Author: Oscar Micheaux
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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The Forged Note
Author: Oscar Micheaux
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Publisher:
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Freedom's Forge
Author: Arthur Herman
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 0812982045
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SELECTED BY THE ECONOMIST AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR “A rambunctious book that is itself alive with the animal spirits of the marketplace.”—The Wall Street Journal Freedom’s Forge reveals how two extraordinary American businessmen—General Motors automobile magnate William “Big Bill” Knudsen and shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser—helped corral, cajole, and inspire business leaders across the country to mobilize the “arsenal of democracy” that propelled the Allies to victory in World War II. Drafting top talent from companies like Chrysler, Republic Steel, Boeing, Lockheed, GE, and Frigidaire, Knudsen and Kaiser turned auto plants into aircraft factories and civilian assembly lines into fountains of munitions. In four short years they transformed America’s army from a hollow shell into a truly global force, laying the foundations for the country’s rise as an economic as well as military superpower. Freedom’s Forge vividly re-creates American industry’s finest hour, when the nation’s business elites put aside their pursuit of profits and set about saving the world. Praise for Freedom’s Forge “A rarely told industrial saga, rich with particulars of the growing pains and eventual triumphs of American industry . . . Arthur Herman has set out to right an injustice: the loss, down history’s memory hole, of the epic achievements of American business in helping the United States and its allies win World War II.”—The New York Times Book Review “Magnificent . . . It’s not often that a historian comes up with a fresh approach to an absolutely critical element of the Allied victory in World War II, but Pulitzer finalist Herman . . . has done just that.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A compulsively readable tribute to ‘the miracle of mass production.’ ”—Publishers Weekly “The production statistics cited by Mr. Herman . . . astound.”—The Economist “[A] fantastic book.”—Forbes “Freedom’s Forge is the story of how the ingenuity and energy of the American private sector was turned loose to equip the finest military force on the face of the earth. In an era of gathering threats and shrinking defense budgets, it is a timely lesson told by one of the great historians of our time.”—Donald Rumsfeld
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 0812982045
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SELECTED BY THE ECONOMIST AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR “A rambunctious book that is itself alive with the animal spirits of the marketplace.”—The Wall Street Journal Freedom’s Forge reveals how two extraordinary American businessmen—General Motors automobile magnate William “Big Bill” Knudsen and shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser—helped corral, cajole, and inspire business leaders across the country to mobilize the “arsenal of democracy” that propelled the Allies to victory in World War II. Drafting top talent from companies like Chrysler, Republic Steel, Boeing, Lockheed, GE, and Frigidaire, Knudsen and Kaiser turned auto plants into aircraft factories and civilian assembly lines into fountains of munitions. In four short years they transformed America’s army from a hollow shell into a truly global force, laying the foundations for the country’s rise as an economic as well as military superpower. Freedom’s Forge vividly re-creates American industry’s finest hour, when the nation’s business elites put aside their pursuit of profits and set about saving the world. Praise for Freedom’s Forge “A rarely told industrial saga, rich with particulars of the growing pains and eventual triumphs of American industry . . . Arthur Herman has set out to right an injustice: the loss, down history’s memory hole, of the epic achievements of American business in helping the United States and its allies win World War II.”—The New York Times Book Review “Magnificent . . . It’s not often that a historian comes up with a fresh approach to an absolutely critical element of the Allied victory in World War II, but Pulitzer finalist Herman . . . has done just that.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A compulsively readable tribute to ‘the miracle of mass production.’ ”—Publishers Weekly “The production statistics cited by Mr. Herman . . . astound.”—The Economist “[A] fantastic book.”—Forbes “Freedom’s Forge is the story of how the ingenuity and energy of the American private sector was turned loose to equip the finest military force on the face of the earth. In an era of gathering threats and shrinking defense budgets, it is a timely lesson told by one of the great historians of our time.”—Donald Rumsfeld
A Practical Treatise on Bills of Exchange, Checks on Bankers, Promissory Notes, Bankers' Cash Notes and Bank Notes
Author: Joseph Chitty
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Category : Negotiable instruments
Languages : en
Pages : 1118
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Category : Negotiable instruments
Languages : en
Pages : 1118
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A Complete Practical Treatise on Criminal Procedure, Pleading, and Evidence, in Indictable Cases
Author: John Frederick Archbold
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Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 1284
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Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 1284
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A Century of Birmingham Life; Or, A Chronicle of Local Events, from 1741 to 1841
Author: John Alfred Langford
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Category : Birmingham (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 710
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Category : Birmingham (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 710
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The Pacific Reporter
Author:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1156
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1156
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The Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer
Author: Richard Burn
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Category : Justices of the peace
Languages : en
Pages : 1178
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Category : Justices of the peace
Languages : en
Pages : 1178
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"Cape Times" Law Reports
Author: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa). Supreme Court
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1252
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1252
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A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors
Author: William Oldnall Russell
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Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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A Treatise on the Law of Promissory Notes and Bills of Exchange
Author: Theophilus Parsons
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Category : Bills of exchange
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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Publisher:
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Category : Bills of exchange
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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