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Author: H.W. Brands
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2002-03-15
Total Pages: 383
ISBN-13: 0226071162
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA famous historian demonstrates that one can learn a lot about the contradictions that lie at the heart of America today by looking at them through the lens of the 1890s.
Author: Bob Deans
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2012-04-05
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 1442217987
DOWNLOAD EBOOKglobal challenge and change. Instead of devoting the next year to embracing opportunity amid turmoil, though, the lawmakers waged the worst legislative assault in history against the commonsense safeguards we all depend on to protect our environment and health. In a single calendar year, the Republican-led House voted nearly 200 times to weaken, block, or delay needed measures that defend our air, water, wildlife, and lands. This book tells the story of that misguided campaign, how it put our nation at risk, and where we need to go from here, for the sake of Americans everywhere, for the sake of our children's future.
Author: Philip Augar
Publisher: Bodley Head Childrens
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"* Chasing Alpha is the definitive insider s history of Britain s financial services sector, from the early days of New Labour to the present day. At the heart of the action is the revival of the City s institutions in the mid-nineties. Augar uses his peerless connections with the people and firms that made it happen to give a compelling narrative of how the City s golden generation turned London round. Then, as so often happens in finance, the City got carried away with its own success, boasting of a new risk-free economic paradigm that would make the world a richer place. Northern Rock gave the lie to this claim. Far from heralding the eclipse of finance capital, Augar will show how the City stands poised to emerge from the credit crunch stronger than ever. As New Labour heads towards electoral meltdown, the industry it did so much to nurture will embrace the opportunities afforded by David Cameron s even more business-friendly Conservatives. The guiding principle of th"
Author: Thomas Beer
Publisher:
Published: 2017-10-19
Total Pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9781549989131
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn The Mauve Decade, Thomas Beer presents the morals, politics, society, and literature of 1880s and 1890s America. Beer depicts the end of a magical decade, of a society at war with itself and full of contradictions: a perfect storm of revolution and scandal.Literary greats were everywhere, and among the figures portrayed in these pages are Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Hanna, Joseph Conrad, Ambrose Bierce, Stephen Crane, Stanford White, J. Pierpont Morgan, Henry George, and Oscar Wilde.Beer's frank and frequently satirical approach to the decade is a breath of fresh air. Full of character, criticism, and life, The Mauve Decade is like a painting: vivid, detailed, and full of colour. Praise for The Mauve Decade 'Stimulating and lively' - Times Literary SupplementThomas Beer (1889 - 1940) was an American biographer, novelist, essayist, satirist, and author of short fiction. Born in Iowa, Beer graduated from Yale University in 1911 and studied law at Columbia University. He also served during World War I. Beer was best known for his biographies of Stephen Crane and Mark Hanna, as well as his study of American manners.
Author: Heather Chaplin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2017-07-11
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 150113499X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A raw, propulsive memoir about a woman trying to reinvent her life who finds that being free to make any choice means being free to make every mistake.."--
Author: Eric Burns
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2015-05-15
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 1605987735
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Roaring Twenties is the only decade in American history with a widely-applied nickname, and our fascination with this era continues. But how did this surge of innovation and cultural milestones emerge out of the ashes of The Great War? No one has yet written a book about the decade’s beginning.Acclaimed author Eric Burns investigates the year of 1920, not only a crucial twelve-month period of its own, but one that foretold the future, foreshadow the rest of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st. Burns sets the record straight about this most misunderstood and iconic of periods. Despite being the first full year of armistice, 1920 was not, in fact, a peaceful time—it contained the greatest act of terrorism in American history to date. And while 1920 is thought of as staring a prosperous era, for most people, life had never been more unaffordable. Meanwhile, African Americans were putting their stamp on culture and though people today imagine the frivolous image of the flapper dancing the night away, the truth was that a new power had been bestowed on women, and it had nothing to do with the dance floor . . . From prohibition to immigration, the birth of jazz, the rise of expatriate literature, and the original Ponzi scheme, 1920 was truly a year like no other.
Author: Jason Ripper
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-02-18
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 1317477057
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is ideal for any introductory American history instructor who wants to make the subject more appealing. It's designed to supplement a main text, and focuses on "personalized history" presented through engaging biographies of famous and less-well-known figures from 1865 to the present. Historical patterns and trends appear as they are seen through individual lives, and the selection of profiled individuals reflects a cultural awareness and a multicultural perspective.
Author: Walter Rhein
Publisher:
Published: 2015-05-15
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780991465484
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReckless Traveler: an autobiographical novel of adventuring in South America, sure to delight anyone with a passport. > > Per and beyond: Through the alchemy of travel, youthful folly may bring disaster or wisdom . . . and more. > > The instructional travel guide for aspiring backpackers: learn how to bribe police, avoid malaria, and find employment abroad -- and what to do (and not to do) when armed mercenaries detain your charter bus. > > Awaken your inner explorer with Walter Rhein's Reckless Traveler, expat tales from a decade of discovery.
Author: Catherine Cowles
Publisher: The PageSmith LLC
Published: 2020-05-12
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 1733596399
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Author: William J. Bennett
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc
Published: 2007-10-16
Total Pages: 1199
ISBN-13: 1418578959
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