20Th Century category: 9982 books
Boardwalk Empire
The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City, HBO Series Tie-In Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
THE TRUE STORY THAT INSPIRED THE HBO SERIES
Through most of the 20th century, Atlantic City was controlled by a powerful partnership of local politicians and racketeers. Funded by payoffs from gambling rooms, bars, and brothels, this corrupt alliance reached full bloom during the reign of Enoch...
Reagan
The American President
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
New York Times #1 bestselling author Larry Schweikart, armed with previously unseen sources from Ronald Reagan’s Presidential Library, uncovers the most important president of the 20th century and details the life and policies of a man who still remains dear to the hearts of Americans. From his...
Lady Bird Johnson
An Oral History
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2012
Over a span of eighteen years, Lady Bird Johnson recorded forty-seven oral history interviews with Michael Gillette and his colleagues. These conversations, just released in 2011, form the heart of Lady Bird Johnson: An Oral History, an intimate story of a shy young country girl's transformation into...
Calvin Coolidge
A Documentary Biography
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
A Documentary Biography of America's Thirtieth President
Calvin Coolidge "Calvin Coolidge: A Documentary Biography" reveals the "album version" of President Calvin Coolidge, featuring extended excerpts and, indeed, often the entire texts of major Coolidge addresses--as...
Martin Luther King
The Civil Rights Movement and the Fight against Segregation
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the life and political activism of Martin Luther King, Jr. In the mid-20th century, black Americans continued to experience...
Service and Style
How the American Department Store Fashioned the Middle Class
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Downtown department stores were once the heart and soul of America's pulsing Broadways and Main Streets. With names such as City of Paris, Penn Traffic, The Maze, Maison Blanche, or The Popular, they suggested spheres far beyond mundane shopping. Nicknames reflected the affection customers felt for...
Feeling Mediated
A History of Media Technology and Emotion in America
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
New technologies, whether text message or telegraph,
inevitably raise questions about emotion. New forms of communication bring with
them both fear and hope, on one hand allowing us deeper emotional connections
and the ability to forge global communities, while on the other prompting
anxieties about...
Copyrights and Copywrongs
The Rise of Intellectual Property and How it Threatens Creativity
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2001
Copyright reflects far more than economic interests. Embedded within conflicts over royalties and infringement are cultural values-about race, class, access, ownership, free speech, and democracy—which influence how rights are determined and enforced. Questions of legitimacy—of what constitutes...
by Cedar Falls Historical Society
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
In 1952, Cedar Falls, Iowa, celebrated the centennial of its founding with parades, contests, food, and fun. The city had grown from a village with a stump-filled Main Street into a shining example of post-World War II America. The city's diversified economy provided opportunity to thousands through...
Amy Lowell Anew
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
The controversial American poet Amy Lowell (1874-1925), a founding member of the Imagist group that included D. H. Lawrence and H. D., excelled as the impresario for the “new poetry” that became news across the U. S. in the years after World War I. Maligned by T. S. Eliot as the “demon saleswoman”...
Churchill and Roosevelt: The Big Sleepover at the White House
Christmas 1941-New Year 1942
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2015
"Churchill and Roosevelt: The Big Sleepover at the White House" received the 2018 Author Academy Award in Historical Fiction. A London playwright has converted the work to a stage play with plans to premiere in England in 2019 or early 2020.
This book was written for those who enjoy...
Henry Ford
Mass Production and the Model T
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2017
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Henry Ford in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the life and career of Henry Ford. Prior to the early 20th century, a car was a luxury that only a privileged few could afford,...
Spies
The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
“This important new book . . . based on archival material . . . shows the huge extent of Soviet espionage activity in the United States during the 20th century” (The Telegraph).
Based on KGB archives that have never been previously released, this stunning book provides the most complete...
Prague Winter
A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Drawing on her own memory, her parents’ written reflections, interviews with contemporaries, and newly-available documents, former US Secretary of State and New York Times bestselling author Madeleine Albright recounts a tale that is by turns harrowing and inspiring.
Before she turned twelve,...