20Th Century category: 9982 books
Just Another Southern Town
Mary Church Terrell and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Nation's Capital
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2015
In January of 1950, Mary Church Terrell, an 86-year-old charter member of the NAACP, headed into Thompson's Restaurant, just a few blocks from the White House, and requested to be served. She and her companions were informed by the manager that they could not eat in his establishment, because they...
1938: Modern Britain
Social Change and Visions of the Future
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
In 1938: Modern Britain, Michael John Law demonstrates that our understanding of life in Britain just before the Second World War has been overshadowed by its dramatic political events. 1938 was the last year of normality, and Law shows through a series of case studies that in many ways life in that...
The Sixteenth Rail
The Evidence, the Scientist, and the Lindbergh Kidnapping
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Before there was CSI and NCIS, there was a mild-mannered forensic scientist whose diligence would help solve the 20th century's greatest crime. Arthur Koehler was called the "Sherlock Holmes of his era" for his work tracing the ladder used to kidnap Charles Lindbergh's son to Bruno Hauptmann's attic and garage. A gripping tale of science and true crime.
by A. J. Polan
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Originally published in 1984 this book reconsiders the effect of Lenin on the politics and culture of the 20th Century. In a detailed examination of Lenin's famous text, The State and Revolution, the author argues that the peculiar status of this work presents readers with major problems of interpretation...
A History of Czechoslovakia Between the Wars
From Versailles to Hitler's Invasion
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015
Following the defeat of Imperial Germany in World War I, the Great Powers created a new Czechoslovak state from the remnants of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The redrawing of Europe's territorial boundaries which was part of the Treaty of Versailles, pushed through by Britain's Lloyd George and France's...
Helping Humanity
American Policy and Genocide Rescue
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2011
Helping Humanity: American Policy and Genocide Rescue explores American foreign policy reactions to genocide and state caused humanitarian crises. This book provides an examination of the nature of genocide and America's 19th century philanthropic efforts; it then offers case studies focused on the...
Middle Class Union
Organizing the ‘Consuming Public’ in Post-World War I America
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
Middle Class Union argues that the period following World War I was a pivotal moment in the development of middle-class consumer politics in the 20th century. At this time, middle-class Americans politically mobilized to define for society what was fair in the growing consumer marketplace. They projected...
Trade and Contemporary Society along the Silk Road
An ethno-history of Ladakh
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2008
This book provides an ethno-historical study of the trade system in Ladakh (India), a busy entrepôt for Silk Route trade between Central and South Asia. Previously a part of global networks, Ladakh became an isolated border area as national boundaries were defined and enforced in the mid-20th century....
by Mary Beth Smith
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
The author’s father came down with polio during the epidemic of 1944. This book describes his story of pain, rehabilitation and return to normality as well as inspirational stories of other polio survivors, some more severely paralyzed than he was. Most of these people adjusted well to life after...
Hell on Wheels
The Men of the US Armored Forces, 1918 to the end of the 20th century
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
The pictorial history of America's armored forces from the use of prototype tanks sputtering their way forward in 1918, to the complex technology of Operation Desert Storm. This book demonstrates just why these lethal troops were known as Hell On Wheels.
by Laura J. Hoffman
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2015
In 1927, American entrepreneur Juan T. Trippe founded what would later become Pan American World Airways, one of the world's most prominent airlines of the 20th century. From the very first airmail flight flown from Key West to Cuba, Trippe provided leadership and innovation that put Pan Am at the...
by Mitchell K. Hall
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2008
The presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford encompassed some of the most turbulent and significant years of the 20th century. Nixon was elected near the end of a decade characterized by struggles for civil rights, years of war in Vietnam, and widespread cultural rebellion. Although...
by Dr. Bradley W. Hart
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
George Pitt-Rivers began his career as one of Britain's most promising young anthropologists, conducting research in the South Pacific and publishing articles in the country's leading academic journals. With a museum in Oxford bearing his family name, Pitt-Rivers appeared to be on track for a sterling...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2011
A Companion to Franklin D. Roosevelt presents a collection of historiographical essays by leading scholars that provides a comprehensive review of the scholarship on the president who led the United States through the tumultuous period from the Great Depression to the waning days of World War II.
Represents...