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31 produkter
Rise and Fall of Modern American Conservatism
A Short History
Av David Farber
Häftad, 2012
282 kr
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The Rise and Fall of Modern American Conservatism tells the gripping story of perhaps the most significant political force of our time through the lives and careers of six leading figures at the heart of the movement. David Farber traces the history of modern conservatism from its revolt against …
Jobs to Be Done
A Roadmap for Customer-Centered Innovation
Av Stephen Wunker, Jessica Wattman m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
195 kr
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Everybody Ought to Be Rich
The Life and Times of John J. Raskob, Capitalist
Av David Farber
Inbunden, 2013
435 kr
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John Raskob is not a name that looms large but his greatest building casts a shadow on us every day. Financier of the Empire State Building, Raskob was a self-made businessman who worked for DuPont and for GM and famously invented with the idea for consumer credit, which he first offered to …
Everybody Ought to Be Rich
The Life and Times of John J. Raskob, Capitalist
Av David Farber
E-bok, 2013
292 kr
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Today, consumer credit, employee stock options, and citizen investment in the stock market are taken for granted--fundamental facts of American economic life. But few people realize that they were first widely promoted by John Jakob Raskob (1879-1950), the innovative financier and self-made …
Everybody Ought to Be Rich
The Life and Times of John J. Raskob, Capitalist
Av David Farber
E-bok, 2013
292 kr
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Today, consumer credit, employee stock options, and citizen investment in the stock market are taken for granted--fundamental facts of American economic life. But few people realize that they were first widely promoted by John Jakob Raskob (1879-1950), the innovative financier and self-made …
Chicago '68
Av David Farber
E-bok, 1994
449 kr
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Entertaining and scrupulously researched, Chicago ''68 reconstructs the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago—an epochal moment in American cultural and political history. By drawing on a wide range of sources, Farber tells and retells the story of the protests in three different voices, from the …
Chicago '68
Av David Farber
Häftad, 1994
211 kr
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Entertaining and scrupulously researched, Chicago '68 reconstructs the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago—an epochal moment in American cultural and political history. By drawing on a wide range of sources, Farber tells and retells the story of the protests in three different voices, from the …
Sloan Rules
Alfred P. Sloan and the Triumph of General Motors
Av David Farber
Häftad, 2005
190 kr
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Alfred P. Sloan Jr. became the president of General Motors in 1923 and stepped down as its CEO in 1946. During this time, he led GM past the Ford Motor Company and on to international business triumph by virtue of his brilliant managerial practices and his insights into the new consumer economy he …
Chicago's Tough Jews
Peddlers, Street Brawlers, and Schoolyard Crews
Av David Farber
Inbunden, 2027
345 kr
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The untold story of the immigrant Jewish boys and men who fought back against violent neighborhood gangs in early twentieth-century Chicago.In Chicago’s Tough Jews, Farber tells the story of how first- and second-generation Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe fought their ethnic rivals on …
Columbia Guide to America in the 1960s
Inbunden, 2001
2925 kr
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The 1960s continue to be the subject of passionate debate and political controversy, a touchstone in struggles over the meaning of the American past and the direction of the American future. Amid the polemics and the myths, making sense of the Sixties and its legacies presents a challenge. This …
Columbia Guide to America in the 1960s
Häftad, 2003
793 kr
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The 1960s continue to be the subject of passionate debate and political controversy, a touchstone in struggles over the meaning of the American past and the direction of the American future. Amid the polemics and the myths, making sense of the Sixties and its legacies presents a challenge. This …
Taken Hostage
The Iran Hostage Crisis and America's First Encounter with Radical Islam
Av David Farber
Häftad, 2006
317 kr
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On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran and took sixty-six Americans captive. Thus began the Iran Hostage Crisis, an affair that captivated the American public for 444 days and marked America's first confrontation with the forces of radical Islam. Using …
What They Think of Us
International Perceptions of the United States since 9/11
Av David Farber
Inbunden, 2007
428 kr
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It has never been more important for Americans to understand why the world both hates and loves the United States. In What They Think of Us, a remarkable group of writers from the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Latin America describes the world's profoundly ambivalent attitudes toward the United …
America in the Seventies
Av Beth Bailey, Beth Bailey m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
342 kr
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Tucked between the activist Sixties and the conservative Eighties lies a largely misunderstood and still under-appreciated decade. Now nine leading scholars of postwar America offer a revealing look at the Seventies and their rightful place in the epic narrative of American history. This is the …
Beyond Pearl Harbor
A Pacific History
Häftad, 2019
339 kr
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In the United States, December 7, 1941, may live in infamy, in President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s phrase, but for most Americans the date’s significance begins and ends with the attack on Pearl Harbor. On December 8 (December 7 on the other side of the International Date Line) Japanese military …
Beyond Pearl Harbor
