Mcfarland: 2486 books
Punch and Judy in 19th Century America
A History and Biographical Dictionary
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
The hand-puppet play starring the characters Punch and Judy was introduced from England and became extremely popular in the United States in the 1800s. This book details information on nearly 350 American Punch players. It explores the significance of the 19th–century American show as a reflection...
Martyr of Loray Mill
Ella May and the 1929 Textile Workers' Strike in Gastonia, North Carolina
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2015
Union organizer and balladeer Ella May became a martyr for workers nationwide when she was murdered on her way to a union meeting in Gastonia, North Carolina, at age 28. A mother of nine and bookkeeper for the communist-led National Textile Workers Union, May worked to organize fellow mill workers...
Black Slaveowners
Free Black Slave Masters in South Carolina, 1790-1860
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2010
Most Americans, both black and white, believe that slavery was a system maintained by whites to exploit blacks, but this authoritative study reveals the extent to which African Americans played a significant role as slave masters. Examining South Carolina’s diverse population of African-American...
Madonna as Postmodern Myth
How One Star's Self-Construction Rewrites Sex, Gender, Hollywood and the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
Madonna has long been accepted as a pop culture icon, but this text postulates a greater cultural importance by analyzing her as a postmodern myth. This work examines how Madonna methodically discovered and constructed herself (often rewriting her past), the nature and extent of her ambition and the...
by Nghia M. Vo
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
The biggest diaspora in Vietnamese history occurred between 1975 and 1992, when more than two million people fled by boat to escape North Vietnam’s oppressive communist regime. Before this well-known exodus from Vietnam’s shores, however, there was a massive population shift within the country....
Eastern Air Lines
A History, 1926-1991
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2013
Eastern Air Lines began in 1926 when aviation pioneer Harold Pitcairn started the first carrier air mail route from New York to Atlanta under his company, Pitcairn Aviation. Clement Keys of National Air Transport bought the company in 1929, changed the name to Eastern Air Transport and began passenger...
Exiting Vietnam
The Era of Vietnamization and American Withdrawal Revealed in First-Person Accounts
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Although the Paris Peace Accords ended direct United States military involvement in Vietnam on January 27, 1973, the process of withdrawal lasted over three years. This illuminating volume chronicles this withdrawal, its background, and its impact through a combination of official history and first-person...
by John Heitmann
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2018
Now revised and updated, this book tells the story of how the automobile transformed American life and how automotive design and technology have changed over time. It details cars’ inception as a mechanical curiosity and later a plaything for the wealthy; racing and the promotion of the industry;...
Snake Oil, Hustlers and Hambones
The American Medicine Show
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Long before television and radio commercials beckoned to potential buyers, the medicine show provided free entertainment and promised cures for everything from corns to cancer. Combining elements of the circus, theater, vaudeville, and good old-fashioned entrepreneurship, the showmen of the American...
Building Milwaukee City Hall
The Political, Legal and Construction Battles
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Milwaukee’s City Hall on East Wells and North Water streets is a landmark. Not only officially, but as part of Milwaukee’s identity, from the city’s flag to the Laverne and Shirley sit-com in the 1970s. The site for this familiar building was not easily chosen. The final location was not the...
The Vacuum Cleaner
A History
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
House cleaning has been an innate human activity forever but only since the early 19th century have mechanical devices replaced the physical labor (performed mostly by women). Mechanical carpet sweepers were replaced by manual suction cleaners, which in turn were replaced by electric vacuum cleaners...
The Lustron Home
The History of a Postwar Prefabricated Housing Experiment
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
Advertised as “a new standard for living,” the Lustron Home was introduced in 1948 in response to the urgent need for housing for veterans returning from World War II and their rapidly growing families. These enameled steel, prefabricated houses became very popular, and were heavily promoted from...
North Carolina Civil War Monuments
An Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2013
Monuments honoring leaders and victorious armies have been raised throughout history. Following the American Civil War, however, this tradition expanded, and by the early twentieth century, the Confederate dead and surviving veterans, although defeated in battle, ranked among the world’s most commemorated...
by J. Blaine Hudson
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2015
Fugitive slaves were reported in the American colonies as early as the 1640s, and escapes escalated with the growth of slavery over the next 200 years. As the number of fugitives rose, the Southern states pressed for harsher legislation to prevent escapes. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 criminalized...