Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1620
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Report
Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1620
Book Description
Congress and the Courts
Author: Court Interpreters Act
Author: United StatesThe Army Air Forces in World War II: Plans and early operations, January 1939 to August 1942
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
Hard Times
Author: Studs TerkelPublisher: New Press/ORIM
ISBN: 1595587608
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 641
Book Description
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Good War: A masterpiece of modern journalism and “a huge anthem in praise of the American spirit” (Saturday Review). In this “invaluable record” of one of the most dramatic periods in modern American history, Studs Terkel recaptures the Great Depression of the 1930s in all its complexity. Featuring a mosaic of memories from politicians, businessmen, artists, striking workers, and Okies, from those who were just kids to those who remember losing a fortune, Hard Times is not only a gold mine of information but a fascinating interplay of memory and fact, revealing how the 1929 stock market crash and its repercussions radically changed the lives of a generation. The voices that speak from the pages of this unique book are as timeless as the lessons they impart (The New York Times). “Hard Times doesn’t ‘render’ the time of the depression—it is that time, its lingo, mood, its tragic and hilarious stories.” —Arthur Miller “Wonderful! The American memory, the American way, the American voice. It will resurrect your faith in all of us to read this book.” —Newsweek “Open Studs Terkel’s book to almost any page and rich memories spill out . . . Read a page, any page. Then try to stop.” —The National Observer
US Army Order of Battle, 1919-1941: The services : air service, engineers, and special troops, 1919-41
Author: Steven E. ClayRevolt of the Rednecks
Author: Albert D. KirwanPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813150736
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
In post-Civil War years agriculture in Mississippi, as elsewhere, was in a depressed condition. The price of cotton steadily declined, and the farmer was hard put to meet the payments on his mortgage. At the same time the corporate and banking interests of the state seemed to prosper. There were reasons for this beyond the ken of the poor hill farmer—the redneck, as he was popularly termed. But the redneck came to regard this situation—chronic depression for him while his mercantile neighbor prospered—as a conspiracy against him, a conspiracy which was aided and abetted by the leaders of his party. Revolt of the Rednecks: Mississippi Politics 1876–1925 is a study of the struggle of the redneck to gain control of the Democratic Party in orger to effect reforms which would improve his lot. He was to be led into many bypaths and sluggish streams before he was to realize his aim in the election of Vardaman to the governorship in 1903. For almost two decades thereafter the rednecks were to hold undisputed control of the state government. The period was marked by many reforms and by some improvement in the economic plight of the farmer—an improvement largely owing to factors which were uninfluenced by state politics. The period closes in 1925 with the repudiation and defeat at the polls of the farmers' trusted leaders, Vardaman and Bilbo.
The Doolittle Family in America
Author: William Frederick DoolittlePublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015736184
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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To Promote the Welfare of American Seamen
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and FisheriesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Merchant mariners
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Report of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board for the Year Ending ...
Author: United States. Federal Home Loan Bank BoardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description