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Schiff, Karenna Gore Lighting The Way: Nine Women Who Changed Modern America Miramax Books/Hyperion 2006 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1181805. ISBN #1401352189 / 9781401352189. (filed under: American History ) *
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Schiff, Karenna Gore Lighting The Way: Nine Women Who Changed Modern America Miramax Books/Hyperion 2006 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1181805. ISBN #1401352189 / 9781401352189. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In this highly readable, illuminating narrative that spans the twentieth century, Karenna Gore Schiff tells the remarkable stories of nine influential women who each in her own way tackled inequity and advocated a change. These women recognized our country wasn't living up to its promise and fought to alter it. The women she's selected are as varied as they are inspirational. Ida B. wells-Barnett, who was born a slave and fought against lynching; Mother Jones, an Irish immigrant who organized coal miners and campaigned against child labor; Alice Hamilton, who pushed for regulation of industrial toxins; Frances Perkins, who established our social secruity program; Virginia Durr, a high society Southern belle who fought the poll tax and segregation; Septima Clark, who helped to register black voters; Dolores Huerta, who organized farm workers; Dr. Helen Rodriguez-Trias, an activist for reproductive rights; and Gretchen Buchenholz, currently one of the nation's leading child advocates. Karenna Gore Schiff delivers an intimate and accessible account of the nine trail-blazing women who deserve not only to be honored but to have their example serve as a guiding light for activists and leaders of tomorrow.
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Schiff, Stacy A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, And The Birth Of America Henry Holt and Company 2005 hardcover. First Edition. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1204417. ISBN #0805066330 / 9780805066333. (keywords: FRANKLIN BENJAMIN 1706 1790 SCIENTISTS) (filed under: American History ) *
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Schlesinger, Andrew (Editor); Schlesinger, Stephen (Editor0 Letters Of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. 2013 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1129578. ISBN #0812993098 / 9780812993097. (filed under: American History ) *
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Schlesinger, Andrew (Editor); Schlesinger, Stephen (Editor0 Letters Of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. 2013 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1129578. ISBN #0812993098 / 9780812993097. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary This extraordinary collection gathers the never-before-seen correspondence of a true American original the acclaimed historian and lion of the liberal establishment, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. An advisor to presidents, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and tireless champion of progressive government, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., was also an inveterate letter writer. Indeed, the term man of letters could easily have been coined for Schlesinger, a faithful and prolific correspondent whose wide range of associates included powerful public officials, notable literary figures, prominent journalists, Hollywood celebrities, and distinguished fellow scholars. The Letters of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. reveals the late historian s unvarnished views on the great issues and personalities of his time, from the dawn of the Cold War to the aftermath of September 11. Here is Schlesinger s correspondence with such icons of American statecraft as Harry Truman, Adlai Stevenson, Hubert Humphrey, Henry Kissinger, Bill Clinton, and, of course, John and Robert Kennedy including a detailed critique of JFK s manuscript for Profiles in Courage . There are letters to friends and confidants such as Eleanor Roosevelt, John Kenneth Galbraith, Gore Vidal, William Styron, and Jacqueline Kennedy to whom Schlesinger sends his handwritten condolences in the hours after her husband s assassination , and exchanges with such unlikely pen pals as Groucho Marx, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Bianca Jagger. Finally, there are Schlesinger s many thoughtful replies to the inquiries of ordinary citizens, in which he offers his observations on influences, issues of the day, and the craft of writing history. Written with the range and insight that made Schlesinger an indispensable figure, these letters reflect the evolution of his thought and of American liberalism from the 1940s to the first decade of the new millennium. Whether he is arguing against the merits of preemptive war, advocating for a more forceful policy on civil rights, or simply explaining his preference in neckwear For sloppy eaters bow ties are a godsend , Schlesinger reveals himself as a formidable debater and consummate wit who reveled in rhetorical combat. To a detractor who accuses him of being a Communist sympathizer, he writes: If your letter was the product of sincere misunderstanding, the facts I have cited should relieve your mind. If not, I can only commend you to the nearest psychiatrist. Elsewhere, he castigates a future Speaker of the House, John Boehner, for misattributing quotations to Abraham Lincoln. Combining a political strategist s understanding of the present moment with a historian s awareness that the eyes of posterity were always watching him, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., helped shape the course of an era with these letters. This landmark collection frames the remarkable dynamism of the twentieth-century and ensures that Schlesinger s legacy will continue to influence this one. Praise for The Letters of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Schlesinger s political intelligence in his correspondence is excellent, the level of discourse and purpose high, the sense of responsibility as keen as the sense of fun. . . . The best letters and there are many come from the typewriter of the public Schlesinger, the fighting liberal, especially when he s jousting with a provocative antagonist. George Packer, The New York Times Book Review Arthur Schlesinger s letters are full of personal, political, and historical insights into the tumultuous events and enormous personalities that dominated the mid-twentieth century. President Bill Clinton
