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Webster’s Dictionary defines history as: “A branch of cognition that records and explains past events” (Webster’s 2001). Historically, history is studied for a lot of reasons. One major reason is to acquire historical knowledge.
One will have to look at all the historical facts and events recorded from history, to acquire what may be penned as “historical knowledge.” This is not just head psychological result of perception learning and reasoning and rote memorization, but an understanding of the facts, deaths, purchases, wars, business dealings, and most of all the understanding of the “character” of the persons behind these major events.
Whether reading with regards to Lincoln, our sixteenth president of the United States, who persevered as a president and abolished slavery with the Emancipation Proclamation, or the Louisiana Purchase whereby America received a big acreage of land for regarding the price of a modem day hotel. Also the great depression of the 1920′s affected a good deal of humans mentally and physically–creating a tough decade for all our citizens. These and numerous other historical events are studied because of knowledge–and noesis is the power of history.
In 1860 the political conflict was slavery, and Abraham Lincoln was elected as President of the United States. Lincoln’s party, the Republicans, stood for the total abolition of slavery in America. “A house divided versus itself can not stand,” Lincoln stated.
Furthermore, “This government cannot endure permanently, half slave and have free…I do not suppose the house to fall.. .It will become all one thing or another” (Young Republic 25). In 1863, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, state emphatically and authoritatively all slaves in the Confederacy free–by his authority as president and commander in chief.
History sped the size of our United States when our third president, Thomas Jefferson, made a deal to buy the Louisiana Territory from France for fifteen million dollars. This enormous buy almost doubled the size of our nation and we received galore of the most splendid and fertile land in the whole world.
Many other U.S. lands were received only by blood, sacrifice, and wars. When a man fights for his lands, he often incurs victory. Today we read in our texts regarding the blood, sweat, and tears that our military leaders undertook to gain such victories. We owe a debt of gratitude to our government and military leaders.
Though it may not be discussed enough, our war hero’s are veritably the freedom fighters that captured the freedom we so without apparent effort take pleasure in today. Jefferson’s “Rough Riders” must be praised for just such a fantasti effort to keep and sustain our freedom. This was a tough bunch of soldiers with a brave commander who was closely unstoppable.
America’s economy took a big dive downward for the duration of the Great Depression. The stock market crash of 1929 left citizens standing in line for bread and looking for work like never before in our history. History’s records indicate that investors lost everything.
Thousands of banks, businesses, and schools had to close down. A ton of loans were unable to be repaid because of low crop prices. Many ordinarily busy U.S. laborers abruptly found themselves without work. Our economy has always impacted our society. The study of our economy is necessary to the understanding of our history.
When we study history we learn a outstanding deal with regards to our country and ourselves. Abraham Lincoln proceeds to come to mind as a mirror to us, because he persevered as president, when others might have quit. Abraham Lincoln showed the American humans young and old how to have faith when facing the challenges of life.
Lincoln likewise was an example of “balance” in his life, having been shot by John Wilkes Booth, at a theater, of all places. He wasn’t too intellectual or strong-minded to stop enjoying his life. He took time for the things that were important, and that leaves a strong bequest for all Americans.
To conclude, one will have to look at all the historical facts and events recorded from history, to acquire what may be penned as “historical knowledge.” This is not just head noesis and rote memorization, but an understanding of the facts, deaths, purchases, wars, business dealings, and most of all the understanding of the “character” of the people behind these major events.
There are a good deal of Americans who are committed to studying the textbooks, newspapers, and magazines of the past. To these brave ones we will have to give our respect, for they are a picture of the past, but more importantly, they are a picture of our hope for the future. Many great presidents lead this nation to become one of the greatest nations in the world today, and surely the most powerful.
Abraham Lincoln led our nation out of slavery, and by doing so, he opened up social, political, and economic chance for all humans and he veritably led us back to the Declaration of Independence.
The events of the past have also made their way into the classroom with the closely one hundred year old pledge of allegiance. Our pledge is a continuous reminder of the victories that our great leaders received from the past: “I pledge allegiance to the flag, of the United States of America, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation underneath God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
The United States of America is a free country today, because of sacrifice, and we owe a big debt of gratitude to our forefathers who fought to make this country a republic, a free land, a land where anything is possible with the right amount of hard work and solid spiritual foundations.
Historical Dictionary American Donald Godfrey
A comprehensive resource of American radio history including over 100 writers and covering over 600 dissimilar topics, to a complete degree cross-referenced and indexed. Entries are arranged alphabetically and written by a heap of of the leading scholars including Erik Barnouw, Louisa Benjamin, Ronald Caray, Kenneth Harwood, Michael Kitross, Larry Lichty, Christopher Sterling, Kyu Ho Youm, Robert Avery, Marvin Bensman, Michael D. Murray, and others of the discipline. Each entry also holds references for further study as well as internet source materials. An Introduction and Radio Chronology provide the historical framework for the topics. This dictionary will be of interest to students and scholars fascinated in radio, television, communications, communications history, and electronic media. It will also be of interest to pros in the field. As a library source it will be a welcome addition to academic, professional, as well as public library collections.
