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History, Am.: 20th C.



link to catalog page VAPNEK, Breadwinners

Breadwinners

Working Women and Economic Independence, 1865-1920

Author: Lara Vapnek
Pub Date: December 2009

Recasting the meaning of women's work in the early fight for gender equality   learn more...

link to catalog page JOSEPHSON, Cafe Society

Cafe Society

The Wrong Place for the Right People

Author: Barney Josephson with Terry Trilling-Josephson
Pub Date: April 2009

The story of the night club impresario whose wildly successful interracial club, Cafe Society, changed the American artistic landscape forever   learn more...

link to catalog page FISET, Camp Harmony

Camp Harmony

Seattle's Japanese Americans and the Puyallup Assembly Center

Author: Louis Fiset
Pub Date: December 2009

A detailed portrait of one assembly center for Japanese American internees   learn more...

link to catalog page GRIEVE, The Federal Art Project and the Creation of Middlebrow Culture Author: Victoria Grieve
Pub Date: April 2009

Art for everyone--the Federal Art Project's drive for middlebrow visual culture and identity   learn more...

link to catalog page HUNTLEY, Foot Soldiers for Democracy

Foot Soldiers for Democracy

The Men, Women, and Children of the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement

Author: Edited by Horace Huntley and John W. McKerley
Pub Date: January 2009

Firsthand accounts from the Civil Rights Movement's frontlines   learn more...

link to catalog page SCHWOCH, Global TV

Global TV

New Media and the Cold War, 1946-69

Author: James Schwoch
Pub Date: January 2009

Exploring the relationship between the growth of global media and Cold War tensions and resolutions   learn more...

link to catalog page TAILLON, Good, Reliable, White Men

Good, Reliable, White Men

Railroad Brotherhoods, 1877-1917

Author: Paul Michel Taillon
Pub Date: January 2009

Railroad brotherhoods' dynamic impact on American labor relations and national politics   learn more...

link to catalog page CHMIELEWSKI, Jane Addams and the Practice of Democracy Author: Edited by Marilyn Fischer, Carol Nackenoff, and Wendy Chmielewski
Pub Date: February 2009

A fresh, interdisciplinary approach to Addams's thought on democracy, citizenship, and international peace   learn more...

link to catalog page JOSLIN, Jane Addams, a Writer's Life Author: Katherine Joslin
Pub Date: January 2009

The story of the literary woman behind the public figure   learn more...

link to catalog page CUTLER, The Jews of Chicago

The Jews of Chicago

From Shtetl to Suburb

Author: Irving Cutler
Pub Date: Cloth: 1996; Paper: 2009

The fascinating, fully illustrated story of Chicago's vibrant Jewish community   learn more...

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