In this section you can browse through the 394 books on various periods of American History that are on our shelves on January 21, 2008 in Walpole, New Hampshire. This American History section is separate from Americana or Western Americana or The States, which you may also wish to browse. Just make a note of the Order No(s) of the books you would like, and, you can order any of these titles at any time. Thank you for visiting, yours, RAY
1. THE AMERICAN ALMANAC AND REPOSITORY OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE FOR THE YEAR 1832 AND 1833 -- TWO VOLUMES BOUND IN ONE, Gray and Bowen, New York, 1832 / 1833, 312pp & 312pp, very good, 3/4 leather (hardcover), Exceptionally nice clean and tight volume and a handsome binding with compartments and raised bands. Spine labels read: AMERICAN ALMANAC and 1832-3., (Order No: 49481 ), $65.00
2. THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION CELEBRATION IN PENNSYLVANIA, 1937-1938, PA Constitution Commem. Comm, Philadelphia, PA, (1938), B&W illustrations, 398pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), "The following pages record the history of the activities of the Pennsylvania Constitution Commemoration Committee under the direction of its chairman, Mr. Albert M. Greenfield, appointed by Governor George H. Earle to arrange for a fitting celebration of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the formation of the United States Constitution.", (Order No: 17054 ), $7.50
3. JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES; THE FIRST SESSION OF THE 37TH CONGRESS - BEGUN JULY 4, 1861, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1861, 325pp, good+, full calf binding (hardcover), Full title reads: "Journal of the House of Representatives of the United State: Being the First Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, July 4, 1861, in the Eighty-Sixth Year of the Independence of the United States.", (Order No: 51985 ), $30.00
4. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES, International Labour Office, Geneva, 1934, 401pp, good+, dark green cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB w/minimal markings, Published in the United Kingdom for the International Labour Office (League of Nations), the purpose of this report is to give a descriptive analysis of the measures of social and economic reconstruction taken in the United States during the first critical fifteen months of the Roosevelt Administration., (Order No: 38085 ), $30.00
5. Aaron, Daniel, MEN OF GOOD HOPE: A STORY OF AMERICAN PROGRESSIVES, Oxford University Press, New York, 1951, 329pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), A revaluation of the progressive tradition including the reformers Emerson, Parker, George, Bellamy, Lloyd, Howells, Veblen, Adams and Roosevelt., (Order No: 37798 ), $4.00
6. Abbott, Shirley, THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, (1988), 422 ill. incl. 390 in color, 496pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0810913631 The National Museum of American History (formerly the National Museum of History and Technology)--part of the Smithsonian Institution--is one of the world's most exciting and most visited museums. Here in this Museum are the objects that are witnesses to our past and that make up the nation's memory., (Order No: 28651 ), $12.50
7. Adams, E. M. (editor), THE IDEA OF AMERICA: A REASSESSMENT OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT, Ballinger Publishing Company, Cambridge, MA, (1977), 230pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0884103617 In this book, some of America's most distinguished scholard and thinkers examine the idea of America in light of our two hundred years experience. Contributors include: E. M. Adams, Morton W. Bloomfield, Peter Gay, Henry S. Kariel, Seymour Martin Lipset, and Frederick A. Olafson., (Order No: 37154 ), $30.00
8. Albornoz, Miguel (translated from the Spanish by Bruce Boeglin), HERNANDO DE SOTO: KNIGHT OF THE AMERICAS, Franklin Watts, New York, 1986, B&W map, 389pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0531150062 The fascinating biography of Hernando De Soto, the chivalrous explorer who conquered Florida for the Spanish crown and discovered the mighty Mississippi River., (Order No: 21528 ), $15.00
9. Alden, John R., PIONEER AMERICA, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966 1st ed, 309pp, index, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "The epic story of American society from pre-Colonial times to the end of the Civil War is unfolded here in a swift and sweeping synthesis." From The History of Human Society series editied by J.H. Plumb., (Order No: 8448 ), $5.00
10. Allen, Ethan; Pell, John (introductory note by); Crawford, Will (illustrations by), A NARRATIVE OF COLONEL ETHAN ALLEN'S CAPTIVITY CONTAINING HIS VOYAGES & TRAVELS, The Fort Ticonderoga Museum, New York, 1930, B&W illustrations, 134pp, good, brown cloth spine (hardcover) many unopened pages, One of 540 copies. Contents include: Introductory Note; Preface to the Walpole, NH edition; Introduction by Ethan Allen; A Narrative, &c.; Bibliography: Writings of Ethan Allen; and, List of Editions of the Narrative., (Order No: 53377 ), $40.00
11. Allen, Frederick Lewis, THE BIG CHANGE: AMERICA TRANSFORMS ITSELF 1900-1950, Harper & Brothers, New York, (1952), 308pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "A new and hopeful kind of history - the story of how great changes in this country have affected every one of us.", (Order No: 19749 ), $2.50
12. Allen, H. C.; and Hill, C. P. (editors), BRITISH ESSAYS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, St. Martin's Press Inc., New York, 1957, 348pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) light foxing on edges, The seventeen essays in this volume were written by distinguished British historians each of whom treats a particular facet of American history which lies within his field of specialty. Collectively, these essays give the reader a unique picture of the history of the United States viewed from a new vantage point., (Order No: 14350 ), $8.50
13. Alperovitz, Gar (with the assistance of Sanho Tree; Edward Rouse Winstead; Kathryn C. Morris; David J. Williams; et al), THE DECISION TO USE THE ATOMIC BOMB: AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF AN AMERICAN MYTH, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1995 1st ed, 848pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0679443312 In this exhaustive, thoroughly documented study of the events of that time, Gar Alperovitz makes plain why the United States did not need to deploy the bomb, how Truman was advised of alternatives to it by nearly every civilian and military adviser, and how his final decision was later justified by what amounted to a deception--the claim that the action saved half a million to a million American soldiers who might otherwise have died in an invasion., (Order No: 53078 ), $10.00
14. Angermann, Erich and Frings, Marie-Luise (edited by), OCEANS APART?: COMPARING GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES, Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart, (1981), 174pp, very good+, blue cloth (hardcover), ISBN 3129155309 STUDIES IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF CARL SCHURZ. Chapters include; Slavery, Progress, and Paternalism in Modernizing Societies; "Take-Off" and Early Industrialization; Civil Service Reform in the Nineteenth Century; and, National Styles in Diplomacy., (Order No: 37722 ), $45.00
15. Arciniegas, German (translated by Angel Flores), GERMANS IN THE CONQUEST OF AMERICA: A SIXTEENTH CENTURY VENTURE, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1943 1st ptg, B&W ill., 217pp, good+, green cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 34913 ), $12.00
16. Arnold, Howard Payson, HISTORIC SIDE-LIGHTS, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1899, B&W illustrations, 330pp, very good, dark green cloth, teg (hardcover), (Order No: 39977 ), $15.00
