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Experiences of Japanese American Women During and After World War II: Living in Internment Camps and Rebuilding Life Afterwards
ISBN: 9781498508636 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Experiences of Japanese American Women during and after World War II examines the experiences of Japanese American women who were in internment camps during World War II and after. Precious Yamaguchi follows these women after they were released and shows how they tried to rebuild their lives after losing everything.
Experiences of Japanese American Women during and after World War II examines the experiences of Japanese American women who were in internment camps ...
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204,03 |
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The Network: The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of the Communications Age
ISBN: 9780062242761 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The astonishing story of America's airwaves, the two friends--one a media mogul, the other a famous inventor--who made them available to us, and the government which figured out how to put a price on air. This is the origin story of the airwaves--the foundational technology of the communications age--as told through the forty-year friendship of an entrepreneurial industrialist and a brilliant inventor. David Sarnoff, the head of RCA and equal parts Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, and William Randolph Hearst, was the greatest supporter of his friend Edwin Armstrong, developer of the... The astonishing story of America's airwaves, the two friends--one a media mogul, the other a famous inventor--who made them available to us, and th... |
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72,18 |
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The Multi-Talented Mr. Erskine: Shaping Mass Culture Through Great Books and Fine Music
ISBN: 9781349297900 / Angielski / Miękka / 255 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This first biography of John Erskine views him in the larger contexts of the mass culture and expanded commercialism that helped propel his fame. It also relates a life narrative that demonstrates perils of academic celebrity along a conceptual path from public intellectual to pop icon.
This first biography of John Erskine views him in the larger contexts of the mass culture and expanded commercialism that helped propel his fame. It a...
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201,24 |
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Jimmy Carter, American Moralist
ISBN: 9780820352435 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the first full-scale biography of America's 39th president since 1980, Kenneth Morris shows readers that any conclusions about Carter's leadership and the adequacy of his challenges as a president cannot ignore the moral quandary that vexed the nation. 35 photos.
In the first full-scale biography of America's 39th president since 1980, Kenneth Morris shows readers that any conclusions about Carter's leadership ...
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554,14 |
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Sandinista Nicaragua's Resistance to US Coercion: Revolutionary Deterrence in Asymmetric Conflict
ISBN: 9781107113893 / Angielski / Twarda / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How was the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) of Nicaragua able to resist the Reagan Administration's coercive efforts to rollback their revolution? Hector Perla challenges conventional understandings of this conflict by tracing the process through which Nicaraguans, both at home and in the diaspora, defeated US aggression in a highly unequal confrontation. He argues that beyond traditional diplomatic, military, and domestic state policies a crucial element of the FSLN's defensive strategy was the mobilization of a transnational social movement to build public opposition to Reagan's...
How was the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) of Nicaragua able to resist the Reagan Administration's coercive efforts to rollback their rev...
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438,90 |
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In Some Foreign Field: Four British Graves and Submarine Warfare on the North Carolina Outer Banks
ISBN: 9780865262720 / Angielski / Miękka / 109 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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41,81 |
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Keep on Keeping on: The NAACP and the Implementation of Brown V. Board of Education in Virginia
ISBN: 9780813938899 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Virginia was a battleground state in the struggle to implement Brown v. Board of Education, with one of the South's largest and strongest NAACP units fighting against a program of noncompliance crafted by the state's political leaders. Keep On Keeping On offers a detailed examination of how African Americans and the NAACP in Virginia successfully pursued a legal agenda that provided new educational opportunities for the state's black population in the face of fierce opposition from segregationists and the Democratic Party of Harry F. Byrd Sr. Keep On Keeping On... Virginia was a battleground state in the struggle to implement Brown v. Board of Education, with one of the South's largest and strongest NA... |
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208,89 |
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From America to Norway: Norwegian-American Immigrant Letters 1838-1914, Volume III: 1893-1914
ISBN: 9781517901455 / Angielski / Twarda / 570 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The third volume of From American to Norway is the final book of collected letters written by Norwegian American immigrants from the years 1893 to 1914. During this time many Norwegians had left their homeland, traveled to America, and settled in the Midwest. The intended audience for letters home gradually transitioned from the expectation that letters were to be shared and published in local Norwegian communities to their recognition as a private form of communication. The challenges and opportunities that immigrants faced are described in these letters. The funny, sad,... The third volume of From American to Norway is the final book of collected letters written by Norwegian American immigrants from the years 1... |
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242,90 |
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Zenith: In the White House with George H. W. Bush
ISBN: 9781623494360 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Zenith: In the White House with George H. W. Bush is the third in Ambassador Untermeyer's series of books based on his personal journals compiled during his tenure in the service of George H. W. Bush, first as vice president, then as president. The present work begins with Bush's election in November 1988 and concludes with Untermeyer's service as director of the Voice of America, from 1991 until Bush's defeat by Clinton in 1992.
Filled with the author's personal observations and commentary on White House events, personalities, and issues, Zenith is written largely from... Zenith: In the White House with George H. W. Bush is the third in Ambassador Untermeyer's series of books based on his personal journals compil...
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140,83 |
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The Invaded: How Latin Americans and Their Allies Fought and Ended U.S. Occupations
ISBN: 9780190498764 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1912 the United States sent troops into a Nicaraguan civil war, solidifying a decades-long era of military occupations in Latin America driven by the desire to rewrite the political rules of the hemisphere. In this definitive account of the resistance to the three longest occupations-in Nicaragua, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic-Alan McPherson analyzes these events from the perspective of the invaded themselves, showing why people resisted and why the troops eventually left. Confronting the assumption that nationalism primarily drove resistance, McPherson finds more concrete-yet also...