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Schlesinger, Arthur M. The Crisis of the Old Order: The Age of Roosevelt History Book Club by arrangement with Houghton Mifflin 2002 hardcover. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1191807. ISBN #0965381080 / 9780965381086. (filed under: American History ) *
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Schlesinger, Arthur M. The Crisis of the Old Order: The Age of Roosevelt History Book Club by arrangement with Houghton Mifflin 2002 hardcover. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1191807. ISBN #0965381080 / 9780965381086. (filed under: American History ) *
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Schlesinger, Arthur M. Jr. Coming of the New Deal: The Age of Roosevelt Heritage Press 1959 hardcover. Scratch on gilt head. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1149192. (filed under: American History ) *
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Schwain, Kristin Signs of Grace: Religion and American Art in the Gilded Age Cornell University Press 2007 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1105570. ISBN #0801445779 / 9780801445774. (filed under: American History ) *
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Schwain, Kristin Signs of Grace: Religion and American Art in the Gilded Age Cornell University Press 2007 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1105570. ISBN #0801445779 / 9780801445774. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Religious imagery was ubiquitous in late-nineteenth-century American life: department stores, schoolbooks, postcards, and popular magazines all featured elements of Christian visual culture. Such imagery was not limited to commercial and religious artifacts, however, for it also found its way into contemporary fine art. In Signs of Grace, Kristin Schwain looks anew at the explicitly religious work of four prominent artists in this period--Thomas Eakins, F. Holland Day, Abbott Handerson Thayer, and Henry Ossawa Tanner--and argues that art and religion performed analogous functions within American culture. Fully expressing the concerns and values of turn-of-the-century Americans, this artwork depicted religious figures and encouraged the beholders' communion with them. Describing how these artists drew on their religious beliefs and practices, as well as how beholders looked to art to provide a transcendent experience, Schwain explores how a modern conception of faith as an individual relationship with the divine facilitated this sanctified relationship between art and viewer. This stress on the interior and subjective experience of religion accentuated the artist's efforts to engage beholders personally with works of art; how better to fix the viewer's attention than to hold out the promise of salvation? Schwain shows that while these new visual practices emphasized individual encounters with art objects, they also carried profound social implications. By negotiating changes in religious belief--by aestheticizing faith in a new, particularly American manner--these practices contributed to evolving debates about art, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender.
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Schwartz, Seymour I. Cadwallader Colden: A Biography 2013 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1095040. ISBN #1616148535 / 9781616148539. (filed under: American History ) *
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Schwartz, Seymour I. Cadwallader Colden: A Biography 2013 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1095040. ISBN #1616148535 / 9781616148539. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The first complete biography of Cadwallader Colden 1688-1776 , the longest-serving Lieutenant Governor of New York and a brilliant intellectual, multifaceted colonial Renaissance man, and consummate royalist. This is the first complete biography of Cadwallader Colden 1688-1776 , one of the most accomplished intellectual and political figures in the American colonies before the Revolution. As the longest-serving Lieutenant Governor of New York he was intimately involved in the tumultuous political life of the times. His History of the Five Indian Nations 1727 was the first English history of the Iroquois and a popular book both in the colonies and in Europe. Colden was also a trained physician. Though he never practiced, he significantly improved the public health of the colony. Furthermore, he was an internationally recognized botanist, the author of the first scientific paper published in the colonies, and an accomplished cartographer who published the first map in the colony of New York. A prolific letter writer, Colden corresponded with many of the major intellectuals of his day, including Benjamin Franklin and Samuel Johnson. In addition, he wrote extensively on a wide range of topics, including philosophy, history, the natural sciences, and mathematics. Why has this distinguished individual fallen into obscurity? As an ardent royalist he was the most vilified of the colonial leaders and was even burned in effigy. This well-researched and long-overdue biography tells the fascinating story of this multifaceted colonial Renaissance man.
