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Organized Crime in the United States, 1865-1941
ISBN: 9781476670652 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Why do Americans alternately celebrate and condemn gangsters, outlaws and corrupt politicians? Why do they immortalize Al Capone while forgetting his far more successful and innovative precursor, Michael Cassius MacDonald? Why are some public figures repudiated for their connections to the mob while others gain celebrity status? Drawing on historical accounts, the author analyzes the public's understanding of organized crime and questions some of our most deeply held assumptions about crime and its role in society.
Why do Americans alternately celebrate and condemn gangsters, outlaws and corrupt politicians? Why do they immortalize Al Capone while forgetting his ...
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249,43 zł |
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Race, Radicalism, Religion, and Restriction: Immigration in the Pacific Northwest, 1890-1924
ISBN: 9780275978549 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In 1924 America passed legislation that effectively outlined which immigrants were to be considered beneficial to the national body and which were not. Albert Johnson, a Washington State Congressman, sponsored the Act. This study examines the role of the Pacific Northwest in the change of national sentiment that led up to this legislation. Throughout the period, this region experienced massive growth in its immigrant population. Its forests and small towns were the scenes of many clashes with the alien radicals, resulting in the creation of anti-Catholic legislation and the laws against... In 1924 America passed legislation that effectively outlined which immigrants were to be considered beneficial to the national body and which were ... |
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386,61 zł |
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Beyond the Huddled Masses: American Immigration and the Treaty of Versailles
ISBN: 9781350176133 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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152,10 zł |
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Crime and the Rise of Modern America: A History from 1865-1941
ISBN: 9780415800440 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 'Crime and the Rise of Modern America' is a thematic history of crime in the USA from the time of Lee's surrender at Appomattox to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.
'Crime and the Rise of Modern America' is a thematic history of crime in the USA from the time of Lee's surrender at Appomattox to Japan's attack on P...
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760,80 zł |
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Crime and the Rise of Modern America: A History from 1865-1941
ISBN: 9780415800457 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In Crime and the Rise of Modern America, Kristofer Allerfeldt studies the crimes, criminals, and law enforcement that contributed to a uniquely American system of crime and punishment from the end of the Civil War to the eve of World War II to understand how the rapidly-changing technology of transportation, media, and incarceration affected the criminal underworld. In ten thematic chapters, Crime and the Rise of Modern America turns to the outlaws of the iconic West and the illegal distilleries of Prohibition, the turn-of-the-century immigrants, and the conmen who preyed... In Crime and the Rise of Modern America, Kristofer Allerfeldt studies the crimes, criminals, and law enforcement that contributed to a uni... |
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209,82 zł |
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The Progressive Era in the Usa: 1890-1921
ISBN: 9781138378407 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 478 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Few periods in American history have been explored as much as the Progressive Era. It is seen as the birth-place of modern American liberalism, as well as the time in which America emerged as an imperial power. Historians and other scholars have struggled to explain the contradictions of this period and this volume explores some of the major controversies this exciting period has inspired. Investigating subjects as diverse as conservation, socialism, or the importance of women in the reform movements, this volume looks at the lasting impact of this productive, yet ultimately frustrated,...
Few periods in American history have been explored as much as the Progressive Era. It is seen as the birth-place of modern American liberalism, as wel...
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251,80 zł |
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Beyond the Huddled Masses: American Immigration and The Treaty of Versailles
ISBN: 9781845110444 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This book takes a close look at the connection between the results of the Paris Peace Conference and the Immigration Acts of 1921 and 1924. Kristofer Allerfeldt identifies the threads of nativism, anti-Bolshevism, self-determination and fear that ran through America's participation in the Paris Peace Conference and then manifested themselves openly through the Immigration Acts. He taps into the early twentieth century American psyche to explore the rationalization for the extreme policies of isolationism that so characterized the inter-war years in the United States.
This book takes a close look at the connection between the results of the Paris Peace Conference and the Immigration Acts of 1921 and 1924. Kristofer ...
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682,09 zł |
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The Ku Klux Klan: An American History
ISBN: 9781803990163 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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129,06 zł |
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The Progressive Era in the Usa: 1890-1921
ISBN: 9780754626084 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 478 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Few periods in American history have been explored as much as the Progressive Era. It is seen as the birth-place of modern American liberalism, as well as the time in which America emerged as an imperial power. Historians and other scholars have struggled to explain the contradictions of this period and this volume explores some of the major controversies this exciting period has inspired. Investigating subjects as diverse as conservation, socialism, or the importance of women in the reform movements, this volume looks at the lasting impact of this productive, yet ultimately frustrated,...
Few periods in American history have been explored as much as the Progressive Era. It is seen as the birth-place of modern American liberalism, as wel...
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1311,71 zł |
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