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Defiant Braceros: How Migrant Workers Fought for Racial, Sexual, and Political FreedomIn this book, Mireya Loza sheds new light on the private lives of migrant men who participated in the Bracero Program (1942-1964), a binational agreement between the United States and Mexico that allowed hundreds of thousands of Mexican workers to enter this country on...
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Zwingli: God's Armed ProphetA major new biography of Huldrych Zwingli--the warrior preacher who shaped the early Reformation Huldrych Zwingli (1484-1531) was the most significant early reformer after Martin Luther. As the architect of the Reformation in Switzerland, he created the Reformed tradition later inherited by John Calvin....
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The Myth of Seneca Falls: Memory and the Women's Suffrage Movement, 1848-1898The story of how the women's rights movement began at the Seneca Falls convention of 1848 is a cherished American myth. The standard account credits founders such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucretia Mott with defining and then leading the campaign...
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Remembering the Civil War: Reunion and the Limits of ReconciliationAs early as 1865, survivors of the Civil War were acutely aware that people were purposefully shaping what would be remembered about the war and what would be omitted from the historical record. In Remembering the Civil War, Caroline E. Janney examines how the...
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Crafting an Indigenous Nation: Kiowa Expressive Culture in the Progressive EraIn this in-depth interdisciplinary study, Jenny Tone-Pah-Hote reveals how Kiowa people drew on the tribe's rich history of expressive culture to assert its identity at a time of profound challenge. Examining traditional forms such as beadwork, metalwork, painting, and dance, Tone-Pah-Hote argues that their...
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Redefining the Immigrant South: Indian and Pakistani Immigration to Houston during the Cold WarIn the early years of the Cold War, the United States mounted expansive public diplomacy programs in the Global South, including initiatives with the recently partitioned states of India and Pakistan. U.S. operations in these two countries became the second- and fourth-largest in the...
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Down and Out in the Great Depression: Letters from the Forgotten ManDown and Out in the Great Depression is a moving, revealing collection of letters by the forgotten men, women, and children who suffered through one of the greatest periods of hardship in American history. Sifting through some 15,000 letters from government and private sources,...
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Ghosts of Sheridan Circle: How a Washington Assassination Brought Pinochet's Terror State to JusticeOn September 21, 1976, a car bomb killed Orlando Letelier, the former Chilean ambassador to the United States, along with his colleague Ronni Moffitt. The murder shocked the world, especially because of its setting--Sheridan Circle, in the heart of Washington, D.C. Letelier's widow and...
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Vaudeville and the Making of Modern Entertainment, 1890-1925Today, vaudeville is imagined as a parade of slapstick comedians, blackface shouters, coyly revealed knees, and second-rate acrobats. But vaudeville was also America's most popular commercial amusement from the mid-1890s to the First World War; at its peak, 5 million Americans attended vaudeville shows...
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Roadside Americans: The Rise and Fall of Hitchhiking in a Changing NationBetween the Great Depression and the mid-1970s, hitchhikers were a common sight for motorists, as American service members, students, and adventurers sought out the romance of the road in droves. Beats, hippies, feminists, and civil rights and antiwar activists saw "thumb tripping" as a...
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Caging Borders and Carceral States: Incarcerations, Immigration Detentions, and ResistanceThis volume considers the interconnection of racial oppression in the U.S. South and West, presenting thirteen case studies that explore the ways in which citizens and migrants alike have been caged, detained, deported, and incarcerated, and what these practices tell us about state building,...
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The Injustices of Rape: How Activists Responded to Sexual Violence, 1950-1980From 1950 to 1980, activists in the black freedom and women's liberation movements mounted significant campaigns in response to the injustices of rape. These activists challenged the dominant legal and social discourses of the day and redefined the political agenda on sexual violence for...
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The Trouble with You"Rich in colorful characters, Feldman's riveting tale is one of resilience, determination, and hope." --BooklistIn an exuberant post WWII New York City, a young woman is forced to reinvent her life and choose between the safe and the ethical, and the men who represent...
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The Foxhole Victory TourVibrant and scrappy Maggie McCleod tried not to get fired from her wartime orchestra, but her sharp tongue landed her in trouble, so an overseas adventure with the USO's camp show promises a chance at a fresh start. Wealthy and elegant Catherine Duquette signs...
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A Shadow in Moscow: A Cold War NovelIn the thick of the Cold War, a betrayal at the highest level risks the lives of two courageous female spies: MI6's best Soviet agent and the CIA's newest Moscow recruit.Vienna, 1954After losing everyone she loves in the final days of World War II,...
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The Paris DeceptionSophie Dix fled Stuttgart with her brother as the Nazi regime gained power in Germany. Now, with her brother gone and her adopted home city of Paris conquered by the Reich, Sophie reluctantly accepts a position restoring damaged art at the Jeu de Paume...
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Nineteen StepsAuthor: Millie Bobby BrownPublisher: Center PointPublished: 10/01/2023Pages: 500Binding Type: Library BindingISBN: 9781638088950
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The Paris DaughterParis, 1939: Young mothers Elise and Juliette become fast friends the day they meet in the beautiful Bois de Boulogne. Though there is a shadow of war creeping across Europe, neither woman suspects that their lives are about to irrevocably change.Author: Kristin HarmelPublisher: Center...
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The Book Spy: A Ww2 Novel of Librarian Spies1942: With the war's outcome hanging in the balance, President Roosevelt sends an unlikely new taskforce on a unique mission. They are librarians and microfilm specialists trained in espionage, working with a special branch of the Office of Strategic Services and deployed to neutral...
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Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction AmericaEach year nearly four million people visit Yellowstone National Park -- one of the most popular of all national parks -- but few know the fascinating and complex historical context in which it was established. In late July 1871, the geologist-explorer Ferdinand Hayden led...
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