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Schweikart, Larry 7 Events That Made America America: And Proved That The Founding Fathers Were Right All Along 2010 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1084716. ISBN #1595230645 / 9781595230645. (filed under: American History ) *
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Schweikart, Larry 7 Events That Made America America: And Proved That The Founding Fathers Were Right All Along 2010 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1084716. ISBN #1595230645 / 9781595230645. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A conservative historian examines some of the pivotal, yet often ignored, moments that shaped our history All students of American history know the big events that dramatically shaped our country. The Civil War, Pearl Harbor, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and 9 11 are just a few. But there are other, less famous events that had an equally profound impact. Notable conservative historian Larry Schweikart takes an in- depth look at seven of these transformative moments and provides an analysis of how each of them spurred a trend that either confirmed or departed from the vision our Founding Fathers had for America. For instance, he shows how Martin Van Buren's creation of a national political party made it possible for Obama to get elected almost two centuries later and how Dwight Eisenhower's heart attack led to a war on red meat, during which the government took control over Americans' diets. In his easy-to-read yet informative style, Schweikart will not only educate but also surprise readers into reevaluating our history.
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Selby, John Road To Yorktown hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Book Club Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1081993. (keywords: POPCO) (filed under: American History ) *
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Sellers, Rod; Pacyga, Dominic A. Images Of America: Chicago's Southeast Side Arcadia 1998 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1187954. ISBN #0752413155 / 9780752413150. (filed under: American History ) *
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Sellers, Rod; Pacyga, Dominic A. Images Of America: Chicago's Southeast Side Arcadia 1998 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1187954. ISBN #0752413155 / 9780752413150. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Steel and the steel industry are the backbone of Chicago's southeast side, an often overlooked neighborhood with a rich ethnic heritage. Bolstered by the prosperous steel industry, the community attracted numerous, strong-willed people with a desire to work from distinct cultural backgrounds. In recent years, the vitality of the steel industry has diminished. Chicago's Southeast Side displays many rare and interesting pictures that capture the spirit of the community when the steel industry was a vibrant force. Although annexed in 1889 by the city of Chicago, the community has maintained its own identity through the years. In an attempt to remain connected to their homelands, many immigrants established businesses, churches, and organizations to ease their transition to a new and unfamiliar land. The southeast side had its own schools, shopping districts, and factories. As a result, it became a prosperous, yet separate, enclave within the city of Chicago.
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Sevareid, Eric In One Ear hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1138212. (filed under: American History ) *
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Shifflett, Crandall Victorian America: 1876 To 1913 (Almanacs Of American Life) Facts on File, Inc. 1996 hardcover. . Ex-Library Copy. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1143345. ISBN #0816025312 / 9780816025312. (filed under: American History ) *
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Shlaes, Amity Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression HarperCollinsPublishers 2007 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1186762. ISBN #0066211700 / 9780066211701. (filed under: American History ) *
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Shostak, Arthur Robust Unionism : Innovations In The Labor Movement ILR 1991 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1186113. ISBN #0875461700 / 9780875461700. (filed under: American History ) *
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Silver, Peter Our Savage Neighbors: How Indian War Transformed Early America W. W. Norton & Company 2008 hardcover. . Book Club Edition. Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1201720. ISBN #0393062481 / 9780393062489. (filed under: American History ) *
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Simon, James F. What Kind of Nation: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and the Epic Struggle to Create a United States Simon & Schuster 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1173016. ISBN #0684848708 / 9780684848709. (keywords: Politics, Government) (filed under: American History ) *
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Simon, James F. What Kind of Nation: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and the Epic Struggle to Create a United States Simon & Schuster 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1173016. ISBN #0684848708 / 9780684848709. (keywords: Politics, Government) (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary What Kind of Nation is a riveting account of the bitter and protracted struggle between two titans of the early republic over the power of the presidency and the independence of the judiciary. The clash between fellow Virginians and second cousins Thomas Jefferson and John Marshall remains the most decisive confrontation between a president and a chief justice in American history. Fought in private as well as in full public view, their struggle defined basic constitutional relationships in the early days of the republic and resonates still in debates over the role of the federal government vis- -vis the states and the authority of the Supreme Court to interpret laws. Jefferson was a strong advocate of