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Trapped: The 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster
ISBN: 9780743421959 / Angielski / Miękka / 273 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Inspired by a refrain of her girlhood -- "Your grandfather survived the Cherry Mine disaster" -- Karen Tintori began a search for her family's role in the harrowing tragedy of 1909. She uncovered the stories of victims, survivors, widows, orphans, townspeople, firefighters, reporters, and mine owners, and wove them together to pen Trapped, a riveting account of the tragic day that would inspire America's first worker's compensation laws and hasten much-needed child labor reform.
On a Saturday morning in November of 1909, four hundred and eighty men went down into the mines as they had... Inspired by a refrain of her girlhood -- "Your grandfather survived the Cherry Mine disaster" -- Karen Tintori began a search for her family's role in...
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80,72 |
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Lost Car Companies of Detroit
ISBN: 9781540202857 / Angielski / Twarda / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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123,27 |
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It Happened in Minnesota, First Edition
ISBN: 9780762743322 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A fascinating collection of thirty compelling stories about events that shaped the North Star State, It Happened in Minnesota describes everything from harrowing shootouts with Sioux Indians to the mass execution of thirty-eight men, a bank robbery by Jes
A fascinating collection of thirty compelling stories about events that shaped the North Star State, It Happened in Minnesota describes everything fro...
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61,81 |
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Claiming the City
ISBN: 9780801439360 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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254,68 |
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Claiming the City: Politics, Faith, and the Power of Place in St. Paul
ISBN: 9780801488856 / Angielski / Miękka / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Are Minneapolis and St. Paul "Twin Cities" in proximity only? How can two cities, spoken of so often in one breath, differ so greatly in their histories and characteristics? Claiming the City traces the contours of St. Paul's "civic identity" to show how personal identities and political structures of power are fundamentally informed by the social geography of place. St. Paul proves a particularly fruitful site for such analysis because it has developed along a divergent path from that of Minneapolis, its sister city just across the Mississippi river. While Minneapolis in the last part of the...
Are Minneapolis and St. Paul "Twin Cities" in proximity only? How can two cities, spoken of so often in one breath, differ so greatly in their histori...
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141,98 |
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An Army of Women: Gender and Politics in Gilded Age Kansas
ISBN: 9780801863622 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Looking at both the private and public lives of women and men in rural and urban Kansas, Michael Lewis Goldberg offers sweeping evidence of the role gender played in influencing Gilded Age politics. In An Army of Women, he analyzes how political activists in the Populist Party and the Woman Movement sought to create a role for women while retaining the support of men. When these activists employed the often slippery symbols of masculinity and femininity, they found that gendered meanings often changed with the shifting political context. Their ideas and assumptions about gender... Looking at both the private and public lives of women and men in rural and urban Kansas, Michael Lewis Goldberg offers sweeping evidence of the rol... |
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168,87 |
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America's Original GI Town: Park Forest, Illinois
ISBN: 9780801877520 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the close of World War II, Americans became increasingly concerned about the problem of housing for returning veterans, relocated defense workers, and their families. Designs such as the garden city that dated from the turn of the twentieth century or earlier were prominent once again, as planners saw a renewed need for ready-made communities. One such community--among the first and, perhaps, most representative--was Park Forest, Illinois, a privately built and publicly managed town twenty-six miles south of Chicago. In this book, Gregory Randall presents the history of the... At the close of World War II, Americans became increasingly concerned about the problem of housing for returning veterans, relocated defense worker... |
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139,20 |
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Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State
ISBN: 9780802870551 / Angielski / Miękka / 781 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines Michigan's colorful history from 1980 to 1994. George May has used the large body of new studies that have appeared in recent years to expand and improve the book's coverage of Indians, African Americans, various ethnic groups, recent political developments, labor and business, and numerous other topics.
This book examines Michigan's colorful history from 1980 to 1994. George May has used the large body of new studies that have appeared in recent years...
