8 For the March on Washington see William P. Jones, The March on Washington, Jobs, Freedom and the Forgotten History of Civil Rights (New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 2014); Taylor Branch, Parting the Waters: America During the King ...
The chronological and topical breadth of the collection highlights critical political and economic developments of the century while also drawing attention to relatively recent areas of research, including borderlands, technology and ...
Gabler, Neal. Winchell: Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity. New York: Knopf, 1994. Gaddis, John Lewis. The Cold War: A New History. New York: Penguin, 2005. Gaddis, John Lewis. “The Insecurities of Victory: The United States and ...
The volume stresses social and well as political history, emphasizing the roles played by all Americans--including immigrants, minorities, women, and working people--and pays special attention to such topics as religion, crime, public ...
An annotated list of readings is suggested for high school teachers of U.S. history and geography at grade 11 and for teachers of courses in the principles of democracy at...
The German army, loyal to the parliamentary regime under the Chancellor, Friedrich Ebert, attacked the revolutionaries with artillery and machine-gun fire. Those who tried to escape were hunted down, and 1,200 were executed.
Unruly Equality traces U.S. anarchism as it evolved from the creed of poor immigrants militantly opposed to capitalism early in the twentieth century to one that today sees resurgent appeal among middle-class youth and foregrounds political ...
Gerstle''s capacity for revisionism, synthesis, and engaged writing reminds me of Richard Hofstadter, C. Van Woodword, and Warren Sussman. With this book, he enters their league.
Walker clarifies the entire radiation debate, showing that permissible dose levels are a key to the principles and practices that have prevailed in the field of radiation protection since the 1930s, and to their highly charged political and ...
The chronological and topical breadth of the collection highlights critical political and economic developments of the century while also drawing attention to relatively recent areas of research, including borderlands, technology and ...