Mexican Americans & World War II, Paperback - Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez

Reducere. DescriptionUp to 750, 000 Mexican American men served in World War II, earning more Medals of Honor and other decorations in proportion to their nu...

Reducere. After World War II, Mexican American veterans returned home to lead the civil rights struggles of the fifties, sixties, and seventies. Many of thei...

Reducere. Twenty-five years after her passing, Audrey Hepburn remains the most beloved of all Hollywood stars, known as much for her role as UNICEF ambassado...

Uses photographs from British history that show us what life was like in the past

The untold story of Audrey Hepburn under fire in World War II.

Reducere. This anthology is the first sustained examination of American involvement in World War II through an environmental lens. World War II was a total a...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Aljean HarmetzCritically acclaimed when published in 1992 as Round Up the Usual Suspects, The Making of Casablanca offers t...

Reducere. When first published in 1995, this book was hailed as an absolutely indispensable contribution to the history of the Pacific War. Drawing heavily f...

Few American towns went untouched by World War II, even those in remote corners of the country. During that era, the federal government forever cha...

Reducere. On September 30, 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain flew back to London from his meeting in Munich with German Chancellor Adolf Hitle...

The collective consciousness of World War II revolved around the virtues of bravery, sacrifice, and commitment. Members of the "Greatest Generation...

Was World War II really such a "good war"? Popular memory insists that it was, in fact, "the best war ever." After all, we knew who the enemy was, ...

Reducere. Since ancient times, music has demonstrated the incomparable ability to touch and resonate with the human spirit as a tool for communication, emoti...

The 92nd Infantry (""Buffalo"") Division was the last segregated (all-black) US Army division and the only black division to fight in World War II ...

Reducere. Part of Hill and Wang's Critical Issues Series and well established on college reading lists, PRISONERS WITHOUT TRIAL presents a concise introducti...

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This book highlights the variety of literary, social, political and philosophical reverberations of the war in Scotland writing.Publisher: Edinburg...

To generate African American support for World War II, the government turned to mass media. Kathleen German delves into the dilemma of race and the...

Reducere. A Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the "Age of Neoslavery, " the American period following the Emancipation Proclamation in which convicts, mostly...

Reducere. For more than a decade, Paul Kitagaki Jr. has been reliving the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. More than 110, 000 ethnic ...

Reducere. This defining period in world history is explored and explained as never before. World War II is captured in hundreds of compelling images, present...

Reducere. In April of 1945, just before the end of the Second World War, Mexico sent an air contingent to fight shoulder-to-shoulder with the Allied Forces: ...

Reducere. Spy school, poison pens, exploding muffins, and Night Witches were all a part of World War II, but you won't learn that in your history books Crack...

Tony Robinson takes readers on a glorious gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining and disgu...

Publisher: Wildside PressAuthor(s): Francis A MarchIllustration(s): black & white illustrationsNumber of pages: 260Publication date: 2008Dimensions...

Reducere. Full-color series--six bios in one It takes more than one person to bring about change and innovation. Find out how key players from yesterday and ...

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Spain 1923-1948, Civil War & World War was originally published in England, 1948 to add context to the conduct of Spain under Franco during the Spa...

Reducere. Other Losses caused an international scandal when first published in 1989 by revealing that Allied Supreme Commander Dwight Eisenhower's policies c...

Reducere. Although Mitsi Kashino and her family are swept up in the wave of anti-Japanese sentiment following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Mitsi never expects...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. During World War II, unprecedented employment avenues opened up for women and minorities in U.S. defense industries at the same time that massive p...