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The guarded gate: bigotry, eugenics, and the law that kept two generations of Jews, Italians, and other European immigrants out of America
First Scribner hardcover editionby Okrent, Daniel“...Eugenicist arguments ranking the presumed genetic virtue of various ethnic groups helped keep hundreds of thousands of Jews, Italians, and other unwanted...”
01.05.2019
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Ballot battles: the history of disputed elections in the United States
First issued as an Oxford University Press paperbackby Foley, Edward B“..."The 2000 presidential election, with its problems in Florida, was not the first major vote-counting controversy in the nation's history--nor the last. Ballot...”
2019
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by Stanger, Allison“...A magisterial exploration of whistleblowing in America, from the Revolutionary War to the Trump era. Misconduct by those in high places is always dangerous to...”
[2019]
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“..."The Oxford Handbook of US National Security frames the context, institutions, and processes the US government uses to advance national interests through...”
edited by Gvosdev, Nikolas K. ¬[Herausgeber] Reveron, Derek S. ¬[Herausgeber] Cloud, John ¬[Herausgeber]
[2018]
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by Eichhorn, Niels“...Introduction: The separatist Atlantic world -- The revolutions of 1830 -- 1848 in the North Atlantic revolutionary world -- European secessionist migration --...”
[2019]
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by Fosler-Lussier, Danielle“..."During the Cold War, thousands of musicians from the United States traveled the world under the sponsorship of the U.S. State Department's Cultural...”
[2015]
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by Cobbina, Jennifer E“...Understanding the explosive protests over police killings and the legacy of racismFollowing the high-profile deaths of eighteen-year-old Michael Brown in...”
[2019]
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“..."It's not just the bully in the schoolyard that we should be worried about. The one-on-one bullying that dominates the national conversation, this timely book...”
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by Lowry, Rich“...America the nation -- Love, not hate -- The smear against nationalism -- The exemplar of ancient Israel -- Our English forerunner -- A nation of settlers --...”
[2019]
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The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party's Revolution and the Battle over American History
STU - Student editionby Lepore, Jill“...Americans have always put the past to political ends. The Union laid claim to the Revolution--so did the Confederacy. Civil rights leaders said they were the...”
[2011]
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by Hochschild, Arlie Russell“..."In Strangers in Their Own Land, the renowned sociologist Arlie Hochschild embarks on a thought-provoking journey from her liberal hometown of Berkeley,...”
2016
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by Wortman, Marc“...Describes how Franklin D. Roosevelt quietly used his power and all the tools he had to assist Winston Churchill in fighting the Axis long before the United...”
[2016]
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by Mayer, Jane“...Why is America living in an age of profound economic inequality? Why, despite the desperate need to address climate change, have even modest environmental...”
2016
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by Abrajano, Marisa“...White Backlash provides an authoritative assessment of how immigration is reshaping the politics of the nation. Using an array of data and analysis, Marisa...”
[2015]
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by Karp, Matthew“...Introduction: The world the slaveholders craved -- Confronting the great apostle of emancipation -- The strongest naval power on earth -- A hemispheric defense...”
2016
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Power and willpower in the American future: why the United States is not destined to decline
1. publ.by Lieber, Robert J“..."To argue against the widely proclaimed idea of American decline might seem a lonely task. After all, the problems are real and serious. Yet if we take a...”
2012
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by Lunney, Glynn S. Jr“...Far more than 200 years, copyright in the United States has rested on a simple premise: more copyright will lead to more money for copyright owners, and more...”
2018
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by Blackmore, Tim“..."Gorgeous War argues that the Nazis used the swastika as part of a visually sophisticated propaganda program that was not only modernist but also the...”
[2019]
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by Shifrinson, Joshua R. Itzkowitz“...As a rising great power flexes its muscles on the political-military scene it must examine how to manage its relationships with states suffering from decline;...”
[2018]
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by Brands, Henry W“..."From master storyteller and historian H.W. Brands, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General...”
2016
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