James E Davis
Biographic Data
| ID | 3921465 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James E Davis |
| GIVEN NAMES | James E |
| FAMILY NAME | Davis |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIS J E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Illinois College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5210-802X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Overseas Trade of Boston, 1279–1548
Ann Durkin Keating. Rising Up from Indian Country
Journal Article Ann Durkin Keating. Rising Up from Indian Country: The Battle of Fort Dearborn and the Birth of Chicago. Get access Ann Durkin Keating. Rising Up from Indian Country: The Battle of Fort Dearborn and the Birth of Chicago. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2012. Pp. xxiv, 294. $30.00. James E. Davis James E. Davis Emeritus Illinois College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Hist…
Life in a Late Medieval City
Chester was the most important medieval town in north-west England, and yet has lacked the extensive historical treatment it deserves. As a regional capital, the administrative and ecclesiastical centre of a county palatinate, a major port and market, and a garrison town, Chester's importance belied its relatively small size. Jane Laughton's book provides a new, sweeping survey of this late medieval city in an attempt to illuminate Chester's urba…
The Problem
The United States
Introduction
The Idea of America
(2007). The Idea of America: A Case Study Approach. The Social Studies: Vol. 98, No. 6, pp. 242-250
A Gateway to Social Studies through Topical History
Fiction as Fact
Journal Article Fiction as Fact: The Horse Soldiers and Popular Memory Get access Fiction as Fact: The Horse Soldiers and Popular Memory. By York Neil Longley. (Kent: Kent State University Press, 2001. xviii, 179 pp. Cloth, $28.00, isbn0-87338-685- X. Paper, $18.00, isbn0-87338-688-4.) James E. Davis James E. Davis Illinois CollegeJacksonville, Illinois Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American H…
Frontier Illinois
Frontier Illinois
Journal Article Frontier Illinois. By James E. Davis. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998. xxiv, 515 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-253-33423-3.) Get access Andrew R. L. Cayton Andrew R. L. Cayton Miami University, Oxford, Ohio Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 86, Issue 3, December 1999, Pages 1335–1336, https://doi.org/10.2307/2568643 Published: 01 December 1999
Juan Maria Schuver's Travels in North-East Africa 1880-1888
The Emerging Midwest
Two different streams of migrants, one from the upland South-^Virgirúa, Kentucky, and Termessee-the other from the Middle Atlantic area, originally settled the Old Northwest states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.Each stream brought its own distinctive values, commitments, and stereotypes about the other to its new home.The persistent influence of one's origir\s is not unusual.It is a staple of contemporary historiography that we continue to be st…
Fundamentals of Market Economics
Civics
News Item #1: “Inattention 1.0 civic education stems in part from the assumption that the knowledge and skills citizens need emerge as by-products of the study of other disciplines o r as an outcome of the process of schooling itself.” (National Standards for Civics and Government, Center for Civic Education, p. x, November 1994) News Item #2: “[Wle simply must have significant and direct civics content in the upper elementary grades and, most ur…
Rooted in Dust
Journal Article Rooted in Dust: Surviving Drought and Depression in Southwestern Kansas. By Pamela Riney-Kehrberg. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1994. xiv, 249 pp. $25.00, ISBN 0-7006-0644-0.) Get access James E. Davis James E. Davis Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 82, Issue 3, December 1995, Pages 1265–1266, https://doi.…
Sixty Million Acres
Journal Article Sixty Million Acres: American Veterans and the Public Lands before the Civil War. By James W. Oberly. (Kent: Kent State University Press, 1990. xii + 222 pp. $28.00.) Get access James E. Davis James E. Davis Illinois College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 3, December 1991, Pages 1079–1080, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078862 Published: 01 December …
Dreams to Dust
