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Glenna Matthews - The Rise of Public Woman, Woman' s Power and Woman's Place in the United States, 16 30-1970 (1994).pdf

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Spencer C. Tucker, James Arnold, Roberta Wiener - The Encyclopedia of North American Colonial Confli cts to 1775, A Political, Social, and Military His tory (2008).jpg

01 - USA - Spencer C. Tucker, James Arnold, Roberta Wiener - The ...o 1775, A Political, Social, and Military History 2008.jpg

Encyclopedia of North American Colonial Conflicts to 1775: A Political, Social, and Military History is the first multivolume resource on the full range of combat and confrontation in the New World prior to the American Revolution—not just rivalries between European empires but Indian conflicts, slave rebellions, and popular uprisings as well.
Organized A–Z, the encyclopedia covers all major wars and conflicts in North America from the late-15th to mid-18th centuries, with discussions of key battles, diplomatic efforts, military technologies, and strategies and tactics. Encyclopedia of North American Colonial Conflicts to 1775 explores the context for conflict, with essays on competing colonial powers, every major Native American tribe, all important political and military leaders, and a range of social and cultural issues. The insights and information contained here will help anyone understand the genesis of North American culture, the plight of Native Americans after European contact, and the beginnings of the United States of America.

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Spencer C. Tucker, James Arnold, Roberta Wiener - The Encyclopedia of North American Colonial Confli cts to 1775, A Political, Social, and Military His tory (2008).pdf

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Michael D. Gordin - Five Days in August, How World War II Became a Nuclear War (2007).jpg

Most Americans believe that the Second World War ended because the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan forced it to surrender. Five Days in August boldly presents a different interpretation: that the military did not clearly understand the atomic bomb's revolutionary strategic potential, that the Allies were almost as stunned by the surrender as the Japanese were by the attack, and that not only had experts planned and fully anticipated the need for a third bomb, they were skeptical about whether the atomic bomb would work at all. With these ideas, Michael Gordin reorients the historical and contemporary conversation about the A-bomb and World War II.
Gordin posits that although the bomb clearly brought with it a new level of destructive power, strategically it was regarded by decision-makers simply as a new conventional weapon, a bigger firebomb. To lend greater understanding to the thinking behind its deployment, Gordin takes the reader to the island of Tinian, near Guam, the home base for the bombing campaign, and the location from which the anticipated third atomic bomb was to be delivered. He also details how Americans generated a new story about the origins of the bomb after surrender: that the United States knew in advance that the bomb would end the war and that its destructive power was so awesome no one could resist it.
Five Days in August explores these and countless other legacies of the atomic bomb in a glaring new light. Daring and iconoclastic, it will result in far-reaching discussions about the significance of the A-bomb, about World War II, and about the moral issues they have spawned.

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Michele Aaron - Stand, Columbia, A History of Colu mbia University (2003).jpg

The elaborate mosaic that displays as it should be displayed Columbia's long and rich history. This is an incomparable account of a great institution rooted inextricably in a great city.
Stand, Columbia! Alma MaterThrough the storms of Time abideStand, Columbia! Alma MaterThrough the storms of Time abide."Stand, Columbia!" by Gilbert Oakley Ward, Columbia College 1902 (1904)Marking the 250th anniversary of one of America's oldest and most formidable educational institutions, this comprehensive history of Columbia University extends from the earliest discussions in 1704 about New York City being "a fit Place for a colledge" to the recent inauguration of president Lee Bollinger, the nineteenth, on Morningside Heights. One of the original "Colonial Nine" schools, Columbia's distinctive history has been intertwined with the history of New York City. Located first in lower Manhattan, then in midtown, and now in Morningside Heights, Columbia's national and international stature have been inextricably identified with its urban setting.Columbia was the first of America's "multiversities," moving beyond its original character as a college dedicated to undergraduate instruction to offer a comprehensive program in professional and graduate studies. Medicine, law, architecture, and journalism have all looked to the graduates and faculty of Columbia's schools to provide for their ongoing leadership and vitality. In 2003, a sampling of Columbia alumni include one member of the United States Supreme Court, three United States senators, three congressmen, three governors (New York, New Jersey, and California), a chief justice of the New York Court of Appeals, and a president of the New York City Board of Education. But it is perhaps as a contributor of ideas and voices to the broad discourse of American intellectual life that Columbia has most distinguished itself. From The Federalist Papers,written by Columbians John Jay and Alexander Hamilton, to Charles Beard's An Economic Interpretation of the Constitutionand Jack Kerouac's On the Roadto Edward Said's Orientalism,Columbia and its graduates have greatly influenced American intellectual and public life. Stand, Columbiaalso examines the experiences of immigrants, women, Jews, African Americans, and other groups as it takes critical measure of the University's efforts to become more inclusive and more reflective of the diverse city that it calls home.

