its continuing influence on liberal education, he does not whitewash its past: he examines its grudging admission of women and blacks, the uproar over Paul Robeson's selection for the editorial board of American Scholar, and many other controversies. Whether discussing the founding of The American Scholar (named after Emerson's famous Phi Beta Kappa address) or the exploitation of the society's prestige by advertisers (such as the "Phi Beta Jantzen" ads used to sell panties and bras), Current is always engaging and informative. His definitive history of the most renowned of all academic honor societies will fascinate anyone interested in education in America as well as all holders of the golden key.
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This short work details the life and experiences of statesman Daniel Webster and his influence on the American political conservatism of the late-nineteenth century. Born in New England on January 18, 1782, Webster demonstrated startling powers of assimilation and retention even as a child. He received the best of his early education from newspapers, his mother's Bible, the political gossip of wayfarers at the farmhouse tavern and his father's exciting tales of great men and great battles. During his formal education at Dartmouth, Webster refined his prowess at public speaking, eventually evolving into one of the most skilled orators in America. He was to play a crucial role in the development of a conception of national conservatism that remains significant to our own times. Constructed from the building blocks of expansive but peaceful Americanism, popular self-discipline, Constitution worship, beneficent technology, realizable harmony of group interests, and power linked to property, Webster's conservative philosophy was embraced by the prominent New England merchants and prosperous country squires. His experience reveals the difficulties and dilemmas encountered by the people in our past who sought to develop a conservative philosophy for American politics. In examining Webster's vital philosophy, Richard Current's incisive analysis has a direct and continuing pertinence for the citizens of a democratic republic.
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(Woodrow Wilson described them as men bent on "an expediti...)
Woodrow Wilson described them as men bent on "an expedition of profit," who used "the negroes as tools for their own selfish ends." Horance Greeley, while running for President, said they were "fellows who crawled down south in the track of our armies, generally at a very safe distance in the rear." And in the South they were hotly condemned as "the larvae of the North," "vulturous adventurers," and "vile, oily, odious." But how accurately does this describe the men from the North who came to be called "carpetbaggers"? Were they uneducated, penniless exploiters of the freed slave, jackals who plundered a devastated South? In this eye-opening account, the eminent Civil War historian Richard Nelson Current weaves together the biographies of ten of these men--all of whom are representative, if not the epitome, of the men called "carpetbaggers." The result is a provocative revisionist history of Reconstruction and what has long been considered its "most disgraceful" episode. Set within the larger context of Congressional politics and the history of individual Southern states, Current's narrative reveals a group of men who were often highly educated, almost all of whom had served with distinction in the Union Army (three were generals), and several of whom brought their own money down South to help rebuild a war-torn land. Daniel H. Chamberlain, for instance, was educated at Yale and Harvard Law School--he was described by the President of Yale as "a born leader of men"--was governor of South Carolina, and later made a fortune as a Wall Street lawyer. Adelbert Ames, far from exploiting the black, was a leading exponent of black rights, the author of the main brief of the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, a major court battle against segregation. And Albion W. Tourgee, author of the best-selling A Fool's Errand, was praised after his death by W.E.B. du Bois for his efforts on behalf of the freed slaves. Current's vivid narrative captures the passions of this tumultuous period as he documents the careers and private lives of these ten prominent men. But more important, he provides a major reinterpretation of the entire period, revealing Reconstruction as it was seen by ten of its leading exponents in the South.
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Encapsulating the important political and military issues on the eve of the Civil War! Lincoln had hoped to realize his firm determination to preserve the Union through peaceful and nonprovocative measures. However, he was willing to accept war if he could avoid the blame for having started it. As events turned out, he was no more the aggressor than was Jefferson Davis. In these pages, Current retraces step by step the influences and events that shaped Lincoln's controversial April policy, beginning with the new president's rather furtive arrival in Washington and concluding with the mobilization for war. The Sumter question, as the author points out, "reflects and in turn casts light upon the national tradition of avoiding the 'first shot.' It concerns the events that led directly to the Civil War, the greatest of wars from the American point of view. And it involves problems of historical evidence and interpretation that have more fascination than even the best of ordinary puzzles."
