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Egyptomania: A History of Fascination, Obsession and Fantasy
Ronald H Fritze · Reaktion Books Pages: 464 Format: Print book
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The land of pyramids and sphinxes, pharaohs and goddesses, Egypt has been a source of awe and fascination from the time of the ancient Greeks to the twenty-first century. In Egyptomania, Ronald H. Fritze takes us on a historical journey to unearth the Egypt of the past, a place inhabited... |
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Blood on Steel: Chicago Steelworkers and the Strike of 1937
Michael Dennis · Johns Hopkins University Press Format: Hardcover
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On Memorial Day 1937, thousands of steelworkers, middle-class supporters, and working-class activists gathered at Sam's Place on the Southeast Side of Chicago to protest Republic Steel’s virulent opposition to union recognition and collective bargaining. By the end of the day,... |
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The Unruly City: Paris, London and New York in the Age of Revolution
Mike Rapport · Basic Books Pages: 416 Format: Hardcover
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In The Unruly City, historian Mike Rapport offers a vivid history of three intertwined cities toward the end of the eighteenth century - Paris, London, and New York - all in the midst of political chaos and revolution. From the British occupation of New York during the Revolutionary War,... |
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Devils Walking: Klan Murders along the Mississippi in the 1960s
Stanley Nelson · Louisiana State University Press Pages: 320 Format: Print book
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After midnight on December 10, 1964, in Ferriday, Louisiana, African American Frank Morris awoke to the sound of breaking glass. Outside his home and shoe shop, standing behind the shattered window, Klansmen tossed a lit match inside the store, now doused in gasoline, and instantly set the building... |
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Pickett's Charge: A New Look at Gettysburg's Final Attack
Phillip Thomas Tucker · Skyhorse Publishing Pages: 456 Format: Print book
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Main Selection of the History Book ClubThe Battle of Gettysburg, the Civil War's turning point, produced over 57,000 casualties, the largest number from the entire war that was itself America's bloodiest conflict. On the third day of fierce fighting, Robert E. Lee's attempt... |
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The 60s: The Story of a Decade
Henry Finder · Random House Pages: 752 Format: Print book
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The third installment of a fascinating decade-by-decade series, this anthology collects historic New Yorker pieces from the most tumultuous years of the twentieth century - including pieces by James Baldwin, Pauline Kael, Sylvia Plath, Roger Angell, Muriel Spark, and John Updike - alongside... |
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Civil Rights Childhood: Picturing Liberation in African American Photobooks
Katharine Capshaw · Univ Of Minnesota Press Pages: 344 Format: Print book
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Childhood joy, pleasure, and creativity are not often associated with the civil rights movement. Their ties to the movement may have faded from historical memory, but these qualities received considerable photographic attention in that tumultuous era. Katharine Capshaw's Civil Rights Childhood... |
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Thundersticks: Firearms and the Violent Transformation of Native America
David J Silverman · The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press Pages: 360 Format: Print book
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The adoption of firearms by American Indians between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries marked a turning point in the history of North America's indigenous peoples -- a cultural earthquake so profound, says David Silverman, that its impact has yet to be adequately measured. Thundersticks... |
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Who Lost Russia?: How the World Entered a New Cold War
Peter Conradi · Oneworld Publications Pages: 370 Format: Hardcover
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"Balanced and timely ... a smooth narrative that provides welcome context for Russia's recent revanchist behavior and insight into prospects for ongoing U.S.-Russian relations." -- ?Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) "Meticulously lays out the record, from Mikhail... |
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Christendom Destroyed: Europe 1517-1648
Mark Greengrass · Viking; 1St Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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A remarkable new volume in the critically acclaimed Penguin History of Europe seriesFrom peasants to princes, no one was untouched by the spiritual and intellectual upheaval of the sixteenth century. Martin Luthers challenge to church authority forced Christians to examine their beliefs... |
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The Good Occupation: American Soldiers and the Hazards of Peace
Susan L Carruthers · Harvard University Press Pages: 386 Format: Print book
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Waged for a just cause and culminating in total victory, World War II was America's "good war." Yet for millions of GIs overseas, the war did not end with Germany and Japan's surrender. The Good Occupation chronicles America's transition from wartime combatant to postwar... |
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