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177,22 |
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Flood Stage and Rising
ISBN: 9780803246782 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What could be safer than Grand Forks, North Dakota, settled on the vast, flat plain of the Red River? There d be no danger unless the whole town went under water. But in April 1997 that is precisely what happened. Flood Stage and Rising tells the story of that month-long disaster from the point of view of one who lived through it fighting the flood shoulder-to-shoulder with her neighbors, watching in horror as the water breaks the dikes, fleeing the city only to see, via newscasts, her town burst into flames at the height of the flood and finally working to put her own and Grand Fork s...
What could be safer than Grand Forks, North Dakota, settled on the vast, flat plain of the Red River? There d be no danger unless the whole town went ...
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96,15 |
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Love Song to the Plains
ISBN: 9780803251724 / Angielski / Miękka / 305 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Love Song to the Plains is a lyric salute to the earth and sky and people who made the history of the Great Plains by the region's incomparable historian, Mari Sandoz. It is a story of men and women of many hues-courageous, violent, indomitable, foolish-their legends, failures, and achievements: of explorers and fur trappers and missionaries; of soldiers and army posts and Indian fighting; of California-bound emigrants who stopped off to become settlers; of cattlemen and bad men, boomers and land speculators, and their feuds and rivalries. Above all, this is a portrait of the true Plainsman,...
Love Song to the Plains is a lyric salute to the earth and sky and people who made the history of the Great Plains by the region's incomparable histor...
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115,61 |
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Forts of the Upper Missouri
ISBN: 9780803257627 / Angielski / Miękka / 355 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book brings to life one of the most exciting eras in American history. In late 1819 Colonel Henry Atkinson led an expedition to explore the wilderness of the Upper Missouri and establish sites for a string of military posts, which would extend successful contacts with the Indians as well as exploit trade with British companies. The result of his efforts was a fort system which played a dramatic and significant role in the opening of the territories of the upper plains and the Rockies. Robert G. Athearn was a leading authority on the history of the Northern Plains and the Rocky...
This book brings to life one of the most exciting eras in American history. In late 1819 Colonel Henry Atkinson led an expedition to explore the wilde...
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115,42 |
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A Stronger Kinship: One Town's Extraordinary Story of Hope and Faith
ISBN: 9780803260184 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the heartland of the United States 150 years ago, where racism and hatred were common, a community decided there could be a different America. Here schools and churches were completely integrated, blacks and whites intermarried, and power and wealth were shared by both races. But for this to happen, the town s citizens had to keep secrets, break the laws of the world outside, and sweep aside fear and embrace hope.In a historical-detective feat, Anna-Lisa Cox uncovers the heartening story of this community that took the road untaken. Beginning in the 1860s, the people of Covert, Michigan,...
In the heartland of the United States 150 years ago, where racism and hatred were common, a community decided there could be a different America. Here...
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84,59 |
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Nebraska Moments
ISBN: 9780803260399 / Angielski / Miękka / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nebraska author Mari Sandoz remarked that most people see Nebraska as that long flat state that sets between me and any place I want to go. If so, they re missing plenty, as this entertaining volume makes abundantly clear. Susan A. Wunder and John R. Wunder s new, expanded, and updated edition of Donald R. Hickey s classic account of defining Nebraska moments showcases triumph, tragedy, comedy, and accomplishments that could have happened nowhere else and that reveal the rich culture and history under the state s deceptively quiet surface.There are moments that shine surviving the Oregon and...
Nebraska author Mari Sandoz remarked that most people see Nebraska as that long flat state that sets between me and any place I want to go. If so, the...
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97,90 |
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Nebraska 1875: Its Advantages, Resources, and Drawbacks
ISBN: 9780803264687 / Angielski / Miękka / 438 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Europeans who considered emigrating to the American frontier in the nineteenth century could find little information about the real conditions they would face. And most of what was available the broadsides and advertisements of land companies, speculators, and promoters was highly suspect. Edwin A. Curley s 1875 account offered something different.