In 1912 the United States sent troops into a Nicaraguan civil war, solidifying a decades-long era of military occupations in Latin America driven by t...
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181,14 |
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France, Britain and the United States in the Twentieth Century 1900 - 1940: A Reappraisal
ISBN: 9781349328253 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why is France so often relegated to the background in studies of international relations? This book seeks to redress this balance, exploring the relationship between the United States, United Kingdom and France, and its wider impact on the theory and practice of international relations.
Why is France so often relegated to the background in studies of international relations? This book seeks to redress this balance, exploring the relat...
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201,24 |
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Jewish Immigrant Entrepreneurship in New York and London 1880-1914: Enterprise and Culture
ISBN: 9781349427130 / Angielski / Miękka / 187 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How successful were the East European Jewish immigrants in London compared with the vast majority that went to New York? This critical question - one that lies at the heart of debates on Jewish modernity, ethnic and racial assimilation, and the impact of culture on entrepreneurship - is assessed systematically for the first time in this volume. Using new evidence of Jewish immigration, mobility and assimilation, Andrew Godley shows that despite similar backgrounds and opportunities, the Jews in London were far less entrepreneurial and those in New York. As the Jewish immigrants assimilated...
How successful were the East European Jewish immigrants in London compared with the vast majority that went to New York? This critical question - one ...
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402,53 |
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Asia Pacific in the Age of Globalization
ISBN: 9781349498154 / Angielski / Miękka / 273 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The essays in this volume examine United States-East Asian relations in the framework of global history, incorporating fresh insights that have been offered by scholars on such topics as globalization, human rights, historical memory, and trans-cultural relations.
The essays in this volume examine United States-East Asian relations in the framework of global history, incorporating fresh insights that have been o...
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201,24 |
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Sino-US Relations and the Role of Emotion in State Action: Understanding Post-Cold War Crisis Interactions
ISBN: 9781349437436 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examining twenty-first century relations between the US and China, Shepperd investigates three well publicised crises between these states, highlighting how social interests relating to identity and emotional needs were key dynamics driving these interactions and their transformation.
Examining twenty-first century relations between the US and China, Shepperd investigates three well publicised crises between these states, highlighti...
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201,24 |
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Clinton's Legacy: A New Democrat in Governance
ISBN: 9781349408405 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As Clinton left office there was little consensus even among Democrats as to the significance of his political legacy. He was keen to stress that enduring changes had been made to American society. Critics, however, were less convinced that Clintonism had developed an integrated vision of governance. This book examines whether the Clinton experience does illustrate the value of the New Democrat and Third Way agenda.
As Clinton left office there was little consensus even among Democrats as to the significance of his political legacy. He was keen to stress that endu...
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402,53 |
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Critiques of Capital in Modern Britian and America: Transatlantic Exchanges 1800 to the Present Day
ISBN: 9781349430192 / Angielski / Miękka / 227 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is an innovative collection of essays by a new generation of British and American historians and political theorists. Moving beyond a conventional action/reaction view of capitalism and its critics, the volume explores how critical traditions and beliefs have helped to shape capitalism. Chapters follow diverse critiques in Britain and America and explore their Atlantic and imperial exchanges. The volume includes chapters on questions of law and property in the Victorian empire; traditions of land reform in nineteenth century America and Britain; the influence of American romanticism...
This book is an innovative collection of essays by a new generation of British and American historians and political theorists. Moving beyond a conven...
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201,24 |
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Kennedy, de Gaulle and Western Europe
ISBN: 9781349430826 / Angielski / Miękka / 229 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Kennedy, de Gaulle and Western Europe, Mahan revises prevailing interpretations of Franco-American relations during the early 1960s that either chastise de Gaulle for anti-Americanism or Kennedy for imposing U.S. policies on Europe. Summoning a wide range of French and American archival sources, this book demonstrates that the structure and dynamics of the Franco-American relationship during this period were embedded in complex multilateral relationships within the Western alliance.
In Kennedy, de Gaulle and Western Europe, Mahan revises prevailing interpretations of Franco-American relations during the early 1960s that either cha...
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402,53 |
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Mental Maps in the Early Cold War Era, 1945-68
ISBN: 9781349320684 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The early Cold War was a period of dramatic change. New superpowers emerged, the European powers were eclipsed, colonial empires tottered. Political leaders everywhere had to make immense adjustments. This volume explores their hopes and fears, their sense of their place in the world and of the constraints under which they laboured.
The early Cold War was a period of dramatic change. New superpowers emerged, the European powers were eclipsed, colonial empires tottered. Political l...
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201,24 |
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Irish-American Autobiography
ISBN: 9780813229188 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Is there still a distinct Irish identity in America? This highly original survey says yes, though it's often an indirect one. Opening a new window on the meanings of Irishness over the twentieth century, this work also reveals how Catholicism, so key to the identity of earlier generations of Irish Americans, has also evolved.
Is there still a distinct Irish identity in America? This highly original survey says yes, though it's often an indirect one. Opening a new window on ...
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97,10 |
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Counting Women's Ballots: Female Voters from Suffrage Through the New Deal
ISBN: 9781316505878 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Counting Women's Ballots provides a comprehensive account of how women voted in presidential elections immediately after suffrage.
Counting Women's Ballots provides a comprehensive account of how women voted in presidential elections immediately after suffrage.
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116,75 |
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