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03406. THE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF BLACK AMERICANS 1865-1900. Good detailed examination of the kinds of economic choices (very limited) open to newly-freed Blacks, how white society combined to keep them on the lowest possible rung of the ladder. 11 pages, 16 footnotes, 7 bibliographic sources.
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$77
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03290. "THE GREAT PLAINS" BY WALTER PRESCOTT WEBB. Summary and review of this historical overview of the Great Plains, Indians, water, ranchers, and other topics including biography of the author. 4 pages, 0 footnotes, l bibliographic source.
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$28
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03216. POPULISM. The rise and decline of the Populist movement in the United States, beginning in the 1880s. It is argued that although the People's Party failed in the short run, it made an important contribution to the American reform tradition. 5 pages, 3 footnotes, 4 bibliographic sources.
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$35
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03194. FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT'S NEW DEAL. Sound overview of the New Deal, comparing POR to previous Presidents and emphasizing the innovative and unprecedented nature of his programs. 6 pages, 4 footnotes, 1 bibliographic source.
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$42
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03029. VICTORIA WOODHULL, FEMINIST. Very detailed biography of Victoria Woodhull, a mid-l9th Century spiritualist, feminist and hater of hypocrisy who was best known for her open advocacy of free love and her role in exposing high society hanky-panky in New York. 17 pages, 12 footnotes, 7 bibliographic sources.
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$119
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02405. THE NON-INTERVENTION COMMITTEE IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR. Basic overview of the Non;Intervention Committee ( diplomatic arrangement cooked up by France and Britain to put moral pressure on fascists aiding Franco); how and why it failed miserable in its stated goals. 9 pages, 15 footnotes, 8 bibliographic sources.
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$63
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02401. THE 1952 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. Basic overview of the 1952 campaign: Ike defeats Taft, Stevenson appears from nowhere, Nixon cries over Checkers, Ike wins election, country goes back to sleep. 7p., sf., lOb.
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$49
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02290. EDITORIAL REACTION TO THE SCOPES TRIAL. The question "What Is Truth?" is analyzed in terms of the range of editorial and journalistic interpretations of the Scopes Monkey Trial of the summer of 1925; the opposition of religious faith and evolutionary science is seen as secondary to the philosophical questions raised in people's minds. 8 pages, 5 footnotes, 4 bibliographic sources. Includes outline.
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$56
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02284. THE JAPANESE RELOCATION IN WORLD WAR TWO. Very good, thorough study of discrimination in California against Japanese leading up to internment of Japanese in World War II; includes the maneuverings of politicians, stories of life in the relocation camps. 17 pages, 33 footnotes, 27 bibliographic sources.
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$119
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02283. SOUTH OF FRANCE VS. ITALY: THE END RESULT OF THE UNDERBELLY THEORY. An excellent and very comprehensive analysis of the debates among the wwii allies over the feasibility of invading Nazi-occupied Europe from the south with considerable emphasis placed on elucidating the differences between English and American conceptions of the war. Thorough documentation and excellent readability make this more than an essay in military history. 31 pages, 68 footnotes, 7 bibliographic sources.
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$133
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02282. THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE ON WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE. A fascinating speech by speech account of the Congressional debate over women's voting rights which grew out of the debate to extend the vote to blacks in 1866 placed in the context of the situation of women and the suffrage movement at the time. 12 pages, 2 footnotes, 4 bibliographic sources.
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$84
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02258. A STUDY OF KENTUCKY. Well-done radical study of Kentucky as an underdeveloped region: how capitalists came through exploiting resources, hardships of coal-mining, hypocrisy of "war on poverty," all other aspects. 16 pages, 12 footnotes, 16 bibliographic sources.
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$112
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02248. WHY WAS FATHER COUGHLIN SO UNSUCCESSFUL POLITICALLY? Well-written study of America's first radio demagogue Father Coughlin and his attempt to drive Roosevelt out of the Presidency in 1936. Finds his own vicious namecalling turned people off. 7 pages, 26 footnotes, 10 bibliographic sources.
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$49
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02243. COMMUNISM AND THE BONUS ARMY. A very well-documented account which shows that while the Communist Party would have liked to gain leadership of the 1932 veterans bonus march, they were not able to and in fact despite some red-baiting many marchers were even hostile to communism. Contains a well-documented bibliographical essay. 8p., Of., lOb.
