Search Results - "the Great Depression"

Abraham Lincoln in the post-heroic era history and memory in late twentieth-century America / by Schwartz, Barry, 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Ascension : Lincoln in the Great Depression -- Apex : Lincoln in the Second World War -- Transition : Cold War, racial conflict, and contested images of Lincoln -- Transfiguration : civil rights movement, vanishing savior of the Union -- Erosion : fading prestige, benign ridicule -- Post-heroic era : acids of equality and the waning of greatness -- Inertia : the enduring Lincoln.…”
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Energy and the politics of the North Atlantic / by Gonzalez, George A., 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Energy and Europe -- The political economy of energy -- Urban sprawl in the U.S. and the creation of the Hitler regime -- Urban sprawl, the Great Depression, and the start of World War II -- The Cold War and U.S. oil policy -- Energy depletion and world politics -- Conclusion: oil depletion and the viability of the North Atlantic Alliance -- End notes -- Bibliography.…”
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Tungsten in peace and war, 1918-1946 / by Limbaugh, Ronald H.

Table of Contents: “…Steel alloys and the rise of modern industry -- Tungsten in World War I -- From Pacific Tungsten to Nevada-Massachusetts -- Tungsten and the Great Depression -- Mining and marketing during the New Deal -- Strategic metals at the start of World War II -- American wartime metal policy and practice -- Nevada-Massachusetts in World War II -- Epilogue.…”
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Energy and the politics of the North Atlantic / by Gonzalez, George A., 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Energy and Europe -- The political economy of energy -- Urban sprawl in the U.S. and the creation of the Hitler regime -- Urban sprawl, the Great Depression, and the start of World War II -- The Cold War and U.S. oil policy -- Energy depletion and world politics -- Conclusion: oil depletion and the viability of the North Atlantic Alliance -- End notes -- Bibliography.…”
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Tungsten in peace and war, 1918-1946 / by Limbaugh, Ronald H.

Table of Contents: “…Steel alloys and the rise of modern industry -- Tungsten in World War I -- From Pacific Tungsten to Nevada-Massachusetts -- Tungsten and the Great Depression -- Mining and marketing during the New Deal -- Strategic metals at the start of World War II -- American wartime metal policy and practice -- Nevada-Massachusetts in World War II -- Epilogue.…”
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Abraham Lincoln in the post-heroic era history and memory in late twentieth-century America / by Schwartz, Barry, 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Ascension : Lincoln in the Great Depression -- Apex : Lincoln in the Second World War -- Transition : Cold War, racial conflict, and contested images of Lincoln -- Transfiguration : civil rights movement, vanishing savior of the Union -- Erosion : fading prestige, benign ridicule -- Post-heroic era : acids of equality and the waning of greatness -- Inertia : the enduring Lincoln.…”
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Sweatshop the history of an American idea / by Hapke, Laura

Table of Contents: “…Narrating the shop -- A shop is not a home: dirt, ethnicity, and the sweatshop -- Surviving sites: sweatshops in the progressive era and beyond -- Newsreel of memory: the WPA sweatshop in the Great Depression -- The sweatshop returns: post-industrial art -- Spinning the shop -- Spinning the new shop: El Monte and the Smithsonian furor -- Nike's sweatshop quandary and the industrial sublime -- Watching out for the shop.…”
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Art deco San Francisco the architecture of Timothy Pflueger / by Poletti, Therese, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…Origins amid a devastated city -- An apprentice with a trace of genius -- From nickelodeons to movie palaces -- Skyscrapers for the Jazz Age -- Monument to the Crash -- Paradise found at the Paramount -- Finding work during the Great Depression -- Trials and tribulations: the Bay Bridge -- Cocktail lounges and a world's fair -- Feminine mystique -- Epilog: a legacy continues -- List of works.…”
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Art deco San Francisco the architecture of Timothy Pflueger / by Poletti, Therese, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…Origins amid a devastated city -- An apprentice with a trace of genius -- From nickelodeons to movie palaces -- Skyscrapers for the Jazz Age -- Monument to the Crash -- Paradise found at the Paramount -- Finding work during the Great Depression -- Trials and tribulations: the Bay Bridge -- Cocktail lounges and a world's fair -- Feminine mystique -- Epilog: a legacy continues -- List of works.…”
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Accounting fraud : maneuvering and manipulation, past and present / by Giroux, Gary A.

