Zbirka: Ameriška zgodovina
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Bring the War Home(2018) BELEW, KATHLEENThe white power movement has declared war against the United States and has carried out with military precision an escalating campaign of terror against the American public. Kathleen Belew gives the first full history of a movement that consolidated arounVezava: Trda40,86 € -
Patriarch(2015) NASAW, DAVIDExamines the life of Joseph P Kennedy, the founder of the twentieth century's most famous political dynasty. This book tells the story of a man who participated in the major events of his times: the booms and busts, the Depression and the New Deal, two woVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Structuring Poverty in the Windy City(2019) BLACK, JOEL E.The Great Chicago Fire in 1871 left tens of thousands without housing, food, fuel, or clothing. In the aftermath the mayor handed all relief duties to the commercial elite at the Chicago Relief and Aid Society. This was, as this study shows, a decision thVezava: Mehka62,64 € -
Encounters in the New World(2022) ALTIC, MIRELAAnalyzing more than one hundred and fifty historical maps, this book traces the Jesuits’ significant contributions to mapping and mapmaking from their arrival in the New World.Vezava: Trda98,44 € -
Illustrated Route 66 Historical Atlas(2020) HINCKLEY, JIMThis state-by-state atlas is fully illustrated and includes historic sites & points of interest along Route 66. Interest in it as a travel destination continues.Vezava: Mehka39,25 € -
Pulp Vietnam(2020) DADDIS, GREGORY A. (SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY)Pulp Vietnam argues that Cold War-era men's adventure magazines crafted a particular version of martial masculinity that shaped GIs' expectations and perceptions of war in Vietnam by idealizing wartime heroism and the sexual conquest of women.Vezava: Trda60,81 € -
Ding Dong! Avon Calling!(2021) MANKO, KATINA (INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR, INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR)This first history of Avon traces the direct sales company's growth from its earliest days into an international corporation that operates in more than 60 countries and has had more than 4 million female representatives.Vezava: Trda35,81 € -
Cotton Mather’s Spanish Lessons(2022) GRUESZ, KIRSTEN SILVAIn 1699, Cotton Mather authored the first Spanish-language text in the English New World: a religious tract aimed at evangelizing readers across the Spanish Americas. Kirsten Silva Gruesz uses Mather’s text to explore complex overlaps of race, ethnicity,Vezava: Trda49,27 € -
Crusaders, Gangsters, and Whiskey(2021) O'DANIEL, PATRICKBased on news reports and documents, O'Daniel's lively account distils long-forgotten gangsters, criminal organisations, and crusaders whose actions shaped the character of Memphis well into the twentieth century.Vezava: Mehka53,13 € -
AMARG: America's Strategic Military Aircraft Reserve(2022) DUNN, JIM,VERONICO, NICHOLAS AVezava: Mehka22,42 €