Edwin A. Curley was an English journalist writing for The Field: The Country Gentleman s Newspaper, a London weekly, at a time when the advice to migrating British farmers and farm laborers was that they would find their best chances in... Europeans who considered emigrating to the American frontier in the nineteenth century could find little information about the real conditions they wo...
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107,70 |
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Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State
ISBN: 9780803269187 / Angielski / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1939, Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State was collaboratively written by the Federal Writers Project (FWP). As part of the Works Project Administration, the FWP gathered together some of the best writers of the era. Collectively, they undertook a nationwide initiative to record information about America and create comprehensive guides to their respective states. The wonderful results were a well-written blend of travel guide, ethnography, local history, and cultural document. This guide to the Cornhusker State brought together Nebraska writers such as... First published in 1939, Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State was collaboratively written by the Federal Writers Project (FWP). As part... |
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83,21 |
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Nebraska: An Illustrated History
ISBN: 9780803280427 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A unique history of Nebraska is presented in these pages, drawing on fifty-eight short topical chapters and a rich gallery of illustrations. Professor Frederick C. Luebke s lifelong commitment to the study of his state informs the book in every detail, as does his concern for clear and readable narrative. The treasure trove of images, many never published before, cast new light on many aspects of Nebraska s history. These include the culture of the state s Native peoples and their lives today, the building of the transcontinental railroad, the hardship endured by European immigrants, and the...
A unique history of Nebraska is presented in these pages, drawing on fifty-eight short topical chapters and a rich gallery of illustrations. Professor...
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141,98 |
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Upper Peninsula Beer: A History of Brewing Above the Bridge
ISBN: 9781540210593 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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123,27 |
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Chicago Death Trap: The Iroquois Theatre Fire of 1903
ISBN: 9780809324903 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On the afternoon of December 30, 1903, during a sold-out matinee performance, a fire broke out in Chicago s Iroquois Theatre. In the short span of twenty minutes, more than six hundred people, two thirds of whom were women and children, were asphyxiated, burned, or trampled to death in a panicked mob s failed attempt to escape. A century after the firethe deadliest in American historyNat Brandt provides the only detailed chronicle of this horrific event to assess not only the titanic tragedy of the fire itself but also the municipal corruption and greed that kindled the flames beforehand and...
On the afternoon of December 30, 1903, during a sold-out matinee performance, a fire broke out in Chicago s Iroquois Theatre. In the short span of twe...
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102,81 |
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Kaskaskia Under the French Regime
ISBN: 9780809325368 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Illinois Habitant, writes Natalia Maree Belting, was a gay soul; he seemed shockingly carefree to later, self-righteous puritans from the American colonies. He danced on Sunday after mass, was passionately attached to faro and half a dozen other card games, and played billiards at all hours. He gossiped long over a friendly pipe and congenial mug of brandy in the half-dusk of his porch or in the noisy tavern. First published in 1948, "Kaskaskia under the French Regime" is a social and economic history of French Kaskaskia from 1703 to 1765. Using a readable, journalistic style, Belting...
The Illinois Habitant, writes Natalia Maree Belting, was a gay soul; he seemed shockingly carefree to later, self-righteous puritans from the American...
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88,11 |
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Soldiers Back Home: The American Legion in Illinois, 1919-1939
ISBN: 9780809325870 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This first political and social history of the American Legion in Illinois from its formation in 1919 to the onset of World War II focuses on the organization s influence on the two political parties and on public opinion at the state and local levels. Gauging the singular influence of the organization in a particularly turbulent time in Illinois and American history, Thomas B. Littlewood argues that the local orientation of individual posts was probably more important to most Legionnaires than the activities of the organization s national leaders. At the same time, he shows how the conflicts...
This first political and social history of the American Legion in Illinois from its formation in 1919 to the onset of World War II focuses on the orga...
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166,52 |
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