A Pacific History
E-bok, 2019
410 kr
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In the United States, December 7, 1941, may live in infamy, in President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s phrase, but for most Americans the date’s significance begins and ends with the attack on Pearl Harbor. On December 8 (December 7 on the other side of the International Date Line) Japanese military …
America in the Seventies
E-bok, 2022
297 kr
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Tucked between the activist Sixties and the conservative Eighties lies a largely misunderstood and still under-appreciated decade. Now nine leading scholars of postwar America offer a revealing look at the Seventies and their rightful place in the epic narrative of American history This is the …
Sixties
From Memory to History
Av David Farber
Häftad, 1994
487 kr
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This collection of original essays represents some of the most exciting ways in which historians are beginning to paint the 1960s onto the larger canvas of American history. While the first literature about this turbulent period was written largely by participants, many of the contributors to this …
Jobs to Be Done
A Roadmap for Customer-Centered Innovation
Av David Farber, Jessica Wattman m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
347 kr
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In a challenging economy filled with multiple competitors, no one can afford to stagnate. Yet, innovation is notoriously difficult. How do you pinpoint the winning ideas that customers will love? Sifting through purchasing data for clues about what might sell or haphazardly brainstorming ideas are …
Conservative Sixties
Häftad, 2003
356 kr
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The Conservative Sixties tells «the other story» of America in the era of left-wing protests, countercultural experiments, and a civil rights revolution. Ten original historical essays focus on Phyllis Schlafly, Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater, the John Birch Society, the Minutemen, «Moral Mothers …
Crack
Rock Cocaine, Street Capitalism, and the Decade of Greed
Av David Farber
Inbunden, 2019
445 kr
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A shattering account of the crack cocaine years from award-winning American historian David Farber, Crack tells the story of the young men who bet their lives on the rewards of selling 'rock' cocaine, the people who gave themselves over to the crack pipe, and the often-merciless authorities who …
Crack
Rock Cocaine, Street Capitalism, and the Decade of Greed
Av David Farber
Häftad, 2022
192 kr
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A shattering account of the crack cocaine years from award-winning American historian David Farber, Crack tells the story of the young men who bet their lives on the rewards of selling 'rock' cocaine, the people who gave themselves over to the crack pipe, and the often-merciless authorities who …
Taken Hostage
The Iran Hostage Crisis and America''s First Encounter with Radical Islam
Av David Farber
E-bok, 2009
441 kr
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On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran and took sixty-six Americans captive. Thus began the Iran Hostage Crisis, an affair that captivated the American public for 444 days and marked America''s first confrontation with the forces of radical Islam. Using …
What They Think of Us
International Perceptions of the United States since 9/11
Av David Farber
E-bok, 2009
575 kr
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It has never been more important for Americans to understand why the world both hates and loves the United States. In What They Think of Us , a remarkable group of writers from the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Latin America describes the world''s profoundly ambivalent attitudes toward the United …
Rise and Fall of Modern American Conservatism
A Short History
Av David Farber
E-bok, 2012
400 kr
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The story of modern conservatism through the lives of six leading figures The Rise and Fall of Modern American Conservatism tells the gripping story of perhaps the most significant political force of our time through the lives and careers of six leading figures at the heart of the movement. David …
Sixties
From Memory to History
Av David Farber
E-bok, 2012
402 kr
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This collection of original essays represents some of the most exciting ways in which historians are beginning to paint the 1960s onto the larger canvas of American history. While the first literature about this turbulent period was written largely by participants, many of the contributors to this …
First Strange Place
The Alchemy of Race and Sex in World War II Hawaii
E-bok, 2012
226 kr
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Just as World War I introduced Americans to Europe, making an indelible impression on thousands of farmboys who were changed forever “after they saw Paree,” so World War II was the beginning of America’s encounter with the East – an encounter whose effects are still being felt and absorbed. No …
War on Drugs
A History
Av David Farber
Inbunden, 2021
1044 kr
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A revealing look at the history and legacy of the "War on Drugs"Fifty years after President Richard Nixon declared a "War on Drugs," the United States government has spent over a trillion dollars fighting a losing battle. In recent years, about 1.5 million people have been arrested annually on drug …
War on Drugs
A History
Av David Farber
Häftad, 2021
381 kr
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A revealing look at the history and legacy of the "War on Drugs"Fifty years after President Richard Nixon declared a "War on Drugs," the United States government has spent over a trillion dollars fighting a losing battle. In recent years, about 1.5 million people have been arrested annually on drug …
Sixties
From Memory to History
Av David Farber
E-bok, 2012
410 kr
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This collection of original essays represents some of the most exciting ways in which historians are beginning to paint the 1960s onto the larger canvas of American history. While the first literature about this turbulent period was written largely by participants, many of the contributors to this …
