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History of the Labor Movement in the United States History of the Labor Movement in the United States

Philip S. Foner

Издател: International Publishers

Volume One of Foner's massive history of American labor examines labor in colonial times and in the American Revolution, early trade unions and labor parties, the 10-hour movement, labor and the Civil War, the rise of the Knights of Labor, the depression of 1873-78 and the founding of the American Federation of Labor.

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In Search of the Common Good In Search of the Common Good

Charles J. Erasmus

Издател: The Free Press

An inquiry into man's capability for extended activities that work for the common good examines past and present, real and fictional, precapitalist, capitalist, socialist, and millennial communities

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Jews, God, and History Jews, God, and History

Max I. Dimont

Издател: Signet

Jews, God and History is a comprehensive account of the 4000-year history of the Jewish people, the origin of their faith and their journey from ancient Palestine to all corners of the world till the making of modern Israel. Max Dimont intertwines their history with that of the civilizations of the time, the Egyptians, Assyrians, Persians,

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Judgments on History and Historians  Judgments on History and Historians

Jacob Burckhardt

Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.

Renowned for his Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy and Reflections on History (published by Liberty Fund), Jacob Burckhardt (1818–1897) has well been described as "the most civilized historian of the nineteenth century." Judgments on History and Historians consists of records collected by Emil Dürr from Burckhardt's lecture notes for

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Lectures on the French Revolution Lectures on the French Revolution

John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

Издател: Liberty Fund

Delivered at Cambridge University between 1895 and 1899, Lectures on the French Revolution is a distinguished account of the entire epochal chapter in French experience by one of the most remarkable English historians of the nineteenth century. In contrast to Burke a century before, Acton leaves condemnation of the French Revolution to others. He

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Mao's Great Famine Mao's Great Famine

Frank Dikötter

Издател: Walker & Company

Between 1958 and 1962, China descended into hell. Mao Zedong threw his country into a frenzy with the Great Leap Forward, an attempt to catch up and overtake Britain in less than 15 years. The experiment ended in the greatest catastrophe the country had ever known, destroying tens of millions of lives. Access to Communist Party archives has long

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Modern Greece Modern Greece

C. M. Woodhouse

Издател: Faber and Faber

Acclaimed for its penetration, balance, and insight, Modern Greece tells the story of Greece and its people, from the founding of Constantinople to the eclipse of socialism in the late twentieth century. C. M. Woodhouse is uniquely qualified to write the history of Greece, having served there in the Allied military and the British embassy during

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NATO`s Empty Victory NATO`s Empty Victory

Ted Galen Carpenter

Издател: Cato Institute

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Natural Experiments of History Natural Experiments of History

Jared Diamond , James A. Robinson

Издател: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press

Some central questions in the natural and social sciences can't be answered by controlled laboratory experiments, often considered to be the hallmark of the scientific method. This impossibility holds for any science concerned with the past. In addition, many manipulative experiments, while possible, would be considered immoral or illegal. One has

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On China On China

Henry Kissinger

Издател: Allen Lane

Henry Kissinger is the famous American diplomat. His new book, On China, is a fine history of the “Central State” focusing on the late Qing and early Communist periods. On China is destined to be assigned reading in graduate schools for years, because of its fine application of “realist” thinking to the survival of a strong country facing

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