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The Spanish Civil War
Inbunden, 2012
1391 kr
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This book presents a new history of the most important conflict in European affairs during the 1930s, the Spanish Civil War. It describes the complex origins of the conflict, the collapse of the Spanish Republic and the outbreak of the only mass worker revolution in the history of Western Europe. …
Early Cold War Spies
The Espionage Trials that Shaped American Politics
Av John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr
Häftad, 2006
435 kr
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Communism was never a popular ideology in America, but the vehemence of American anticommunism varied from passive disdain in the 1920s to fervent hostility in the early years of the Cold War. Nothing so stimulated the white hot anticommunism of the late 1940s and 1950s more than a series of spy …
In the Shadow of the Cold War
American Foreign Policy from George Bush Sr. to Donald Trump
Häftad, 2019
418 kr
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This book offers a bold re-interpretation of the prevailing narrative that US foreign policy after the Cold War was a failure. In chapters that retell and re-argue the key episodes of the post-Cold War years, Lynch argues that the Cold War cast a shadow on the presidents that came after it and that …
America's West
A History, 1890-1950
Häftad, 2017
426 kr
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The American West has influenced important national developments throughout the twentieth century, not only in the cultural arena, but also in economic development, in political ideology and action, and in natural resource conservation and preservation. Using regionalism as a lens for illuminating …
The Spanish Civil War
Häftad, 2012
376 kr
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This book presents a new history of the most important conflict in European affairs during the 1930s, the Spanish Civil War. It describes the complex origins of the conflict, the collapse of the Spanish Republic and the outbreak of the only mass worker revolution in the history of Western Europe. …
America's West
A History, 1890-1950
Inbunden, 2017
1324 kr
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The American West has influenced important national developments throughout the twentieth century, not only in the cultural arena, but also in economic development, in political ideology and action, and in natural resource conservation and preservation. Using regionalism as a lens for illuminating …
In the Shadow of the Cold War
American Foreign Policy from George Bush Sr. to Donald Trump
Inbunden, 2019
1263 kr
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This book offers a bold re-interpretation of the prevailing narrative that US foreign policy after the Cold War was a failure. In chapters that retell and re-argue the key episodes of the post-Cold War years, Lynch argues that the Cold War cast a shadow on the presidents that came after it and that …
The Most Controversial Decision
Truman, the Atomic Bombs, and the Defeat of Japan
Inbunden, 2011
1492 kr
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This book explores the American use of atomic bombs and the role these weapons played in the defeat of the Japanese Empire in World War II. It focuses on President Harry S. Truman's decision-making regarding this most controversial of all his decisions. The book relies on notable archival research …
Radicals in America
Av Howard Brick, Christopher Phelps
Inbunden, 2015
1559 kr
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Radicals in America is a masterful history of controversial dissenters who pursued greater equality, freedom and democracy - and transformed the nation. Written with clarity and verve, Radicals in America shows how radical leftists, while often marginal or ostracized, could assume a catalytic role …
The Genesis of Industrial America, 1870-1920
Av Maury Klein
Häftad, 2007
418 kr
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This book, first published in 2007, offers a bold new interpretation of American business history during the formative years 1870-1920, which mark the dawn of modern big business. It focuses on four major revolutions that ushered in this new era: those in power, transportation, communication, and …
Church and State in America
The First Two Centuries
Häftad, 2007
385 kr
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This is an account of the ideas about and public policies relating to the relationship between government and religion from the settlement of Virginia in 1607 to the presidency of Andrew Jackson, 1829-37. This book describes the impact and the relationship of various events, legislative, and …
Global Interactions in the Early Modern Age, 1400-1800
Häftad, 2010
468 kr
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Global Interactions in the Early Modern Age is an interdisciplinary introduction to cross-cultural encounters in the early modern age (1400-1800) and their influences on the development of world societies. In the aftermath of Mongol expansion across Eurasia, the unprecedented rise of imperial …
The Quest for Mental Health
A Tale of Science, Medicine, Scandal, Sorrow, and Mass Society
Häftad, 2011
426 kr
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This is the story of one of the most far-reaching human endeavors in history: the quest for mental well-being. From its origins in the eighteenth century to its wide scope in the early twenty-first, this search for emotional health and welfare has cost billions. In the name of mental health, …
A Concise History of the New Deal
Häftad, 2014
385 kr
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During the 1930s, Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal carried out a program of dramatic reform to counter the unprecedented failures of the market economy exposed by the Great Depression. Contrary to the views of today's conservative critics, this book argues that New Dealers were not 'anticapitalist' …
The Market Revolution in America
Liberty, Ambition, and the Eclipse of the Common Good
Häftad, 2009
435 kr
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The mass industrial democracy that is the modern United States bears little resemblance to the simple agrarian republic that gave it birth. The market revolution is the reason for this dramatic - and ironic - metamorphosis. The resulting tangled frameworks of democracy and capitalism still dominate …
