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The End of Ambition: The United States and the Third World in the Vietnam EraA groundbreaking new history of how the Vietnam War thwarted U.S. liberal ambitions in the developing world and at home in the 1960s At the start of the 1960s, John F. Kennedy and other American liberals expressed boundless optimism about the ability of the...
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Unequal Cities: Overcoming Anti-Urban Bias to Reduce Inequality in the United StatesCities are central to prosperity: they are hubs of innovation and growth. However, the economic vitality of wealthy cities is marred by persistent and pervasive inequality-and deeply entrenched anti-urban policies and politics limit the options to address it. Structural racism, suburban subsidies, regional government...
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Martin Luther King: A Religious Life"[Sh]ould take a prominent place on the shelf of literature about the man who changed 20th century America." Publishers Weekly, Starred Review In this new biography, distinguished historian Paul Harvey examines Martin Luther King's life through his complex, emerging religious lives. Harvey introduces many...
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It's Our Movement Now: Black Women's Politics and the 1977 National Women's ConferenceProfiles of influential Black womenactivists at a historic moment Thisvolume offers a panoramic view of Black feminist politics through the storiesof a remarkable cross section of Black women who attended the 1977 NationalWomen's Conference. Thesewomen advocated for civil and women's rights but also for...
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In Hitler's Munich: Jews, the Revolution, and the Rise of NazismFrom acclaimed historian Michael Brenner, a mesmerizing portrait of Munich in the early years of Hitler's quest for power In the aftermath of Germany's defeat in World War I and the failed November Revolution of 1918-19, the conservative government of Bavaria identified Jews with...
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The Rise of Corporate Feminism: Women in the American Office, 1960-1990From the 1960s through the 1990s, the most common job for women in the United States was clerical work. Even as college-educated women obtained greater opportunities for career advancement, occupational segregation by gender remained entrenched. How did feminism in corporate America come to represent...
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For the Many: American Feminists and the Global Fight for Democratic EqualityA history of the twentieth-century feminists who fought for the rights of women, workers, and the poor, both in the United States and abroad For the Many presents an inspiring look at how US women and their global allies pushed the nation and the...
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Apropos of Something: A History of Irrelevance and RelevanceA history of the idea of "relevance" since the nineteenth century in art, criticism, philosophy, logic, and social thought. Before 1800 nothing was irrelevant. So argues Elisa Tamarkin's sweeping meditation on a key shift in consciousness: the arrival of relevance as the means to...
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Burning the Big House: The Story of the Irish Country House in a Time of War and RevolutionThe gripping story of the tumultuous destruction of the Irish country house, spanning the revolutionary years of 1912 to 1923 During the Irish Revolution nearly three hundred country houses were burned to the ground. These "Big Houses" were powerful symbols of conquest, plantation, and...
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Till Death Do Us Part: American Ethnic Cemeteries as Borders UncrossedContributions by Allan Amanik, Kelly B. Arehart, Sue Fawn Chung, Kami Fletcher, Rosina Hassoun, James S. Pula, Jeffrey E. Smith, and Martina Will de Chaparro Till Death Do Us Part: American Ethnic Cemeteries as Borders Uncrossed explores the tendency among most Americans to separate...
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D-Day Illustrated Edition: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War IINow illustrated with an extraordinary collection of over 125 photos, Stephen E. Ambrose's D-Day is the definitive history of World War II's most pivotal battle, June 6, 1944, the day that changed the course of history. D-Day is the epic story of men at...
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Adenauer: Eine Geschichte in Bildern - A Story in PicturesKonrad Adenauer, who was Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany for 14 years from 1949 to 1963, is still well known today. All the important stages and politically significant events in his life are documented here in photographs. An authentic view of the...
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The Walls Within: The Politics of Immigration in Modern AmericaA history of the battles over US immigrants' rights since 1965--and how these conflicts reshaped access to education, employment, civil liberties, and more The 1965 Hart-Celler Act transformed the American immigration system by abolishing national quotas in favor of a seemingly egalitarian approach. But...
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Derry: The Irish Revolution, 1912-23In 1912, Derry was a busy port city with a thriving textile industry. An important transport hub, it was also a city divided along confessional and political lines. The unionist establishment controlled local government despite the existence of a large Catholic nationalist majority, leading...
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Peace on Our Terms: The Global Battle for Women's Rights After the First World WarIn the watershed year of 1919, world leaders met in Paris, promising to build a new international order rooted in democracy and social justice. Female activists demanded that statesmen live up to their word. Excluded from the negotiating table, women met separately, crafted their...
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Brooklyn: The Once and Future CityAn unprecedented history of Brooklyn, told through its places, buildings, and the people who made them, from the early seventeenth century to today America's most storied urban underdog, Brooklyn has become an internationally recognized brand in recent decades--celebrated and scorned as one of the...
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Deutschland Um 1980: Fotografien Aus Einem Fernen LandIn sieben fotografischen Positionen nähert sich der Band einer bewegten Zeit: Die Teilung Deutschlands und der Welt in Ost und West sowie das vom Wettrüsten heraufbeschworene Szenario eines Atomkriegs riefen die Friedensbewegungen in beiden deutschen Staaten auf den Plan. Bis in die Gegenwart aktuelle...
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Familial Fitness: Disability, Adoption, and Family in Modern AmericaThe first social history of disability and difference in American adoption, from the Progressive Era to the end of the twentieth century. Disability and child welfare, together and apart, are major concerns in American society. Today, about 125,000 children in foster care are eligible...
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Engaging China: Fifty Years of Sino-American RelationsThe importance of the relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of China has only grown since Richard Nixon's epochal visit in 1972. By the early twenty-first century, when the rise of China had become an inescapable fact, most American policy makers...
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Access to History for Cambridge International as Level: The History of the USA 1820-1941We are working with Cambridge Assessment International Education to gain endorsement for this forthcoming title. Develop knowledge and analytical skills with engaging comprehensive coverage of the History of the USA 1820-1941 Option from the Cambridge AS Level History syllabus for first examination from 2021....
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