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Stan B. Cohen - East Wind Rain, A Pictorial Histor y of the Pearl Harbor Attack (1981).jpg

This is a superior historical review, in pictorial form, of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The 50th Anniversary edition has been greatly expanded to include diagrams and photographs that were not in the original edition. Although of a pictorial nature, the text is scholarly, extremely well-researched and concise. The maps and previously unpublished photographs place the attack in an accurate historical context. This book is in the "must read" classification and it is another diamond among author Stan Cohen's many diamonds.

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Stan B. Cohen - East Wind Rain, A Pictorial Histor y of the Pearl Harbor Attack (1981).pdf

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Andrea Slane - A Not So Foreign Affair, Fascism, S exuality, and the Cultural Rhetoric of American De mocracy (2001).jpg

01 - USA - Andrea Slane - A Not So Foreign Affair, Fascism, Sexual..., and the Cultural Rhetoric of American Democracy 2001.jpg

In A Not So Foreign Affair Andrea Slane investigates the influence of images of Nazism on debates about sexuality that are central to contemporary American political rhetoric. By analyzing an array of films, journalism, scholarly theories, melodrama, video, and propaganda literature, Slane describes a common rhetoric that emerged during the 1930s and 1940s as a means of distinguishing “democratic sexuality” from that ascribed to Nazi Germany.
World War II marked a turning point in the cultural rhetoric of democracy, Slane claims, because it intensified a preoccupation with the political role of private life and pushed sexuality to the center of democratic discourse. Having created tremendous anxiety—and fascination—in American culture, Nazism became associated with promiscuity, sexual perversionand the destruction of the family. Slane reveals how this particular imprint of fascism is used in progressive as well as conservative imagery and language to further their domestic agendas and shows how our cultural engagement with Nazism reflects the inherent tension in democracy between the value of diversity, individual freedoms national identity, and notions of the common good. Finally, she applies her analysis of wartime narratives to contemporary texts, examining anti-abortion, anti-gay, and anti-federal rhetoric, as well as the psychic life of skinheads, censorship debates, and the contemporary fascination with incest.
An invaluable resource for understanding the language we use—both visual and narrative—to describe and debate democracy in the United States today, A Not So Foreign Affair will appeal to those interested in cultural studies, film and video studies, American studies, twentieth century history, German studies, rhetoric, and sexuality studies.

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Andrea Slane - A Not So Foreign Affair, Fascism, S exuality, and the Cultural Rhetoric of American De mocracy (2001).pdf

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Edward A. Purcell Jr. - Litigation and Inequality, Federal Diversity Jurisdiction in Industrial Amer ica, 1870-1958 (1992).jpg

01 - USA - Edward A. Purcell Jr. - Litigation and Inequality, Fed...ity Jurisdiction in Industrial America, 1870-1958 1992.jpg

Through the prism of litigation practice and tactics, Purcell explores the dynamic relationship between legal and social change. He studies changing litigation patterns in suits between individuals and national corporations over tort claims for personal injuries and contract claims for insurance benefits. Purcell refines the "progressive" claim that the federal courts favored business enterprise during this time, identifying specific manners and times in which the federal courts reached decisions both in favor of and against national corporations. He also identifies 1892-1908 as a critical period in the evolution of the twentieth century federal judicial system.

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Edward A. Purcell Jr. - Litigation and Inequality, Federal Diversity Jurisdiction in Industrial Amer ica, 1870-1958 (1992).pdf

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Kass Fleisher - The Bear River Massacre and the Ma king of History (2004).jpg

Explores how a pivotal event in American history-the massacre of over 300 Shoshone men, women, and children in 1863-has been constructed, contested, negotiated, and forgotten.