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$56
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02240. CHANGES IN AMERICAN ATTITUDES AND THOUGHT SINCE 1865. An impressionistic but solid account of changing attitudes toward such varying things as interior decoration, the concept of property and religion. Concludes that attitudes have changed from agrarian to industrial, and that such changes are revealed in people's activities. 7 pages, 17 footnotes, 13 bibliographic sources.
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$49
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02237. ANERICAN IMMIGRATION POLICY, ITS CAUSES AND EFFECTS, 1880-1917. Utilizing the Congressional Record as one source, this essay surveys the growth of a restrictionist attitude and policy toward immigration. The debate is placed in the context of the shifting pattern of immigration from northwest to southeast Europe as the source. 16p., 20f., llb.
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$112
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02236. A POLITICAL AND SOCIAL STUDY OF AMERICAN ANTI-TRUST LEGLSLATION IN THE 2OTH CENTURY. A very scholarly and well researched study of the Sherman, Clayton and other anti-trust laws in relation to the political context in which thcse were drafted. Attention is paid to Party platforns. llp., 16f., 8b.'
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$77
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02116. THE SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST ACT IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. A very thorough and well-written paper whicQ examines the Sherman anti-trust act in terms of the time it was passed (1890). The position of the trusts at that time, who Sherman was, passage of the act through Congress, early cases under the law, and also the complete text of the act and of a speech by Sherman defending it. 37 pages, 49 footnotes, 6 bibliographic sources.
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$133
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02106. THE CORNBELT REBELLION. Interesting history of Midwest farmers reaction to the Great Depression of the early 30's; good analysis of the movement in terms of Gurr's hypothesis of relative deprivation leading to popular outbursts. 14 pages, 16 footnotes, 6 bibliographic sources.
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$98
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02101. THE CHICAGO SANITARY AND SHIP CANAL. The building of the canal and the establishment of the Chicago Sanitary District are reviewed. The construction between 1892-1900, the dilution of waste, and the effect of lowering the Great Lakes and Lake Michigan are all looked at carefully, and charts and maps of the area and water resources. 1Op.; Of.; 2 maps.
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$70
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02070. BLACK MUSIC -- JAZZ. History of the development of jazz, in context of Black history as a whole; "'Black music has always been 'radical' in the context of formal American culture. "' 8 pages, 17 footnotes, 7 bibliographic sources.
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$56
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01961. THE COVERED WAGON. Good basic overview of the role of the covered wagon in American history; how these canvas campers made the settlement of the West possible. 5 pages, 3 footnotes, 3 bibliographic sources.
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$35
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01935. FACTORS IN THE RISING STANDARD OF LIVING IN THE UNTIED STATES, 1700-1860. Good study of the economic and social reasons that the U.S. enjoyed a rising standard of living even during its early history. Includes economic opportunity & new system of government, natural resources, scarcce labor, and export-led growth in the North. lOp., Of., Ob.
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01927. THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. A history of the diplomatic and military actions of the United States during Cuba's efforts to escape Spanish rule, and the ensuing war and American intervention for economic purposes. Other aspects of Imperialism and isolationism are considered during the last decade of the l9th century. 6 pages, 5 footnotes, 4 bibliographic sources.
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$42
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01926. WALTER LAFEBER: THE RADICAL HISTORIAN. Good laudatory discussion of Walter LaFeber, esp. his The New Empire on pre-1898 American expansionism; very good synpathetic representation of the aims of the so-called revisionist historians. 13 pages, 19 footnotes, 2 bibliographic sources.
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$91
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01890. ROOSEVELT AND WORLD WAR II BY DIVINE. Summary and review of this book on Roosevelt as a wartime leader; Divine takes a neutral course between hero-worship and total criticism. 3 pages, 4 footnotes, 3 bibliographic sources.
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$21
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01867. WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST'S STYLE OF JOURNALISM. Good expose of yellow journalism in action; not a complete biography, but focuses on how he used his father's money, a nose for scandal, and blatant exaggeration and distortion in order to build circulation. 12 pages, 7 footnotes, 4 bibliographic sources.
