US Economic History – alle Bücher, CDs und LPs, Seite 4

Gerald van Dusen
Detroit's Lost Stove Industry

Casting a legacyLong before automobiles made Detroit the Motor City, the city boasted a flourishing and diverse industrial economy, albeit on a more modest scale. Among the myriad industries that defined …

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Michael Risku
Following the Fish

The first comprehensive history of commercial fishing and fishing settlements along Minnesota's North Shore shares new conclusions regarding the fishery from 1650 to the present day.North of Duluth, off o…

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Amy Gamerman
The Crazies

"Yellowstone meets Matlock" (Tom Clavin) in this dazzling tale of land lust and the American West, chronicling the rise and fall of a wind farm that triggers a 21st century range war between a s…

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Fred S Naiden
Railroaded

The New York City subway system stretches over 800 miles and carries billions of riders every day. While many have written about this legendary public transit system, a century of published books says …

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Martin Stupich
Ore and Empire

Photography and the history of extraction combine as Marty Stupich's extraordinary images map the 600 year oppression of the lands and people from the Mexican Conquest to the Guggenheims, from deep inside…

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Bob Wyss
Black Gold

"Black Gold provides an on-the-ground view of the extraordinary human toll of our country's determination to mine and burn coal as our primary source of energy and the avarice and greed of coal baron…

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Tim Stout,
History Comics: The Great Depression

Turn back the clock with History Comics! In this volume we explore the Great Depression, an era of economic turmoil, resilience, and innovation.In October 1929, a stock market crash in the United States c…

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Tim Stout,
History Comics: The Great Depression

Turn back the clock with History Comics! In this volume we explore the Great Depression, an era of economic turmoil, resilience, and innovation.In October 1929, a stock market crash in the United States c…

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Leigh Campbell-Hale
Remembering Ludlow but Forgetting the Columbine

Mining the American WestRemembering Ludlow but Forgetting the Columbine examines the causes, context, and legacies of the 1927 Columbine Massacre in relation to the history of labor organizing and coal mi…

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Franklin Foer
How Soccer Explains the World

"Step aside Tom Friedman, Sam Huntington, and Amy Chua. Franklin Foer's dark and witty tale of the soccer world reveals the meaning of globalization in all its joys and horrors."---Robert KaganJ…

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David Mcnally
Slavery and Capitalism

"With rich and well-chosen evidence, McNally establishes the ways in which the history of enslavement is best understood within Marxist categories. He writes of unspeakable exploitation and human dra…

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Julia Flint
We Were Promised

"Karen "Momma K" Gorrell did not consider herself to be an activist. But when those she cared about were wronged, she refused to remain silent. With the economy still reeling from the Great…

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Matthew Specktor
The Golden Hour

A personal and cultural exploration of the struggles between art and business at the heart of modern Hollywood, through the eyes of the talent that shaped itMatthew Specktor grew up in the film industry: …

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Roland Betancourt
Disneyland and the Rise of Automation

A history of the engineering marvels behind one of America's most innovative and beloved entertainment experiencesWhen Disneyland opened to the public in 1955, it demystified the hidden world of factory a…

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Matthew Specktor
The Golden Hour

"Matthew Specktor grew up in the film industry: the son of legendary CAA superagent Fred Specktor, his childhood was one where Beau Bridges came over for dinner, Martin Sheen's daughter was his close…

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David E Stuart
Ancient Women Gardeners

A wholly new perspective on the importance of gardens and agriculture on the Chacoan world, establishing the female dominated gardeners as the basis of Chacoan culture. Author David E. Stuart digs beyond …

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Mary Anne Trasciatti
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn is one of the most important figures in the history of American labor. This stirring biography traces her personal and political life, foregrounding her commitment to civil libertie…

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Ruth Braunstein
My Tax Dollars

"When the mundane reality of paying taxes takes on moral significance. In My Tax Dollars, Ruth Braunstein maps the contested moral landscape in which Americans experience and make sense of the tax sy…

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Amy O'Connor
The Mine Next Door

How do corporations decipher their responsibility to the community?

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Peter Simons
Global Heartland

"Complicating and expanding ideas of the farm industry's role in American history, Global Heartland shows how Midwestern farmers were at the center of the making of the American Century. Peter Simons…

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