wyszukanych pozycji: 5
Richard B. Russell, Jr., Senator From Georgia
ISBN: 9780807854655 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 582 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Richard B. Russell, Jr., represented Georgia in the United States Senate from 1933 to 1971, a period of sweeping social change. Russell (1879-1971) was regarded by his fellow senators as the quintessential member of the Senate's establishment, and they dubbed him "a Senator's Senator" and "the Georgia Giant." So great was his popularity in Congress that Lyndon B. Johnson once said, "If the membership of the Senate were to cast a secret vote on the man they believed best qualifies to be president of the United States, they would choose Richard Russell."
Gilbert Fite's masterful... Richard B. Russell, Jr., represented Georgia in the United States Senate from 1933 to 1971, a period of sweeping social change. Russell (1879-1971) wa...
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351,46 zł |
Cotton Fields No More: Southern Agriculture, 1865-1980
ISBN: 9780813101606 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. No general history of southern farming since the end of slavery has been published until now. For the first time, Gilbert C. Fite has drawn together the many threads that make up commercial agricultural development in the eleven states of the old Confederacy, to explain why agricultural change was so slow in the South, and then to show how the agents of change worked after 1933 to destroy the old and produce a new agriculture. Fite traces the decline and departure of King Cotton as the hard taskmaster of the region, and the replacement of cotton by a somewhat more democratically... No general history of southern farming since the end of slavery has been published until now. For the first time, Gilbert C. Fite has drawn togethe... |
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124,37 zł |
Peter Norbeck: Prairie Statesman
ISBN: 9780974919508 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 227 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From successful well-driller to governor and United States senator, Peter Norbeck worked tirelessly for South Dakota and was rewarded with the state's highest offices. A progressive Republican and strong supporter of the policies of Theodore Roosevelt, he was a towering figure in South Dakota politics. In Peter Norbeck: Prairie Statesman, Gilbert Fite has written the definitive biography of this important man.
From successful well-driller to governor and United States senator, Peter Norbeck worked tirelessly for South Dakota and was rewarded with the state's...
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72,57 zł |
Opponents of War, 1917-1918
ISBN: 9780313251320 / Angielski / Twarda / 1986 / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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378,53 zł |
The Southern Country Editor
ISBN: 9780872497672 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. First published in 1948, The Southern Country Editor is a study of the country press from the time of the Civil War to the 1930s. More than a mere account of the country newspaper, it is a picture of eighty years of Southern life and thought. By the 1940s, when Clark was researching and writing The Southern Country Editor, the South was undergoing a great economic and social transition. It was rapidly losing its farm and rural character as industrialization and urbanization advanced throughout the region. The Southern Country Editor provides one of the clearest windows through which modern...
First published in 1948, The Southern Country Editor is a study of the country press from the time of the Civil War to the 1930s. More than a mere acc...
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102,47 zł |