The Gratitude of Nations
Author: Alvin S. Yusin
Publisher: Vantage Press
Published: 1994-01-01
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780533106905
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Alvin S. Yusin
Publisher: Vantage Press
Published: 1994-01-01
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780533106905
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Maria Bucur
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-12-30
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 100053541X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A pioneering work for the history of veterans’ rights in Romania, this study brings into focus the laws and policies the state developed in response to the unprecedented human losses in World War I. It features in lively and accessible language the varied responses of veterans, widows and orphans to those policies. The analysis emphasizes how ordinary citizens became educated about and used state institutions in ways that highlight the class, ethnic, religious and gender norms of the day. The book offers a vivid case study of how disability as a personal reality for many veterans became a point of policy making, a story that has seen little scholarly interest despite the enormous populations affected by these developments. Overall, the monograph shows how, in the postwar European states, citizenship as engaged practice was shaped by both government policies and the interpretation a large and varied group of beneficiaries gave to these policies. The analysis provides insights of great interest to scholars of these themes, while it offers examples of engaged citizenship useful for an undergraduate and nonspecialist audience.
Author: Traci Sorell
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Published: 2020-01-01
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 1430144149
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This authentic, loving celebration of gratitude & community—written by a citizen of the Cherokee nation—follows celebrations and experiences through the seasons of a year, underscoring the traditions and ways of Cherokee life.
Author: Jeremy Adam Smith
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Published: 2020-09-01
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 1684034639
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In our fractured, “me-first” world, the science and practice of thankfulness could be just the antidote we need. Gratitude is powerful: not only does it feel good, it’s also been proven to increase our well-being in myriad ways. The result of a multiyear collaboration between the Greater Good Science Center and Robert Emmons of the University of California, Davis, The Gratitude Project explores gratitude’s deep roots in human psychology—how it evolved and how it affects our brain—as well as the transformative impact it has on creating a meaningful life and a better world. With essays based on new findings from this original research and written by renowned positive psychologists and public figures, this important book delves deeply into the neuroscience and psychology of gratitude, and explores how thankfulness can be developed and applied, both personally and in communities large and small, for the benefit of all. With contributions from luminaries such as Sonja Lyubomirsky, W. Kamau Bell, Arianna Huffington, and many more, this edited volume offers more than just platitudes—it offers a blueprint for a new and better world.
Author: William F. Buckley (Jr.)
Publisher: Random House (NY)
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780394576749
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Provides a plan for universal voluntary national service for men and women eighteen years and older.
Author: Kenneth Wilson
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-04-29
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 1137533552
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book asserts that gratitude for God's gift of creation grounds the insight of positive psychology that grateful persons act pro-socially. Kenneth Wilson posits that a sense of gratitude encourages sacrificial service and reveals all behavior to have at heart an essential moral quality.
Author: Jake Swamp
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Published: 2002-05
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780613050616
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A Native American Thanksgiving address, offered to Mother Earth in gratitude for her bounty and for the variety of her creatures
Author: Denise Kiernan
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2020-11-10
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 0593183266
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Castle and The Girls of Atomic City comes a new way to look at American history through the story of giving thanks. From Ancient Rome through 21st-century America, bestselling author Denise Kiernan brings us a biography of an idea: gratitude, as a compelling human instinct and a global concept, more than just a mere holiday. Spanning centuries, We Gather Together is anchored amid the strife of the Civil War, and driven by the fascinating story of Sarah Josepha Hale, a widowed mother with no formal schooling who became one of the 19th century’s most influential tastemakers and who campaigned for decades to make real an annual day of thanks. Populated by an enthralling supporting cast of characters including Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Sojourner Truth, Walt Whitman, Norman Rockwell, and others, We Gather Together is ultimately a story of tenacity and dedication, an inspiring tale of how imperfect people in challenging times can create powerful legacies. Working at the helm of one of the most widely read magazines in the nation, Hale published Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and others, while introducing American readers to such newfangled concepts as “domestic science,” white wedding gowns, and the Christmas tree. A prolific writer, Hale penned novels, recipe books, essays and more, including the ubiquitous children’s poem, “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” And Hale herself never stopped pushing the leaders of her time, in pursuit of her goal. The man who finally granted her wish about a national “thanksgiving” was Lincoln, the president of the war-torn nation in which Hale would never have the right to vote. Illuminating, wildly discussable, part myth-busting, part call to action, We Gather Together is full of unexpected delights and uneasy truths. The stories of indigenous peoples, immigrant communities, women’s rights activists, abolitionists, and more, will inspire readers to rethink and reclaim what it means to give thanks in this day and age. The book’s message of gratitude—especially when embraced during the hardest of times—makes it one to read and share, over and over, at any time of year.