Search Results - "American Civil War

Of times and race essays inspired by John F. Marszalek /

Table of Contents: “…Cheathem -- Patriots or traitors : unionists in Civil War Mississippi / Thomas D. Cockrell -- The African American experience in Louisiana's Lafourche Region during the Civil War / Stephen S. …”
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Jury discrimination the Supreme Court, public opinion, and a grassroots fight for racial equality in Mississippi / by Waldrep, Christopher, 1951-

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Black liberation in Kentucky : emancipation and freedom, 1862-1884 / by Howard, Victor B.

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The opinions of mankind racial issues, press, and propaganda in the Cold War / by Lentz, Richard, 1942-

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We shall overcome a history of civil rights and the law / by Tsesis, Alexander

Table of Contents: “…-- The controversy about slavery -- Sectional compromise and national conflict -- Reconstructing the American dream -- Unraveling constitutional reconstruction -- Political restrictions and developments -- Progressive transitions -- Rights in the regulatory state -- The war against tyranny -- Expanding civil rights -- The Warren court's achievements -- Sketches of the continuing legal effort.…”
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The Peninsula Campaign and the necessity of emancipation African Americans and the fight for freedom / by Brasher, Glenn David

“…United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, African American.…”
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Red apple : communism and McCarthyism in cold war New York / by Deery, Phillip

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NAACP youth and the fight for black freedom, 1936-1965 by Bynum, Thomas L.

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Seeking inalienable rights Texans and their quests for justice /

Table of Contents: “…Chrisman -- Elusive unity: African Americans, Mexican Americans, and civil rights in Houston / Brian D. …”
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At the precipice Americans north and south during the secession crisis / by Bowman, Shearer Davis

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Brownies and Kalashnikovs a Saudi woman's memoir of American Arabia and wartime Beirut / by Basrawi, Fadia

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Slavery, resistance, freedom

“…United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, African American.…”
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Highlights in the history of the American press a book of readings /

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Making sense of American liberalism

Table of Contents: “…Partners for progress: liberals and radicals in the long twentieth century / Doug Rossinow -- From popular front to liberalism: redefining the political in California in the post-World War II era / / Jonathan Bell -- Going beyond the New Deal: socialists and the democratic party in the 1970s / Timothy Stanley -- From friends to foes: George McGovern, Hubert Humphrey, and the fracture in American liberalism / Bruce Miroff -- New York liberalism and the fight against homelessness / Ella Howard -- Liberalism in the post-war city: public and private power in urban renewal / Lizabeth Cohen -- Albert Gore Sr.: liberalism and the South in the 1960s / Tony Badger -- Forgotten architects of the second reconstruction: Republicans and civil rights, 1945-1972 / Timothy N. …”
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American cinema and the southern imaginary

Table of Contents: “…Barker and Kathryn McKee -- Rereading the Hollywood South. The celluloid war before the birth: race and history in early American film / Robert Jackson -- Mammy's "mules" and the rules of marriage in Gone with the Wind / Riché Richardson -- Bodies and expectations: chain gang discipline / Leigh Anne Duck -- The postwar cinematic South: realism and the politics of liberal consensus / Chris Cagle -- A "professional southerner" in the Hollywood studio system: Lamar Trotti at work, 1934-1952 / Matthew H. …”
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Modern Arab American fiction a reader's guide / by Salaita, Steven, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Uses of the Lebanese Civil War in Arab American fiction: Etel Adnan, Rawi Hage, Patricia Sarrafian Ward -- Exploring Islam(s) in America: Mohja Kahf -- Sex, violence, and storytelling: Rabih Alameddine -- The eternity of immigration: Arab American short story collections (Joseph Geha, Frances Khirallah Noble, Evelyn Shakir, Susan Muaddi Darraj) -- Promised lands and unfulfilled promises: Laila Halaby -- Crescent moons, jazz music, and feral ethnicity: Diana Abu-Jaber -- From the Maghreb to the American mainstream: writers of North African origin (Anouar Majid, Laila Lalami, Samia Serageldin) -- Potpourri: Alicia Erian, Randa Jarrar, Susan Abulhawa.…”
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The Routledge history of American sexuality /

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First fruits of freedom the migration of former slaves and their search for equality in Worcester, Massachusetts, 1862-1900 / by Greenwood, Janette Thomas

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The encyclopedia of strikes in American history

Table of Contents: “…Silva -- Telegraph messenger strikes and their impact on telegraph unionization / Greg Downey -- Trolley wars / Scott Molloy -- Seafarers' strikes in American history / Nathan Lillie -- Longshoremen's strikes, 1900-1920 / Calvin Winslow -- Strikes on the port of New York 1945-1960 / William Mello -- Strikes in the U.S. airline industry, 1919-2004 / David J. …”
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Asian American studies now a critical reader /

Table of Contents: “…Chinese exclusion and the origins of American gatekeeping / Erika Lee -- Public health and the mapping of Chinatown / Nayan Shah -- The secret Munson Report / Michi Nishiura Weglyn -- Asian American struggles for civil, political, economic, and social rights / Sucheng Chan -- Out of the shadows: camptown women, military brides, and Korean (American) communities / Ji-Yeon Yuh -- The Cold War origins of the model minority myth / Robert G. …”
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