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Now available for the first time in paperback, "Last Full Measure" is the fourth and final volume of J. G. Randall's monumental "Lincoln the President, a multivolume work considered by many to be indispensable to Lincoln scholars. Completed by Richard N. Current using the notes and drafts Randall left at his death, "Lincoln the President: Last Full Measure" describes the key events of Lincoln's administration from December 1863 to April 1865. These include his plan of reconstruction, the Thirteenth Amendment to abolish slavery, efforts for a negotiated peace, and foreign affairs during his last year in office.
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This work was first published in four volumes in 1945, 1952, and 1955, and is reprinted here in two. The second volume examines Lincoln as a person - his conversation, his personality, his daily tasks, his marriage, his sense of humour - and covers from the period of the Emancipation Proclamation up to the triumph of the Appomattox and his untimely death.
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This second volume in the History of Wisconsin series introduces us to the first generation of statehood, from the conversion of prairie and forests into farmland to the development of cities and industry. In addition, this volume presents a synthesis of the Civil War and Reconstruction era in Wisconsin. Scarcely a decade after entering the Union, the state was plunged into the nationwide debate over slavery, the secession crisis, and a war in which 11,000 "Badger Boys in Blue" gave their lives. Wisconsin's role in the Civil War is chronicled, along with the post-war years. Complete with photographs from the Historical Society's collections, as well as many pertinent maps, this book is a must-have for anyone interested in this era of Wisconsin's history.
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Gathers essays about Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, President Grant, the Reconstruction, carpetbaggers, and historical novels.
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Current, Richard Nelson was born on October 5, 1912 in Colorado City, Colorado, United States. Son of Park Curry and Anna (Christiansen) Current.
Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College, 1934; Master of Arts, Fletcher School Law and Diplomacy, 1935; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1939; Master of Arts (honorary), University of Oxford, 1962; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Lincoln College, 1985; diploma of honor, Lincoln Memorial U., 1960.
Instructor social science, Salisbury State College, 1938-1942;
assistant professor of history and political science, Rutgers University, 1942-1943;
assistant professor of history, Hamilton College, 1943-1944;
professor of history, Northern Michigan College, 1944-1945;
associate professor of history, Lawrence College, 1945-1947;
May Treat Morrison professor American history, Mills College, 1947-1950;
associate professor, University of Illinois, 1950-1953;
professor, University of Illinois, 1953-1955;
professor, head department history and political science, Woman's College, U. North Carolina, 1955-1960;
professor of history, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1960-1966;
William F. Allen professor, University of Wisconsin, 1964-1966;
Distinguished professor American history, U. North Carolina, Greensboro, 1966-1983. Lecturer Doshisha U., Kyoto, Japan, summer 1958. Department State lecturer, India, 1959, 67-68.
Australia, Denmark, The Netherlands 1966. Fulbrightlectr. U. Munich, Federal Republic Germany, 1959, U. Chile, 1968. Harmsworth professor Oxford (England) University, 1962-1963.
(Presented from the perspective of a working, ongoing, cou...)
(On December 5, 1776, five William and Mary students, led ...)
(Encapsulating the important political and military issues...)
(Encapsulating the important political and military issues...)
( This second volume in the History of Wisconsin series i...)
(This short work details the life and experiences of state...)
(Woodrow Wilson described them as men bent on "an expediti...)
(Gathers essays about Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, Pres...)
(This groundbreaking new reference work is the first four-...)
(Now available for the first time in paperback, "Last Full...)
(This work was first published in four volumes in 1945, 19...)
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Fellow Wisconsin History Society (honorary). Member Massachusetts History Society, Southern History Association(president 1974-1975), American History Association, Organisation American Historians (Executive Committee 1966-1969), Society American Historians, Civil War Round Table (Nevins-Freeman award 1995), Phi Beta Kappa. M C.
Married Rose Metcalf Bonar, December 20, 1937 (deceased 1983). Children: Annabelle, Dana Bonar. Married Marcia A. Ewing, May 4, 1984.