17. Aron, Cindy Sondik, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE CIVIL SERVICE: MIDDLE-CLASS WORKERS IN VICTORIAN AMERICA, Oxford University Press, New York, 1987, B&W illustrations, 234pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0195048741 This book examines the changing roles of federal civil servants during the crucial period between 1860 and 1900., (Order No: 46983 ), $10.00
18. Aronsen, Lawrence Robert, AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY AND ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH CANADA, 1945-1954, Praeger, Westport, CT, (1997) 1st ptg, B&W maps and tables, 218pp, very good+, red cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0275958914 Contents include: The "Special Relationship with Canada," Approaches to Canadian-American Economic Relations; The State Department, Congress, and Trade Relations with Canada, 1945-1949; Continental Industrial Mobilization Planning and Production, 1947-1953; A "Have Not Nation": American National Security and Canadian Strategic Materials, 1947-1953; The Continental Integration of Transportation: American National Security and the St. Lawrence Seaway Issue, 1945-1954; Assessing Canada's Unique Role in Postwar American Foreign Economic Policy., (Order No: 38055 ), $20.00
19. Axtell, James, THE PLEASURES OF ACADEME: A CELEBRATION & DEFENSE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, (1998), 292pp, fine w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) review press release, ISBN 0803210493 James Axtell offers a compelling defense of higher education. He persuasively confronts the major critics of higher education, arguing that they have perpetuated misunderstandings of tenure, research, teaching, curricular change, and professional politics., (Order No: 24156 ), $14.50
20. Bacon, Margaret Hope, REBELLION AT CHRISTIANA, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, (1975), 216pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517515768 On September 11, 1851, in the normally peaceful farming hamlet of Christiana, Pennsylvania, one Maryland slave owner was killed and another critically wounded by a group of escaped slaves led by William Parker. Selections from the account Parker wrote of his life--originally published in 1866--bring the words of a daring and outspoken black man to this important piece of American history., (Order No: 20749 ), $8.50
21. Barbe, Muriel Culp, A UNION FOREVER, The Barbe Associates, Glendale, CA, 1949, 470pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), An historical story of the turbulent years, 1854-1865, in the Lincoln country and the Kansas-Missouri border of the Old Central West, based on contemporary records, documents and letters of Lewis Hanback, hitherto unpublished., (Order No: 41900 ), $15.00
22. Baron, Robert C. (senior editor), SOUL OF AMERICA - DOCUMENTING OUR PAST 1492-1974, Fulcrum, Inc., Golden, CO, (1989) 1st ptg, 431pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1555910475 A compilation of the essential writings, documents, and ideas that have shaped our nation., (Order No: 51734 ), $5.00
23. Barton, Clara, THE RED CROSS IN PEACE AND WAR, American Historical Press, n.p., 1899, B&W illustrations, 703pp, good+, light blue cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB with minimal marks, A nice clean and tight copy from a small country library with a faint spine mark and minimal internal marks. This copy had never been circulated. Contents include: General History; Texas Famine; The Johnstown Flood; The Russian Famine; Sea Islands Hurricane; Armenia; The Spainish-American War; Porto Rico; Cuba and the Cuban Campaign; and, much more., (Order No: 53378 ), $45.00
24. Bassett, Margaret (with an introduction by Henry F. Graff), PROFILES & PORTRAITS OF AMERICAN PRESIDENTS & THEIR WIVES, Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, New York, (1969), B&W illustrations, 449pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "Richly detailed biographies of the nation's leaders and surprising stories of their First Ladies--from George and Martha Washington to Richard and Pat Nixon--Illustrated." Together with a concise chronological history of the office of the presidency, told through the careers of the men who held it, Margaret Bassett gives us a new and revealing insight into the private lives of their wives., (Order No: 15396 ), $5.00
25. Baydo, Gerald R. (editor), THE EVOLUTION OF MASS CULTURE IN AMERICA: 1877 TO THE PRESENT, Forum Press, Saint Louis, MO, (1982), B&W illustrations, 209pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0882732609, (Order No: 37822 ), $7.50
26. Becker, Carl; (Allen Johnson, Editor), THE EVE OF THE REVOLUTION: THE BREACH WITH ENGLAND - CHRONICLES OF AMERICA SERIES - VOLUME 11 (ABRAHAM LINCOLN EDITION), Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1918, B&W illustrations, 267pp, very good, decorated blue cloth, teg (hardcover), (Order No: 24193 ), $10.00
27. Becker, Robert D., PATHWAYS TO THE PRESENT: THE UNITED STATES SINCE THE CIVIL WAR, University Press of America, Washington, D.C., (1979), 287pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0819106968 A record of human struggles and achievements., (Order No: 52108 ), $25.00
28. Bendiner, Elmer, THE VIRGIN DIPLOMATS, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976 1st ed, 267pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's inscription, ISBN 0394489772 "The adventures - and misadventures - of our first ambassadors, the American agents, who by secret intrigue and public politicking in the courts of Europe helped to win the American Revolution.", (Order No: 4196 ), $5.00
29. Bendiner, Robert, JUST AROUND THE CORNER - A HIGHLY SELECTIVE HISTORY OF THE THIRTIES, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1967) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 268pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 51710 ), $4.00
30. Bennett, Arnold, YOUR UNITED STATES - IMPRESSIONS OF A FIRST VISIT, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1912, ill. by Frank Craig, 192pp, good++, red cloth, teg (hardcover), (Order No: 45381 ), $5.00
31. Bennett, David H., DEMAGOGUES IN THE DEPRESSION: AMERICAN RADICALS AND THE UNION PARTY, 1932-1936, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, (1969), B&W illustrations, 341pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0813505909 Here is a full-length, scholarly treatment of the Union Party and its origins, narrated in terms of the pressures and movements which brought it into prominence and on to political disaster. Focused on the four leaders and their followers: Father Charles E. Coughlin; The Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith; Dr. Francis E. Townsend; Rep. William Lemke., (Order No: 37649 ), $20.00
32. Bernard, John, RETROSPECTIONS OF AMERICA; 1797-1811, Harper & Brothers, New York, 1887, 10 B&W ill. LACKS FRONTIS, 380pp, ads, good, brown cloth (hardcover), A bright English comedian, and one of the earliest of American stage managers in the US. A memoir of his travels in America., (Order No: 12285 ), $20.00
33. Bingham, Hiram, THE MONROE DOCTRINE: AN OBSOLETE SHIBBOLETH, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1913, 154pp, good+, red cloth (hardcover), "What has been attempted is to sketch the growth of the Doctrine, to indicate the obligations and disadvantages it entails, and, more particularly, to portray the attitude toward it, and toward us, of our neighbors to the south.", (Order No: 44290 ), $10.00
34. Birmingham, Stephen, REAL LACE: AMERICA'S IRISH RICH, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1973), B&W photo section, 322pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, ISBN 0060103361 Author probes the fascinating world of America's Irish Catholic rich., (Order No: 8911 ), $3.00
35. Bishop, Donald G., THE ROOSEVELT-LITVINOV AGREEMENTS: THE AMERICAN VIEW, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY, (1965) 1st ed, 299pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The first full-length study of the Roosevelt-Litvinov Agreements., (Order No: 49442 ), $10.00
