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In politics and government, a spoils system (also known as a patronage system) is a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its supporters, friends , and relatives as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the party.
From the late 16th to the 18th centuries, books were published by subscription in English-speaking areas including Britain, Ireland, and British America.Subscriptions were an alternative to the prevailing mode of publication, whereby booksellers would buy authors' manuscripts outright and produce and sell books on their own initiative.
Advowson (/ ə d ˈ v aʊ z ən /) [1] or patronage is the right in English law of a patron (avowee) to present to the diocesan bishop (or in some cases the ordinary if not the same person) a nominee for appointment to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church living, a process known as presentation (jus praesentandi, Latin: "the right of presenting").
From the ancient world onward, patronage of the arts was important in art history.It is known in greatest detail in reference to medieval and Renaissance Europe, though patronage can also be traced in feudal Japan, the traditional Southeast Asian kingdoms, and elsewhere—art patronage tended to arise wherever a royal or imperial system and an aristocracy dominated a society and controlled a ...
Grange Hall in Solon, Maine, circa 1910. The National Grange, a.k.a.The Grange, officially named The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, is a social organization in the United States that encourages families to band together to promote the economic and political well-being of the community and agriculture. [1]
Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions (Dutch West India Company) 1630. In the United States, a patroon (English: / p ə ˈ t r uː n /; from Dutch patroon [paːˈtroːn]) was a landholder with manorial rights to large tracts of land in the 17th-century Dutch colony of New Netherland on the east coast of North America. [1]
The compact history of the American newspaper. New York, Hawthorn Books. Thayer, William Makepeace (1905). Benjamin Franklin, Or, From Printing Office to the Court of St. James. Hodder and Stoughton. Thomas, Isaiah (1874). The history of printing in America, with a biography of printers. Vol. I. New York, B. Franklin. —— (1874).
The List of bibliographies on American history is a stand alone list of bibliographies about the history of the United States, intended as a quick reference. The bibliographies listed here are devoted only to major subjects in American history, i.e., founding fathers, American Revolution, presidents, wars, etc.