20Th Century category: 9982 books
by Linda Dowling Almeida
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2001
Irish Immigrants in New York City,
1945-1995
Linda Dowling Almeida
The story of one of the most visible groups of immigrants in the major city of immigrants in the last half of the 20th century.
Almeida offers a dynamic portrait of Irish New York, one that keeps reinventing itself...
The General and the Politician
Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, and American Politics
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
As historian and author John W. Malsberger writes in The General and the Politician: Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon and American Politics, no two political figures could have taken more different routes to the Presidency than did America’s 34th and 37th Commanders in Chief. Thrown together largely...
Congress, Presidents, and American Politics
Fifty Years of Writings and Reflections
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2016
“A treasure trove of insightful, real-time commentaries from a consummate legislator highly respected by members of both parties.” —US Senator Olympia Snowe
When Lee H. Hamilton joined Congress in 1965 as a US Representative from southern Indiana, he began writing commentaries for his...
Conservatism, Consumer Choice, and the Food and Drug Administration during the Reagan Era
A Prescription for Scandal
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
In the last quarter of the 20th century, politicians in Washington, as well as interest groups, regulatory policy makers, and drug industry leaders were forced to confront the hot-button issue of pharmaceutical regulation. The struggle always centered on product innovation, consumer protection, and...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2018
This detailed two-volume set tells the story of the Cold War, the dominant international event of the second half of the 20th century, through a diverse selection of primary source documents.
• Provides in-depth documentary coverage of all key aspects of the Cold War, helping readers understand...
by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2012
*Includes Truman's most colorful quotes about the World Wars, politics, the Republican Party, Richard Nixon, and more.*Includes pictures of Truman and important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes a Table of Contents. "The people can never understand why the President does not use his powers...
Outright Assassination
The Trial and Execution of Antun Sa'adeh, 1949
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
No other political trial in Lebanon and, indeed, the Arab World has been more controversial than the trial and execution of Antun Sa'adeh just before sunrise on July 8, 1949. The case is inescapably a tragedy. It was and still is the shortest and most secretive trial given to a political offender....
Glenn Curtiss
Pioneer Of Aviation
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
A classic biography returns to print after 60 years!
Although the Wright Brothers are remembered for performing the first human flight, Glenn Curtiss stands as the most important aviator in American history. Like his friend Alexander Graham Bell, Curtiss was a master inventor as well as a daredevil....
Antigone's Ghosts
The Long Legacy of War and Genocide in Five Countries
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2018
Sophocles' play Antigone is a starting point for understanding the perpetual problems of human societies, families, and individuals, who are caught up in the terrible aftermath of mass violence. What is one to do after the killing has stopped? What can be done to prevent a round of new violence? The...
A History of Germany 1918 - 2014
The Divided Nation
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2014
The fourth edition of A History of Germany, 1918-2014: A Divided Nation introduces students to the key themes of 20th century German history, tracing the dramatic social, cultural, and political tensions in Germany since 1918. Now thoroughly updated, the text includes new coverage of the Euro crisis...
The Holocaust in Eastern Europe
At the Epicenter of the Final Solution
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Waitman Wade Beorn's The Holocaust in Eastern Europe provides a comprehensive history of the Holocaust in the region that was the central location of the event itself while including material often overlooked in general Holocaust history texts.
First introducing Jewish life as it was lived...
by Mario R. DiNunzio
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
The political ideas that resulted from confronting the crisis of the Great Depression and the New Deal of the early 20th century reshaped America. This documentary history collects a range of primary sources to illuminate this critical period in U.S. history.
• Presents documents illustrating...
by Marie Antoinette Tonnelat
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
First published in1966, here is presented a comprehensive overview of one of the most elusive scientific speculations by the pre-eminent genius of the 20th century. The theory is viewed by some scientists with deep suspicion, by others with optimism, but all agree that it represents an extreme challenge....
Agricultural Russia
On the Eve of the Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
This volume, originally published in 1930, discusses the economics of Russian agriculture during the early 20th century. It analyzes those economic influences which were at work and were bringing about its transformation. Starting from a sketch of the agricultural geography of European Russia, as...