From BooklistMore than a dictionary, this work builds on a wealth of historical selective information in regards to radio in America. The introduction by the editors, both faculty members at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Telecommunication at Arizona State University, is priceless reading, bringing together historical highlights and pointing to radio’s future in the next century. The chronology that follows stretchings from 1837 (Morse’s application for a patent on a telegraph system) to 1997 (FCC approves satellite radio systems). Alphabetically arranged, signed entries are written by scholars in the field. Each entry features a brief bibliography, and an extensive bibliography follows the text. Internet internet sites are included in a lot of of the bibliographies appended to person articles. A elaborated index offers a utile key to the contents. Students will be competent to use this work for quick lookup on hundreds of topics, such as the end of cigarette promotion and how an necessary piece of legislation, the Radio Act of 1912, came regarding as a result of the sinking of the Titanic. The dictionary treats radio personalities, performers, musicians, inventors, executives, and “key figures in front of and behind the microphones.” Also included are characters, programs, series, key historical radio stations by call letters, networks, and special programming for specific audiences, such as the entries Native-American radio and Hispanic listeners and radio markets. Other entries closely question or examine the ways the airwaves have been applied by politicians and statesmen, such as Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The importance of radio before television came into existence is outlined in entries such as Hindenburg crash coverage. There are entries on all types of music, particularly a good deal of subgenres of rock. Extremely technical terms are left to other types of dictionaries, but numerous terms and phrases distinguishable to radio are included–for example, spot rate and Internet radio. The length of entries runs from one paragraph to three pages. Key issues, such as censorship and indecency, are covered, along with the roles of big-name companies such as AT & T, General Electric, and Westinghouse. An entry on digital audio broadcasting demonstrates the work’s currency. The editors have laudably managed consistent, high-quality entries by closely 100 authors. There are no comparable dictionaries. Highly commended for academic and public libraries.
Review“…authoritative and interesting; utile to students in broadcasting/telecommunication courses.”–Choice
“…the editors recruited a panel of experts and constructed a list of topics in a comparatively short time frame. The result is a work that is up to date as of late 1997, a remarkable feat in itself. In addition, the listings have a systematically concise, informative, and readable style that gives evidence of editorial skillfulness and diligence. Although brief, each listing stands on it is own as an authorized precis of the subject.”–Journal of Radio Studies
“…well-reseached, comprehensive….concise, clear….notable for [its] atttention to detail and [its] scholarly approach to this burgeoning area of study.”–College & Research Libraries
“[N]othing has appeared yet that comes even close to what this reference volume does for American radio and it is history….It may be enjoyably read through from cover to cover. Historical Dictionary of American Radio is enthusiastically commended by this reviewer. It will see years of use as a starting point for researchers, librarians, radio historians and the frequent public.”–Oscillator
“[B]oth new and experienced researchers will find at least start-up material on closely any historical aspect of radio they may imagine–and even a good deal of you might not expect….Reading this through is like visiting old friends (for those of us old sufficient to remember!), or meeting new ones. There are dozens of references to utile websites–making this historical reference very much up to date in what it offers.”–Communication Booknotes Quarterly
“Students, scholars and masters will find this book of utmost use as it touches on closely each subject within the topic of radio. Present[ing] in clear style, recruited coordinators…provide historical and factual prose on radio in a concise and direct manner….[O]verall the timely work is most finish for both the researcher and novice alike.”–BEA Feedback
“More than a dictionary, this work builds on a wealth of historical info with regards to radio in America….The editors have laudably managed consistent, high-quality entries by almost 100 authors. There are no comparable dictionaries. Highly commended for academic and public libraries.”–Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
“….provides a indepth documentary reference to individuals, programming and engineering alike.”–Midwest Book Review
“…a remarkable feat in itself….the listings have a systematically concise, informative and readable style that implies editorial expertness and diligence were employed to this project.”–Radio World
“[A]nyone who studies radio will find the book a worthful reference tool, one that is likely to be pulled off the shelf rather often….Godfrey and Leigh are to be commended for marshaling such a voluminous amount of data. Historical Dictionary of American Radio is a worthy–and perhaps crucial–addition to any media historian’s reference collection.”–Journalism History
“I’d commend this book just for it is introduction. In 12 pages, the editors have put together an excellent, concise history of radio, one of the best I have came upon anywhere. But what makes this book the perfective reference is that it doesn’t actually limit itself to any area of radio. The result is an informative, agreeably diverting “dictionary” with listings of data regarding industry pioneers, stars, trends, formats, programs, scandals and technical aspects. The Historical Dictionary of American Radio is a outstanding source for anybody wanting to recognise a little bit with regards to almost everything in radio.”–St. Louis Journalism Review
“[N]otable for…attention to detail and…scholarly approach.”–College and Research Libraries
“Combining in one volume the some influences on and distinct features of radio, this [is a] useful, necessitated volume.”–Rettig on Reference
About the AuthorDONALD G. GODFREY is a Professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Telecommunication at Arizona State University.
FREDERIC A. LEIGH is the Associate Director of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Telecommunication at Arizona State University.
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