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$84
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01859. HISTORY OF THE BLACK SOLDIER IN THE UNITED STATES. Good survey of the experience of Blacks in American armies, from the Revolutionary War to Vietnam; very critical of low ratio of Black officers in modern army. Written before all volunteer army. 14 pages, 30 footnotes, 9 bibliographic sources.
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$98
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01841. THE PASSING OF THE NOOSE. Very complete history of lunching in the post-Civil War South. Includes psychology of lynching, statistics, and the long fight by the NAACP and others to end lynching. 30p., 21f., 52.
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$133
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01701. THE MAKING OF THE PRE8IDENT, 1968. A review of White's book on Nixon's first presidential victory. 4p., 7f., lb.
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01527. THE EFFECTS OF EARLY RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT IN THE U.S. Very good study of the economic effects of railroads. Good brief history of railroad building in 19th Century. Very good analysis of studies on railroad's effects on growth of the economy as a whole, through both direct and indirect effects (savings in transport demand for steel, etc.) Shows firm grasp of subject. 12 pages, 14 footnotes, 6 bibliographic sources.
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01504. EVACUATION AND SECURITY. A study of the evacuation and internment of the Japanese in the US during WW II It is compared to the treatment of the Cherokee Indians in the l9th century. 7p., Of., Ob.
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$49
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01338. THE RISE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Brief survey of the development of collective bargaining from 19th Century to the techniques of Lemeul Boulware, with reference to the development of liberal attitudes by corporations. 4 pages, 0 footnotes, 0 bibliographic sources.
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$28
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01307. ROBERT H. WEIBE, THE SEARCH FOR ORDER: A HISTORY OF INDUSTRIALIZATION. Industrialization divides society into two different classes; clearly Weibe admires the ruling class. Weibe's partisanship is contrasted with the pro-labor stance of Richard Boyer and Herbert Morais in Labor's Untold Story. Examples drawn from U.S. history. 8 pages, 21 footnotes, 3 bibliographic sources.
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$56
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01245. THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU AND RECONSTRUCTION. Good overview of the Freedmen's Bureau meant to help newly-freed slaves after the Civil War, how and why administrative errors and politics kept it from being truly helpful;, writer also compares the works of three authors on the subject. lOp., 12f., 3b.
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$70
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01121. THE PULLMAN STRIKE OF 1894. Thorough, balanced examination of the Pullman strike of 1894 (though sympathetic to the struggling workers). Does a very good job of understanding the psychosocial attitudes of each side, the reasons for the bitter passions and government intervention against the strikers. 10 pages, 2 footnotes, 3 bibliographic sources.
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$70
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01048. BANK REFORM AND THE FEDERAL RESERVE ACT OF 1913. Thorough study of the birth of the Fed; l9th Century conflicts between free banking and, need for regulation, Congressional steps towards bank reform in early 1900's, maneuvering leading to the Federal Reserve Act, how it works. 11 pages, 16 footnotes, 7 bibliographic sources.
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$77
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01025. ANERICAN SENTIMENTS FOR ANNEXATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1866-8. Very good historicsl survey and analysis of American desires for Canadian territory, focusing on the post-Civil War desire to annex British Columbia; American opinions pro and con fully analyzed, effects of Alaska purchase, the formation of Dominion of Canada. 16p., 31. 12b.
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$112
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00921. THOMAS NAST: HIS STRUGGLE AGAINST TWEED AND HIS PARTY SYMBOLS. An outline of the struggle of the famous political cartoonist's campaign against Boss Tweed's machine and his invention of the Donkey and Elephant symbols. 8 pages, 13 footnotes, 3 bibliographic sources.
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$56
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00913. AMERICAN IMPERIALISM: THE NEW MEXICAN CASE. Angry radical essay on how America stole half of Mexico in 1848, oppressed the Mexican occupants for a hundred years, and is now being confronted by Chicanos and other minorities in rebellion, as symbolized by Tijerina's courthouse raid. 14 pages, 20 footnotes, 11 bibliographic sources.
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$98
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00855. AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL CLIMATE: 1870-1917. Studies by Randolph Bourne, (War and the Intellectuals) and John Hope Franklin, (Three Negro Classics), are compared for their view of American society and the intellectual during this period. 4p., Of., 2b.
