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Cover of Defenses of Pearl Harbor and Oahu 1907–50
by Glen Williford, Terrance McGovern
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013

At the beginning of the 20th century, the military importance of the Hawaiian Islands became clear. Oahu in particular was a key bastion in projecting America's military power in the Pacific. The island was turned into a military fortress and yet it also became the site of one of America's greatest...
Cover of Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt-Truman Era
by Neil A. Wynn
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008

The 1930s were dominated by economic collapse, stagnation, and mass unemployment. This crisis enabled the Democrats to recapture the White House and embark upon a period of reform unsurpassed until the 1960s. Roosevelt's New Deal laid the foundations of a welfare system that was further consolidated...
Cover of Hippie Dictionary

Hippie Dictionary

A Cultural Encyclopedia of the 1960s and 1970s

by John Bassett Mccleary
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2013

Whether you lived through the sixties and seventies or just wish you had, this revised and expanded edition of the Hippie Dictionary entertains as much as it educates. Cultural and political listings such as "Age of Aquarius," "Ceasar Chavez," and "Black Power Movement," plus popular phrases...
Cover of Glen Cove
by Joan Harrison
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2015

Glen Cove, the only city located on Long Island's Gold Coast, has long been reinventing itself. After World War II, the farms and estates in the area gave way to suburban development. Modern advancements like the zoom lens, the dimmer switch, and X-ray technologies were all developed within the city...
Cover of Hamtramck
by Greg Kowalski
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2015

Fueled by a massive immigrant influx in the early 20th century, Hamtramck went from being a small farming village to a major industrial town in the space of 10 years. This phenomenal growth attracted national attention and set the city on a sometimes precarious path toward the future. Despite often...
Cover of The Saint on the Radio
by Ian Dickerson
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015

Simon Templar, better known as "the Saint," is perhaps the first truly multimedia hero: By the 1960s his adventures had appeared in books, films, comic-strips and on television. But radio has been the most durable medium for the Saint; from the first series during World War II to the most recent in 2002,...
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Conflicted Memories

Europeanizing Contemporary Histories

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Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007

Despite the growing interest in general European history, the European dimension is surprisingly absent from the writing of contemporary history. In most countries, the historiography on the 20th century continues to be dominated by national perspectives. Although there is cross-national work on specific...
Cover of The Fall of the GDR
by David Childs
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014

The book charts the dramatic months leading to one of the most profound changes of the 20th century, the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the restoration of German unity in 1990. The author analyses the nature of Communist rule in the GDR over 40 years, its few strengths and its many weaknesses,...
Cover of Grand Lake and Presque Isle
by Judith Kimball, John Porter
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2015

For centuries, Presque Isle served as a way station for Native Americans and explorers. Lumbering and shipping led to the development of wooding stations along the Lake Huron shore, where settlements emerged. The roads created by loggers eventually led to the building of resorts and hotels for tourists....
Cover of Working Class and Politics in Europe and America 1929-1945, The
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Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014

This volume contains a series of essays which examines various regimes and working classes of such countries as Italy, France, Poland, the USA, the Soviet Union and Great Britain in the early 20th century.
Cover of Macao and U.S.-China Relations
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Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010

In this collection of essays, edited by Jianwei Wang and Yufan Hao, the contributor's explore the driving factors that lie behind Macau's increased visibility, including: the rapid economic development and growth, the 'one country, two system' administration under which they operate, the influx of...
Cover of The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Vietnam War, 2nd Edition

The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Vietnam War, 2nd Edition

How We Got into—and Out of—Vietnam, and What We Can Learn from It Now

by Timothy P. Maga Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010

A long ago war - still relevant today. Misunderstanding remains, and a lot is still unknown, of the Vietnam War. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to the Vietnam War, Second Edition provides an updated and revised guide giving readers the facts. It assesses policies and the reasons for them, shedding...
Cover of Historical Dictionary of the Progressive Era
by Catherine Cocks, Peter C. Holloran, Alan Lessoff
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2009

The Progressive Era, the period in the United States between 1898 and 1917, was a time of great social, political, and industrial change. Following the Spanish-American War of 1898, an event that signaled the emergence of the United States as a great power, the country soon was involved in its first...
Cover of The Kid of Coney Island

The Kid of Coney Island

Fred Thompson and the Rise of American Amusements

by Woody Register
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2001

A generation before Walt Disney, Fred Thompson was the "boy-wonder" of American popular amusements. At the turn of the 20th century, Thompson's entrepreneurial drive made him into an entertainment mogul who helped to define the popular culture of his day. In this lively biography, Woody Register tells...
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