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Did the New Deal represent the true American way or was it an aberration that would last only until the old order could reassert itself? This original and thoughtful study tells the story of the New Deal, explains its origins, and assesses its legacy. Alan Lawson explores how the circumstances of the Great Depression and the distinctive leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt combined to bring about unprecedented economic and policy reform. Challenging...
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David Chalmers's widely acclaimed overview of the 1960s describes how the civil rights movement touched off a growing challenge to traditional values and arrangements. Chalmers recounts the judicial revolution that set national standards for race, politics, policing, and privacy. He examines the long, losing war on poverty and the struggle between the media and the government over the war in Vietnam. He follows feminism's "second wave" and the emergence...
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Wonderscape Entertainment
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[2013]
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English
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The film emphasizes the Mission Control and spacecraft teamwork that overcame the life-or-death problems of Apollo 13, as well as the worldwide reaction to the crisis. It was a triumphant moment in time for NASA and America!
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Routledge
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2014.
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English
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"Rock and roll music evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and 1950s, as a combination of blues, country, jazz, and gospel music emerged into a new musical genre. The music intertwined with the social, political, and economic changes reshaping America and contributed to the rise of the youth culture that remains a potent cultural force today. A comprehensive understanding of post-World War II U.S. history would be incomplete without knowledge...
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[Publisher not identified]
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[2015]
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English
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Witness the early efforts of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) in the creation, development and introduction of the all-electronic TV system. Understand how science made television a working reality. See the first successful picture tube, the first experimental TV station, the problems of improving picture quality and reducing the size and cost of components at the transmitting and receiving ends, and the function of mobile units.
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[Publisher not identified]
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[2015]
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English
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This series explores the greatest achievements in American history in the context of the time period, incorporating archival footage that captures the monumental events of yesteryear. See Martin Luther King and other brave African-American citizens that fought for equal rights in this in-depth documentary, showing the civil rights movement in 1959 and 1960: sit-ins, marches, boycotts and rallies in Montgomery, Ala., Brooklyn, N.Y., and Washington,...
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An updated edition of the essential text from "a respected urban historian" (Annals of Iowa).
Throughout the twentieth century, the city was deemed a problematic space, one that Americans urgently needed to improve. Although cities from New York to Los Angeles served as grand monuments to wealth and enterprise, they also reflected the social and economic fragmentation of the nation. Race, ethnicity, and class splintered the metropolis both literally...
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