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$28
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00809. EISENHOWER IN WORLD WAR II. Good detailed study of Eisenhower's personality and policies as commander of Allied Armies, focusing on how his organizational abilities & lack of egotism brought success; also interesting concluding remarks on the horrors of war. 15 pages, 31 footnotes, 9 bibliographic sources.
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$105
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00671. HOW THE BLACKS WERE TREATED IN THE NEW DEAL. Survey of how the New Deal. programs affected Blacks; nothing was done specifically for Blacks, but economic recovery helped them somewhat. 4p., Of., Ob.
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00575. MEXICAN-AMERICANS AND THE GROWTH OF THE SOUTHWEST. Very good and complete survey of Mexican immigration into the U S. since 1848, use of Mexicans for farm labor, attitudes towards immigrants; also some standard comments on culture of barrios. Update to account for Carter immigration proposals and other recent developments would make this a superior study. 15 pages, 13 footnotes, 4 bibliographic sources.
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$105
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00563. THE ORIGINS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN. Good overview of the rise of the KKK in Reconstruction South, from Black viewpoint, how Blacks provided better government than usual during Reconstruction, how white psychological and other problems led to retribution. lOp., 3f., 6b.
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00514. THE INTERNMENT OF THE JAPANESE. A study of the internment of the Japanese in U.S. during WWII. It is highly negative and attacks the program as unjust and hypocritical -- in view of America's commitment to democratic ideals. 8 pages, 6 footnotes, 2 bibliographic sources.
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$56
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00297. VIOLENCE ON THE AMERICAN FRONTIER. Good study of violence in the American West in the cowboy era. How individualism, greed, racism, and vigilantism combined to create a dog-shoot-dog society. 8p., l3f., 4b.
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$56
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00246. GREAT BRITAIN AND TEXAS. Interesting study of the economic and political relations between Britain snd Texas at the time of Texan independence (1836-45). Includes Britain's economic interests in Texas, British and Texan attitudes to slavery, economic bases of the conflicts between Britain, Texas, Mexico and the U.S., very good summary of diplomatic maneuvering of the era. 22 pages, 17 footnotes, 4 bibliographic sources.
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$133
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00108. JIM CURLEY. Good account of the career of Janes M. Curley, political boss of the Irish in Boston in the first half of the 2Oth Century. 6 pages, 9 footnotes, 5 bibliographic sources.
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$42
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00102. J. P. MORGAN. Good biography of this fabled American financial genius, concentrates on his role in establishing U S. Steel, how he almost single-handedly stopped the Panic of 1907, his role as elder statesman of American business; sympathetic discussion of just how much and what sort of control he was able to exercise over the American economy. 17 pages, 12 footnotes, 18 bibliographic sources.
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53876. MATTHEW JOSEPHSON-THE ROBBER BARONS. A review of the classic study of the great American tycoons; treats the book in the contest of other historiography. Sp., 9f., 4b.
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53847. THE LUDLOW MASSACRE. Good exercise in American labor history, detailing the miner's strike in Colorado in 1913-14, and what happened when the National Guard marched on the miner's camp. 5 pages, 4 footnotes, 5 bibliographic sources.
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$35
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53826. THE LINDBERGH KIDNAPPING CASE. Good review of the basic facts about the most famous crime of the 1930's, the kidnapping of the baby of America's favorite pilot. lOp., 4f., Sb.
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53791A. THE AMERICAN INDIAN AND MANIFEST DESTINY. Basic overview of how the concept of manifest destiny in Anerican history has only been an excuse for genocide from the Indian point of view. 7 pages, 7 footnotes, 5 bibliographic sources.
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$49
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53513. THE SYMBOLISM OF THE SACCO-VANZETTI CASE. The trial and eventual execution of these two Italian-immigrant radicals was a cause celebre of the 1920's. Argues that their fate should be a lesson to those concerned with civil liberties and the toleration of dissent today. 6p., lOf., 4b.
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$42
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53481. THE INFLUENCE OF BARBED WIRE ON THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE FRONTIER. Very good argument for the concept that it was barbed wire that made possible the settlement of the Great Plains; reviews the necessity of fencing for farmers, the situation in the treeless, stoneless plains, the invention and spread of barbed wire, its importance in farmer-rancher conflicts. 1Op., 20f., 5b.
