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Tituba, Reluctant Witch of Salem
Devilish Indians and Puritan Fantasies
Häftad, 1997
385 kr
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A landmark contribution to women's history that sheds new light on the Salem witch trials and one of its most crucial participants, Tituba of The CrucibleIn this important book, Elaine Breslaw claims to have rediscovered Tituba, the elusive, mysterious, and often mythologized Indian woman accused …
Making Men Moral
Social Engineering During the Great War
Inbunden, 1996
1258 kr
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On May 29, 1917, Mrs. E. M. Craise, citizen of Denver, Colorado, penned a letter to President Woodrow Wilson, which concluded, We have surrendered to your absolute control our hearts' dearest treasures--our sons. If their precious bodies that have cost us so dear should be torn to shreds by German …
Bad Habits
Drinking, Smoking, Taking Drugs, Gambling, Sexual Misbehavior and Swearing in American History
Av John C. Burnham, Burnham m. fl.
Häftad, 1994
439 kr
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A pioneering study tracing the growth of Americans' bad habitsThe vast majority of Americans have, at one point or another gotten drunk, smoked, dabbled with drugs, gambled, sworn or engaged in adultery. During the 1800s, respectable people struggled to control these behaviors, labeling them bad …
Tituba, Reluctant Witch of Salem
Devilish Indians and Puritan Fantasies
Inbunden, 1995
968 kr
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A landmark contribution to women's history that sheds new light on the Salem witch trials and one of its most crucial participants, Tituba of The CrucibleIn this important book, Elaine Breslaw claims to have rediscovered Tituba, the elusive, mysterious, and often mythologized Indian woman accused …
Independent Intellectuals in the United States, 1910-1945
Av Steven Biel
Häftad, 1995
439 kr
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A new intellectual community came together in the United States in the 1910s and 1920s, a community outside the universities, the professions and, in general, the established centers of intellectual life. A generation of young intellectuals was increasingly challenging both the genteel tradition …
Making Men Moral
Social Engineering During the Great War
Häftad, 1997
444 kr
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On May 29, 1917, Mrs. E. M. Craise, citizen of Denver, Colorado, penned a letter to President Woodrow Wilson, which concluded, We have surrendered to your absolute control our hearts' dearest treasures--our sons. If their precious bodies that have cost us so dear should be torn to shreds by German …
Dutch American Farm
Av David S. Cohen, Stephen Feldman
Häftad, 1993
400 kr
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"A rich and readable source of information and interpretation." New York History "Cohen presents a detailed description of the everyday life of early Dutch settlers in New York and New Jersey. He gives special attention to the rise of the Dutch Reformed Church in these areas, and particularly the …
Medical Malpractice in Nineteenth-Century America
Origins and Legacy
Häftad, 1992
439 kr
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Highly readable . . . . interdisciplinary history of a high order.-- The HistorianWell-written and superbly documented . . . . Both physicians and lawyers will find this book useful and fascinating.-- Journal of the American Medical AssociationThis is the first book-length historical study of …
Frederick Law Olmstead
The Passion of a Public Artist
Häftad, 1991
453 kr
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Frederick Law Olmsted is famous for his urban landscape designs: Central Park in Manhattan, Prospect Park in Brooklyn, and Franklin Park in Boston. Olmsted devoted much of his later life to this work. What was the source of this creative energy and imagination in his fascinating years? Melvin …
Why America Stopped Voting
The Decline of Participatory Democracy and the Emergence of Modern American Politics
Inbunden, 1999
429 kr
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Examines how giving up the vote became a fundamental aspect of modern American lifePublic involvement in the electoral process has all but disappeared. Not since World War I has even half the electorate cast ballots in an off-year election. Even at the presidential level, voting has plummeted …
Army of Manifest Destiny
The American Soldier in the Mexican War, 1846-1848
Häftad, 1994
439 kr
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The day-to-day experiences of the American soldiers fighting in the Mexican WarJames McCaffrey examines America's first foreign war, the Mexican War, through the day-to-day experiences of the American soldier in battle, in camp, and on the march. With remarkable sympathy, humor, and grace, the …
Shrinking Violets and Caspar Milquetoasts
Shyness, Power, and Intimacy in the United States, 1950-1995
Inbunden, 2003
1010 kr
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Since World War II Americans' attitudes towards shyness have changed. The women's movement and the sexual revolution raised questions about communication, self-expression, intimacy, and personality, leading to new concerns about shyness. At the same time, the growth of psychotherapy and the mental …
Shrinking Violets and Caspar Milquetoasts
Shyness, Power, and Intimacy in the United States, 1950-1995
Häftad, 2003
371 kr
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Since World War II Americans' attitudes towards shyness have changed. The women's movement and the sexual revolution raised questions about communication, self-expression, intimacy, and personality, leading to new concerns about shyness. At the same time, the growth of psychotherapy and the mental …
America Goes to War
A Social History of the Continental Army
Inbunden, 1995
1258 kr
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A unique and revealing analysis of the diverse body that made up the American revolutionary armyOne of the images Americans hold most dear is that of the drum-beating, fire-eating Yankee Doodle Dandy rebel, overpowering his British adversaries through sheer grit and determination. The myth of the …
America Goes to War
A Social History of the Continental Army
Häftad, 1997
439 kr
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A unique and revealing analysis of the diverse body that made up the American revolutionary armyOne of the images Americans hold most dear is that of the drum-beating, fire-eating Yankee Doodle Dandy rebel, overpowering his British adversaries through sheer grit and determination. The myth of the …
