New Mexico Newpapers
National Humanities Medalists, 1998
New York, New York Since the appearance more than five decades ago of his Pulitzer Prize-winning The Age of Jackson (1945), Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., has remained one of America’s most widely known historians. A special assistant to President Kennedy from 1961 to 1963, in 1966 he won a second Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House (1965). His other books include three volumes of The Age of Roosevelt (1957-60), for which he won both the Francis Parkman and Bancroft prizes; The Imperial Presidency (1973); Robert Kennedy and His Times (1978), for which he won a National Book Award; The Cycles of American History (1986); and The Disuniting of America (1991). In 1980, Schlesinger founded the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award with proceeds from his best-selling biography. Each year, the internationally recognized award is given to a book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy’s purposes." A former pres ... [Read More]
1996 Country Commercial Guides
U.S. Department of State 1996 Korea Country Commercial Guide Office of the Coordinator for Business Affairs 1996 COUNTRY COMMERCIAL GUIDE KOREA This Country Commercial Guide (CCG) presents a comprehensive look at the Republic of Korea's commercial environment through economic, political and market analyses. The CCG's were established by recommendation of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC), a mutli-agency task force, to consolidate various reporting documents prepared for the U.S. business community. Country Commercial Guides are prepared annually at U.S. Embassies through the combined efforts of several U.S. government agencies. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter I. Executive Summary Chapter II. Economic Trends and Outlook - Major Trends and Outlook - Principal Growth Sectors - Government Role in the Economy - Balance of Payments Situation - Infrastructure Situation Chapter III. Political Environment - Nature of Political Relationship with the U.S.A. - Major Political Issues Aff ... [Read More]
Index of Netherlanders in America 84072133
A Aalberts, 902Aagename Uren met Toose, 1001Aanteekeningen, 624Aapkens, T. J., 119Abeel, David, 409Abma, M., 977Abraham Lincoln, zijn tijd en leven, 946Acculturation in farming, 273- 274Achterhoek (Gelderland), 122, 151, 583, 965 and California gold rush, 629- 630 as initial emigration region, 122-123Ackerman family, 53Adams, John, 111, 113Addens, Paul, 841Adventism, 918A. E. Knickerbocker, 227Africa missions, 883Afrikaaners, 71Afscheiding. See Secession of 1834Agriculture: Dutch characteris- tics, 788-790 in Dutch settlements, 329- 338 and mechanization, 338-334 in Netherlands, 596-601Akkrum, Friesland, 957, 965, 966, 1016Alabama, settlements in, 718- 719Alameda, Cal., 808, 839Alamosa, Col., 668-678, 688Alamosa[Col.}Milling and Ele- vator Company, 676Albany, N.Y., 5, 41, 49, 51, 52, 53, 72, 105, 130, 147, 152, 251, 307, 310, 313, 371, 969, 1005 Dutch culture in, 65-66 Dutch language use in, 59 hatred of English, 51 H. P. Scholte in, 61 view of, 63 (photo) See also Beverwijck, Fort Or ... [Read More]
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