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Kass Fleisher - The Bear River Massacre and the Ma king of History (2004).pdf

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Key Concepts in American History - Reyna Eisenstar k - Abolitionism (2010).jpg

From John Adams to the women who supported abolition, this volume provides a comprehensive history of the abolitionist movement. Beginning with a historical explanation of the African slave trade and its role in American history, Abolitionism explores every important person, event, and issue that helped push the North and South closer to the Civil War. This book also includes colorful sidebars featuring primary resource documents like the Gettysburg Address and narratives from Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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Key Concepts in American History - Reyna Eisenstar k - Abolitionism (2010).pdf

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Key Concepts in American History - Jennifer L., Ph .D. Weber, Darrell J. Kozlowski - Colonialism (201 0).jpg

From the daring adventurers sailing across the Atlantic in search of the riches of the East to the first wave of European settlers on America's shores, colonialism played a major role in the formation of our modern-day country. Colonialism covers the nine key concepts of colonialism: colonies, economics and trade, European nations, explorers and conquerors, government, Native Americans, people and society, religion, and wars and battles. With an in-depth explanation of the history of colonization, beginning with early world exploration, readers will learn about the most important figures, events, and issues that built the foundation for the United States.

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Key Concepts in American History - Jennifer L., Ph .D. Weber, Darrell J. Kozlowski - Colonialism (201 0).pdf

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Key Concepts in American History - Jason Mauch - I ndustrialism (2010).jpg

Should the United States be concerned with affairs among other countries or should it remain silent on the issues facing other nations? This question has challenged American leaders since the country's inception. Internationalism explores the argument over whether the United States should be more or less involved in the affairs of other countries. By discussing the major events, issues, and countries that have received help from the United States in the past, this book provides a thorough history of U.S. foreign policy. Informative sidebars and primary resource documents supplement the text with information on Boris Yeltsin, the Yalta Conference, the Berlin Wall, NATO, and much more.

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Key Concepts in American History - Jason Mauch - I ndustrialism (2010).pdf

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Amy T. Peterson, Valerie Hewitt, Heather Vaughan, Ann T. Kellogg - The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clo thing through American History, 1900 to the Presen t, Volume 1, 1900-1949 (2008).jpg

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Find out what we wore and why we wore it in The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing in American History: Twentieth Century to the Present. This fascinating reference set provides two levels of information: descriptions of styles of clothes that Americans have worn and, as important, why they wore those types of clothes.

Fashion influences how we view other people and how we view ourselves. Find out what we wore and why we wore it in The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing in American History - Twentieth Century to the Present. This fascinating reference set provides descriptions of styles of clothes that men, women, and children have worn since 1900, and, as important, why they wore them. In addition to chapters describing fashion trends and types of clothes, this work examines the impact that politics, culture, arts and entertainment, daily life and family structures have on fashion and how fashion can serve as an impetus for change in society. With volume one covering 1900-1949 and volume two covering 1950 to the present, the first half of each volume provides four chapters that each examine the impact that political and cultural events, arts and entertainment, daily life, and family structures have on cultural life and fashion. The second half of each volume describes the important and everyday fashion and styles of the period, decade by decade, for women, men, and children.

Fashion is not for the exclusive use of the social elite and the rich, nor can it simply dismissed as mere vanity. It is much more complex than just wearing the latest styles. We use fashion to express who we are and what we think, to project an image, to bolster our confidence, and to attract partners. Research for this work was conducted through numerous primary and secondary resources on fashion and history.

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Amy T. Peterson, Valerie Hewitt, Heather Vaughan, Ann T. Kellogg - The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clo thing through American History, 1900 to the Presen t, Volume 1, 1900-1949 (2008).pdf

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Jose F. Blanco, Scott Leff, Ann T. Kellogg, Amy T. Peterson - The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing through American History, 1900 to the Present, Vo lume 2, 1950-Present (2008).jpg

01 - USA - Jose F. Blanco, Scott Leff, Ann T. Kellogg, Amy T. Pet...tory, 1900 to the Present, Volume 2, 1950-Present 2008.jpg

Find out what we wore and why we wore it in The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing in American History: Twentieth Century to the Present. This fascinating reference set provides two levels of information: descriptions of styles of clothes that Americans have worn and, as important, why they wore those types of clothes.

Fashion influences how we view other people and how we view ourselves. Find out what we wore and why we wore it in The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing in American History - Twentieth Century to the Present. This fascinating reference set provides descriptions of styles of clothes that men, women, and children have worn since 1900, and, as important, why they wore them. In addition to chapters describing fashion trends and types of clothes, this work examines the impact that politics, culture, arts and entertainment, daily life and family structures have on fashion and how fashion can serve as an impetus for change in society. With volume one covering 1900-1949 and volume two covering 1950 to the present, the first half of each volume provides four chapters that each examine the impact that political and cultural events, arts and entertainment, daily life, and family structures have on cultural life and fashion. The second half of each volume describes the important and everyday fashion and styles of the period, decade by decade, for women, men, and children.