Mass Appeal
The Formative Age of the Movies, Radio, and TV
Häftad, 2010
401 kr
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Mass Appeal describes the changing world of American popular culture from the first sound movies through the age of television. In short vignettes, the book reveals the career patterns of people who became big movie, TV, or radio stars. Eddie Cantor and Al Jolson symbolize the early stars of sound …
The War of 1812
Conflict for a Continent
Häftad, 2012
385 kr
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This book is a narrative history of the many dimensions of the War of 1812 - social, diplomatic, military and political - which places the war's origins and conduct in transatlantic perspective. The events of 1812-15 were shaped by the larger crisis of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe. In synthesizing …
Radicals in America
Av Howard Brick, Christopher Phelps
Häftad, 2015
418 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Radicals in America is a masterful history of controversial dissenters who pursued greater equality, freedom and democracy - and transformed the nation. Written with clarity and verve, Radicals in America shows how radical leftists, while often marginal or ostracized, could assume a catalytic role …
The Most Controversial Decision
Truman, the Atomic Bombs, and the Defeat of Japan
Häftad, 2011
377 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book explores the American use of atomic bombs and the role these weapons played in the defeat of the Japanese Empire in World War II. It focuses on President Harry S. Truman's decision-making regarding this most controversial of all his decisions. The book relies on notable archival research …
Early Cold War Spies
The Espionage Trials that Shaped American Politics
Av John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr
Inbunden, 2006
787 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Communism was never a popular ideology in America, but the vehemence of American anticommunism varied from passive disdain in the 1920s to fervent hostility in the early years of the Cold War. Nothing so stimulated the white hot anticommunism of the late 1940s and 1950s more than a series of spy …
The Genesis of Industrial America, 1870-1920
Av Maury Klein
Inbunden, 2007
731 kr
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This book, first published in 2007, offers a bold new interpretation of American business history during the formative years 1870-1920, which mark the dawn of modern big business. It focuses on four major revolutions that ushered in this new era: those in power, transportation, communication, and …
Church and State in America
The First Two Centuries
Inbunden, 2007
1655 kr
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This is an account of the ideas about and public policies relating to the relationship between government and religion from the settlement of Virginia in 1607 to the presidency of Andrew Jackson, 1829-37. This book describes the impact and the relationship of various events, legislative, and …
Global Interactions in the Early Modern Age, 1400-1800
Inbunden, 2010
1362 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Global Interactions in the Early Modern Age is an interdisciplinary introduction to cross-cultural encounters in the early modern age (1400-1800) and their influences on the development of world societies. In the aftermath of Mongol expansion across Eurasia, the unprecedented rise of imperial …
The Quest for Mental Health
A Tale of Science, Medicine, Scandal, Sorrow, and Mass Society
Inbunden, 2011
787 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This is the story of one of the most far-reaching human endeavors in history: the quest for mental well-being. From its origins in the eighteenth century to its wide scope in the early twenty-first, this search for emotional health and welfare has cost billions. In the name of mental health, …
A Concise History of the New Deal
Inbunden, 2014
854 kr
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During the 1930s, Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal carried out a program of dramatic reform to counter the unprecedented failures of the market economy exposed by the Great Depression. Contrary to the views of today's conservative critics, this book argues that New Dealers were not 'anticapitalist' …
The Market Revolution in America
Liberty, Ambition, and the Eclipse of the Common Good
Inbunden, 2009
1391 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The mass industrial democracy that is the modern United States bears little resemblance to the simple agrarian republic that gave it birth. The market revolution is the reason for this dramatic - and ironic - metamorphosis. The resulting tangled frameworks of democracy and capitalism still dominate …
Mass Appeal
The Formative Age of the Movies, Radio, and TV
Inbunden, 2010
1341 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Mass Appeal describes the changing world of American popular culture from the first sound movies through the age of television. In short vignettes, the book reveals the career patterns of people who became big movie, TV, or radio stars. Eddie Cantor and Al Jolson symbolize the early stars of sound …
The War of 1812
Conflict for a Continent
Inbunden, 2012
1391 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book is a narrative history of the many dimensions of the War of 1812 - social, diplomatic, military and political - which places the war's origins and conduct in transatlantic perspective. The events of 1812-15 were shaped by the larger crisis of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe. In synthesizing …
American Politics in the Postwar Sunbelt
Conservative Growth in a Battleground Region
Inbunden, 2014
1391 kr
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This book analyzes the political culture of the American Sunbelt since the end of World War II. It highlights and explains the Sunbelt's emergence during the second half of the twentieth century as the undisputed geographic epicentre for conservative Republican power in the United States. However, …
Unrequited Toil
A History of United States Slavery
Inbunden, 2018
1475 kr
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Written as a narrative history of slavery within the United States, Unrequited Toil details how an institution that seemed to be disappearing at the end of the American Revolution rose to become the most contested and valuable economic interest in the nation by 1850. Calvin Schermerhorn charts …