36. Blay, John S., AFTER THE CIVIL WAR: A PICTORIAL PROFILE OF AMERICA FROM 1865 TO 1900, Bonanza Books, New York, orig pub 1960, B&W illustrations, 312pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 33809 ), $12.50
37. Boardman, Fon W., AMERICA AND THE PROGRESSIVE ERA, 1900-1917, Henry Z. Walck, Inc., New York, (1970), 169pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by the author, ISBN 0809830841 A rich chronicle of the era from the turn of the century to our entry into the First World War., (Order No: 33645 ), $25.00
38. Boase, Paul H. (editor), THE RHETORIC OF PROTEST AND REFORM 1878-1898, Ohio University Press, Athens, OH, (1980), 354pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) review slip laid in, ISBN 0821404210 Seeks to expand our knowledge and understanding of the issues and speechmaking that stirred our nation during the last three decades of the nineteenth century., (Order No: 37344 ), $12.00
39. Bowers, Claude G., THE PARTY BATTLES OF THE JACKSON PERIOD, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1922, B&W ill., 506pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), The brilliant, dramatic, and epochal party battles and the fascinating personalities of the eight years of Andrew Jackson's Administrations., (Order No: 19238 ), $10.00
40. Bowers, Greg (compiled by), "ON MY HONOR" 70 YEARS OF SCOUTING IN YORK AND ADAMS COUNTIES - PENNSYLVANIA, n.p., n.p., [1982], B&W illustrations, 88pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), A nicely done history of Boy Scouting in this area of Pennsylvania., (Order No: 50905 ), $35.00
41. Bowman, John, PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY, Gallery Books, New York, (1986), B&W and color illustrations, 192pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0831768746, (Order No: 40942 ), $10.00
42. Bradford, Gamaliel, TYPES OF AMERICAN CHARACTER, Macmillan and Company, New York, 1895, 210pp, good, brown cloth, teg (hardcover), The essays contained in this little volume are, "The American Pessimist," "The American Idealist," and "The American Out of Doors.", (Order No: 43343 ), $30.00
43. Brands, H. W., THE DEVIL WE KNEW: AMERICANS AND THE COLD WAR, Oxford University Press, New York, 1993 1st ptg, 243pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0195074998 Provides a perceptive history of the American experience of the Cold War, from Truman's creation of the CIA to Reagan's creation of SDI, and on to the disintegration of the Soviet Union., (Order No: 37519 ), $14.50
44. Brands, H. W., THE RECKLESS DECADE: AMERICA IN THE 1890S, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, (1995), 375pp, very good, wraps (softcover) faint "teeth marks" front cover, ISBN 0226071162 H. W. Brands demonstrates how we can learn about the contradictions that lie at the heart of America today by looking at them through the lens of the 1890s. While cataloguing this title, our newly adopted "Westie" wanted attention and nipped at the lower corner of this copy, thus some faint "teeth marks" on the front cover. Lilliput says that she is sorry., (Order No: 51969 ), $10.00
45. Bridenbaugh, Carl, THE COLONIAL CRAFTSMAN, New York University Press, New York, 1950, B&W illustrations, 214pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 44322 ), $10.00
46. Brooks, Geraldine, DAMES AND DAUGHTERS OF COLONIAL DAYS, Corner House Publishers, Williamstown, MA, 1982, 284pp, fine, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, First published in 1900. "These narrative sketches of certain dames and daughters of our colonial days are designed to illustrated the different types, epochs, and sections that made up our early American history.", (Order No: 48188 ), $8.50
47. Brown, Ralph H., MIRROR FOR AMERICANS: LIKENESS OF THE EASTERN SEABOARD 1810, American Geographical Soc., New York, 1943, B&W illustrations, 312pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This volume is based on writings of visitors from foreign shores who did not hesitate to say frankly what they thought of the new republic, and writings of men busy helping to build that republic who yet found time to record their ideas and impressions., (Order No: 49187 ), $9.00
48. Bruce, Philip Alexander, THE VIRGINIA PLUTARCH: TWO VOLUME SET COMPLETE - THE COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY ERAS AND THE NATIONAL ERA, Russell & Russell, New York, (1971), B&W illustrations, fine, blue cloth (hardcover) (original kraft paper dustjackets), First published in 1929 by the University of North Carolina Press. Two volumes: Volume I: The Colonial and Revolutionary Eras, 328pp; Volume II: The National Era., (Order No: 15925 ), $35.00
49. Bruckberger, R. L. (translated from the French by C.G. Paulding and Virgilia Peterson), IMAGE OF AMERICA, The Viking Press, New York, 1959, 277pp, very good, gray cloth spine (hardcover) (no dustjacket), BCE, (Order No: 18530 ), $2.00
50. Buck, Solon J.; (Allen Johnson, Editor), THE AGRARIAN CRUSADE: THE FARMER IN POLITICS - CHRONICLES OF AMERICA SERIES - VOLUME 45 (ABRAHAM LINCOLN EDITION), Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1920, B&W illustrations, 215pp, very good, decorated blue cloth, teg (hardcover), (Order No: 24213 ), $10.00
51. Buel, Richard, SECURING THE REVOLUTION: IDEOLOGY IN AMERICAN POLITICS, 1789-1815, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, (1972), 392pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) couple closed tears dj, ISBN 0801407052 A fresh look at the formation of America's first political party system., (Order No: 37204 ), $12.50
52. Burstein, Andrew, AMERICA'S JUBILEE: HOW IN 1826 A GENERATION REMEMBERED FIFTY YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2001 1st ed, B&W ill., B&W maps, 365pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0375410333 A distinguished historian explores what it was to be an American in 1826., (Order No: 33795 ), $7.50
53. Bushman, Richard L.; Harris, Neil; Rothman, David; Solomon, Barbara Miller; and, Thernstrom, Stephan (editors), UPROOTED AMERICANS: ESSAYS TO HONOR OSCAR HANDLIN, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, (1979) 1st ed, 15 B&W ill., 366pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0316118109 Twelve of America's most respected historians salute their distinguished colleague and acknowledged mentor, Oscar Handlin. The essays collected here demonstrate that Handlin, longtime Harvard professor, editor of American biographies, and widely read and respected author, influenced them greatly., (Order No: 11412 ), $12.50
54. Bye, Erik (with a postscript by Eric Sevareid), BLOW, SILVER WIND: STORY OF NORWEGIAN IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA, Norwegian-Amer. Culture Inst, Minneapolis, MN, (1980) 3rd ptg, ill. by Karl Erik Harr, 119pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), This book, which was written, in part, for a stage presentation, does not claim to be a "history," but is rather to be regarded as an enjoyable and informative "painting" in poetry and prose, giving us a real sensation of the lives, feelings and thoughts of the early immigrants., (Order No: 25235 ), $8.00
55. Byrnes, Mark S., THE TRUMAN YEARS, 1945-1953, Longman, Harlow, England, (2000), 162pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0582329043 A balanced overview of this important period in 20th Century US History from a British viewpoint., (Order No: 42377 ), $15.00
56. Cable, Mary, THE LITTLE DARLINGS - A HISTORY OF CHILD REARING IN AMERICA, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1975) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 214pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0684142198 Author traces the ups and downs in American attitudes in raising children in this comprehensive and popularly written history of childhood in America., (Order No: 50686 ), $10.00
57. Calhoun, Charles W. (edited by), THE HUMAN TRADITION IN AMERICA FROM THE COLONIAL ERA THROUGH RECONSTRUCTION - NO. 11 HUMAN TRADITION IN AMERICA, Scholarly Resources Inc., Wilmington, DE, (2002) 1st ed, 323pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0842050310, (Order No: 53028 ), $5.00
