Scott E Casper
Biographic Data
| ID | 1032280 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Scott E Casper |
| GIVEN NAMES | Scott E |
| FAMILY NAME | Casper |
| SIGNATURE | CASPER S E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nevada, Reno |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Curricular Conversation beyond the Institution
Globalizing the U.S. Survey
Catherine A. Stewart. Long Past Slavery
The narratives of formerly enslaved African Americans, collected by employees of the New Deal Federal Writers’ Project (FWP), have been key sources for the history of antebellum slavery for nearly half a century, even as historians have long recognized the challenges of interpreting them. In Long Past Slavery: Representing Race in the Federal Writers’ Project, Catherine A. Stewart provides a fresh perspective by situating the FWP’s Ex-Slave Proje…
Surprising Opportunities for Historians
Journal Article Surprising Opportunities for Historians: Taking Control of the Assessment Process Get access Journal of American History, Volume 102, Issue 4, March 2016, Pages 1102–1103, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jav780 Published: 01 March 2016
Molly McCarthy. The Accidental Diarist
Journal Article Molly McCarthy. The Accidental Diarist: A History of the Daily Planner in America. Get access Molly McCarthy. The Accidental Diarist: A History of the Daily Planner in America. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2013. Pp. 302. Cloth $90.00, paper $30.00. Scott E. Casper Scott E. Casper University of Maryland, Baltimore County [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American H…
Paradoxes of Prosperity
Perspectives on American Book History
A collection of primary source materials and original essays, Perspectives on American Book History is designed for the growing number of courses in American print culture, as well as a supplement for courses in American literature and history. It seeks to fill the void that has developed as the expanding history of the book has moved out of the archive and scholarly journal and into the classroom. The volume includes an introductory essay by Rob…
Moving Stories
Journal Article Moving Stories: Migration and the American West, 1850–2000 Get access Moving Stories: Migration and the American West, 1850–2000. Edited by Casper Scott E. Long Lucinda M.. (Reno: Nevada Humanities Committee, 2001. xvii + 299 pp. Illustrations, notes. $14.95, paper.) Ellen Eisenberg Ellen Eisenberg Willamette University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 34…
Jefferson on Jefferson
Becoming Thomas Jefferson Legislating Independence Fighting for Virginians' Rights Governing Virginia Embarking on Diplomacy Succeeding Dr. Franklin Seeing Inside the French Revolution Going Back to Old Virginia Splitting the Cabinet Rusticating Liberating the Presidency Retiring in Monticello Troubled in Paradise
Revising the National Pantheon
George Washington
George Washington: The Man Behind Myths. Edited by William M. S. Rasmussen and Robert S. Tilton. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999. Pp. xv, 328. Illustrations. $24.95.) George Washington: Music for President. Companion Music Book by Kate Van Winkle Keller. Compact Disc Recording by David and Ginger Hildebrand. (Sandy Hook, CT: The Hendrickson Group, 1999. Pp. 32. Illustrations. Compact Disc, 47:22. Music book, $7.99.) For much …
Sentiment and Celebrity
often insightful interpretation veers at times toward effusive overgeneralization
Constructing American Lives
Journal Article Constructing American Lives: Biography & Culture in Nineteenth-Century America. By Scott E. Casper. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999. xiv, 439 pp. Cloth, $49.95, ISBN 0-8078-2462-3. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-8078-4765-8.) Get access Richard Wightman Fox Richard Wightman Fox University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal o…
Constructing American Lives
Nineteenth-century American authors, critics, and readers believed that biography had the power to shape individuals' characters and to help define the nation's identity. In an age predating radio and television, biography was not simply a genre of writing, says Scott Casper; it was the medium that allowed people to learn about public figures and peer into the lives of strangers. In this pioneering study, Casper examines how Americans wrote, publ…
Western Migrations
Fiction and the American Literary Marketplace
Journal Article Fiction and the American Literary Marketplace: The Role of Newspaper Syndicates, 1860–1900. By Charles Johanningsmeier. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. xii, 284 pp. $54.95, ISBN 0-521-49710-8) Get access Scott E. Casper Scott E. Casper University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 1, June 1998, Page 283, https:/…
Recollections of the Early Republic
Presents autobiographical writings by ten American men and women born between 1783 and 1800 who left their places of birth to explore new opportunities. Of interest to students and general readers. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $16.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or
Hunting Lieutenant Chadbourne
Politics, Art, and the Contradictions of a Market Culture
Sentiment and Celebrity
often insightful interpretation veers at times toward effusive overgeneralization
Constructing American Lives
Nineteenth-century American authors, critics, and readers believed that biography had the power to shape individuals' characters and to help define the nation's identity. In an age predating radio and television, biography was not simply a genre of writing, says Scott Casper; it was the medium that allowed people to learn about public figures and peer into the lives of strangers. In this pioneering study, Casper examines how Americans wrote, publ…
