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Author: Vincent Tompkins
Publisher: American Decades
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 658
ISBN-13: 9780810357266
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntended as a reference source for American social history, this volume discusses the people, events and ideas of the 1940s. After an introductory overview and chronology, subject chapters follow with subject-specific timelines and alphabetically arranged entries.
Author: Michael Shally-Jensen
Publisher: Salem Press
Published: 2015-01-19
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781619255333
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDefining Documents in American History: The American West offers a broad range of historical documents on important figures and topics in American West research. Written by historians and experts in the field, this resource examines a wide array of primary source documents with an in-depth critical analysis. Articles begin by introducing the reader to the document's historical context, followed by a description of the author's life and circumstances in which the document was written. A document analysis guides readers in understanding key elements of language, rhetoric, and social and political meaning that define the significance of the author and the document in American history.
Author: Bérénice Guyot-Réchard
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 349
ISBN-13: 1107176794
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores Sino-Indian tensions from the angle of state-building, showing how they stem from their competition for the Himalayan people's allegiance.
Author: Manuel Márquez-Sterling
Publisher: Kleiopatria Digital Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 0615318568
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor Manuel Márquez-Sterling writes about Fidel Castro and his revolution from direct personal experience, as a historian with broad and deep knowledge of 50s Cuba. The author knew and had contact with many of the historical figures in the book's pages. His penetrating analysis of the public and behind-the-scenes events clears the fog and shatters myths to reveal the real story of the Cuban Revolution. The book explains how Castro came to power through the convergence of rabid partisanship, radical student politics, media bias, and venal politicians who placed self interest ahead of preserving democracy. Facing a constitutional crisis, these parties espoused "the end justifies the means," embracing political gangsterism and eschewing negotiations with political opponents- resulting in a power vacuum Castro exploited to seize power. Masterful propaganda cast Castro as pro-democracy hero, avoiding scrutiny of his plans for a totalitarian state under his control.
Author: Michael Shally-Jensen
Publisher: Salem Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781619258860
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides students and researchers new insights into the 1950s in the US, through an in-depth analysis of forty important primary source documents and their lasting effect on American history. Coverage include the Korean war and the Vietnam war, the civil rights movement, McCarthyism and the cold war, the beginning of the space race, baby boomers and suburban growth and much more.
Author: Roy DeCarava
Publisher:
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTold through the eyes of the grandmotherly Sister Mary Bradley, this is a heartwarming description of life in Harlem.
Author: Various
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2012-09-27
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 1598531573
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCollects nine classic science fiction novels from 1953 to 1958.
Author: Allen Ginsberg
Publisher: City Lights Publishers
Published: 1956-06-01
Total Pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9780872860179
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe epigraph for Howl is from Walt Whitman: "Unscrew the locks from the doors!/Unscrew the doors themselves from their jambs!" Announcing his intentions with this ringing motto, Allen Ginsberg published a volume of poetry which broke so many social...
Author: Joel Whitburn
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780898202083
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReproductions of Billboard's Best Sellers charts from January 7, 1950 through July 28, 1958 followed by reproductions of the Hot 100 charts from August 4, 1958 through December 28, 1959.
Author: Dennis R. Cutchins
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2023-07-17
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 1476687854
DOWNLOAD EBOOKScience fiction cinema, once relegated to the undervalued "B" movie slot, has become one of the dominant film genres of the 21st century, with Hollywood alone producing more than 400 science fiction films annually. Many of these owe a great deal of their success to the films of one defining decade: the 1950s. Essays in this book explore how classic '50s science fiction films have been recycled, repurposed, and reused in the decades since their release. Tropes from Don Siegel's Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), for instance, have found surprising new life in Netflix's wildly popular Stranger Things. Interstellar (2014) and Arrival (2016) have clear, though indirect roots in the iconic 1950s science fictions films Rocketship X-M (1950) and The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), and The Shape of Water (2017) openly recalls and reworks the major premises of The Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954). Essays also cover 1950's sci-fi influences on video game franchises like Fallout, Bioshock and Wolfenstein.
