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History, Am.: 20th C.



link to catalog page FONES-WOLF, Waves of Opposition

Waves of Opposition

Labor and the Struggle for Democratic Radio

Author: Elizabeth Fones-Wolf
Pub Date: October 2006

A riveting look at the rise of labor radio   learn more...

link to catalog page DONOVAN, White Slave Crusades

White Slave Crusades

Race, Gender, and Anti-vice Activism, 1887-1917

Author: Brian Donovan
Pub Date: December 2006

Forced prostitution, moralism, and the narratives of prejudice   learn more...

link to catalog page KLEINBERG, Widows and Orphans First

Widows and Orphans First

The Family Economy and Social Welfare Policy, 1880-1939

Author: S. J. Kleinberg
Pub Date: December 2006

The impact of surprisingly varied local attitudes towards widows and their children   learn more...

link to catalog page JELKS, African Americans in the Furniture City

African Americans in the Furniture City

The Struggle for Civil Rights in Grand Rapids

Author: Randal Maurice Jelks
Pub Date: March 2005

The formation of a northern African American community and its struggle for civil rights   learn more...

link to catalog page PERPENER, African-American Concert Dance

African-American Concert Dance

The Harlem Renaissance and Beyond

Author: John O. Perpener III
Pub Date: Cloth: ; Paper: 2005

Restores primary African-American dance pioneers to their proper place in the history of American Dance innovation   learn more...

link to catalog page COLBURN, African-American Mayors

African-American Mayors

Race, Politics, and the American City

Author: Edited by David R. Colburn and Jeffrey S. Adler
Pub Date: Cloth: ; Paper: 2005

How African-American mayors of major cities from Los Angeles to New York and Detroit to New Orleans met the post-election challenges of decaying inner cities, white flight, entrenched local power structures, and multiple demands from their diverse constituencies.   learn more...

link to catalog page STANFIELD, Body and Soul

Body and Soul

Jazz and Blues in American Film, 1927-63

Author: Peter Stanfield
Pub Date: 2005

How the "dark continent" of blues and jazz provided Hollywood with a resonant resource to construct and negotiate the boundaries of American cultural identity   learn more...

link to catalog page TURNER, Caribbean Crusaders and the Harlem Renaissance Author: Joyce Moore Turner
Pub Date: October 2005

Artists, activists, and the development of international radicalism in Harlem   learn more...

link to catalog page BJELOPERA, City of Clerks

City of Clerks

Office and Sales Workers in Philadelphia, 1870-1920

Author: Jerome P. Bjelopera
Pub Date: May 2005

A new class of workers in the city   learn more...

link to catalog page NAISON, Communists in Harlem during the Depression Author: Mark Naison
Pub Date: 2005

The origins and impact of America's black Left   learn more...

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