Hakutulokset: Kirjoja kirjailijalta W. J. Rorabaugh
yhteensä 15 hakutulosta
Prohibition: A Concise History
Although Americans have always been a hard-drinking people, voters used the democratic process to ban alcohol from 1920 to 1933. This bizarre episode, which uniquely involved two …
American Hippies
In the late 1960s and early 1970s hundreds of thousands of white middle-class American youths suddenly became hippies. This short overview of the hippie social movement in the …
Craft Apprentice
The apprentice system in colonial America began as a way for young men to learn valuable trade skills from experienced artisans and mechanics and soon flourished into a fascinating …
The Real Making of the President
When John Kennedy won the presidency in 1960, he also won the right to put his own spin on the victory - whether as an underdog's heroic triumph or a liberal crusader's overcoming …
Alcoholic Republic
Rorabaugh has written a well thought out and intriguing social history of Americas great alcoholic binge that occurred between 1790 and 1830, what he terms a key formative period …
American Hippies
In the late 1960s and early 1970s hundreds of thousands of white middle-class American youths suddenly became hippies. This short overview of the hippie social movement in the …
Berkeley at War
Berkeley, California stood at the center of the political, social, and cultural upheaval that made the 1960s a unique period in American history. In Berkeley at War, W.J. …
Real Making of the President
When John Kennedy won the presidency in 1960, he also won the right to put his own spin on the victorywhether as an underdog's heroic triumph or a liberal crusader's overcoming …
The Real Making of the President
When John Kennedy won the presidency in 1960, he also won the right to put his own spin on the victory—whether as an underdog’s heroic triumph or a liberal crusader’s overcoming …
Kennedy and the Promise of the Sixties
This volume explores life in America in the early 1960s when John Kennedy was President.
The Craft Apprentice
The apprentice system in colonial America began as a way for young men to learn valuable trade skills from experienced artisans and mechanics and soon flourished into a fascinating …