58. Campbell, Tom W., TWO FIGHTERS AND TWO FINES - LIVES OF MATTHEW LYON AND ANDREW JACKSON, Pioneer Publishing Co., Little Rock, Arkansas, 1941 2nd ed, 557pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 198 ), $10.00
59. Campbell, Helen J., DIARY OF A WILLIAMSBURG HOSTESS, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1946) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 178pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), "Which recites the every day events of life in the restored Capital of Colonial Virginia as seen and recorded by a Lady of that City in an Entirely Fictitious Manner so that any resemblance to any individual living or dead which may be fancied by any reader of this chronicle will result in the utmost astonishment to the writer.", (Order No: 38815 ), $12.00
60. Carson, Gerald, THE POLITE AMERICANS - A WIDE-ANGLE VIEW OF OUR MORE OR LESS GOOD MANNERS OVER 300 YEARS, William Morrow & Company, New York, 1966, 16 pages of B&W ill., 346pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 35583 ), $10.00
61. Carter, Paul A., ANOTHER PART OF THE FIFTIES, Columbia University Press, New York, 1983, B&W illustrations, 328pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0231052227 The fifties was an era of self-confidence and growth, when Americans were attempting to tell each other - and the world - who they were and where they though they were going., (Order No: 37506 ), $12.50
62. Cashman, Sean Dennis, AMERICA IN THE AGE OF THE TITANS: THE PROGRESSIVE ERA AND WORLD WAR I, New York University Press, New York, (1988), B&W illustrations, 605pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0814714102 Details the events of the Progressive Era and World War I (1901-1920), as a sequel to AMERICA IN THE GILDED AGE, giving special attention to industry and inventions, and social and cultural history., (Order No: 37323 ), $30.00
63. Cavanagh, William Henry, COLONIAL EXPANSION: INCLUDING THE RISE AND FALL OF HISTORIC SETTLEMENTS, Richard G. Badger, Publisher, Boston, MA, (1924), 263pp, good, red cloth (no dustjacket), lacks front free endpaper, This volume is an attempt to present the true history of the perils and adventures of the New Comers, who, since 1794, have been called "Pilgrim Fathers." Contents include: The Dream of Empire; The Separatist Movement and William Bradford; The Plymouth Plantation; Plymouth Rock; Plymouth Thanksgiving; Courship of Miles Standish; The Body Politic; The Origin of Independence and the American Constitution., (Order No: 18324 ), $25.00
64. Chamberlin, Ethel Clere, THE ROMANCE OF OLD GLORY, George Sully and Company, New York, (1930), ill. by Harold M. Brett, 301pp, good, red cloth w/some fading (hardcover) EX-LIB never circ., The history of our flag., (Order No: 32124 ), $20.00
65. Chase, Heman, AMERICAN IDEALS: THEIR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL BASIS, Heman Chase, Alstead, NH, 1965 3rd ed, 130pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Contents include: History Of America; Mid-Nineteenth Century Conditions In America; Mid-Twentieth Century Conditions In America; Our Part In The Problem Of War; The Drift From A Traditional Toward An Alien Philosophy; Land, The Indispensable Basis Of All Human Activity And Life; The Prevailing System Of Land Tenure; The Establishment Of Public And Private Rights; Standpoints From Which The Public Collection Of The Rent Of Land, In Lieu Of All Other Taxation, Is Most Frequently Questioned; The Field Of Individual Responsibility And Action., (Order No: 52302 ), $20.00
66. Chidsey, Donald Barr, MR. HAMILTON AND MR. JEFFERSON, Thomas Nelson Inc,Publishers, Nashville, TN, (1975) 1st ed, 207pp, very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0840764464 Mr. Chidsey tells all as he illuminates the human side of our venerated founding fathers. His view of history is so lively and accurate--here are the deals, scandals, and crises of our early history., (Order No: 16387 ), $12.50
67. Churchill, Allen, THE YEAR THE WORLD WENT MAD: THE RIOTOUS PEAK OF THE ERA OF WONDERFUL NONSENSE, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, (1960), B&W illustrations, 311pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), 1927 - peak of the age of wonderful nonsense, era of Prohibition and peepholes, jazz babies and ukuleles..., (Order No: 33514 ), $10.00
68. Clark, Thomas D., THE EMERGING SOUTH, Oxford University Press, New York, 1961, 317pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A study of the social and economic revolution which has occurred in the South since 1920., (Order No: 33991 ), $12.00
69. Clement, J. (editor) & Sigourney, L. H. (introduction by), NOBLE DEEDS OF AMERICAN WOMEN: WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF SOME OF THE MORE PROMINENT, Corner House Publishers, Williamstown, MA, 1975, B&W illustrations, 480pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0879280611 Originally published in 1851, this book is a collection of anecdotes about and biographical sketches of American women who had accomplished something unusual, heroic or especially virtuous by 19th century standards. Mrs. Clement ranged through the entire gamut of American social, political and military history and uncovered a vast number of achievements and activities by women both sung and unsung in our historical annals., (Order No: 13756 ), $8.00
70. Cmiel, Kenneth, DEMOCRATIC ELOQUENCE: THE FIGHT OVER POPULAR SPEECH IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA, William Morrow and Co., Inc., New York, (1990) 1st ed, 351pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0688083528 Democratic Eloquence tells the dramatic story of how Americans thought and worried about the English language between 1776 and 1900. Winner of the Allan Nevins Prize awarded by the Society of American Historians., (Order No: 10246 ), $10.00
71. Coben, Stanley (edited by), REFORM, WAR, AND REACTION: 1912-1932, Univ. of South Carolina Pr., Columbia, SC, (1972), 466pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 087249277X "Document History of the United States" series. A collection of 42 documents illuminating some of the ways Americans experienced the momentous events of this time., (Order No: 36983 ), $12.50
72. Coleman, R. V., LIBERTY AND PROPERTY: THE STORY OF THE FABULOUS CENTURY IN WHICH THE UNITED STATES WAS BORN: 1664-1765, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1951 1st ed, 62 ill., 28 full page maps, 606pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 4378 ), $10.00
73. Coleman, Richard P.; and, Rainwater, Lee (with Kent A. McClelland), SOCIAL STANDING IN AMERICA - NEW DIMENSIONS OF CLASS, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, (1979), 353pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0710002424 Represents a major attempt by two leading American sociologists to re-assess the social meanings of class in contemporary American society., (Order No: 51694 ), $10.00
74. Cook, Ann; Gittell, Marilyn; and, Mack, Herb (edited by), CITY LIFE, 1865-1900, Praeger Publishers, New York, (1973), B&W illustrations, 292pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Drawing on contemporary sources that range from census statistics to poetry, from advertising posters to newspaper photographs, this book provides an impressionistic verbal and visual documentary about the beginnings of American cities, the roots of today's urban problems, and the development of the forces that have changed and are changing urban life., (Order No: 17401 ), $7.00
75. Countryman, Edward, AMERICANS: A COLLISION OF HISTORIES, Hill and Wang, New York, (1996) 1st ed, 294pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0809025930 Review press release and photo laid in., (Order No: 35424 ), $5.00
76. Cowdrey, Albert E., THIS LAND, THIS SOUTH: AN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY, University Press of KY, Lexington, KY, (1983), B&W illustrations, 236pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0813103029 "Here is the story of the long interaction between man, land, and climate in the American South. It is a tale of exploitations and erosion, of destruction, disease, and defeat, but also of the persistent search for knowledge and wisdom.", (Order No: 3318 ), $8.00
