National Endowment for the Humanities

Overview

Works:	1,973 works in 2,697 publications in 1 language and 75,495 library holdings
Genres:	Conference papers and proceedings Periodicals Documentary television programs Handbooks and manuals Nonfiction television programs History Genealogy Local history Short films Criticism, interpretation, etc
Roles:	Producer, Originator, Funder, Composer, Other, Editor, Publisher

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( Book )
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 1,801 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

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

1 edition published in 1998 in English and held by 1,291 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Humanities( )

in English and held by 1,278 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 between 1999 and 2001 in English and held by 1,246 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

15 things you can do to save America's stories

Old English literature in its manuscript context( )

2 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 1,227 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Land and labor, 1865( )

3 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 1,197 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

2 editions published in 1985 in English and held by 1,082 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

Cathedral by William R Cook( Visual )

2 editions published between 1986 and 2006 in English and held by 812 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

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

4 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 723 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Field guide to emergency response( Book )

7 editions published between 2006 and 2017 in English and held by 713 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 691 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Presents an animated tale about a fictional thirteenth-century fortress and town built by King Edward I to subdue the rebellious Welsh. Includes live-action sequences in which David Macaulay explains the history and architecture that inspired the fictional castle

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 621 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)

One America, indivisible : a national conversation on American pluralism and identity by Sheldon Hackney( Book )

2 editions published in 1997 in English and held by 588 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Feel the Spirit : studies in nineteenth-century Afro-American music( Book )

2 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 587 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

William Faulkner's Barn burning by William Faulkner( Visual )

2 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 585 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Abe Snopes is a Southern tenant farmer whose unrelenting and violent nature proves to be his undoing

The pilgrims by Yale University Press Film Service( Visual )

2 editions published in 2015 in English and held by 563 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Commemorated each year at Thanksgiving, no chapter in American history has been more clouded in myth, legend and venerable cliche than the story of the Pilgrims

50 hours : a core curriculum for college students by Lynne V Cheney( Book )

2 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 556 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

After Mao : Chinese literature and society, 1978-1981 by Jeffrey C Kinkley( Book )

3 editions published between 1984 and 1985 in English and held by 555 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Bibliography and the historian : the conference at Belmont of the Joint Committee on Bibliographical Services to History, May, 1967 by Joint Committee on Bibliographical Services to History( Book )

5 editions published in 1968 in English and held by 546 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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