Author: Alan Axelrod
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 9781426202155
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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Offers profiles of the men and women, past and present, who have shaped American history, society, and culture, in a who's who of American politics, arts, science, religion, business, sports, and popular culture.
Author: Fred Marks
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780837970646
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Author: Robert A. Liston
Publisher: Doubleday Books
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Category : Big business
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Examines the control of power in the United States, how and where it is exercised and who is involved.
Author: Howard Zinn
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9780060528423
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 764
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Since its original landmark publication in 1980, A People's History of the United States has been chronicling American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official version of history taught in schools -- with its emphasis on great men in high places -- to focus on the street, the home, and the, workplace. Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of -- and in the words of -- America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. As historian Howard Zinn shows, many of our country's greatest battles -- the fights for a fair wage, an eight-hour workday, child-labor laws, health and safety standards, universal suffrage, women's rights, racial equality -- were carried out at the grassroots level, against bloody resistance. Covering Christopher Columbus's arrival through President Clinton's first term, A People's History of the United States, which was nominated for the American Book Award in 1981, features insightful analysis of the most important events in our history. Revised, updated, and featuring a new after, word by the author, this special twentieth anniversary edition continues Zinn's important contribution to a complete and balanced understanding of American history.
Author: G. William Domhoff
Publisher: Touchstone
ISBN:
Category : Elite (Social sciences)
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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The author is convinced that there is a ruling class in America today. He examines the American power structure as it has developed in the 1980s. He presents systematic, empirical evidence that a fixed group of privileged people dominates the American economy and government. The book demonstrates that an upper class comprising only one-half of one percent of the population occupies key positions within the corporate community. It shows how leaders within this "power elite" reach government and dominate it through processes of special-interest lobbying, policy planning and candidate selection. It is written not to promote any political ideology, but to analyze our society with accuracy.
Author: Russell Freedman
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ISBN: 9780439709996
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Short biographies of American personalities.
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Category : Big business
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Broadside advertising a 47-page booklet with the same title, which will be sold for 10 cents a copy.
Author: American Social History Project
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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Contains primary source material.
Author: Arnold Blumberg
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780988221017
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Languages : en
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