Table of Contents: “…Business and scandals before the Securities and Exchange Commission -- 3. Great Depression and reforms -- 4. War and post-World War II business and corruption -- 5. …”
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Sweatshop the history of an American idea / by Hapke, Laura

Table of Contents: “…Narrating the shop -- A shop is not a home: dirt, ethnicity, and the sweatshop -- Surviving sites: sweatshops in the progressive era and beyond -- Newsreel of memory: the WPA sweatshop in the Great Depression -- The sweatshop returns: post-industrial art -- Spinning the shop -- Spinning the new shop: El Monte and the Smithsonian furor -- Nike's sweatshop quandary and the industrial sublime -- Watching out for the shop.…”
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Accounting fraud : maneuvering and manipulation, past and present / by Giroux, Gary A.

Table of Contents: “…Business and scandals before the Securities and Exchange Commission -- 3. Great Depression and reforms -- 4. War and post-World War II business and corruption -- 5. …”
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The segregated origins of social security African Americans and the welfare state / by Poole, Mary, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…President, we are looking for something : African Americans, the Social Security Act, and the Great Depression -- The not-so-solid South : southern Democrats in Congress -- Colorblind public policy : the staff of the Committee on Economic Security -- Shaky ground : Black and interracial organizations -- Gender and the white united front : the women of the federal Children's Bureau -- Conclusion : those old discriminatory practices.…”
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Labor and employment issues

Table of Contents: “…The labor market during the Great Depression and the current recession -- Long-term unemployment -- How slower growth in the labor force could affect the return on capital -- Job loss and infrastructure job creation spending during the recession -- U.S. labor force statistics : illustrative simulations of the likely effects of underrepresenting unauthorized residents -- Unemployment and economic recovery -- Unemployment : issues and policies.…”
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Labor and employment issues

Table of Contents: “…The labor market during the Great Depression and the current recession -- Long-term unemployment -- How slower growth in the labor force could affect the return on capital -- Job loss and infrastructure job creation spending during the recession -- U.S. labor force statistics : illustrative simulations of the likely effects of underrepresenting unauthorized residents -- Unemployment and economic recovery -- Unemployment : issues and policies.…”
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The segregated origins of social security African Americans and the welfare state / by Poole, Mary, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…President, we are looking for something : African Americans, the Social Security Act, and the Great Depression -- The not-so-solid South : southern Democrats in Congress -- Colorblind public policy : the staff of the Committee on Economic Security -- Shaky ground : Black and interracial organizations -- Gender and the white united front : the women of the federal Children's Bureau -- Conclusion : those old discriminatory practices.…”
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Creating the Big Easy New Orleans and the emergence of modern tourism, 1918-1945 / by Stanonis, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph)

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the city of myths -- A city of destiny : New Orleans businessmen and modern tourism -- New era New Orleans : the Great Depression, taxation, and Robert Maestri -- A new Babylon : vice and gender in New Orleans -- French town : the reconstruction of the Vieux Carré -- A city that care forgot : the reinvention of New Orleans Mardi Gras -- Old New Orleans : race and tourism -- Epilogue : boomtown.…”
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The church & the land the National Catholic Rural Life Conference and American society, 1923-2007 / by Bovée, David S. (David Steven), 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Catholic rural America to 1920 -- O'Hara and the formation of the conference -- The Catholic rural population problem -- The Great Depression -- Programs to meet the crisis -- Inside the NCRLC -- Ligutti takes the helm -- The conference becomes international -- Helping developing countries -- The end of the Ligutti era -- Organizing for social involvement -- For the family farm in the age of agribusiness -- Fighting poverty -- Stewardship of the planet -- Catholic and American : the NCRLC over eight decades.…”
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Creating the Big Easy New Orleans and the emergence of modern tourism, 1918-1945 / by Stanonis, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph)

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the city of myths -- A city of destiny : New Orleans businessmen and modern tourism -- New era New Orleans : the Great Depression, taxation, and Robert Maestri -- A new Babylon : vice and gender in New Orleans -- French town : the reconstruction of the Vieux Carré -- A city that care forgot : the reinvention of New Orleans Mardi Gras -- Old New Orleans : race and tourism -- Epilogue : boomtown.…”
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The church & the land the National Catholic Rural Life Conference and American society, 1923-2007 / by Bovée, David S. (David Steven), 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Catholic rural America to 1920 -- O'Hara and the formation of the conference -- The Catholic rural population problem -- The Great Depression -- Programs to meet the crisis -- Inside the NCRLC -- Ligutti takes the helm -- The conference becomes international -- Helping developing countries -- The end of the Ligutti era -- Organizing for social involvement -- For the family farm in the age of agribusiness -- Fighting poverty -- Stewardship of the planet -- Catholic and American : the NCRLC over eight decades.…”
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