Fiction and the American Literary Marketplace
Journal Article Fiction and the American Literary Marketplace: The Role of Newspaper Syndicates, 1860–1900. By Charles Johanningsmeier. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. xii, 284 pp. $54.95, ISBN 0-521-49710-8) Get access Scott E. Casper Scott E. Casper University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 1, June 1998, Page 283, https:/…
Politics, Art, and the Contradictions of a Market Culture
Hunting Lieutenant Chadbourne
Recollections of the Early Republic
Presents autobiographical writings by ten American men and women born between 1783 and 1800 who left their places of birth to explore new opportunities. Of interest to students and general readers. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $16.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or
Fiction and the American Literary Marketplace
Journal Article Fiction and the American Literary Marketplace: The Role of Newspaper Syndicates, 1860–1900. By Charles Johanningsmeier. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. xii, 284 pp. $54.95, ISBN 0-521-49710-8) Get access Scott E. Casper Scott E. Casper University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 1, June 1998, Page 283, https:/…
George Washington
George Washington: The Man Behind Myths. Edited by William M. S. Rasmussen and Robert S. Tilton. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999. Pp. xv, 328. Illustrations. $24.95.) George Washington: Music for President. Companion Music Book by Kate Van Winkle Keller. Compact Disc Recording by David and Ginger Hildebrand. (Sandy Hook, CT: The Hendrickson Group, 1999. Pp. 32. Illustrations. Compact Disc, 47:22. Music book, $7.99.) For much …
Sentiment and Celebrity
often insightful interpretation veers at times toward effusive overgeneralization
Constructing American Lives
Journal Article Constructing American Lives: Biography & Culture in Nineteenth-Century America. By Scott E. Casper. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999. xiv, 439 pp. Cloth, $49.95, ISBN 0-8078-2462-3. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-8078-4765-8.) Get access Richard Wightman Fox Richard Wightman Fox University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal o…
Constructing American Lives
Nineteenth-century American authors, critics, and readers believed that biography had the power to shape individuals' characters and to help define the nation's identity. In an age predating radio and television, biography was not simply a genre of writing, says Scott Casper; it was the medium that allowed people to learn about public figures and peer into the lives of strangers. In this pioneering study, Casper examines how Americans wrote, publ…
Western Migrations
Revising the National Pantheon
Jefferson on Jefferson
Becoming Thomas Jefferson Legislating Independence Fighting for Virginians' Rights Governing Virginia Embarking on Diplomacy Succeeding Dr. Franklin Seeing Inside the French Revolution Going Back to Old Virginia Splitting the Cabinet Rusticating Liberating the Presidency Retiring in Monticello Troubled in Paradise
Perspectives on American Book History
A collection of primary source materials and original essays, Perspectives on American Book History is designed for the growing number of courses in American print culture, as well as a supplement for courses in American literature and history. It seeks to fill the void that has developed as the expanding history of the book has moved out of the archive and scholarly journal and into the classroom. The volume includes an introductory essay by Rob…
Moving Stories
Journal Article Moving Stories: Migration and the American West, 1850–2000 Get access Moving Stories: Migration and the American West, 1850–2000. Edited by Casper Scott E. Long Lucinda M.. (Reno: Nevada Humanities Committee, 2001. xvii + 299 pp. Illustrations, notes. $14.95, paper.) Ellen Eisenberg Ellen Eisenberg Willamette University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 34…
Paradoxes of Prosperity
Molly McCarthy. The Accidental Diarist
Journal Article Molly McCarthy. The Accidental Diarist: A History of the Daily Planner in America. Get access Molly McCarthy. The Accidental Diarist: A History of the Daily Planner in America. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2013. Pp. 302. Cloth $90.00, paper $30.00. Scott E. Casper Scott E. Casper University of Maryland, Baltimore County [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American H…
Surprising Opportunities for Historians
Journal Article Surprising Opportunities for Historians: Taking Control of the Assessment Process Get access Journal of American History, Volume 102, Issue 4, March 2016, Pages 1102–1103, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jav780 Published: 01 March 2016
Globalizing the U.S. Survey
Catherine A. Stewart. Long Past Slavery
The narratives of formerly enslaved African Americans, collected by employees of the New Deal Federal Writers’ Project (FWP), have been key sources for the history of antebellum slavery for nearly half a century, even as historians have long recognized the challenges of interpreting them. In Long Past Slavery: Representing Race in the Federal Writers’ Project, Catherine A. Stewart provides a fresh perspective by situating the FWP’s Ex-Slave Proje…
Curricular Conversation beyond the Institution
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