Donald A. Ritchie Livres

This fascinating story of Elizabeth 'Bess' Clements Abell (1933-2020) offers a window into Abell's life as former social secretary to President Johnson, as well as an insider's view of social life in the nation's capital during the tumultuous 1960s.

Presents the social, cultural, economic, political and military aspects of American history since 1865.

The unprecedented politics of the past four years, culminating in the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, underscore the need for a new edition of The U.S. Congress: A Very Short Introduction. The previous editions explored the essential necessity of compromise to accomplish anything significant in the legislative arena, but recent events show that political polarization has hardened and produced gridlock. This new edition explains how the parties have changed and how that has affected both the House and Senate.

This guidebook is a leading resource for oral history, utilized by professional historians, archivists, and genealogists in academic settings and public history. The evolution of digital audio and video technology has transformed oral history practices, enhancing the quality of recordings and their online accessibility. This manual provides comprehensive guidance on initiating oral history projects, conducting interviews, and preserving collections. The updated edition features a Q&A format with new questions and enriched content in several key areas: 1. **Technology**: It evaluates various recording, transcription, and preservation technologies without endorsing specific equipment, and expands on online sharing practices of oral history projects. 2. **Teaching**: It addresses the integration of oral history in online education and updates information on Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) regarding compliance. 3. **Presentation**: New creative presentation opportunities, including interpretive dance and public performances, are explored. 4. **Legal considerations**: The edition discusses recent legal cases affecting donor restrictions, providing relevant case studies. 5. **Theory and Memory**: While primarily practical, it now includes insights into memory theory and addresses trauma in interviews. 6. **Internationalism**: The guide reflects the global expansion of oral history projects, particularly in regions exp

In the second edition of The U.S. Congress, Donald A. Ritchie, a congressional historian for more than thirty years, takes readers on a fascinating, behind- the-scenes tour of Capitol Hill, pointing out the key players, explaining their behavior, and translating parliamentary language into plain English. No mere civics lesson, this eye-opening book provides an insider's perspective on Congress, matched with a professional historian's analytical insight. After§a swift survey of the creation of Congress by the constitutional convention, he begins to unscrew the nuts and pull out the bolts. What is it like to campaign for Congress? To attract large donors? To enter either house with no seniority? He answers these questions and more, explaining committee assignments§and committee work, the role of staffers and lobbyists, floor proceedings, parliamentary rules, and coalition building.§Ritchie explores the great effort put into constituent service-as representatives and senators respond to requests from groups and individuals-as well as media relations and news coverage. He also explores how the grand concepts we all know from civics class-checks and balances, advise and consent, congressional oversight-work in practice in an age of strong presidents and a muscular Senate minority.

Long before Wikileaks and social media, the journalist Drew Pearson exposed to public view information that public officials tried not to reveal. A self- professed

This is the running biography of Donald (Don) Ritchie, who excelled in ultra distance (beyond the marathon) running during the 1970s to the 1990s. Don has achieved ten World bests (World records) for distances ranging from 50Km to 200Km and for 6-hours and 24-hours races. Voted the finest ultra-distance runner of the 20th Century. In 1989 Don ran the 846 miles from John o'Groats to Lands End, raising funds for cancer research, in the new record time of 10 days 15 hours and 27 minutes. He has also used his his considerable ultra running experience to advise/mentor some local runners, one of whom went on to win the world 100Km championship.