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| 81. |  | Title: A passion for polka: old-time ethnic music in America Author: Greene, Victor R Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: History | United States History | Music | American Studies | Ethnic Studies Publisher's Description: In this delightful and engaging book, Greene uncovers a wonderful corner of American social history as he traces the popularization of old-time ethnic music from the turn of the century to the 1960s.Not so long ago, songs by the Andrews Sisters and Lawrence Welk blasted from phonographs, lilted over . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 82. |  | Title: Protectors of privilege: red squads and police repression in urban America Author: Donner, Frank J Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: American Studies | United States History | Urban Studies | Public Policy | Sociology Publisher's Description: This landmark exposé of the dark history of repressive police operations in American cities offers a richly detailed account of police misconduct and violations of protected freedoms over the past century. In an incisive examination of undercover work in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelp . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 83. |  | Title: Environment and experience: settlement culture in nineteenth-century Oregon  Author: Boag, Peter G Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: History | United States History | Californian and Western History | Environmental Studies Publisher's Description: The pioneer battling with a hostile environment - whether it be arid land, drought, dust storms, dense forests, or harsh winters - is a staple of western American history. In this innovative, multi-disciplinary work, Peter Boag takes issue with the image of the settler against the frontier, arguing . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 84. |  | Title: Rebirth: Mexican Los Angeles from the great migration to the Great Depression Author: Monroy, Douglas Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: History | Latino Studies | United States History | California and the West Publisher's Description: This sweeping, vibrant narrative chronicles the history of the Mexican community in Los Angeles. Douglas Monroy unravels the dramatic, complex story of Mexican immigration to Los Angeles during the early decades of the twentieth century and shows how Mexican immigrants re-created their lives and the . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 85. |  | Title: The Free Speech Movement: reflections on Berkeley in the 1960s Author: Cohen, Robert 1955 May. 21- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: American Studies | Politics | Sociology | Gender Studies | United States History | Education Publisher's Description: This is the authoritative and long-awaited volume on Berkeley's celebrated Free Speech Movement (FSM) of 1964. Drawing from the experiences of many movement veterans, this collection of scholarly articles and personal memoirs illuminates in fresh ways one of the most important events in the recent h . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 86. |  | Title: Almost chosen people: oblique biographies in the American grain Author: Zuckerman, Michael 1939- Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: History | Politics | United States History | American Literature | American Studies Publisher's Description: Few historians are bold enough to go after America's sacred cows in their very own pastures. But Michael Zuckerman is no ordinary historian, and this collection of his essays is no ordinary book.In his effort to remake the meaning of the American tradition, Zuckerman takes the entire sweep of Americ . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 87. |  | Title: A river and its city: the nature of landscape in New Orleans Author: Kelman, Ari 1968- Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: History | United States History | Environmental Studies | Technology and Society Publisher's Description: This engaging environmental history explores the rise, fall, and rebirth of one of the nation's most important urban public landscapes, and more significantly, the role public spaces play in shaping people's relationships with the natural world. Ari Kelman focuses on the battles fought over New Orle . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 88. |  | Title: Before the nickelodeon: Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing Company Author: Musser, Charles Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Cinema and Performance Arts | Film | United States History | Popular Culture Publisher's Description: Musser takes us into the long-forgotten world of early cinema - unexpectedly sophisticated and yet radically different from current movie-making. Focusing on Edwin S. Porter, most often remembered as the producer of The Great Train Robbery , Musser situates Porter's achievements within the vibrant c . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 89. |  | Title: Driven into paradise: the musical migration from Nazi Germany to the United States Author: Brinkmann, Reinhold 1934- Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: Music | American Music | Composers | Musicology | European History | United States History Publisher's Description: The forced migration of artists and scholars from Nazi Germany is a compelling and often wrenching story. The story is twofold, of impoverishment for the countries the musicians left behind and enrichment for the United States. The latter is the focus of this eminent collection, which approaches the . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 90. |  | Title: William Faulkner and the tangible past: the architecture of Yoknapatawpha Author: Hines, Thomas S Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Architecture | Architectural History | Literature | American Literature | United States History Publisher's Description: The world of William Faulkner is seen from a new perspective in Thomas Hines's imaginative and many-faceted study. Hines assesses the impact of the built environment on Faulkner's consciousness and shows how the architecture of the writer's fictional county of Yoknapatawpha reflects the actual archi . