United States category: 34172 books
Ivy and Industry
Business and the Making of the American University, 1880–1980
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2004
Emphasizing how profoundly the American research university has been shaped by business and the humanities alike, Ivy and Industry is a vital contribution to debates about the corporatization of higher education in the United States. Christopher Newfield traces major trends in the intellectual and...
by KidCaps
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
Can you imagine what it was like to be a soldier during the Gulf War? All four major branches of the United States military (the Air Force, the Army, the Marines, and the Navy) participated in the fighting, working together towards a common purpose with soldiers and support from some 39 other counties....
The Deporter
One Agent's Struggle Against the U.S. Government's Refusal to Expel Criminal Ali ens
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2007
“We have an immigration crisis in our country, all right, and it is a good deal more demonstrably wrong than the millions of illegal immigrants in the shadows. It is costlier to the fabric of American life than the September 11 attacks were. Illogical, deadly, ruinous. Yet none of our leaders is...
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by Captain Robert J. Bulkley Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Includes over 110 illustrations charting the history of the US Navy PT Boats.
“The destiny of our country has been inextricably interwoven with the sea. This was never more true than in the giant World War II that involved all seas and most of mankind. To fight the sea war we needed many...
Battleships of the United States Navy
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
From 1895 to 1944 the US Navy commissioned some 60 steel-clad battleships; the first being Indiana (BB-1) and the last USS Missouri (BB-63). After an impressive showing in the Spanish-American War and the ‘Great White Fleet’s’ circumnavigation of the world, US battleships played only a minor...
by Doug Gelbert
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. Whether you are preparing for a road trip or just out to look at your own town in a new way, a downloadable walking tour is ready to explore when you are.
Each...
by Eric Hammel
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
AIR WAR EUROPA: Chronology by Eric Hammel -- Follow the great Amerian aerial crusade of World War II over North Africa and Europe. This exhaustive chronology sheds a fascinating light on the course of Americas air war against Germany and her Axis partners. * The Air War Europa Chronology is a day-by-day...
The World of Stephanie St. Clair
An Entrepreneur, Race Woman and Outlaw in Early Twentieth Century Harlem
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Born in Guadeloupe in 1897, Stephanie St. Clair entered the United States thirteen years later. By 1923 at the age of twenty-six she would create and manage a highly lucrative policy bank in Harlem – earning a quarter of a million dollars a year. To this day, she remains the only black female gangster...
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Historic Sites and Landmarks that Shaped America: From Acoma Pueblo to Ground Zero [2 volumes]
From Acoma Pueblo to Ground Zero
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Exploring the significance of places that built our cultural past, this guide is a lens into historical sites spanning the entire history of the United States, from Acoma Pueblo to Ground Zero.
• Covers locations across the entire United States
• Includes photographs, illustrations, and sidebars
• Serves as both an educational and research tool
by Doug Gelbert
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. Whether you are preparing for a road trip or just out to look at your own town in a new way, a downloadable walking tour is ready to explore when you are.
Each...
by Doug Gelbert
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2011
There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. Whether you are preparing for a road trip or just out to look at your own town in a new way, a downloadable walking tour is ready to explore when you are.
Each...
by Lorrin R Thomas, Aldo A Lauria Santiago
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Rethinking the Struggle for Puerto Rican Rights offers a reexamination of the history of Puerto Ricans’ political and social activism in the United States in the twentieth century. Authors Lorrin Thomas and Aldo A. Lauria Santiago survey the ways in which Puerto Ricans worked within the United States...
The Royal Air Force in Texas
Training British Pilots in Terrell during World War II
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2003
With the outbreak of World War II, British Royal Air Force (RAF) officials sought to train aircrews outside of England, safe from enemy attack and poor weather. In the United States six civilian flight schools dedicated themselves to instructing RAF pilots; the first, No. 1 British Flying Training School...
Egypt Land
Race and Nineteenth-Century American Egyptomania
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2004
Egypt Land is the first comprehensive analysis of the connections between constructions of race and representations of ancient Egypt in nineteenth-century America. Scott Trafton argues that the American mania for Egypt was directly related to anxieties over race and race-based slavery. He shows how...