National Endowment for the Humanities

Overview

Works:	2,191 works in 2,978 publications in 1 language and 98,711 library holdings
Genres:	Periodicals Handbooks and manuals Conference papers and proceedings Educational television programs History Genealogy Local history Nonfiction television programs Animated television programs Historical television programs
Roles:	Originator, Producer, Funder, Composer, Editor, Other, Publisher
Classifications:	LB2301, 726.6

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about National Endowment for the Humanities

The humanities and the civic imagination : collected addresses and essays, 1978-1998 by James F Veninga( )
Humanities by National Endowment for the Humanities( )
National Endowment for the Humanities ... annual report by National Endowment for the Humanities( )
Excellence & equity : the National Endowment for the Humanities by Stephen Miller( )
The politics of presidential appointment : a memoir of the culture war by Sheldon Hackney( )

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Most widely held works by National Endowment for the Humanities

Theory and tradition in eighteenth-century studies by Richard B Schwartz( )

3 editions published in 1990 in English and held by 1,822 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is a collection of nine essays by senior scholars Donald Greene, Morris R. Brownell, Richard B. Schwartz, Howard D. Weinbrot, Maximillian Novak, J. Paul Hunter, John H. Middendorf, Shirley Strum Kenny, and Gwin J. Kolb. They draw from their own experiences as students and scholars to assess the past and present position of theory in eighteenth-century studies and to discuss the important areas of scholarship that remain relatively unexplored, often proposing specific projects. Some essays are controversial; all are lively and personal. The essays evolved from a 1987 conference held at Georgetown University—the first such conference to examine the state of eighteenth-century literary studies in fifteen years

Old English literature in its manuscript context( )

3 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 1,450 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This collection of essays examines the issues facing the textual scholar of Anglo-Saxon literature. Eight established scholars consider the ideas of textual identity, authorship and translation, and editorial standards and obligations. The essays were originally written for an NEH summer seminar conducted by Paul Szarmach and Timothy Graham at the Parker Library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1997--From publisher description

Land and labor, 1865( )

2 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 1,450 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This book examines the transition from slavery to free labor during the tumultuous first months after the Civil War. Letters and testimony by the participants--former slaves, former slaveholders, Freedmen's Bureau agents, and others-reveal the connection between developments in workplaces across the South and an intensifying political contest over the meaning of freedom and the terms of national reunification. Essays by the editors place the documents in interpretive context and illuminate the major themes

Summary report 1996 : doctorate recipients from United States universities by Peter H Henderson( )

1 edition published in 1998 in English and held by 1,412 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Report 1996 -- Highlights -- Copyright -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- TRENDS IN DOCTORATE RECIPIENTS -- CONTINUED BUT SLOWING INCREASE IN RESEARCH DOCTORATE AWARDS -- Rate of Growth -- Trends in Baccalaureate, Masterâ€?s, and Doctorate Degrees -- Doctorates per Institution -- FIELD OF DOCTORATE -- Science and Engineering Fields -- Humanities, Education, and Professional Fields -- GENDER -- Gender by Field -- RACE/ETHNICITY -- Race by Field -- CITIZENSHIP -- Country of Citizenship -- Institutions

Humanities( )

in English and held by 1,273 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

My history is America's history : 15 things you can do to save America's stories by National Endowment for the Humanities( Book )

4 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 1,194 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

15 things you can do to save America's stories

Churchmen and the western Indians, 1820-1920( Book )

3 editions published in 1985 in English and held by 1,079 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Papers from a conference held at Utah State University, Aug. 6-7, 1982, which was sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities

Understanding the political spirit : philosophical investigations from Socrates to Nietzsche( Book )

2 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 836 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Cathedral by William R Cook( Visual )

2 editions published between 1986 and 2006 in English and held by 792 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Combines location sequences and animation to show the building of a Gothic cathedral. Begins with a tour of Chartres, Reims, Amiens, Bourges, Beauvais, Notre Dame de Paris, Laon, and the Royal Abbey Church of St. Denis. Discusses life in the medieval era and how churches were a center of life

Field guide to emergency response by Heritage Preservation (Organization)( Book )

6 editions published between 2006 and 2017 in English and held by 711 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Shelved as part of a Special IMLS Collection in the Reference Room

Castle by David Macaulay( Visual )

1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 684 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Castle combines colorful animation with live-action documentary sequences to tell the story of a 13th-century Welsh castle. Author David Macaulay, who wrote and illustrated the best-selling book of the same title, leads viewers on a castle tour, explaining its cultural and sociological significance and its architectural design. Detailed animation dramatizes the building of the castle and portrays the lifestyle of the early inhabitants

Philosophy and the Christian faith( Book )

