Allen - 20th Century 1

"The account by Dickson and Allen recalls the subliminal force of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men with gaunt stories of character at the limits of dignity." ー Taylor Branch, New York Review of Books I……続きを見る

In Alabama Getaway Allen Tullos explores the recent history of one of the nation’s most conservative states to reveal its political imaginaryーthe public shape of power, popular imagery, and individ……続きを見る

James Smith Allen is Professor Emeritus of History at Southern Illinois University. His books include a translation of Éliane Brault’s In the Shadow of the Swastika: A Woman’s Perspective on Life in……続きを見る

Recounts Larry Hilton’s experiences as a Marine artilleryman facing constant danger in Vietnam. Vietnam Fire Mission reflects on Larry Hiton’s time in the U.S. Marine Corps, initially enlisting at 1……続きを見る

The last years of the twentieth century saw considerable changes to the railway scene in County Durham, including ECML electrification, the demise of the coal industry and the introduction of modern……続きを見る

The Hong Kong Cemetery in Happy Valley is home to over 470 graves connected to the city’s Japanese population. Most of these graves belong to individuals who died during the Meiji era (18681912), a ……続きを見る

As the editor of the Saturday Review for more than thirty years, Norman Cousins had a powerful platform from which to help shape American public debate during the height of the Cold War. Under Cousi……続きを見る

“Taken all together, Ginsberg’s poems are X-rays of a considerable part of American society during the last four decades.” ー The New Yorker This magnificent volume gathers the published verse of Al……続きを見る

Biographies of Working Men by Grant Allen is a compelling collection of life stories that celebrates the achievements, struggles, and perseverance of self-made individuals from humble beginnings. Fi……続きを見る

Biographies of Working Men by Grant Allen is a compelling collection of life stories that celebrates the achievements, struggles, and perseverance of self-made individuals from humble beginnings. Fi……続きを見る

Examines how four intellectuals with ties to the French social sciences articulated a new primitivist sensibility between 1945 and 1975. We tend to associate primitivism with the nostalgic idealizat……続きを見る

Mechanical Devices in the Home by Edith Louise Allen and Ida Jeanette Miller is a comprehensive exploration of the various mechanical inventions and appliances that revolutionized domestic life in t……続きを見る

First published in 1948, Lee Allen’s history of the Reds, like Franklin Lewis’s history of the Cleveland Indians, was originally published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons. Allen narrates the historic organiz……続きを見る

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Stories of war and conflict form the backbone of much of the Western literary canon, portraying a certain image of heroism, stoicism, and survival in the face of violence. War and Imagination challe……続きを見る

Historian Jesse F. Ballenger traces the emergence of senility as a cultural category from the late nineteenth century to the 1980s, a period in which Alzheimer's disease became increasingly associat……続きを見る

The first history of Spanish-language television in the United States In the most comprehensive history of Spanish-language television in the United States to date, Craig Allen traces the developmen……続きを見る

"This book is an attempt to tell, and in some measure to interpret, the story of what in the future may be considered a distinct era in American history: the eleven years between the end of the war ……続きを見る

During the Great Depression and into the war years, the Roosevelt administration sought to transform the political, institutional, and social contours of the United States. One result of the New Dea……続きを見る

Civil Rights and Beyond examines the dynamic relationships between African American and Latino/a activists in the United States from the 1930s to the present day. Building on recent scholarship, thi……続きを見る

In Atomic Testing in Mississippi, David Allen Burke illuminates the nearly forgotten history of America's only nuclear detonations east of the Mississippi River. The atomic tests, conducted in the m……続きを見る

Just before midnight on April 14, 1912, the ocean liner Titanic struck an iceberg. Less than three hours later, she lay at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, having taken with her more than 1,500 of ……続きを見る

The bombing of Pearl Harbor set off a chain of events that included the race to beat German scientists to build the atomic bomb. A tiny hamlet tucked away in the southern Appalachians proved an unli……続きを見る

What does a life of quiet leadership, unshakable integrity, and tireless advocacy really look like? William Allen Quinlan: His Life and Times paints an extraordinary portrait of a legal mind and mor……続きを見る

The history of Pan American Airways is, to a great degree, the story of international air transport and, within that, the flying-boat is one of the airliner’s most recognisable aircraft. The Pan Am ……続きを見る

This book explores the development and application of the law of treason in England across more than a thousand years, placing this legal history within a broader historical context. Describing many……続きを見る

**From the Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times–bestselling author, "an unsparing and sympathetic portrait of a newspaperwoman" set in the 1940s–1970s ( The Wall Street Journal). The riveting t……続きを見る

A "wonderfully written account of America in the '30s," the follow-up to Only Yesterday examines Black Tuesday through the end of the Depression ( The New York Times). Wall Street Journal Bestselle……続きを見る

A "stimulating" account of the capitalists who changed America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, setting the stage for the 1929 crash and Great Depression ( Kirkus Reviews). In the decades ……続きを見る

A history of roaring prosperityーand economic cataclysm: "The one account of America in the 1920s against which all others must be measured" ( The Washington Post). Beginning November 11, 1918, whe……続きを見る