Fashion is not for the exclusive use of the social elite and the rich, nor can it simply dismissed as mere vanity. It is much more complex than just wearing the latest styles. We use fashion to express who we are and what we think, to project an image, to bolster our confidence, and to attract partners. Research for this work was conducted through numerous primary and secondary resources on fashion and history.

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Jose F. Blanco, Scott Leff, Ann T. Kellogg, Amy T. Peterson - The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing through American History, 1900 to the Present, Vo lume 2, 1950-Present (2008).pdf

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Chris Preble - Exiting Iraq, Why the U.S. Must End the Military Occupation and Renew the War Against Al Qaeda (2004).jpg

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With the continuing U.S. occupation of Iraq, a special task force of scholars and policy experts calls into question the Bush administration's intention to stay as long as necessary. In this joint statement, the members argue that the presence of troops in Iraq distracts attention from fighting Al Qaeda and emboldens a new class of terrorists to take up arms against the United States. The task force's findings are essential reading for anyone concerned with the ongoing conflict and the war on terrorism

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Chris Preble - Exiting Iraq, Why the U.S. Must End the Military Occupation and Renew the War Against Al Qaeda (2004).pdf

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Christopher S. DeRosa - Political Indoctrination i n the U.S. Army from World War II to the Vietnam W ar (2006).jpg

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After drilling troops during the American Revolution, Baron Friedrich von Steuben reportedly noted that although one could tell a Prussian what to do and expect him to do it, one had to tell an American why he ought to do something before he would comply. Although such individualistic thinking is part of the democratic genius of American society, it also complicates efforts to train and educate citizen-soldiers.
For more than three decades, the U.S. Army’s “Troop Information” program used films, radio programs, pamphlets, and lectures to stir patriotism and spark contempt for the enemy. Christopher S. DeRosa examines soldiers’ formal political indoctrination, focusing on the political training of draftees and short-term volunteers from 1940 to 1973.
DeRosa draws on the records of the army and the Department of Defense’s information offices, the content of the indoctrination materials themselves, and soldiers’ recollections in analyzing the political messages the nation conveyed to its army during three decades of conscription. He examines how the program took root as an army institution, how its technique evolved over time, and how it interacted with the larger American political culture. In so doing, he explores the implications of trying to impose a political consensus on the army of a democracy.

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Christopher S. DeRosa - Political Indoctrination i n the U.S. Army from World War II to the Vietnam W ar (2006).pdf

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Andrew Chamberlin Rieser - The Chautauqua Moment, Protestants, Progressives, and the Culture of Mode rn Liberalism, 1874-1920 (2003).jpg

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This book traces the rise and decline of what Theodore Roosevelt once called the "most American thing in America." The Chautauqua movement began in 1874 on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in western New York. More than a college or a summer resort or a religious assembly, it was a composite of all of these -- completely derivative yet brilliantly innovative. For five decades, Chautauqua dominated adult education and reached millions with its summer assemblies, reading clubs, and traveling circuits.Scholars have long struggled to make sense of Chautauqua's pervasive yet disorganized presence in American life. In this critical study, Andrew Rieser weaves the threads of Chautauqua into a single story and places it at the vital center of fin de sièclecultural and political history. Famous for its commitment to democracy, women's rights, and social justice, Chautauqua was nonetheless blind to issues of class and race. How could something that trumpeted democracy be so undemocratic in practice? The answer, Rieser argues, lies in the historical experience of the white, Protestant middle classes, who struggled to reconcile their parochial interests with radically new ideas about social progress and the state. The Chautauqua Momentbrings color to a colorless demographic and spins a fascinating tale of modern liberalism's ambivalent but enduring cultural legacy.

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Barwa i Broń 3 - Jarosław Krzywania - Oznaki Armii USA 1941-1985 część I (1992).jpg

U.S. Military Badges and Insignia 1941-1985. Part I.

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Brad W. Gladman - Intelligence and Anglo-American Air Support in World War Two, Tunisia and the West ern Desert, 1940-43 (2009).jpg

01 - USA - Brad W. Gladman - Intelligence and Anglo-American Air S... War Two, Tunisia and the Western Desert, 1940-43 2009.jpg

Among the greatest developments in conventional war since 1914 has been the rise of air/land power the interaction between air forces and armies in military operations. This book examines the forging of an air support system that was used with success for the remainder of the war, the principles of which have applied ever since.

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