2 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 645 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Presents a collection of discussions on the philosophy of religion, especially with regard to Christianity. The essays cover such subjects as salvation, the resurgence of philosophy of religion, the Acts of the Apostles, the Trinity, original sin and theHoly Spirit

Tyrannical machines : a report on educational practices gone wrong and our best hopes for setting them right by Lynne V Cheney( Book )

4 editions published in 1990 in English and held by 601 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This analysis of educational practices in the United States takes the position that a number of practices, including the way teachers are trained, textbooks selected, and college and university faculty rewarded, have become institutionalized and endure in spite of the reform efforts of the past decade. These practices, once established on a large scale, became both counterproductive and resistant to change. A reform agenda is suggested, establishing and encouraging alternatives. These include: (1) parental choice of elementary/secondary schools; (2) alternative paths to certification for prospective teachers; (3) alternatives to the mechanical criteria commonly used to select textbooks; (4) alternatives to the Scholastic Aptitude Test (sat) such as the National Assessment of Educational Progress; (5) inservice opportunities for teachers to study their subjects; (6) paths to recognition and reward for college faculty that emphasize teaching as well as research; and (7) well-informed choices for college selection for students and parents. The value of cultural and educational programs--"the parallel school" offered by museums, libraries, the theater, and exemplary television presentations--is discussed. (140 endnotes) (jd)

Jewish thought adrift : Max Wiener (1882-1950) by Robert S Schine( )

1 edition published in 2020 in English and held by 600 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Robert Schine's intellectual biography of Max Wiener, Jewish Thought Adrift: Max Wiener, 1882-1950 (1992), profiles a liberal German-Jewish thinker who turned toward Zionism as the only natural future for Judaism. Schine puts Wiener's thought into conversation with those of his German contemporaries (both Jewish and Christian) while also resuscitating Wiener's thought as a resource for contemporary theologians. "-- Provided by publisher

The Jewish family in antiquity( )

1 edition published in 2020 in English and held by 600 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This volume consists of papers (or the offspring of papers) that were delivered by the Hellenistic Judaism section of the 1990 and 1991 annual meetings of the Society for Biblical Literature. In recognition of the fact that so little work had been down on the subject, presenters were not asked to focus on a single set of questions, a single body of evidence, or utilize a single methodology. Rather the goal was to get a sense of the range of possibilities suggested by the topic. The variety in this collection mirrors the variety of our evidence and the variety of questions that can be asked of it

Mishnah's theology of tithing : a study of tractate Maaserot by Martin S Jaffee( )

1 edition published in 2020 in English and held by 599 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"This study is a translation and exegesis of Mishnah ' s Tractate Maaserot (Tithes) and its corresponding tractate of Tosefta . The goal of the volume is to understand the laws of Maaserot as the tractate 's creator(s) intended them to be understood."--Provided by publisher

Behind the Essenes : history and ideology in the Dead Sea scrolls by Philip R Davies( )

1 edition published in 2020 in English and held by 598 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of essays by Philip Davies on aspects of the Dead Sea Scrolls. While composed to stand along, together these essays create a strong synthetic argument about the Essenes and the production of the Dead Sea Scrolls that remains important and challenging to the present day

Scholastic rabbinism : a literary study of the Fathers according to Rabbi Nathan by Anthony J Saldarini( )

1 edition published in 2020 in English and held by 594 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Scholastic Rabbinism is a study of two early rabbinic documents, Pirke Avot and the Avot d'Rabbi Natan. Saldarini's study examines the literary connections between these related documents while at the same time drawing larger conclusions about their provenance and what they contribute to our understanding of early rabbinic scholasticism"--Provided by publisher

Kol nidre : studies in the development of rabbinic votive institutions by Moshe Benovitz( )

1 edition published in 2020 in English and held by 594 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"This book is an introduction to the laws of oaths and vows of various types as they appear in biblical, Second Temple, and rabbinic sources. These institutions developed over time, and the oaths and vows mentioned in Second Temple literature should not be understood in light of subsequent rabbinic development. On the contrary: it is precisely the Second Temple texts, however obscure they may be, that provide the clues toward understanding the evolution of these institutions in rabbinic literature. "--Provided by publisher

The Peri Pascha attributed to Melito of Sardis : setting, purpose, and sources by Lynn H Cohick( )

1 edition published in 2019 in English and held by 593 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"This volume remains one of the only major studies of the Peri Pascha. The Peri Pascha was authored by Melito, the Christian bishop of Sardis in the second century CE, as a homily. It is notable for its early, extensive, and sharply anti-Judaic typological analysis of the paschal lamb described in Exodus 12. Cohick's study explores the purpose, sources, and especially the anti-Judaic elements of this homily. "--Provided by publisher

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