Hakutulokset: modern history
Etsimme kuitenkin kirjoja hakusanalla modern history , mikä antoiyhteensä 19 hakutulosta
Eight Hours for What We Will
In the first comprehensive study of American working-class recreation, Professor Rosenzweig takes us to the saloons, the ethnic and church picnics, the parks and playgrounds, the …
Police in Urban America, 1860–1920
Recent years have witnessed a growing interest in the social history of crime an-long a variety of disciplines. This book examines the rapid spread of uniformed police forces …
The Politics of Community
Before the Civil War, millions of migrants streamed westward into and through the Midwest, challenging the stability of the fledgling communities throughout that region. The …
Mammon and the Pursuit of Empire
Historians have so far made few attempts to assess directly the costs and benefits of Britain's investment in empire. This book presents answers to some of the key questions about …
The National Integration of Italian Return Migration, 1870–1929
This book examines return migration to Italy from the United States from 1870 to 1929. Many imigrants did not intend to settle permanently in the United States, but to make money …
The Emergence of the Middle Class
Of all the terms with which Americans define themselves as members of society, few are as elusive as ‘middle class’. This book traces the emergence of a recognizable and self-aware …
Cradle of the Middle Class
Examines the emergence of the privatized middle-class family with its sharp division of male and female roles.
From Peasants to Farmers
This book examines a trans-Atlantic chain migration from a Norwegian fjord district to settlements in the nineteenth-century rural Upper Middle West and considers the social and …
Mammon and the Pursuit of Empire Abridged Edition
Historians have so far made few attempts to assess directly the costs and benefits of Britain's investment in empire. This book presents answers to some of the key questions about …
Yankee Merchants and the Making of the Urban West
By the early 1850s, St. Louis was one of the fastest-growing cities in America. In this book, Jeffrey Adler analyzes the forces that determined the role of western cities in the …