America Transformed: The Rise and Legacy of American Progressivism, Hardcover - Ronald J. Pestritto

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Presents US History from 1900 to 1945. This work features a historical narrative that looks at the period from the 1890s to 1945. It is a synthesis...

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Ten years after the landmark legislation, Ezekiel Emanuel leads a crowd of experts, policy-makers, doctors, and scholars as they evaluate the Affor...

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Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Emily J. LevineIllustration(s): 12 halftonesNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2021Dimensio...

How a controversy over a slain Mexican American soldier contributed to the rise of Mexican American activism.

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