77. Cronon, David E., JOSEPHUS DANIELS IN MEXICO, University of Wisconsin Pr., Madison, WI, 1960, B&W illustrations, 369pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This book concentrates on the one Latin American country--Mexico--with which the United States had the most trouble during the formative days of the Good Neighbor Policy. And the focus is on Josephus Daniels, the septuagenerian American Ambassador in Mexico City for nine troubled years between 1933 and 1941., (Order No: 38173 ), $15.00
78. Cross, Wilbur and Novotny, Ann, WHITE HOUSE WEDDINGS, David McKay Company, Inc., New York, (1967), B&W ill., 248pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This book tells the story of every marriage known to have taken place in the Executive Mansion--including a little-known one in 1801, more than ten years earlier than the generally accepted "first.", (Order No: 35267 ), $12.00
79. Crunden, Robert M., FROM SELF TO SOCIETY, 1919-1941, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, (1972) 1st ptg, 212pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) (no dj) few ink marks in biblio, "Its purpose is to analyze the culture as a whole in the period between 1919 and 1941 and to show through detailed examples how and why the mind of the country that went to war in 1941 differed from the mind of the country that emerged from World War I.", (Order No: 28010 ), $15.00
80. Cunningham, Noble E. (edited by), THE EARLY REPUBLIC, 1789-1828: DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, Univ. of South Carolina Pr., Columbia, SC, (1968) 1st ed, 274pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 087249120X Selections have been included from such major public documents as Washington's farewell address, Hamilton's Report on Manufactures, Jefferson's first inaugural address, Calhoun's South Carolina Exposition, and the Supreme Court decisions of John Marshall. These formal documents are balanced by selections from private letters, newspapers, campaign handbills, congressional speeches and other publications., (Order No: 18718 ), $15.00
81. Current, Richard Nelson, ARGUING WITH HISTORIANS - ESSAYS ON THE HISTORICAL AND THE UNHISTORICAL, Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT, (1987) 1st ed, 208pp, very good++, black cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket), ISBN 0819551872, (Order No: 46823 ), $5.00
82. Curtis, Edith Roelker, A SEASON IN UTOPIA: THE STORY OF BROOK FARM, Thomas Nelson & Sons, New York, (1961), 346pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Here is the full-scale story and a reasoned appraisal of Brook Farm, the most celebrated of America's nineteenth-century idealist "utopias.", (Order No: 44352 ), $12.50
83. Damms, Richard V., THE EISENHOWER PRESIDENCY, 1953-1961, Longman - Pearson Education, London - New York, (2002) 1st ptg, 168pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0582368189 "Damms provides the first balanced overview of the Eisenhower presidency in a decade.", (Order No: 51872 ), $30.00
84. Daniels, Jonathan, ORDEAL OF AMBITION: JEFFERSON, HAMILTON, BURR, Doubleday & Co., Inc., New York, 1970 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 445pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 8322 ), $5.00
85. Daniels, Josephus, THE WILSON ERA - VOLUME I: YEARS OF PEACE 1910- 1917, Univ. of North Carolina Pr., Chapel Hill, NC, 1946 3rd ptg, B&W illustrations, 615pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 21068 ), $15.00
86. Daniels, Jonathan, FRONTIER ON THE POTOMAC, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1946 1st ptg, 262pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, In this volume, the author surveys the entire field: the executive, legislative, and judicial departments, the civil service, the diplomatic corps, the pressure groups, the military, and the press., (Order No: 27735 ), $4.00
87. Daniels, Josephus, THE WILSON ERA - VOLUME II: YEARS OF WAR AND AFTER 1917-1923, Univ of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC, 1946 2nd ptg, 654pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 52466 ), $15.00
88. Davenport, Bishop, A NEW GAZETTEER, OR GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES, George M'Dowell & Son, Baltimore, MD, 1832, B&W illustrations, 471pp, good, full calf binding (hardcover), "CONTAINING I. A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF NORTH AMERICA II. A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE UNITED STATES; THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITEDS TATES. III. A DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE STATES, COUNTIES, CITIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES, FORTS, SEAS, HARBORS, CAPES, RIVERS, LAKES, CANALS, RAIL-ROADS, MOUNTAINS, &c. CONNECTED WITH NORTH AMERICA; ..." A nice clean and tight copy., (Order No: 49482 ), $65.00
89. Davis, Peter, IF YOU CAME THIS WAY: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE LIVES OF THE UNDERCLASS, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, (1995) 1st ptg, 202pp, fine w/fine dustjacket, (hardcover) review press release laid in, ISBN 0471110744 An examination of life below the poverty line in the richest nation in the world., (Order No: 25731 ), $6.00
90. Degler, Carl N., THE OTHER SOUTH: SOUTHERN DISSENTERS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1974) 1st ed, 392pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) small tear on jacket, ISBN 0060110228 The intent and argument of Carl Degler's book is that the South is not the monolith it is often made out to be by Southerners themselves and other Americans, and yet even those Southerners who deviated from the established social and thought patterns of the region exemplified in their own way the Southern outlook. Though dissenters, they were different from dissenters in the rest of the nation. They dissented, so to speak, in a Southern accent., (Order No: 14215 ), $7.50
91. Degler, Carl N., PLACE OVER TIME: THE CONTINUITY OF SOUTHERN DISTINCTIVENESS, Louisiana State Univ. Press, Baton Rouge, LA, (1977), 138pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0807102997 After identifying the social and economic elements peculiar to the modern South, Degler seeks out the roots of southern distinctiveness, focusing on the central role that plantation slavery played in forming southern institutions and attitudes., (Order No: 27725 ), $10.00
92. Delbanco, Andrew, THE REAL AMERICAN DREAM: A MEDITATION ON HOPE, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1999, 143pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), review press release laid in, ISBN 0674749251 One of the nation's premier literary scholars searches out the symbols and stories by which Americans have reached for something beyond worldly desire., (Order No: 30806 ), $12.00
93. DeNovo, John A. (general editor); Meier, Hugo A.; Eggert, Gerald G. & Trask, Roger R. (contributing editors), THE GILDED AGE AND AFTER: SELECTED READINGS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1972), 183pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 06841311501 This book focuses on the era between the Civil War and the First World War. Original speeches and petitions, letters of eminent statesmen and ordinary citizens, memoirs, novels, and poetry take the reader beyond the world of politics to the real significance of this half-century., (Order No: 14222 ), $8.50
94. Dionisopoulos, P. A., REBELLION, RACISM, AND REPRESENTATION: THE ADAM CLAYTON POWELL CASE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS, Northern Illionis Univ. Pr., Dekalb, IL, (1970), 175pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0875800181 Professor Dionisopoulos makes the plea that Congress should set up definite, self-imposed guidelines to be used impartially in judging the qualifications of the House and the Senate, and he warns us that failure to abide by constitutional principles in seating members-elect will seriously jeopardize the entire democratic process., (Order No: 13042 ), $7.00
