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21 produkter
Grand Expectations
The United States, 1945-1974
Häftad, 1998
279 kr
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Beginning in 1945, America rocketed through a quarter-century of extraordinary economic growth, experiencing an amazing boom that soared to unimaginable heights in the 1960s. At one point, in the late 1940s, American workers produced 57 percent of the planet's steel, 62 percent of the oil, 80 …
Restless Giant
The United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore
Inbunden, 2005
686 kr
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Restless Giant is a magisterial interpretation of American history between 1974, when the crisis of Watergate imperiled the nation, and November 2000, when the bitterly contested presidential election marked an all-time low in confidence in the electoral process. James T. Patterson, whose earlier …
Restless Giant
The United States from Watergate to Bush vs. Gore
Häftad, 2007
269 kr
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James Patterson's Bancroft Prize-winning Grand Expectations, the penultimate volume in the Oxford History of the United States, was hailed by The New York Times as "a spirited, sprawling narrative of American life" and by The Wall Street Journal as "a tour de force." Now, in the final chronological …
Brown v. Board of Education
A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy
E-bok, 2001
151 kr
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Many people were elated when Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in May 1954, the ruling that struck down state-sponsored racial segregation in America''s public schools. Thurgood Marshall, chief attorney for the black families that launched the …
Restless Giant
The United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore
E-bok, 2005
177 kr
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In Restless Giant , acclaimed historical author James Patterson provides a crisp, concise assessment of the twenty-seven years between the resignation of Richard Nixon and the election of George W. Bush in a sweeping narrative that seamlessly weaves together social, cultural, political, economic, …
Grand Expectations
The United States, 1945-1974
E-bok, 1996
189 kr
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Beginning in 1945, America rocketed through a quarter-century of extraordinary economic growth, experiencing an amazing boom that soared to unimaginable heights in the 1960s. At one point, in the late 1940s, American workers produced 57 percent of the planet''s steel, 62 percent of the oil, 80 …
Restless Giant
The United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore
E-bok, 2005
177 kr
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In Restless Giant , acclaimed historical author James Patterson provides a crisp, concise assessment of the twenty-seven years between the resignation of Richard Nixon and the election of George W. Bush in a sweeping narrative that seamlessly weaves together social, cultural, political, economic, …
Grand Expectations
The United States, 1945-1974
E-bok, 1996
189 kr
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Beginning in 1945, America rocketed through a quarter-century of extraordinary economic growth, experiencing an amazing boom that soared to unimaginable heights in the 1960s. At one point, in the late 1940s, American workers produced 57 percent of the planet''s steel, 62 percent of the oil, 80 …
Brown v. Board of Education
A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy
E-bok, 2001
151 kr
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Many people were elated when Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in May 1954, the ruling that struck down state-sponsored racial segregation in America''s public schools. Thurgood Marshall, chief attorney for the black families that launched the …
Congressional Conservatism and the New Deal
The Growth of the Conservative Coalition in Congress, 1933-1939
Inbunden, 1981
1062 kr
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Freedom Is Not Enough: The Moynihan Report and America's Struggle Over Black Family Life -- From LBJ to Obama
Häftad, 2012
218 kr
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America’s Struggle against Poverty in the Twentieth Century
Enlarged Edition
Häftad, 2000
381 kr
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This new edition of Patterson's widely used book carries the story of battles over poverty and social welfare through what the author calls the "amazing 1990s," those years of extraordinary performance of the economy. He explores a range of issues arising from the economic phenomenon--increasing …
Dread Disease
Cancer and Modern American Culture
Häftad, 1989
533 kr
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Cancer is that “loathsome beast, which seized upon the breast, drove its long claws into the surrounding tissues, derived its sustenance by sucking out the juices of its victims, and never even relaxed its hold in death,” a turn-of-the-century physician recorded. Even today cancer affects the …
New Deal and States
Federalism in Transition
Häftad, 2015
365 kr
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Little has been written about the New Deal's effect at the state level. How did the states act before the New Deal? Did the Roosevelt administration promote progressive policies on the state level? Did it destroy state initiative? Was it discriminatory? In what kinds of states did it seem to have …
New Deal and States
Federalism in Transition
Inbunden, 2016
1733 kr
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Little has been written about the New Deal's effect at the state level. How did the states act before the New Deal? Did the Roosevelt administration promote progressive policies on the state level? Did it destroy state initiative? Was it discriminatory? In what kinds of states did it seem to have …
Congressional Conservatism and the New Deal
Häftad, 2014
533 kr
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Faced by the disaster of depression, Congress in the early 1930s proved amenable to the far-reaching demands and programs presented to it by the newly elected President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, but by 1937 it showed increasing resistance, even outright opposition, to many New Deal measures. In this …
Congressional Conservatism and the New Deal
E-bok, 2014
708 kr
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Faced by the disaster of depression, Congress in the early 1930s proved amenable to the far-reaching demands and programs presented to it by the newly elected President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, but by 1937 it showed increasing resistance, even outright opposition, to many New Deal measures. In this …
New Deal and States
Federalism in Transition
E-bok, 2015
514 kr
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Little has been written about the New Deal's effect at the state level. How did the states act before the New Deal? Did the Roosevelt administration promote progressive policies on the state level? Did it destroy state initiative? Was it discriminatory? In what kinds of states did it seem to have …
Congressional Conservatism and the New Deal: The Growth of the Conservative Coalition in Congress, 1933 -1939
Inbunden, 1899
1125 kr
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