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Portable Frederick Douglass(2016) DOUGLASS, FREDERICKThe life of Frederick Douglass is nothing less than the history of America in the 19th century from slavery to reconstruction. His influence was felt in the political sphere, major social movements, literary culture, and even international affairs. This iVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Light of Truth(2014) WELLS, IDAThrough brilliant social analysis, the author exposed lynching as part of a larger framework of subjugation in which white people used violence as a deliberate tactic to combat black economic progress in the southern USA. This book tells her story.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Necropolis(2022) OLIVARIUS, KATHRYNIn antebellum New Orleans, whites and Blacks died in droves from yellow fever. But the fortunes of survivors were less equal. Kathryn Olivarius explores the resulting framework of “immunocapital.” For whites, immunity signaled creditworthiness. For enslavVezava: Trda49,27 € -
Crack(2019) FARBER, DAVID (UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS)Crack tells the story of the young men who bet their lives on the rewards of selling 'rock' cocaine, the people who gave themselves over to the crack pipe, and the merciless authorities who incarcerated legions of African Americans caught in the crack cocVezava: Trda60,81 € -
We Ain’t What We Ought To Be(2011) TUCK, STEPHENTuck traces the black freedom struggle in all its diversity, from the first years of freedom during the Civil War to President Obama’s inauguration. We Ain’t What We Ought explores the dynamic relationships between those seeking new freedoms and those looVezava: Mehka42,91 € -
Last Second in Dallas(2021) THOMPSON, JOSIAHIn this follow-up to his critically acclaimed Six Seconds in Dallas, Josiah Thompson reveals major forensic discoveries since 2000 that overturn previously accepted ‘facts’ about the Kennedy assassination. Together they provide what no previous book on thVezava: Trda75,17 € -
Picturing Political Power(2021) LANGE, ALLISON KLange's examination of the fights that led to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 reveals the power of images to change history.Vezava: Mehka58,93 € -
History and Politics of Star Wars(2022) KEMPSHALL, CHRIS (UNIVERSITY OF EXETER, UK)This book provides the first detailed and comprehensive examination of all the materials making up the Star Wars franchise relating to the portrayal and representation of real-world history and politics.Vezava: Mehka76,02 € -
Cambridge Companion to American Catholicism(2021)The volume provides a broad overview of American Catholicism, in all its richness and diversity. Designed for classroom use and accessible to the general reader, it serves those looking to deepen their knowledge of US Catholicism from a historical and conVezava: Mehka53,22 € -
Crack(2022) FARBER, DAVID (UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS)Crack tells the story of the young men who bet their lives on the rewards of selling 'rock' cocaine, the people who gave themselves over to the crack pipe, and the merciless authorities who incarcerated legions of African Americans caught in the crack cocVezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Saints of Resistance(2021) LEE, CHRISTINA H. (PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE, PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY)Vezava: Trda139,21 € -
Book of Pride(2019) FUNK, MASONTHE BOOK OF PRIDE captures the true story of the gay rights movement from the 1960s to the present, through richly detailed, stunning interviews with the leaders, activists, and ordinary people who witnessed the movement and made it happen.Vezava: Mehka28,04 €