95. Divine, Robert A. (edited by), EXPLORING THE JOHNSON YEARS, University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, (1981), B&W illustrations, 280pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) 2 closed tears on dj, ISBN 0292720319 An invaluable introduction to the Johnson administration, and to the LBJ Library's more than thirty million separate documents., (Order No: 37603 ), $9.50
96. Droze, Wilmon H.; Wolfskill, George; and Leuchtenburg, William E., ESSAYS ON THE NEW DEAL, University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, (1971) 2nd ptg, 115pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0292784104 First published in 1969. Lectures given at The Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lecture series., (Order No: 37606 ), $10.00
97. Ducsik, Dennis W., SHORELINE FOR THE PUBLIC, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, (1974), 257pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 026204045X A Handbook of Social, Economic, and Legal Considerations Regarding Public Recreational Use of the Nation's Coastal Shoreline., (Order No: 36240 ), $5.00
98. Dunbar, Leslie W., THE COMMON INTEREST, Pantheon Books, New York, (1988) 1st ed, 233pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394565584 How our social welfare policies don't work and what we can do about them., (Order No: 6896 ), $9.50
99. Eaton, Clement, FREEDOM OF THOUGHT IN THE OLD SOUTH, Duke University Press, Durham, NC, 1940 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 343pp, very good, maroon cloth spine (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 49881 ), $7.50
100. Eckler, A. Ross, THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, Praeger Publishers, New York, (1972), B&W illustrations, 268pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) EX-LIB with usual markings, The author chronicles not only the early history of the Bureau but also the changes that have overtaken the agency in its attempts to measure and document changes in numbers, life-styles, and pursuits of twentieth-century Americans., (Order No: 24308 ), $7.50
101. Eliot, Thomas H., RECOLLECTIONS OF THE NEW DEAL WHEN THE PEOPLE MATTERED, Northeastern University Pr., Boston, MA, (1992) 1st ptg, 169pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1555531342 Thomas H. Eliot relates the idealism and fervor with which he and other highly educated young Americans went to Washington in 1933 to help extricate the nation from the Great Depression., (Order No: 37553 ), $15.00
102. Ellet, Elizabeth F. (introduction by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton), THE WOMEN OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - VOLUME II ONLY, George W. Jacobs & Co., Philadelphia, PA, (1900), B&W illustrations, 359pp, good++, decorated blue cloth, teg (hardcover) lt edgewear spine, Nice clean and tight copy with bright gilt stampings. Offering is for Volume II only., (Order No: 48959 ), $40.00
103. Ellis, Edward Robb (with a new preface by the author), A NATION IN TORMENT: THE GREAT AMERICAN DEPRESSION, 1929-1939, Kodansha International, New York, (1995), 570pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1568361130 A history of one of America's worst calamities., (Order No: 25946 ), $4.00
104. Ellis, Edward Robb (introduction by Pete Hamill), A DIARY OF THE CENTURY: TALES FROM AMERICA'S GREATEST DIARIST, Kodansha International, New York, (1995), B&W illustrations, 578pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1568360800, (Order No: 34777 ), $5.00
105. Ernst, Morris L., THE FIRST FREEDOM, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1946 2nd ptg, 316pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover) card signed by author laid i, The author points to the frightening trend of monopoly in the mass communication fields., (Order No: 46401 ), $5.00
106. Eulau, Heinz, CLASS AND PARTY IN THE EISENHOWER YEARS, The Free Press of Glencoe, New York, (1962), 162pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) review slip laid in, Class roles and perespectives in the 1952 and 1956 elections., (Order No: 37709 ), $15.00
107. Fass, Paula S., THE DAMNED AND THE BEAUTIFUL: AMERICAN YOUTH IN THE 1920'S, Oxford University Press, New York, 1977, 497pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0195021487 Sees the young men and women of the twenties as an advance guard of twentieth-century culture, who freed themselves from the confines, traditions and morals of nineteenth-century America., (Order No: 37214 ), $50.00
108. Faulkner, Harold Underwood, THE QUEST FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, 1898-1914, The Macmillan Company, New York, (1931), B&W ill. follow the text, 390pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), From the series, "A History of American Life" in Twelve Volumes. The author pictures the transformation of the laissez faire business system into one of social responsibility and control; the concern for child welfare; the labor and feminist movements; the growth of the educational system; the turning of the artistic impulse from sentiment to realism; and the subduing of mechanical forces to the will of man., (Order No: 25714 ), $7.50
109. Ferrell, Robert H., THE PRESIDENCY OF CALVIN COOLIDGE, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, (1998) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 244pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0700608923 Draws on the recently opened papers of White House physician Joel T. Boone to provide a more personal appraisal of the thirtieth president that has been possible before., (Order No: 37031 ), $24.50
110. Fitzpatrick, Ellen F. (edited with an introduction by), MUCKRAKING: THREE LANDMARK ARTICLES, Bedford/St. Martin's, Boston, MA, (1994), B&W illustrations, 132pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0312089449 A rich and historically perceptive context for understanding the substance and significance of this early investigative journalism., (Order No: 51974 ), $6.50
111. Flynn, George Q., AMERICAN CATHOLICS & THE ROOSEVELT PRESIDENCY 1932-1936, University of Kentucky Press, Lexington, KY, 1968, 272pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), During the first administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, American Catholics for the first time emerged as a major force in the national political spectrum. Part of this study shows that much of the New Deal legislation was interpreted by Catholics as the practical application of the social teaching of the Church., (Order No: 37423 ), $20.00
112. Ford, Henry Jones; (Allen Johnson, Editor), THE CLEVELAND ERA: NEW ORDER IN POLITICS - CHRONICLES OF AMERICA SERIES - VOLUME 44 (ABRAHAM LINCOLN EDITION), Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1919, B&W illustrations, 232pp, very good, decorated blue cloth, teg (hardcover), (Order No: 24212 ), $10.00
113. Forster, Arnold and Epstein, Benjamin R., THE TROUBLE MAKERS: AN ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE REPORT, Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, (1952) 2nd ptg, 317pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The new Anti-Defamation League report on intolerance in the United States., (Order No: 37636 ), $5.00
114. Frank, Beryl, PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, Castle Books, Secaucus, NJ, (1980), 15 color ill., B&W ill., 187pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0890093369 Primarily, this is the story of the National Republican Party-those men who sought and won the presidential elections as well as those who lost., (Order No: 14068 ), $4.00
115. Franklin, Wayne, DISCOVERERS, EXPLORERS, SETTLERS: THE DILIGENT WRITERS OF EARLY AMERICA, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, (1979), B&W illustrations, 252pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0226260712 Franklin traces the diligence of the first chroniclers of America through the three stages of discovery, exploration, and settlement, and shows how each stage brought forth its own kind of American writing and in turn how that writing had real political power to determine the American mood., (Order No: 27813 ), $7.50