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53455. THE DEMISE OF THE RUEF-SCHMITZ MACHINE. Good account of the rise and fall of Boss Ruef, notorious mayor of San Francisco (in 1906, among other years); how the graft machine worked, how it was exposed, how the trials dragged into a confusing mass of charges and counter-charges, burying Ruef without raising faith in government. 9 pages, 16 footnotes, 5 bibliographic sources.
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$63
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53382. THE AUTO IN AMERICA. Complete, thorough overview of the history and role of the car in American life. Includes history, effects of the auto on the family, cars as necessities and luxuries in our cultural patterns, cars as sex and status symbols, cars in fiction and movies. Annotated bibliography. 42 pages, 68 footnotes, 18 bibliographic sources.
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$133
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53337. THE CULTURE OF THE MODOC INDIANS. This paper provides a complete summary of the culture of this California Indian tribe, including ecology, religion, the effect of contact with whites, and wars against other Indians and whites. KEYWORDS: native american history modoc indians pacific northwest california. Turabian with Bottom of Page Footnotes. 11 pages, 18 footnotes, 5 bibliographic sources.
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53048. THE USE OF THE MULE IN NEVADA. A history of the role of the mule as a beast of burden in the latter half of the nineteenth century in Nevada. Transportation uses in the railroading and mining industries are discussed, and the development of hauling operations and their final decline are detailed. 11p., 15f.,1lOb.
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52770B. SINCE YESTERDAY, BY FREDERICK ALLEN. A review of the noted historian's personal observations on the social, political and economic aspects of the 1930's, commenting on Allen's treatment of the recovery from the devastation of the Depression, favorably. 5 pages, 0 footnotes, 0 bibliographic sources.
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$35
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52517. HUGO BLACK. An analysis of the background and positions of Roosevelt's first appointee to the Supreme Court, with a discussion of his opinions on civil rights, free speech and other progressive causes. Particular attention is given to his roots in Southern politics and the Reconstruction era, and a brief biography of the man, with a note on his experience in the KKK, is included. 12 pages, 21 footnotes, 14 bibliographic sources.
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$84
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52464. THE SCOPES TRIAL. Basic overview of this famous 1920's Tennessee evolution trial, stressing the fact that alnost all the participants were looking for publicity for themselves or their cause. 8 pages, 13 footnotes, 5 bibliographic sources.
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$56
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52193. THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES IN RECONSTRUCTION. A fascinating account of what happened to the Gulf Coast Indian tribes who had allied with the Confederacy in the Civil War. The tribes were slave-holding and reconstruction became an excuse for their removal to the West, the famous "trail of tears." A good introduction. 10 pages, 12 footnotes, 3 bibliographic sources.
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52146. LIFE IN THE GOLD CAMP OF BODIE. An examination of the social history of the mining camp at Bodie, California, in the 1870's and 1880's, emphasizing the everyday life of the community. The change from a primitive camp to a bustling village with a newspaper and a red-light district is related, and the final demise as the mines played out is described. 16 pages, 32 footnotes, 5 bibliographic sources.
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$112
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51963. HUEY LONG: HIS WORKS AND LEGACY. Good analysis of this fascinating Southern demagogue of the 1930's; well-balanced accounting of his excesses and accomplishments, argues that he changed the style of Southern politics. 13 pages, 53 footnotes, 6 bibliographic sources.
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$91
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51559. THE ORDINARY MAN IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION. Impressions of what American life was like in the Great Depression, based on Studs Terkel's Hard Times. Sp., 2f., Ob.
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16108. THE PROGRESSIVE ERA. A survey of the history and political impact of the Progressive movement in America from roughly 1880 to 1920. Argues that too little attention bas been given by historians to the fact that it was a social movement. 7 pages, 15 footnotes, 6 bibliographic sources.
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$49
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16102. BLACKS DURING RECONSTRUCTION. This essay offers bitter criticism of the federal government's abandonment of the blacks after the Civil War; how the South rose again, and how ugly it was when seen from underneath. 4 pages, 11 footnotes, 6 bibliographic sources.
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