states' rights who distrusted the power of the federal government. He believed that the Constitution defined federal authority narrowly and left most governmental powers to the states. He was suspicious of the Federalist-dominated Supreme Court, whose members he viewed as partisan promoters of their political views at the expense of Jefferson's Republicans. When he became president, Jefferson attempted to correct the Court's bias by appointing Republicans to the Court. He also supported an unsuccessful impeachment of Federalist Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase. Marshall believed in a strong federal government and was convinced that an independent judiciary offered the best protection for the Constitution and the nation. After he was appointed by Federalist President John Adams to be chief justice in 1801 only a few weeks before Jefferson succeeded Adams , he issued one far-reaching opinion after another. Beginning with the landmark decision Marbury v. Madison in 1803, and through many cases involving states' rights, impeachment, treason, and executive privilege, Marshall established the Court as the final arbiter of the Constitution and the authoritative voice for the constitutional supremacy of the federal government over the states. As Marshall's views prevailed, Jefferson became increasingly bitter, certain that the Court was suffocating the popular will. But Marshall's carefully reasoned rulings endowed the Court with constitutional authority even as they expanded the power of the federal government, paving the way for later Court decisions sanctioning many pivotal laws of the modern era, such as those of the New Deal, the Great Society, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In a fascinating description of the treason trial of Jefferson's former vice president, Aaron Burr, James F. Simon shows how Marshall rebuffed President Jefferson's claim of executive privilege. That decision served as precedent for a modern Supreme Court ruling rejecting President Nixon's claim that he did not have to hand over the Watergate tapes. More than 150 years after Jefferson's and Marshall's deaths, their words and achievements still reverberate in constitutional debate and political battle. What Kind of Nation is a dramatic rendering of a bitter struggle between two shrewd politicians and powerful statesmen that helped create a United States
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Simon, James F. What Kind Of Nation: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, And The Epic Struggle To Create a United States Simon & Schuster 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1174816. ISBN #0684848716 / 9780684848716. (filed under: American History ) *
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Simon, James F. What Kind Of Nation: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, And The Epic Struggle To Create a United States Simon & Schuster 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1174816. ISBN #0684848716 / 9780684848716. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The bitter and protracted struggle between President Thomas Jefferson and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall defined the basic constitutional relationship between the executive and judicial branches of government. More than one hundred fifty years later, their clashes still reverberate in constitutional debates and political battles. In this dramatic and fully accessible account of these titans of the early republic and their fiercely held ideas, James F. Simon brings to life the early history of the nation and sheds new light on the highly charged battle to balance the powers of the federal government and the rights of the states. A fascinating look at two of the nation's greatest statesmen and shrewdest politicians, What Kind of Nation presents a cogent, unbiased assessment of their lasting impact on American government.
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Sklar, Kathryn Kish Florence Kelley and the Nation's Work: The Rise of Women`s Political Culture, 1830-1900 Yale University Press 1997 paperback. 1995 printing. Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1130013. ISBN #0300072856 / 9780300072853. (filed under: American History ) *
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Sklar, Kathryn Kish Florence Kelley and the Nation's Work: The Rise of Women`s Political Culture, 1830-1900 Yale University Press 1997 paperback. 1995 printing. Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1130013. ISBN #0300072856 / 9780300072853. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary This masterful biography by one of America's foremost historians of women tells the story of Florence Kelley, a leading reformer in the Progressive Era. The book also serves as a political history of the United States during a period of transforming change when women worked to end the abuses of unregulated industrial capitalism. Kelley's story shows how changes in women's public culture combined with changes in men's public culture to produce results that neither could have achieved alone. In this volume, the first of two, Kathryn Kish Sklar explores the decades between 1830 and 1900, an era when women's organizations lent unprecedented power to their activism. After analyzing how earlier generations set the stage for women's centrality in the 1890s, she depicts the first forty years of Florence Kelley's life, telling of her childhood as a member of an elite Philadelphia family, her graduation from Cornell University in 1882, her immersion in European socialism, her search for a meaningful place within American political culture, and her rise to extraordinary public power in Chicago as a resident at Jane Addams's Hull House. Kelley's long career demonstrates that women's activism embodied the most deeply rooted characteristics of the American polity, particularly American traditions of voluntarism and limited government, the weakness of class as a vehicle for political mobilization, and the strength of gender. During the crisis-ridden years of massive immigration, industrialization, and urbanization between 1870 and 1900, Florence Kelley and other women offered an effective alternative to the male-dominated status quo.
