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The Catonsville Nine

A Story of Faith and Resistance in the Vietnam Era
Shawn Francis Peters
$34.95
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Hardback,  May 2012 ISBN13: 9780199827855ISBN10: 0199827850 The first full account of the Catonsville Nine's dramatic 1968 draft board raid to protest the Vietnam War and America's militaristic foreign policy
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The Promise of Preschool

From Head Start to Universal Pre-Kindergarten
Elizabeth Rose
$19.95
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Paperback,  Jun 2012 ISBN13: 9780199926459ISBN10: 019992645X Explores the roots of today's movement toward "preschool for all" by investigating past policy decisions about early childhood education
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A Grounded Identidad

Making New Lives in Chicago's Puerto Rican Neighborhoods
Merida M. Rua
$49.95
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Hardback,  Jun 2012 ISBN13: 9780199760268ISBN10: 0199760268 Presents a historical account of Puerto Rican communities in Chicago
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To Promote the General Welfare

The Case for Big Government
Steven Conn
$19.95
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Paperback,  Jul 2012 ISBN13: 9780199858552ISBN10: 0199858551 Leading scholars offer a spirited, historically grounded defense of the active role of government in American life
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To Promote the General Welfare

The Case for Big Government
Steven Conn
$74.00
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Hardback,  Jul 2012 ISBN13: 9780199858538ISBN10: 0199858535 Leading scholars offer a spirited, historically grounded defense of the active role of government in American life
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The Big Muddy

An Environmental History of the Mississippi and Its Peoples, from Hernando de Soto to Hurricane Katrina
Christopher Morris
$35.00
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Hardback,  Jul 2012 ISBN13: 9780195316919ISBN10: 0195316916 A landmark environmental history of the Mississippi, illuminating the disastrous impact of human exploitation of this invaluable region of the country
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Uncertain Empire

American History and the Idea of the Cold War
Joel Isaac, Duncan Bell
$29.95
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Paperback,  Aug 2012 ISBN13: 9780199826148ISBN10: 0199826145 Leading scholars debating the meaning of the cold war in provocative, interdisciplinary essays
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Uncertain Empire

American History and the Idea of the Cold War
Joel Isaac, Duncan Bell
$99.00
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Hardback,  Aug 2012 ISBN13: 9780199826124ISBN10: 0199826129 Leading scholars debating the meaning of the cold war in provocative, interdisciplinary essays
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A More Perfect Union

Holistic Worldviews and the Transformation of American Culture after World War II
Linda Sargent Wood
$24.95
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Paperback,  Aug 2012 ISBN13: 9780199922888ISBN10: 0199922888 The first book to recognize the connections between Rachel Carson, Buckminster Fuller, Martin Luther King, Jr., Abraham Maslow, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and the Esalen Institute and capture the central role that their holistic visions had in the transformation of postwar society
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The Invention of Brownstone Brooklyn

Gentrification and the Search for Authenticity in Postwar New York
Suleiman Osman
$21.95
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Paperback,  Aug 2012 ISBN13: 9780199930340ISBN10: 0199930341 A groundbreaking history of gentrification that locates the roots of urban revival in the movement for "authenticity" of the postwar era
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