116. Friedman, Lawrence J., INVENTORS OF THE PROMISED LAND, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1975, 344pp, index, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394472632 "The roots of America's major social inequities, traced to our cultural insecurity from the end of the Revolution to the eve of the Mexican War, and our resulting need for inventing a national identity.", (Order No: 7551 ), $5.00
117. Fulmer, John Leonard, AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS IN THE COTTON BELT SINCE 1920, Univ. of North Carolina Pr., Chapel Hill, NC, (1950), 26 B&W figures, 236pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This book tells the story of the changes that have taken place in the Cotton Belt during the past twenty-five years, points out the goals that are still to be reached, and suggests remedies for still-existing agricultural ills in the region. Of immense value in themselves as well as an important supplement to the text are the fifty-five tables and twenty-six well-designed charts which illustrate the progress made in important segments of the region's rural economy., (Order No: 13965 ), $20.00
118. Furer, Howard B. (compiled and edited by), THE BRITISH IN AMERICA 1578-1970 - A CHRONOLOGY & FACT BOOK, Oceana Publications, Inc., Dobbs Ferry, NY, 1972, 153pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket EX-LIB, ISBN 0379005077 Ethnic Chronology Series Number 7, (Order No: 52167 ), $6.00
119. Gabriel, Ralph Henry, THE COURSE OF AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC THOUGHT: AN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY SINCE 1815, The Ronald Press Company, New York, (1940), 452pp, good++, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 38814 ), $5.00
120. Gambill, Edward L., CONSERVATIVE ORDEAL: NORTHERN DEMOCRATS AND RECONSTRUCTION, 1865-1868, Iowa State University Press, Ames, IA, 1981 1st ed, 188pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0813813859 This book emphasizes Democratic efforts to use the racial issue for postwar partisan realignment. The diversity in the Democratic response to Reconstruction and the relationship of Democratic Reconstruction policy to other political issues are also covered., (Order No: 13228 ), $5.00
121. Gans, Herbert J., THE LEVITTOWNERS: WAYS OF LIFE AND POLITICS IN A NEW SUBURBAN COMMUNITY, Pantheon Books, New York, (1967) 1st ptg, B&W frontis, tables, 474pp, good w/lightly worn dustjacket (hardcover), A study of a much-maligned part of America, suburbia, done by an equally maligned method, sociology. Mr. Gans lived in Levittown, New Jersey--a prototypical American new town--for the first two years of its existence as a 'participant observer.', (Order No: 53350 ), $7.50
122. Gardner, Charles M., THE GRANGE - FRIEND OF THE FARMER 1867-1947, The National Grange, Washington, DC, (1949), B&W illustrations, 531pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A concise reference history of America's oldest farm organization, and the only rural fraternity in the world., (Order No: 4519 ), $10.00
123. Gies, Joseph & Gies, Frances, THE INGENIOUS YANKEES: THE MEN, IDEAS, AND MACHINES THAT TRANSFORMED A NATION, 1776-1876, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, (1976) 1st ptg, over 100 B&W ill., 376pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0690011504 The story of how men conceived and perfected their inventions, and how America was transformed by these inventions., (Order No: 5106 ), $10.00
124. Gilbert, James, ANOTHER CHANCE: POSTWAR AMERICA, 1945-1985 -- SECOND EDITION, The Dorsey Press, Chicago, IL, 1986 2nd ed, B&W illustrations, 332pp, index, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0256035423, (Order No: 51706 ), $4.00
125. Giles, Dorothy, SINGING VALLEYS: THE STORY OF CORN, Random House, New York, (1940) 1st ptg, 361pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), American history in terms of the role played by corn., (Order No: 18158 ), $7.50
126. Glaab, Charles N., THE AMERICAN CITY - A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY, The Dorsey Press, Inc., Homewood, IL, (1970) 8th ptg, 478pp, good, wraps (softcover), First published in 1963., (Order No: 43821 ), $7.50
127. Glickstein, Jonathan A., CONCEPTS OF FREE LABOR IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, (1991) 1st ptg, 514pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300047894 In this book the author investigates how Americans--intellectuals, labor reformers, politicians, journalists, capitalists, and manual workers-- viewed the intrinsic character of manual labor in the decades before the Civil War., (Order No: 27069 ), $15.00
128. Goetzmann, William H., NEW LANDS, NEW MEN: AMERICA AND THE SECOND GREAT AGE OF DISCOVERY, Viking, New York, (1986), B&W ill., 528pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket, The dramatic story of three centuries of exploration that witnessed Europeans exploring the Pacific and Northwest, Americans setting out across their own immense continent, and finally, Americans exploring new worlds: the oceans, Japan, and the polar regions., (Order No: 27807 ), $11.50
129. Gonzalez, Juan, ROLL DOWN YOUR WINDOW: STORIES OF A FORGOTTEN AMERICA, Verso, London, (1995), 204pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0860914496 In these passionate and vivid despatches, the author reports from the frontline of a social crisis which stretches from New York to Los Angeles, across the Rio Grande to Mexico's maquiladoras, through to Haiti, Honduras and Cuba., (Order No: 28656 ), $5.00
130. Graham, Otis L. (edited by), SOVIET-AMERICAN DIALOGUE ON THE NEW DEAL, University of Missouri Press, Columbia, MO, 1989, 296pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) review slip, ISBN 0826206123 Studies and essays by Soviet historians on the New Deal. A unique opportunity to look at the Soviet preoccupations and conclusions of the US in the 1930s., (Order No: 37432 ), $7.50
131. Graubard, Stephen, COMMAND OF OFFICE - HOW WAR, SECRECY, AND DECEPTION TRANSFORMED THE PRESIDENCY FROM THEODORE ROOSEVELT TO GEORGE W. BUSH, Basic Books, New York, (2004) 1st ptg, 722pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0465027571, (Order No: 51796 ), $5.00
132. Graubart, Judah L. and Graubart, Alice V., DECADE OF DESTINY, Contemporary Books, Inc., Chicago, IL, (1978), 339pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0809277298 Reminiscences of the Thirties featuring interviews with the social, political, and cultural personalities of one of the most dynamic decades in American history: James Roosevelt, Alger Hiss, Milton Eisenhower, Jacob Arvey, Marquis Childs, George Halas, Henry Armstrong, Edgar Bergen, King Vidor, Lionel Hampton, George Gallup, and many more. The purpose in writing this book was to do more than chronicle the way in which America rebuilt itself. The authors wanted to re-create a sense of what it meant to be a part of that experience; of how it felt to be among those to whom Franklin Roosevelt referred in his 1936 Inaugural Address when he said, "This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.", (Order No: 52034 ), $8.50
133. Green, Constance McLaughlin, THE RISE OF URBAN AMERICA, Hutchinson Univ. Library, London, (1965), 184pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The rise of cities in the United States from the early seventeenth century to the 1960s., (Order No: 41781 ), $8.00
134. Green, Harvey; and Perry, Mary-Ellen, THE LIGHT OF THE HOME: AN INTIMATE VIEW OF THE LIVES OF WOMEN IN VICTORIAN AMERICA, Pantheon Books, New York, (1983), B&W illustrations, 205pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 039471329X From the world's greatest collection of American Victoriana (the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum) comes a wonderful evocation of the lives women lived one hundred years ago., (Order No: 49093 ), $5.00
