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11 produkter
From Snake Oil to Medicine
Pioneering Public Health
Av R. Alton Lee
Inbunden, 2007
735 kr
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Without Samuel J. Crumbine and his Kansas Department of Health, diseases festering in water sources, food and the common towel would have caused thousands of deaths in the United States. Crumbine and his associates paved the way to better treatment of tuberculosis. This well-written account leads …
Farmers Vs. Wage Earners
Organized Labor in Kansas, 1860-1960
Av R. Alton Lee
Häftad, 2008
284 kr
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While predominantly agrarian, Kansas has a surprisingly rich heritage of labor history and played an active role in the major labor strife of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Farmers vs. Wage Earners is a survey of the organized labor movement in the Sunflower State, which …
Eisenhower and Landrum-Griffin
A Study in Labor-Management Politics
Av R Alton Lee
Inbunden, 1990
409 kr
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During the 1950s two Senate investigations, both highly publicized through the new medium of television, revealed the spread of racketeers and corruption among labor unions. Taking advantage of these sensational revelations, business interests, who for years had chafed against the federal …
Bizarre Careers of John R. Brinkley
Av R Alton Lee
Inbunden, 2002
704 kr
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Tells the story of the infamous "Goat Gland Doctor" -- controversial medical charlatan, groundbreaking radio impresario, and prescient political campaigner -- and recounts his amazing rags to riches to rags career. A popular joke of the 1920s posed the question, "What's the fastest thing on four …
Eisenhower and Landrum-Griffin
A Study in Labor-Management Politics
Av R. Alton Lee
E-bok, 2014
492 kr
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During the 1950s two Senate investigations, both highly publicized through the new medium of television, revealed the spread of racketeers and corruption among labor unions. Taking advantage of these sensational revelations, business interests, who for years had chafed against the federal …
Publisher for the Masses, Emanuel Haldeman-Julius
Av R. Alton Lee
Inbunden, 2018
488 kr
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His admirers called him the “Barnum of Books” and the “Voltaire of Kansas” because of his ability to bring culture and education to the people.R. Alton Lee brings to life Emanuel Haldeman-Julius (1889–1951), a writer-publisher-entrepreneur who was one of America’s most significant publishers and …
When Sunflowers Bloomed Red
Kansas and the Rise of Socialism in America
Inbunden, 2020
353 kr
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When Sunflowers Bloomed Red is a welcome addition to the history of the American Midwest that should have appeal to students, scholars, and general readers.-Greg Hall, Annals of Iowa When Sunflowers Bloomed Red offers readers entry into the Kansas radical tradition and shows how the Great Plains …
From Snake Oil to Medicine
Pioneering Public Health
Av R. Alton Lee
E-bok, 2007
803 kr
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Without Samuel J. Crumbine and his Kansas Department of Health, diseases festering in water sources, food and the common towel would have caused thousands of deaths in the United States. Crumbine and his associates paved the way to better treatment of tuberculosis. This well-written account leads …
Sunflower Justice
A New History of the Kansas Supreme Court
Av R. Alton Lee
Inbunden, 2014
759 kr
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Until recently, American legal historiography focused almost solely on national government. Although much of Kansas law reflects U.S. law, the state court's arbitrary powers over labor-management conflicts, yellow dog contracts, civil rights, gender issues, and domestic relations set precedents …
Principle Over Party
The Farmer's Alliance and Populism in South Dakota, 1880–1900
Av R. Alton Lee
Inbunden, 2011
371 kr
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The Populist movement of the 1890s was one of the most successful third-party initiatives in United States history. Although it never elected a president, this movement seated governors, congressmen, and United States senators, and played a major political role in a number of states, including all …
New Deal for South Dakota
Drought, Depression, and Relief, 1920–1941
Av R. Alton Lee
Häftad, 2016
295 kr
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In South Dakota, drought, grasshoppers, and low commodity prices were the final blows in a long economic downturn that began after World War I. These conditions finally brought the state to its knees during the Great Depression. Many South Dakotans fled; others hung on with the aid of New Deal …