Journal Article Dreams to Dust: A Diary of the California Gold Rush, 1849–1850 and The English River Book: A North West Company Journal and Account Book of 1786 Get access Dreams to Dust: A Diary of the California Gold Rush, 1849–1850. By Parke Charles Ross. Edited by Davis James E.. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989. xxxi + 280 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $33.95.)The English River Book: A North West Company Jo…
Dreams to Dust
Dreams to Dust
Journal Article Dreams to Dust: A Diary of the California Gold Rush, 1849–1830. By Charles Ross Parke. Ed. by James E. Davis. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989. xxxiv + 280 pp. $33.95.) Get access Robert M. Senkewicz, S.J. Robert M. Senkewicz, S.J. Santa Clara University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 77, Issue 3, December 1990, Pages 1024–1025, https://doi.o…
An Evaluation of Middle School Economics Curriculum Materials
Frontier America, 1800-1840
The Trans-Appalachian Frontier
Journal Article The Trans-Appalachian Frontier: People, Societies, and Institutions, 1775–1850. By Malcolm J. Rohrbough. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. xiv + 444 pp. Maps, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $17.50.) Get access James E. Davis James E. Davis Illinois College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 66, Issue 2, September 1979, Pages 393–394, https:/…
Frontier America, 1800-1840
Journal Article Frontier America, 1800–1840: A Comparative Demographic Analysis of the Settlement Process Get access Frontier America, 1800–1840: A Comparative Demographic Analysis of the Settlement Process. By Davis James E.. (Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1977. 220 p. Illustrations, maps, tables, notes, appendixes, bibliography, index. $15.50.) Brian W. Beltman Brian W. Beltman Arizona State University Search for other works by…
Frontier America, 1800-1840
Journal Article Frontier America, 1800–1840: A Comparative Demographic Analysis of the Settlement Process. By James E. Davis. (Glendale, Cal.: Clark, 1977. 220 pp. Maps, illustrations, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index.) Get access Randolph B. Campbell Randolph B. Campbell North Texas State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 65, Issue 3, December…
The Trans-Appalachian Frontier
Journal Article The Trans-Appalachian Frontier: People, Societies, and Institutions, 1775–1850. By Malcolm J. Rohrbough. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. xiv + 444 pp. Maps, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $17.50.) Get access James E. Davis James E. Davis Illinois College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 66, Issue 2, September 1979, Pages 393–394, https:/…
Juan Maria Schuver's Travels in North-East Africa 1880-1888
Frontier America, 1800-1840
Journal Article Frontier America, 1800–1840: A Comparative Demographic Analysis of the Settlement Process. By James E. Davis. (Glendale, Cal.: Clark, 1977. 220 pp. Maps, illustrations, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index.) Get access Randolph B. Campbell Randolph B. Campbell North Texas State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 65, Issue 3, December…
Frontier America, 1800-1840
The Trans-Appalachian Frontier
Journal Article The Trans-Appalachian Frontier: People, Societies, and Institutions, 1775–1850. By Malcolm J. Rohrbough. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. xiv + 444 pp. Maps, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $17.50.) Get access James E. Davis James E. Davis Illinois College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 66, Issue 2, September 1979, Pages 393–394, https:/…
Frontier America, 1800-1840
Journal Article Frontier America, 1800–1840: A Comparative Demographic Analysis of the Settlement Process Get access Frontier America, 1800–1840: A Comparative Demographic Analysis of the Settlement Process. By Davis James E.. (Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1977. 220 p. Illustrations, maps, tables, notes, appendixes, bibliography, index. $15.50.) Brian W. Beltman Brian W. Beltman Arizona State University Search for other works by…
An Evaluation of Middle School Economics Curriculum Materials
Dreams to Dust
Dreams to Dust
Journal Article Dreams to Dust: A Diary of the California Gold Rush, 1849–1830. By Charles Ross Parke. Ed. by James E. Davis. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989. xxxiv + 280 pp. $33.95.) Get access Robert M. Senkewicz, S.J. Robert M. Senkewicz, S.J. Santa Clara University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 77, Issue 3, December 1990, Pages 1024–1025, https://doi.o…
