American History: From C 1900 -
Subcategories
- American History: First World War
- American History: Postwar, From C 1945 -
- American History: Second World War
New Publications
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Repression, Resistance, and Democratic Transition in Central America by Ariel C. Armony
(Hardback 301 pages)For Central America, the last third of the twentieth century was a time of dramatic change in which most countries shifted from dictatorships to formal political Read more...
€68.20
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Surviving the City by Hong Kong) Xinyang Wang (Hong Kong University
(Hardback 176 pages)This work explores the multifaceted Chinese experience in New York. The author argues that economic forces rather than racism influenced immigrants' life decisions and Read more...
€23.55
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Bandits, Peasants, and Politics by Gonzalo Sanchez & Donny Meertens
(Paperback 250 pages)A comparative analysis of the bandit groups that characterized the last phase (1958-65) of the civil commotion known as the Violence in Columbia, a virtual civil war Read more...
€23.56
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Brazil's Second Chance by USA) Brookings Institution Lincoln (Guest Scholar in Foreign Policy Studies Gordon
(Hardback 344 pages)In this work, Lincoln Gordon, a former American ambassador to Brazil, examines the social, political and economic history of Brazil since the 1950s. Gordon discusses Read more...
€26.66
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Uncollecting Cheever by Anita Miller
(Paperback 384 pages)In the late 1980s, publishers, authors, scholars, and the reading public watched the results of two lawsuits involving the family of John Cheever, short story writer, Read more...
€21.07
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The Bulldozer in the Countryside by Adam Rome
(Paperback 316 pages)First scholarly history of efforts to reduce the environmental costs of US suburban development. Read more...
€19.83
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The Bulldozer in the Countryside by Adam Rome
(Hardback 332 pages)First scholarly history of efforts to reduce the environmental costs of US suburban development. Read more...
€62.00
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To Hear Only Thunder Again by USA) City University of New York Queensborough Community College Mark D. Van (Assistant Professor of History Ells
(Hardback 288 pages)This work explores how war veterans reintegrated into society. It analyzes the effort that was required to avoid the potential social decay that is often associated with Read more...
€79.36
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Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War by Frances Fitzgerald
(Paperback 596 pages)An examination of the presidency of Ronald Reagan explores his "Star Wars" program, showing how Reagan used his acting skills and public image to drive a program derided Read more...
€30.99
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When Hell Froze Over by E.M. Halliday
(Paperback 336 pages)An account of one of America's foreign interventions. In 1918, even after the end of World War I, fighting began in Northern Russia. The American Expeditionary Force Read more...
€18.59
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Sit Down and Drink Your Beer by Robert a. Campbell
(Paperback 192 pages)When public drinking returned to much of Canada with the end of Prohibition , former hotel saloons were transformed into closely-regulated beer parlours. Campbell argues Read more...
€13.64
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A Fiction of the Past by Dominick J. Cavallo
(Paperback 288 pages)This text pushes past the myths and opinions that surround the radical youth culture of the sixties. The author explores how the chaotic sixties sprang from the Read more...
€26.03
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Designing Us Economic Policy by W.Robert Brazelton
(Hardback 192 pages)"Designing US Economic Policy" examines the development of US economic policy in the aftermath of World War II. It analyzes the work of Leon H. Keyserling, a major Read more...
€83.70
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War and Nature by Edmund Russell
(Hardback 336 pages)Shows the intersection of chemical warfare and pest control in the twentieth century. Read more...
€49.60
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War and Nature by Edmund Russell
(Paperback 336 pages)Shows the intersection of chemical warfare and pest control in the twentieth century. Read more...
€16.11
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Perspectives on Modern America
(Paperback 336 pages)Collected in this text are essays on key aspects of American life and how it changed over the 20th century. They address a range of political, social and economic Read more...
€49.54
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Drug War, American Style
(Hardback 284 pages)This collection of scholarly essays discusses the internationalization of American drug policy from a variety of perspectives and features articles on Hong Kong, Read more...
€117.80
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Science, Cold War and the American State by Allan Needel
(Hardback 420 pages)A look at the relationship between the development of science and the development of military technology during the Cold War. Read more...
€111.60
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Witness to the End by Bernard W. Poirier
(Paperback 405 pages)Poirier's personal account of the decade he spent in back-room politics as a civilian employee of the US Navy Department in Washington, with International Telephone and Read more...
€50.84
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Roughing it in the Suburbs by Canada) University of Saskatchewan Department of History Valerie (Professor Korinek
(Paperback 512 pages)Full of debate and history, "Roughing it in the Suburbs" provides a cultural study that weaves together a history of "Chatelaine's" producers, consumers, and text. Read more...
€19.84
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