[PDF] The United Symbolism Of America eBook

Author : Robert Hieronimus
Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 46,82 MB
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1601639317

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The historian author of Founding Fathers, Secret Societies offers a revealing analysis of America’s many symbols, icons, and monuments. America is young, but its symbols are old. Many of them—from the stars and stripes in the American flag to the strange images on our currency—have become so familiar that most of us don't give them a second thought. In United Symbolism of America, Robert R. Hieronimus will help you see the symbolic messages encoded for us by our Founding Fathers in the symbols they chose. Unlike other writers on this topic, Hieronimus discusses the historical background and artistic influences behind the design of our symbols and landmarks. United Symbolism of America includes revealing information about the symbolism embedded in The Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell, and many of the monuments found in Washington, D.C. Putting to rest the erroneous notion that our country’s symbolism is rooted in Satanism, Hieronimus demonstrates that the symbols that have become our national icons represent hope, growth, and opportunity.

Author : Robert Hieronimus
Publisher : Career Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 24,94 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9781601630018

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Introduction to symbol study : why lacking a coherent symbol system is bad for your health -- The eye, the triangle, and whose eye is it, anyway? -- The American flag : an American beauty, a new constellation -- The Statue of Liberty : in America, it's goddesses we trust -- The Liberty Bell : from every mountainside, let freedom ring! -- The eagle : the price of peace is eternal vigilance -- Washington, D.C. : history, mystery, and symbolism in plain sight -- Our founding fathers were not Satanists.

Author : Robert Hieronimus
Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 11,24 MB
Release : 2008-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1601630018

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Describes how symbols in American art, architecture, and popular culture include hidden meanings to provoke particular emotions and associations from their viewers.

Author : Melissa Ann Ferguson
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 43,8 MB
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1496655699

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The Statue of Liberty and the American flag are both bold symbols of the United States of America. But what is the meaning behind them? Get the inside scoop on these and other symbols of American freedom and democracy.

Author : Heike Owusu
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 44,2 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : 9780806963471

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Over 1000 illustrations show the fascinating origins and meanings of 300 symbols and signs used by North American tribes. The magnificent variety of symbols are shown as they were used in pottery, clothing, masks, shields, totems, and other settings, carved, sewn, and painted. The collection starts with the simplest symbols--from lines, circles, and curves, to crosses, triangles, and squares--then traces their combinations into ever-more complex designs. Many symbols depict bonds with nature--particularly animals and landscape features--which appear in clan identifications, picture-writing, rituals, legends, and stories that convey heroism and wisdom. A special section explains how more than 80 different animals may have different meanings among cultures of the Southwest, Plains, Northwest Coast, Sub-Arctic North, and the Northeast. 320 pages, 150 b/w illus., 5 5/8 x 7 1/2.

Author : Norman Pearl
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 13,49 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1404826424

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Discusses the bald eagle and how it came to be the symbol for the United States.

Author : Kirsten Chang
Publisher : Bellwether Media
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 50,91 MB
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1681035529

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In 1777, the United States flag had just 13 stars and stripes. How Old Glory has grown since then! Today, the flag flies over schools, libraries, government buildings, and more. Young readers will learn the flag’s symbolism and origins in this patriotic title.

Author : Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 27,50 MB
Release : 2007-10-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1134066953

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Although the symbolic and political importance of flags has often been mentioned by scholars of nationalism, there are few in-depth studies of the significance of flags for national identities. This multi-disciplinary collection offers case studies and comparisons of flag history, uses and controversies. This book brings together a dozen scholars, from varying national and disciplinary backgrounds, to offers a cluster of close readings of flags in their social contexts, mostly contemporary, but also historical. Case studies from Denmark, England, Northern Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and the United States explore ways in which flags are contested, stir up powerful emotions, can be commercialised in some contexts but not in others, serve as quasi-religious symbols, and as physical boundary markers; how the same flag can be solemn and formal in one setting, but stand for domestic bliss and informal cultural intimacy in another.