President McKinley: Architect of the American Century, Hardcover

DescriptionIn 1941 the magazine publishing titan Henry R. Luce urged the nation's leaders to create an American Century. But in the post-World-War-...

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Reducere. How children and children's literature helped build America's empire America's empire was not made by adults alone. During the nineteenth and twent...

DescriptionNo nation was more deeply affected by America's rise to world power than Japan. President Franklin Roosevelt's uncompromising policy of ...

Reducere. A bestselling historian and political commentator reconsiders McKinley's overshadowed legacyBy any serious measurement, bestselling historian Kevin...

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Reducere. DescriptionAndrew Bacevich is a leading American public intellectual, writing in the fields of culture and politics with particular attention to wa...

The rapid decline of the bastions of American power established over the twentieth century is the subject of this extensive historical analysis emp...

A prodigiously researched biography of Vannevar Bush, one of America's most awe-inspiring polymaths and the secret force behind the biggest technol...

Reducere. What did Alexander Hamilton ever do besides get shot in a duel by Aaron Burr? When it comes to the American government, the answer is: practically ...

Winner of the 2019 Hitchens Prize "Portrays Holbrooke in all of his endearing and exasperating self-willed glory...Both a sweeping diplomatic histo...

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. From the rural backwater of Hartland, Connecticut, Asher Benjamin would rise to become one of the most important yet overlooked figures of American...

Tells a story of crazed road trips fuelled by bourbon and black acid, of insane judges and giant porcupines, of girls, guns, explosives and, of cou...

Understanding US culture through the post-apocalyptic novel This book explores the post-apocalyptic novel in American literature from the 1940s to ...

Reducere. Explore the Captivating Life of James MadisonJames Madison earned the title "Father of the Constitution." How did this man who was diminutive of st...

This volume describes the many ways presidential actions have affected the development of capitalism in the post-World War II era. Contributors sho...

Reducere. America's greatest president, who rose to power in the country's greatest hour of need and whose vision saw the United States through the Civil War...

Reducere. A leader of the Reconstruction era, whose contested election eerily parallels the election debacle of 2000 The disputed election of 1876 between Ru...

Reducere. A comprehensive account of the rise and fall of one of the major shapers of American foreign policyOn the eve of his inauguration as President, Woo...

Reducere. The controversial president whose time in office was defined by the September 11 attacks and the war on terrorGeorge W. Bush stirred powerful feeli...

Reducere. A revealing look at the true beginning of American politicsUntil recently rescued by David McCullough, John Adams has always been overshadowed by W...

Reducere. An American icon and hero faces a nation-and a world-in transitionA bona-fide American hero at the close of World War II, General Dwight Eisenhower...

Explore the Captivating Life of George WashingtonOne day at Mount Vernon, a young boy climbed into a window, fell, and hurt himself. George Washing...

Build, reinforce and revise the historical knowledge and exam skills required for WJEC AS/A-level History. Matched to the 2016 specification for Wa...

DescriptionThe shopping mall is both the most visible and the most contentious symbol of American prosperity. Despite their convenience, malls are ...

Reducere. Istv n Mesz ros's bold new study analyzes the historical choices facing us at the outset of the new millennium. Drawing on the theoretical argument...

Reducere. On October 3, 1807, Thomas Jefferson was contacted by an unknown traveler urgently pleading for a private "interview" with the President, promising...

Reducere. The story of a pivotal president who watched over our westward expansion and solidified the dream of Jacksonian democracyJames K. Polk was a shrewd...

Reducere. The scion of a political dynasty ushers in the era of big governmentPolitics was in Benjamin Harrison's blood. His great-grandfather signed the Dec...

Reducere. The first president born after America's independence ushers in a new era of no-holds-barred democracyThe first ``professional politician`` to beco...

Reducere. An intimate portrait of the first president of the 20th centuryThe American century opened with the election of that quintessentially American adve...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): David (Lecturer, University College Cork, Ireland) FitzgeraldIllustration(s): 13 bw illusNumber of p...

Reducere. A longitudinal study of race relations in a major southern city, Macon Black and White examines the ways white and black Maconites interacted over ...

Reducere. James P. Woodard's history of consumer capitalism in Brazil, today the world's fifth most populous country, is at once magisterial, intimate, and p...

Reducere. From the rural backwater of Hartland, Connecticut, Asher Benjamin would rise to become one of the most important yet overlooked figures of American...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Bill O'NeillWith: Dwayne WalkerDo you love American history? Do you enjoy learning about the US Presidents? If so, then thi...

Reducere. Most fort histories end when the military lowers the flag for the last time and the soldiers march out. In contrast, Fort Robinson--occupied and us...

Description"Eight years in the White House went by so fast. That's why I'm so grateful that Lawrence was there to capture them. I hope you enjoy hi...

DescriptionA US Naval Aviator's odyssey through pivotal moments in 20th-century history The rise of Adolf Hitler, America's Great Depression in the...

By the election year of 1844, Joseph Smith, the controversial founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had amassed a national fo...

By examining the studios and studio-houses used by British artists between 1900 and 1940, this book reveals the ways in which artists used architec...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Charles G. WormanThe gun, like the axe and the plow, was an essential tool in the exploration and settlement of the trans-M...

DescriptionThough few people have heard of A.D. Smith (1811-65), this nineteenth-century knight-errant left his mark on some of the key events of h...

Reducere. DescriptionHARRY TRUMANThis book covers the topic of Harry Truman, one of the most influential US Presidents in history. Truman was sworn in as the...

This book examines the thinking of early twentieth-century US foreign policy makers and their advisors, including business leaders and economists -...