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There is a hunger for conspiracy news in America. Hundreds of Internet websites, magazines, newsletters, even entire publishing houses, disseminate information on invisible enemies and their secret activities, sub-versions, and coverups. Those who...

This collection of essays examines the development of the American South from the end of the Civil War to the end of World War II. Written by both well-known and emerging scholars, the essays are divided into sections that address some of the major...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674732520Author J Ross BrowneFormat HardbackPage Count 620Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 1080g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674863729Author Edgar B NixonFormat HardbackPage Count 646Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 1229g

This volume brings together historians, economists, political scientists, and anthropologists to present a global perspective on the new forms of lending and borrowing that have become a key feature of twentieth-century mass consumer societies,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674188068Author Gerald M CraigFormat HardbackPage Count 376Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 717g

This volume is part of a series of annotated bibliographies on early American history, including North America and the Caribbean, from 1492 to 1815. It includes monographs, reference works, exhibition catalogues, and essay collections published between...

In this concise interpretation of Wilson's Russian policy, Schild challenges the belief that Wilson's response to the 1917 October Revolution was exclusively ideological. Contrary to the belief that when Wilson sent American troops to intervene in 1918,...

Beginning with an extensive overview essay of the period, this book focuses on the issues of the Progressive Era through contemporary accounts of the people involved. Each issue is presented with an introductory essay and multiple primary documents from...

With California's passage of the Save Our State Initiative in 1994, fear of aliens has once again appeared in U.S. legislative history. Since 1790, congressional legislation on federal immigration and naturalization policy has been harsh on Asian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313225383Author Dan CaldwellFormat HardbackPage Count 283Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Books on Early American History and Culture, 1971-1980: An Annotated Bibliography continues a series of bibliographies listing book-length works on North America and the Caribbean prior to 1815. Essential for scholars, librarians, and students of early...

Rapid changes in medical care and in society's attitudes about death have made the right-to-die debate a timely topic, but its roots can be traced back to the founding of this country. High school and college students can explore the history of this...

This book discusses the relations between the United States and Egypt from Roosevelt to Eisenhower. To protect the free flow of oil, American policymakers looked to Egypt to provide the progressive, pro-Western leadership they believed would insure...

This is a combination of essays from several disciplines with incisive commentary by the editor. This volume provides a unique perspective on sexual variance as a dimension of the larger social history of the United States. Every society has had to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313225345Author Walter J. FraserFormat HardbackPage Count 286Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Few would dispute that the United States had been the world's most influential nation since Henry Luce first popularized the notion of an American Century in 1941. The significance of the influence, however, remains a subject of hot debate. This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313223822Author Thomas H. GreerFormat HardbackPage Count 313Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313233937Author Mansel G. BlackfordFormat HardbackPage Count 225Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Creating an unconventional portrait of the life and thought of an Enlightenment historian and scientist, this study focuses upon Jeremy Belknap's letters, journals, and essays, which provide a clear sense of how a dialogue with the past can yield an...

This engaging encyclopedia profiles the lives and times of the most colorful buccaneers from the mid-17th to early 18th centuries. This unique A-Z reference work includes stories of prominent and lesser-known individuals, battles, weapons, ships, fleets,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997802603Author Samantha HorwitzFormat PaperbackImprint Courage to Win, LLCPublisher Courage to Win, LLCWeight(grams) 272g

'Anti-Americanism' is an unusual expression; although stereotypes and hostility exist toward every nation, we do not hear of 'anti-Italianism' or 'anti-Brazilianism'. Only Americans have elevated such sentiment to the level of a world view, an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780966131833Author John FiskFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Ara Pacis PublishersPublisher Ara Pacis PublishersWeight(grams) 231g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674420878Author Frederick MerkFormat HardbackPage Count 441Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 794g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674336230Author Samuel Eliot MorisonFormat HardbackPage Count 460Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 816g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674434806Author Leland B YeagerFormat HardbackPage Count 367Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 703g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674334991Author Mary Lee MannFormat HardbackPage Count 329Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 658g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674186774Author Howard Mumford JonesFormat HardbackPage Count 315Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 445g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837173733Author L. WilsonFormat HardbackPage Count 309Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Interwar era efforts to expand US radio into China floundered in the face of flawed US policies and approaches. Situated at the intersection of media studies, technology studies, and US foreign relations, this study frames the ill-fated radio initiatives...

The work of motivation and consumer researcher Ernest Dichter was a milestone in the psychological creation of the modern consumer. This collection contextualizes Ernest Dichter within twentieth-century consumer culture and it charts the rise of...

This book examines the evolution of Black Power activism at the local level. Comprised of essays that examine Black Power's impact at the grassroots level in cities in the North, South, Mid-West and West, this anthology expands on the profusion of new...

This book narrates and analyzes the southern tours that Booker T. Washington and his associates undertook in 1908-1912, relating them to Washington's racial philosophy and its impact on the various parts of black society.Book InformationISBN...

Individual demands for equality and civil rights are central themes in U.S. history and American Indian people are no exception. They have had to deal with white racism and its expression in local and national political institutions while trying to...

This volume focuses on the Native American cultures that have existed across the Dakotas in relative isolation from external influences. A chapter entitled Prehistory contains citations for items comprising information about Sioux and other Indian...

A readable and wide-ranging contribution to the social history of New England, this volume treats subjects as diverse as economic growth, wealth distribution, poor relief, local government, office-holding, leadership, urban development, and...

Historians have tended to point to John F. Kennedy's 1960 bid for the presidency as the first time a candidate relied extensively on public opinion polls to drive a campaign. Polling has come to define American politics, and is perhaps most clearly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313200366Author Marshall G. BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 146Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher ABC-CLIO

In the minds of most people, the home has stood apart from the world of work. By bringing the factory or office home, homework challenges this division. Home to Work restores the voices of homeworking women to the century-long debate over their labour...