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Manhattan Projects

The Rise and Fall of Urban Renewal in Cold War New York
$24.95
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Paperback Feb 2012 ISBN13: 9780199874057ISBN10: 0199874050 Focusing on four iconic "Manhattan projects"--the UN building, Stuyvesant Town, Lincoln Center, and public housing in East Harlem--Zipp fleshes out the conventional history of urban renewal
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Betting on the Africans

John F. Kennedy's Courting of African Nationalist Leaders
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Hardback Jan 2012 ISBN13: 9780195396096ISBN10: 019539609X
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Fog of War

The Second World War and the Civil Rights Movement
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Paperback Jan 2012 ISBN13: 9780195382402ISBN10: 0195382404
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Fog of War

The Second World War and the Civil Rights Movement
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Hardback Jan 2012 ISBN13: 9780195382419ISBN10: 0195382412
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The Cuban Revolution

Origins, Course, and Legacy
Third Edition
$35.95
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Paperback Dec 2011 ISBN13: 9780195367089ISBN10: 0195367081 Offers fresh insights into the successes and failures of the Cuban revolution
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Rule and Ruin

The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party
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Hardback Dec 2011 ISBN13: 9780199768400ISBN10: 0199768404 An insightful account of the long decline of Republican moderates, from the post-Eisenhower era to today's Tea Party ideologues
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The Anti-Intellectual Presidency

The Decline of Presidential Rhetoric from George Washington to George W. Bush
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Paperback Dec 2011 ISBN13: 9780199898091ISBN10: 019989809X Investigate this relentless qualitative decline, over the course of 200 years, in our presidents' ability to communicate with the public
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A History of Our Time

Readings on Postwar America
Eighth edition
$49.95
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Paperback Nov 2011 ISBN13: 9780199763641ISBN10: 019976364X This popular and comprehensive anthology presents cogent, provocative sources from differing perspectives on major issues in postwar America
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Singing Out

An Oral History of America's Folk Music Revivals
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Paperback Oct 2011 ISBN13: 9780199896561ISBN10: 0199896569 A fascinating oral history of the North American folk music revivals culled from more than 150 oral history interviews from 1976 to 2006, among them Charles Seeger, Pete Seeger, Bernice Reagon, and Arlo Guthrie.

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Erotic City

Sexual Revolutions and the Making of Modern San Francisco
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Paperback Sep 2011 ISBN13: 9780199874064ISBN10: 0199874069
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