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2 reviews
John Corry

Fordham University Press, 1998

A good introduction to the late 19th century
I was a bit disappointed in the book.There is little information about the sweeping technological changes in the late 19th century. I wish there was a chapter on airplanes, automobiles, telephones,and the wireless. These developments were in the seminal stages in 1898,and would have enormous ramifications for the 20th century. Yet the book has much to offer. The ...

Abraham Lincoln: A Press Portrait (The North's Civil War, No. 15)

1 review
Herbert Mitgang

Fordham University Press, 2000

Lincoln from Primary Sources
This book, first published in 1971, presents the life and career of Abraham Lincoln through the pages of the newspapers that covered it. This work is, therefore, essentially a biography written with multiple voices and from differing perspectives by the journalists who watched Lincoln's public life. It contains all of the virtues and vices of the reportorial profession. At times the reprinted ...

The Added Dimension: The Art and Mind of Flannery O'Connor (A Rose Hill Book)
Melvin Friedman, Lewis Lawson

Fordham University Press, 1989

Abraham Lincoln, Constitutionalism, and Equal Rights in the Civil War Era (North's Civil War)
Herman Belz

Fordham University Press, 1997

This striking portrait of Abraham Lincoln found in this book is drawn entirely from the writing of his contemporaries and extends from his political beginnings in Springfield to his assassination. It reveals a more severely beleaguered, less godlike, and finally a richer Lincoln than has come through many of the biographies of Lincoln written at a distance after his death. To those who are familiar only with the various “retouched” versions of ...

Acquaintance With the Absolute: The Philosophical Achievement of Yves R. Simon
Anthony Simon

Fordham University Press, 1996

Acquaintance with the Absolute is the first collected volume of essays devoted to the thought of Yves r. Simon, a thinker widely regarded as one of the great teachers and philosophers of our time. Each piece in this collection of essays thoughtfully complements the others to offer a qualifiedly panoramic look at the work and thought of philosopher Yves R. Simon. The six essays presented not only treat some major areas of Simon’s thought, ...

Affairs of Party: The Political Culture of Northern Democrats in the MidNineteenth Century. (North's Civil ...
Jean Baker

Fordham University Press, 1998

Affairs of party, Jean Baker asserts, were a central feature of public life in nineteenth-century America. In this book she explores the way in which the Northern Democrats of the mid-eighteen hundreds lived their public lives. She begins with a psychobiographical explanation of how people became Democrats, weighing the importance of such influences as education and family life. She then discusses two major elements that set Democrats apart from ...

After God: Richard Kearney And the Religious Turn in Continental Philosophy (Perspectives in Continental ...

2 reviews
John Manoussakis

Fordham University Press, 2005

Highly recommended especially for philosophical and religious studies shelves
Skillfully edited by John Panteleimon Manoussakis, Ph.D., After God: Richard Kearney And The Religious Turn In Continental Philosophy is an anthology of essays in response to the recent work of philosopher Richard Kearney. The central question binding the diverse discussions is, "Who or what comes after God?" Topics for contemplation range from Heidegger's last God to Levinas' God of Infinity, ...

The Adolescent: His Search for Understanding
William Bier

Fordham University Press, 1963

One of the most important elements in present-day concern for the future of America is surely the welfare of the adolescent; in the hands of the teenagers of today lies the future of our country, in the home, in the armed services, in industry, business, education, and the Church. The Fordham Institute in Pastoral Psychology in 1961 addressed itself to the study of all facets of the life of the adolescent, bringing to bear all the resources of ...