Dancing in Chains
The Youth of William Dean Howells
Inbunden, 1991
1027 kr
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"Dancing in Chains is far more than a sensitive biography (though it is surely that); it is also a model of psychologically informed social and cultural history. Olsen recognizes that psychic conflicts often play themselves out on a higher plane, that psychic and intellectual history are …
Dancing in Chains
The Youth of William Dean Howells
Häftad, 1992
457 kr
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"Dancing in Chains is far more than a sensitive biography (though it is surely that); it is also a model of psychologically informed social and cultural history. Olsen recognizes that psychic conflicts often play themselves out on a higher plane, that psychic and intellectual history are …
Social Anxieties of Progressive Reform
Atlantic City, 1854-1920
Av Martin Paulsson, Matthew Rottnek
Inbunden, 1994
1258 kr
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Tracing the evolution of Atlantic City from a miserable hamlet of fishermen's huts in 1854 to the nation's premier seaside resort in 1910, The Social Anxieties of Progressive Reform chronicles a bizarre political conflict that reaches to the very heart of Progressivism.Operating outside of the …
Social Anxieties of Progressive Reform
Atlantic City, 1854-1920
Häftad, 1996
439 kr
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Tracing the evolution of Atlantic City from a miserable hamlet of fishermen's huts in 1854 to the nation's premier seaside resort in 1910, The Social Anxieties of Progressive Reform chronicles a bizarre political conflict that reaches to the very heart of Progressivism.Operating outside of the …
American Women and the Repeal of Prohibition
Inbunden, 1995
1258 kr
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In 1933 Americans did something they had never done before: they voted to repeal an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Eighteenth Amendment, which for 13 years had prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages, was nullified by the passage of another amendment, the Twenty-First. …
American Women and the Repeal of Prohibition
Häftad, 1997
396 kr
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In 1933 Americans did something they had never done before: they voted to repeal an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Eighteenth Amendment, which for 13 years had prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages, was nullified by the passage of another amendment, the Twenty-First. …
Nurturing Neighborhood
The Brownsville Boys' Club and Jewish Community in Urban America, 1940-1990
Av Gerald Sorin
Inbunden, 1990
968 kr
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Drawing heavily on the reminiscences of the Brownsville boys themselves, and skillfully integrating these with material from newspapers, books, and commentary of the time, Sorin creates an original and compelling picture of the communal and individual vitality that allowed an unusual and heartening …
Breaking the Bonds
Marital Discord in Pennsylvania, 1730-1830
Inbunden, 1992
997 kr
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"In Breaking The Bonds, Merril Smith establishes the ambitious goal of determining 'what kind of problems arose in troubled marriages' and of analyzing 'how men and women coped with marital discord.' . . . To accomplish this, Smith studied hundreds of divorce petitions, other legal documents, …
Nurturing Neighborhood
The Brownsville Boys' Club and Jewish Community in Urban America, 1940-1990
Av Gerald Sorin
Häftad, 1992
431 kr
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Drawing heavily on the reminiscences of the Brownsville boys themselves, and skillfully integrating these with material from newspapers, books, and commentary of the time, Sorin creates an original and compelling picture of the communal and individual vitality that allowed an unusual and heartening …
From Congregation Town to Industrial City
Culture and Social Change in a Southern Community
Inbunden, 1994
997 kr
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In 1835, Winston and Salem was a well-ordered, bucolic, and attractive North Carolina town. A visitor could walk up Main Street from the village square and get a sense of the quiet Moravian community that had settled here. Yet, over the next half-century, this idyllic village was to experience …
Breaking the Bonds
Marital Discord in Pennsylvania, 1730-1830
Häftad, 1993
400 kr
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"In Breaking The Bonds, Merril Smith establishes the ambitious goal of determining 'what kind of problems arose in troubled marriages' and of analyzing 'how men and women coped with marital discord.' . . . To accomplish this, Smith studied hundreds of divorce petitions, other legal documents, …
In the Web of Class
Delinquents and Reformers in Boston, 1810s-1930s
Häftad, 1993
385 kr
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"An analytic overview of the history of social welfare and juvenile justice in Boston..[Schneider] traces cogently the origins, development, and ultimate failure of Protestant and Catholic reformers' efforts to ameliorate working-class poverty and juvenile delinquency."Choice"Anyone who wants to …
General Richard Montgomery and the American Revolution
From Redcoat to Rebel
Häftad, 1996
453 kr
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Chronicles the life and military of a neglected hero of the American Revolution—General Richard Montgomery"Brave, humane, and generous . . . still he was only a brave, humane, and generous rebel; curse on his virtues, they've undone this country."—Member of British Parliament Lord North, upon …
From Congregation Town to Industrial City
Culture and Social Change in a Southern Community
Häftad, 1997
439 kr
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In 1835, Winston and Salem was a well-ordered, bucolic, and attractive North Carolina town. A visitor could walk up Main Street from the village square and get a sense of the quiet Moravian community that had settled here. Yet, over the next half-century, this idyllic village was to experience …
Yankee Town, Southern City
Race and Class Relations in Civil War Lynchburg
Inbunden, 1997
997 kr
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One of the most hotly debated issues in the historical study of race relations is the question of how the Civil War and Reconstruction affected social relations in the South. Did the War leave class and race hierarchies intact? Or did it mark the profound disruption of a long-standing social …