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 91. |  | Title: Women of the Klan: racism and gender in the 1920s Author: Blee, Kathleen M Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: History | Sociology | Women's Studies | United States History | American Studies Publisher's Description: Ignorant. Brutal. Male. One of these stereotypes of the Ku Klux Klan offer a misleading picture. In Women of the Klan , sociologist Kathleen Blee unveils an accurate portrait of a racist movement that appealed to ordinary people throughout the country. In so doing, she dismantles the popular notion . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 92. |  | Title: The urban wilderness: a history of the American city Author: Warner, Sam Bass 1928- Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: Urban Studies | American Studies | United States History | Social Problems Publisher's Description: Sam Bass Warner, Jr., examines the historical roots of the major economic and social problems facing the U.S. in the 1990s. He documents the efforts, both failed and successful, to provide for basic human needs in the urban context, especially for decent housing and health care. For this edition, Wa . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 93. |  | Title: Blackface, white noise: Jewish immigrants in the Hollywood melting pot Author: Rogin, Michael 1937- Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: American Studies | Film | United States History | Jewish Studies | Popular Culture Publisher's Description: The tangled connections that have bound Jews to African Americans in popular culture and liberal politics are at the heart of Michael Rogin's arresting and unnerving book. Looking at films from Birth of a Nation to Forrest Gump , Rogin explores blackface in Hollywood films as an aperture to broader . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 94. |  | Title: Public lands and political meaning: ranchers, the government, and the property between them Author: Merrill, Karen R Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: History | Californian and Western History | United States History | Law Publisher's Description: The history of the American West is a history of struggles over land, and none has inspired so much passion and misunderstanding as the conflict between ranchers and the federal government over public grazing lands. Drawing upon neglected sources from organized ranchers, this is the first book to pr . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 95. |  | Title: Havana USA: Cuban exiles and Cuban Americans in South Florida, 1959-1994 Author: García, Maria Cristina 1960- Published: University of California Press, 1996 Subjects: History | United States History | Latin American History | Ethnic Studies | Latino Studies Publisher's Description: In the years since Fidel Castro came to power, the migration of close to one million Cubans to the United States continues to remain one of the most fascinating, unusual, and controversial movements in American history. María Cristina García - a Cuban refugee raised in Miami - has experienced firsth . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 96. |  | Title: Proof through the night: music and the great war Author: Watkins, Glenn 1927- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Music | Musicology | American Music | European History | United States History Publisher's Description: Carols floating across no-man's-land on Christmas Eve 1914; solemn choruses, marches, and popular songs responding to the call of propaganda ministries and war charities; opera, keyboard suites, ragtime, and concertos for the left hand - all provided testimony to the unique power of music to chronic . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 97. |  | Title: Technology as freedom: the New Deal and the electrical modernization of the American home Author: Tobey, Ronald C Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: History | American Studies | Technology and Society | United States History Publisher's Description: Before 1930, the domestic market for electrical appliances was segmented, but New Deal policies and programs created a true mass market, reshaping the electrical and housing markets and guiding them toward mandated social goals. The New Deal identified electrical refrigeration as a key technology to . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 98. |  | Title: Historical economics: art or science? Author: Kindleberger, Charles Poor 1910- Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Economics and Business | European History | United States History Publisher's Description: Charles P. Kindleberger's writing has ranged widely in the past, from international economics to such specialized topics as the Marshall Plan. In recent years, however, his perspective has shifted to one that tempers the rigidity of technical economics with the flexibility of the liberal arts. Histo . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 99. |  | Title: Framing American divorce: from the revolutionary generation to the Victorians Author: Basch, Norma Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: History | Law | United States History | Gender Studies | Victorian History Publisher's Description: Divorce has become one of the most widely discussed issues in America. In this innovative exploration of the phenomenon of divorce in American society, Norma Basch uses a variety of analytic perspectives to enrich our understanding of the meaning of divorce during the formative years of both the nat . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 100. |  | Title: Retelling U.S. religious history Author: Tweed, Thomas A Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Religion | United States History | Asian Studies | American Studies | Comparative Religions Publisher's Description: This collection marks a turning point in the study of the history of American religions. In challenging the dominant paradigm, Thomas A. Tweed and his coauthors propose nothing less than a reshaping of the way that American religious history is understood, studied, and taught.The range of these essa . . . [more] Similar Items |