Sixty Million Acres
Journal Article Sixty Million Acres: American Veterans and the Public Lands before the Civil War. By James W. Oberly. (Kent: Kent State University Press, 1990. xii + 222 pp. $28.00.) Get access James E. Davis James E. Davis Illinois College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 3, December 1991, Pages 1079–1080, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078862 Published: 01 December …
Dreams to Dust
Journal Article Dreams to Dust: A Diary of the California Gold Rush, 1849–1850 and The English River Book: A North West Company Journal and Account Book of 1786 Get access Dreams to Dust: A Diary of the California Gold Rush, 1849–1850. By Parke Charles Ross. Edited by Davis James E.. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989. xxxi + 280 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $33.95.)The English River Book: A North West Company Jo…
Fundamentals of Market Economics
Civics
News Item #1: “Inattention 1.0 civic education stems in part from the assumption that the knowledge and skills citizens need emerge as by-products of the study of other disciplines o r as an outcome of the process of schooling itself.” (National Standards for Civics and Government, Center for Civic Education, p. x, November 1994) News Item #2: “[Wle simply must have significant and direct civics content in the upper elementary grades and, most ur…
Rooted in Dust
Journal Article Rooted in Dust: Surviving Drought and Depression in Southwestern Kansas. By Pamela Riney-Kehrberg. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1994. xiv, 249 pp. $25.00, ISBN 0-7006-0644-0.) Get access James E. Davis James E. Davis Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 82, Issue 3, December 1995, Pages 1265–1266, https://doi.…
The Emerging Midwest
Two different streams of migrants, one from the upland South-^Virgirúa, Kentucky, and Termessee-the other from the Middle Atlantic area, originally settled the Old Northwest states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.Each stream brought its own distinctive values, commitments, and stereotypes about the other to its new home.The persistent influence of one's origir\s is not unusual.It is a staple of contemporary historiography that we continue to be st…
Juan Maria Schuver's Travels in North-East Africa 1880-1888
Frontier Illinois
Frontier Illinois
Journal Article Frontier Illinois. By James E. Davis. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998. xxiv, 515 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-253-33423-3.) Get access Andrew R. L. Cayton Andrew R. L. Cayton Miami University, Oxford, Ohio Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 86, Issue 3, December 1999, Pages 1335–1336, https://doi.org/10.2307/2568643 Published: 01 December 1999
Fiction as Fact
Journal Article Fiction as Fact: The Horse Soldiers and Popular Memory Get access Fiction as Fact: The Horse Soldiers and Popular Memory. By York Neil Longley. (Kent: Kent State University Press, 2001. xviii, 179 pp. Cloth, $28.00, isbn0-87338-685- X. Paper, $18.00, isbn0-87338-688-4.) James E. Davis James E. Davis Illinois CollegeJacksonville, Illinois Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American H…
The Problem
The United States
Introduction
The Idea of America
(2007). The Idea of America: A Case Study Approach. The Social Studies: Vol. 98, No. 6, pp. 242-250
A Gateway to Social Studies through Topical History
Life in a Late Medieval City
Chester was the most important medieval town in north-west England, and yet has lacked the extensive historical treatment it deserves. As a regional capital, the administrative and ecclesiastical centre of a county palatinate, a major port and market, and a garrison town, Chester's importance belied its relatively small size. Jane Laughton's book provides a new, sweeping survey of this late medieval city in an attempt to illuminate Chester's urba…
Ann Durkin Keating. Rising Up from Indian Country
Journal Article Ann Durkin Keating. Rising Up from Indian Country: The Battle of Fort Dearborn and the Birth of Chicago. Get access Ann Durkin Keating. Rising Up from Indian Country: The Battle of Fort Dearborn and the Birth of Chicago. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2012. Pp. xxiv, 294. $30.00. James E. Davis James E. Davis Emeritus Illinois College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Hist…
The Overseas Trade of Boston, 1279–1548
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