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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On the Boundaries of American Evangelism by Jon R. Stone
(Hardback 240 pages)An account of the emergence of a coalition of moderate Protestant churches and denominations in the 1940s and 50s and their subsequent fracture and decline in the 1960s Read more...
€78.12
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Waging Peace by Robert R. Bowie & Richard H. Immerman
(Hardback 328 pages)This text offers a comprehensive study of Eisenhower's "New Look" programme of national security - the groundwork for the next three decades of America's Cold War Read more...
€52.08
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The Wages of Globalism by H. W. Brands
(Paperback 304 pages)This volume looks at Lyndon Johnson's control of international relations, putting his handling of Vietnam in the context of the many other crises he confronted. The Read more...
€23.56
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To Be Young Was Very Heaven by Sandra Adickes
(Hardback 304 pages)In the years before World War I, in New York City's Greenwich Village, for the first time, women began to seize power and play important roles in the political and Read more...
€68.20
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Colombia
(Hardback 312 pages)This text examines the process of political and social reform that Colombia has experienced in the period 1980-1990. The approach is interdisciplinary and should be of Read more...
€130.20
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Theologians of a New World Order by Heather a. Warren(Hardback 208 pages)Warren shows how a group of Protestant theologians forged a theology of international engagement for America in the 1930s and 40s which informed the public rationale for Read more...
€49.54
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When the Old Left Was Young by Robert Cohen
(Paperback 454 pages)This text explores the first mass student movement in American history - a crusade led largely by young Communists in the Depression era. Caused by the economic crisis Read more...
€23.56
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Fire This Time by Gerald Horne
(Paperback 451 pages)Based on hundreds of oral histories and archival research, this account of the Watts Uprising of 1965, which changed the face of racial justice in America, studies its Read more...
€13.63
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Economic and Social History of the Us Since 1945 by Mike French
(Paperback 248 pages)Examines the principal economic developments and social changes in the United States since 1934, including business, regional change and urbanization. The text discusses Read more...
€18.59
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Private Wealth and Public Life by Judith Sealander
(Hardback 344 pages)The role of private philanthropic foundations in shaping public policy at the beginning of this century is analyzed in this text. Focusing on foundation-sponsored Read more...
€41.54
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Aura and Its Us National Observatories by Frank K. Edmondson
(Hardback 385 pages)The history of AURA from the unique perspective of Frank K. Edmondson, former member of the AURA board of directors. Read more...
€99.20
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A Paradigm For the New World Order by John C. Hulsman
(Hardback 224 pages)This work looks at competing, guiding principles for American foreign policy in the post-Cold War era, not only by delineating these belief systems but also by linking Read more...
€99.20
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Nicaragua Without Illusions by Thomas W. Walker
(Hardback 352 pages)Focusing on Nicaragua after the 1990 Sandinista electoral defeat, this book is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary study of one of the most unusual cases of regime Read more...
€62.00
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Latin America Between the Second World War and the Cold War
(Paperback 368 pages)The period from 1944-45 to 1947-48 represents an important conjuncture in the political and social history of twentieth-century Latin America. Read more...
€24.79
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Or Does it Explode? by Cheryl Lynn Greenberg
(Paperback 326 pages)Originally published in 1991, a community study of Depression era Harlem, examining themes in social and racial history by looking at the issues of economics, Read more...
€19.84
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American Hegemony by Lea Brilmayer
(Paperback 276 pages)This work debates questions such as the moral right of one nation to act as the world's policeman and dominate others. It discusses moral issues raised by America's Read more...
€19.84
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Bitter Harvest by Matthew J. Dickinson
(Hardback 284 pages)This book outlines Franklin Roosevelt's White House staff organization. Read more...
€58.90
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Servants of the People by Lea E. Williams
(Hardback 272 pages)A biography of six African-American leaders who have risked their lives for the civil rights cause. A. Phillip Randolph, Frederick D. Patterson, Thurgood Marshall, Read more...
€68.20
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America At War Since 1945 by Gary a. Donaldson
(Paperback 240 pages)Focusing primarily on politics and foreign policy, this text analyzes America's involvement in three wars since the end of World War II: Korea, Vietnam and the Gulf War. Read more...
€30.94
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Ideas and Ideologies in Twentieth-Century Latin America
(Paperback 424 pages)This book provides, in one volume, the economic, social, and political ideologies of twentieth-century Latin America. Read more...
€33.47
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Changing Woman by Karen Anderson
(Hardback 300 pages)This work examines the role of Indian, Mexican-American and African-American women during the 20th century. It focuses on the changes these years have brought about in Read more...
€35.96
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Deep Politics and the Death of Jfk by Peter Dale Scott
(Paperback 424 pages)Presents a documented investigation that uncovers the secrets surrounding John F Kennedy's assassination. Offering a different perspective - that JFK's death was not Read more...
€19.78
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Making Civil Rights Law by Mark V. Tushnet
(Paperback 412 pages)This guide to civil rights law is of interest to students and scholars of American legal history and the history of the civil rights movement in the United States. Read more...
€27.22
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Eisenhower's New-Look National Security Policy, 1953-61 by Saki Dockrill
(Hardback 416 pages)The "New Look" sought to formulate a more selective and flexible response to Communist challenges. It did not amount solely to strategy of massive retaliation, as Read more...
€111.60
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The Movement and the Sixties by Terry H. Anderson
(Paperback 524 pages)Why did millions of Americans become activists in the 60s? Why did they take to the streets? Terry Anderson explores these questions in this history of the social Read more...
€21.08
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Funding the Modern American State, 1941-1995
(Hardback 350 pages)This book explores the history of US taxation and public finance since 1941. Read more...
€86.80
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The Cambridge History of Latin America Latin America Since 1930 - Ideas, Culture and Society
(Hardback 652 pages)This volume discusses trends in twentieth-century Latin American literature, philosophy, art, music, and popular culture. Read more...
€142.60
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In the Almost Promised Land by Hasia R. Diner
(Paperback 292 pages)Seeking the reasons behind the Jewish support of the black struggle for racial justice, this text shows how - in the wake of the Leo Frank trial and lynching in Atlanta Read more...
€20.46
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Contesting Castro by Thomas G. Paterson
(Paperback 364 pages)Relates the absorbing story of the love-hate relationship that developed between Cuba and the USA, from Castro's early fund-raising tours of the USA to Eisenhower's Read more...
€18.60
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Time For Searching by Henry L. Feingold
(Paperback 380 pages)Chronicles Jewish life in the United States from colonial times to the present. This book focuses on the turbulent period between 1920-1945 as Jews were poised to enter Read more...
€20.46
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Fighting For the Soul of Brazil by Kevin Danaher & Michael Shellenberger
(Paperback 272 pages)"Diverse collection of articles includes eyewitness reports, interviews, and political and economic analyses dealing with the 1994 elections, the impeachment of Read more...
€16.06
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Cambridge History of Latin America 1930 to the Present Politics and Society
(Hardback 800 pages)Part 2 examines the military in Latin American politics; democracy; the Left; labour movements and the urban working class; rural mobilisation and violence. Read more...
€148.80
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J.Edgar Hoover, Sex, and Crime by Athan Theoharis
(Hardback 176 pages)Theoharis, an historian and critic of the FBI, disproves claims that Hoover was a homosexual and was blackmailed by organized crime leaders, and presents a story of Read more...
€14.82
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