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More than half of the profiles are of women, one fourth are of African-Americans, and Native Americans, Asian Americans, Latino and Chicano Americans are also represented.

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This book shows how a Jewish lawyer utilized his philosophy of prophetic Judaism (a belief in social justice) and his training as a lawyer to become the head of a trade union that formulated policies embodying these social beliefs, bringing many benefits to its members.

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A rare account by a woman and a Loyalist during the French and Patriot attack on British forces at Newport in September 1778.

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At the dawn of the nuclear age, strategist Bernard Brodie recognized our predicament when he said, Nuclear weapons exist and they are incredibly destructive.

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The first textbook to survey the white response to the US civil rights movement for more than thirty years.

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Nathaniel Philbrick, bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea, reveals the darker side of the Pilgrim fathers settlement in the New World, which ultimately erupted in bloody battle some fifty years after they first landed on American soil.

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This study examines the effects of McCarthyism and anti-communist investigations at the local level. The author uses the case of Mary Knowlesa librarian who was investigated in the 1950s for alleged communist sympathiesto analyze how communities, local officials, and ordinary people were impacted by the politics surrounding the Cold War.

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Using soldiers' memoirs, letters and diaries, as well as contemporary illustrations, the human ordeal of the battle of Gettysburg comes to life on the page. All of the units, important individuals, and actions of each engagement on the battlefield are described in a clear and concise narrative.

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The story of how the gigantic land of America acquired its unique shape across 3000 miles of territory, and how the largest land survey in history paved the way both for a colossal sale of property and for the embedding of democracy and the spirit of independence in the psyche of Americans.

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The 1960s and 1970s was a time of repression and a time of freedom, a time of ferment rarely seen before in this country. Social and political revolutions took place: Civil rights, women's liberation, protests against the irrelevancies of education and social norms, a counter-culture revolution on the part of young people.

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The 1960s and 1970s was a time of repression and a time of freedom, a time of ferment rarely seen before in this country. Social and political revolutions took place: Civil rights, women's liberation, protests against the irrelevancies of education and social norms, a counter-culture revolution on the part of young people.

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This book highlights indigenous American women throughout modern American history, countering past stereotypes by offering twenty original scholarly chapters featuring historical and biographical analyses of Native American women who excelled in education, health, medicine, and the arts.

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Examining the lives of officers' wives who lived on the western frontier, this study challenges the notion that the western Army garrison was a male-only environment and widens the definition of frontier women to include those who experienced the west from within garrison walls.

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This powerful text provides the first systematic analysis of the second wave of memory and justice mobilization throughout Latin America. Pairing clear explanations of concepts and debates with case studies, the book offers a unique opportunity for students to understand and interpret the history and politics of Latin American countries.

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This powerful text provides the first systematic analysis of the second wave of memory and justice mobilization throughout Latin America. Pairing clear explanations of concepts and debates with case studies, the book offers a unique opportunity for students to understand and interpret the history and politics of Latin American countries.

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The volume concludes with an analysis of the progressive impulse and contrasts progressive views with resurrected Gilded Age mythology, the new ideas of the 1980s.

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A study of the political development of the many factions that surfaced in Independent Mexico from the achievement of Independence in 1821 to General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna's last government in 1853-55.

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Details the history, evolution, and changing relationship between the armed forces and civilian leadership in Mexico in the second half of the 20th century. This work draws from published and unpublished sources, military websites, and material obtained through information requests made directly through the secretariat of national defense.