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Smalldon, James E. Early American Newspapers; a Guide To Collecting Paper Americana Press 1964 paperback. DJ has been glued to inside of covers. Some wear from use. Good used book.. Ex-Library Copy. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Slight tears to jacket. Some Chipping. Book #or1202028. (filed under: American History ) *
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Smelser, Marshall Democratic Republic: 1801-1815 1992 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Underlining / Highlighing throughout. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1111763. ISBN #0881336688 / 9780881336689. (filed under: American History ) *
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Smelser, Marshall Democratic Republic: 1801-1815 1992 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Underlining / Highlighing throughout. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1111763. ISBN #0881336688 / 9780881336689. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Now available from Waveland Press, the author has skillfully organized the abundant learning of those who have authored so many specialized studies of the history of the United States from 1801 to 1815 in an interesting and accessible fashion. A combination of several monographs and documents and a sampling of earlier sources--press, polemics, reports, correspondence and memoirs--tell a coherent and illuminating story. The Thomas Jefferson portrayed in this text is no flaming radical, but instead a Whiggish moderate. Without overlooking his flaws, a sympathetic portrait is presented of the man who was more a friend to liberty than democracy and whose passion for peace provoked the contempt of Europe. James Madison is viewed as an adroit politician whose "constitutional republicanism" unfortunately hobbled his operations as a war president. In addition to these men, a whole cast of colorful individualists appears in these pages, from the deceitful Burr to the eccentric Randolph. The history of this period is examined in the disunity of the nation at the time of the War of 1812, the steps by which the nation was led into a European war and how, as a third-rate power fighting a naval colossus, the United States managed to avoid other than local disasters and emerge from the conflict with its independence vindicated and confirmed.
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Smith, Gene Shattered Dream; Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression hardcover. . Some underlining / highlighing but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1124466. (filed under: American History ) *
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Smith, Logan Pearsall (Editor) Philadelphia Quaker: Hannah Whitall Smith hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1002488. (filed under: American History ) *
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Smith, Robert Michael From Blackjacks to Briefcases: A History of Commercialized Strikebreaking and Unionbusting in the United States Ohio University Press 2003 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1182076. ISBN #0821414666 / 9780821414668. (filed under: American History ) *
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Sobel, Robert Great Bull Market: Wall Street in The 1920s 1968 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Underlining / Highlighing throughout. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1111904. ISBN #0393098176 / 9780393098174. (filed under: American History ) *
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Sobel, Robert Great Bull Market: Wall Street in The 1920s 1968 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Underlining / Highlighing throughout. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1111904. ISBN #0393098176 / 9780393098174. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Wall Street and the stock market were major symbols of the 1920s, and the great crash was considered the end of that era. It is surprising, therefore, that little intensive study has been given to the bull market of the period. Several books have been written on the crash itself but non before has dealt with events leading up to it. The era of the 1920s was one of economic growth, and not merely tinsel and ballyhoo. For most of the period, stock market prices were not unreasonably high and investment capitalism matured and took on its present-day power. It was Wall Street's silver age. It was also and age of time purchases and of buying stocks on margin; an age when both practices were abused, but when Wall Street was no worse than Main Street. It was a period when government would not take major steps to correct the abuses and excesses. The few decisions made by the Federal Reserve were neither timely nor wise. A head of steam was building up for which there was no safety valve. When the great crash came it was not directly followed by an economic collapse. During the next year, government and business did nothing of importance to prevent the depression, whose severity could not be attributed to Wall Street.
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