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9 produkter

  1. Paul Gilje, Howard B. Rock - Keepers of the Revolution, Inbunden. Tillgänglighet: Lägg i varukorg

    Keepers of the Revolution

    New Yorkers at Work in the Early Republic

    Av Paul Gilje, Howard B. Rock

    Inbunden, 1992

    1695 kr

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    They recreate the rhythms of daily life, clarify the impact of political and social changes on working people, and help us appreciate how these women and men-not just the country's founding fathers—were truly "keepers of the revolution."Paul A. Gilje and Howard B. Rock provide a general …

  2. William Otter, Richard B. Stott - History of My Own Times; or, the Life and Adventures of William Otter, Sen., Comprising a Series of Events, and Musical Incidents Altogether Original, Inbunden. Tillgänglighet: Lägg i varukorg

    History of My Own Times; or, the Life and Adventures of William Otter, Sen., Comprising a Series of Events, and Musical Incidents Altogether Original

    Av William Otter, Richard B. Stott

    Inbunden, 1995

    1695 kr

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    Big Bill Otter was one member of the early American working class not preoccupied with republican principles or the heritage of the Revolution. Big Bill Otter—apprentice, journeyman, master plasterer—was a thug.Otter's autobiography, first published in 1835, provides a rare and fascinating …

  3. Rose Cohen - Out of the Shadow, Inbunden. Tillgänglighet: Lägg i varukorg

    Out of the Shadow

    A Russian Jewish Girlhood on the Lower East Side

    Av Rose Cohen

    Inbunden, 1995

    1747 kr

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    In this appealing autobiography, Rose Cohen looks back on her family's journey from Tsarist Russia to New York City's Lower East Side. Her account of their struggles and of her own coming of age in a complex new world vividly illustrates what was, for some, the American experience. First published …

  4. Robert A. Rockaway - Words of the Uprooted, Inbunden. Tillgänglighet: Lägg i varukorg

    Words of the Uprooted

    Jewish Immigrants in Early Twentieth-Century America

    Av Robert A. Rockaway

    Inbunden, 1998

    1695 kr

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    American Jewish leaders, many of German extraction, created the Industrial Removal Office (IRO) in 1901 in order to disperse unemployed Jewish immigrants from New York City to smaller Jewish communities throughout the United States. The IRO was designed to help refugees from persecution in the Pale …

  5. Rose Cohen - Out of the Shadow, Häftad. Tillgänglighet: Lägg i varukorg

    Out of the Shadow

    A Russian Jewish Girlhood on the Lower East Side

    Av Rose Cohen

    Häftad, 1995

    352 kr

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    In this appealing autobiography, Rose Cohen looks back on her family's journey from Tsarist Russia to New York City's Lower East Side. Her account of their struggles and of her own coming of age in a complex new world vividly illustrates what was, for some, the American experience. First published …

  6. Robert A. Rockaway - Words of the Uprooted, Häftad. Tillgänglighet: Lägg i varukorg

    Words of the Uprooted

    Jewish Immigrants in Early Twentieth-Century America

    Av Robert A. Rockaway

    Häftad, 1998

    531 kr

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    American Jewish leaders, many of German extraction, created the Industrial Removal Office (IRO) in 1901 in order to disperse unemployed Jewish immigrants from New York City to smaller Jewish communities throughout the United States. The IRO was designed to help refugees from persecution in the Pale …

  7. Paul Gilje, Howard B. Rock - Keepers of the Revolution, Häftad. Tillgänglighet: Lägg i varukorg

    Keepers of the Revolution

    New Yorkers at Work in the Early Republic

    Av Paul Gilje, Howard B. Rock

    Häftad, 1992

    458 kr

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    They recreate the rhythms of daily life, clarify the impact of political and social changes on working people, and help us appreciate how these women and men-not just the country's founding fathers—were truly "keepers of the revolution."Paul A. Gilje and Howard B. Rock provide a general …

  8. William Otter, Richard B. Stott - History of My Own Times; or, the Life and Adventures of William Otter, Sen., Comprising a Series of Events, and Musical Incidents Altogether Original, Häftad. Tillgänglighet: Lägg i varukorg

    History of My Own Times; or, the Life and Adventures of William Otter, Sen., Comprising a Series of Events, and Musical Incidents Altogether Original

    Av William Otter, Richard B. Stott

    Häftad, 1995

    337 kr

    Lägg i varukorg

    Big Bill Otter was one member of the early American working class not preoccupied with republican principles or the heritage of the Revolution. Big Bill Otter—apprentice, journeyman, master plasterer—was a thug.Otter's autobiography, first published in 1835, provides a rare and fascinating …

  9. Henry B. Carrington - Six Nations of New York, Häftad. Tillgänglighet: Tillfälligt slut

    Six Nations of New York

    The 1892 United States Extra Census Bulletin

    Av Henry B. Carrington

    Häftad, 1996

    231 kr

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    In 1892 the U.S. Census Printing Office published a report on the Six Nations in New York State which collected evidence still used today by the Six Nations to defend their legal rights. The 1892 census purported to be an objective report on the condition of the Iroquois. General Henry B. …