135. Greenbie, Sydney and Greenbie, Marjorie, GOLD OF OPHIR OR THE LURE THAT MADE AMERICA, Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, 1925 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 330pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, The book reveals "the astounding fact that it was the wealth of the Indies (China) that lured American around the Horn, and across the continent in covered wagons and gave the initial impetus to the growth of this nation.", (Order No: 49421 ), $6.00
136. Greene, Evarts Boutell, THE FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN NATIONALITY, Frederick Ungar Publishing, New York, (1968), 614pp, index, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), First published in 1922, reprinted from 1935 edition., (Order No: 3392 ), $10.00
137. Greenwald, Richard A. (edited by), EXPLORING AMERICA'S PAST - A READER IN SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY, 1865-PRESENT, University Press of America, Lanham, MD, (1996), 274pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0761801960, (Order No: 51847 ), $10.00
138. Grimsted, David (edited, with introduction and notes by), NOTIONS OF THE AMERICANS: 1820-1860, George Braziller, New York, (1970) 1st ptg, 66 B&W ill., 347pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0807605689 This volume, chronologically the third in the series entitled THE AMERICAN CULTURE, takes its title from James Fenimore Cooper's book published in 1828. As the image of Jacksonian America emerges for us in the fascinating array of contemporary documents and visual materials Professor Grimsted presents, we seem to be looking in the mirror of the United States today. "Because few permanent relationships intervened between the individual and the mass, there was a loneliness and unhappiness despite manifold evidence of success and comfort.", (Order No: 15064 ), $10.00
139. Griswold, Rufus Wilmot, THE REPUBLICAN COURT; OR, AMERICAN SOCIETY IN THE DAYS OF WASHINGTON, D. Appleton and Company, New York, (1854), B&W illustrations, 481pp, very good, full brown leather, aeg (hardcover), "A New Edition, with the Author;s Last Additins and Corrections. With Twenty-Five Portraits of Distinguished Women, Engraved from Original Pictures by Wollaston, Copley, Gainsborough, Stuart, Peale, Trumbull, Pine, Malbone, and other Contemporary Painters." Contents include: Peace; The Convention; The Year of Suspence; The Triumphal Progress; The Inauguration; New York Metropolitan; The Eastern Tour; The Season of Eighthy-Nine and Ninety; Removal of Government; Society in Philadelphia; The Southern Tour; Discontent and Sedition; Life in the Capital; and, Conclusion., (Order No: 51593 ), $60.00
140. Groman, George L. (edited, with an introduction by), POLITICAL LITERATURE OF THE PROGRESSIVE ERA, Michigan State University Pr, Ann Arbor, MI, (1967), 287pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), This volume is intended to represent those writers of political fiction who most closely involved themselves with the ferment of Populist-Progressive times., (Order No: 36340 ), $12.50
141. Gummere, Richard M., SEVEN WISE MEN OF COLONIAL AMERICA, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1967, 114pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Explores the attitudes toward the classics of seven prominent colonial Americans--Hugh Jones, Robert Calef, Michael Wigglesworth, Samuel Davies, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, Benjamin Rush, and Thomas Paine., (Order No: 41432 ), $12.50
142. Gurney, Gene (preface by S. Dillon Ripley), THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: A PICTURE STORY OF ITS BUILDINGS, EXHIBITS AND ACTIVITIES, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, (1964), B&W illustrations, 129pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 52008 ), $5.00
143. Haferkorn, Henry E., THE WAR WITH MEXICO 1846-1848, Documentary Publications, n.p., (1970) reprint, 93pp, index, very good+, maroon buckram cloth (hardcover), A select bibliography on the causes, conduct, and the political aspect of the war, together with a select list of books and other printed material on the resources, economic conditins, politics and government of the Republic of Mexico and the characteristics of the Mexican people. With annotations and an index. No date of original publication, but most likely early 1900s., (Order No: 50707 ), $15.00
144. Hale, Edward Everett and Brewer, David J. (introduction by Edwin D. Mead), MOHONK ADDRESSES, Ginn and Company, Boston, 1910, 5 B&W illustrations, 151pp, good, dark green cloth (hardcover) nice clean and tight copy, Published for the International School of Peace. Dr. Hales's profound and prophetic speeches at the early Mohonk Conferences on International Arbitration, beginning in 1895 at the Mohonk House in New Paltz, New York, were epoch-making in the history of the peace cause in America. While other men were talking of special arbitration commissions Dr. Hale was already demanding a permanent international tribunal, and forecasting with confidence and marvelous precision the program which has since been adopted by the Hague Conferences. He attended most of the Mohonk Conferences down to 1907, speaking upon a wide range of subjects, and all of his Mohonk addresses are here brought together. Note "Compliments of the Author" tipped in, printed sheet advertising book laid in., (Order No: 29076 ), $35.00
145. Hale, Edward E., SYBARIS AND OTHER HOMES, Fields, Osgood & Co., Boston, 1869 1st ed, 206pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 38557 ), $25.00
146. Hamby, Alonzo L. (edited by), THE NEW DEAL: ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION, Longman, New York, (1981) 2nd ed, 257pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0582282047 This second edition includes a new introductory essay, "Historians and the Challenge of the New Deal," by the editor, six new articles, and a comprehensive, up-to-date bibliography., (Order No: 51970 ), $5.00
147. Hamilton, Franklin (edited by), LODESTAR AND COMPASS: AN ADVENTURE OF THE IMMORTAL PART OF US, The Abingdon Press, New York, (1915), B&W illustrations, 139pp, very good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "The formal opening of the American University, an event of historical importance for the entire country, is here recorded and illustrated in permanent and beautiful form.", (Order No: 30647 ), $15.00
148. Handlin, Oscar (selected and edited with an introduction and notes by), CHILDREN OF THE UPROOTED, George Braziller, New York, (1966) 1st ptg, 551pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A noted historian surveys the making of Americans as revealed in the writings of members of the second generation, the children of immigrants, over the past hundred years., (Order No: 24490 ), $4.50
149. Handlin, Oscar and Handlin, Lilian, LIBERTY AND POWER, 1600-1760: VOLUME ONE OF LIBERTY IN AMERICA, 1600 TO THE PRESENT, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1986) 1st ed, 280pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 006039059X This is the first volume of a majestic work which tells the story of liberty in America--from the first European settlers to today., (Order No: 25932 ), $3.00
150. Haraszti, Zoltan, THE IDYLL OF BROOK FARM: AS REVEALED BY UNPUBLISHED LETTERS IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, Trustees of Public Libary, Boston, MA, (1937), 46pp, good, wraps (softcover), "Brook Farm to the present generation is only a dim memory, vaguely connected with the names of Emerson, Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller, and others. This was the place where a group of idealists - the Transcendentalists - returned to nature for a few years and tried the experiment of co-operative society.", (Order No: 49051 ), $20.00
151. Hard, Curtis V. (edited by Robert H. Ferrell), BANNERS IN THE AIR: THE EIGHTH OHIO VOLUNTEERS AND THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, Kent State University Press, Kent, OH, (1988), B&W illustrations, 147pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0873383672 A lively, highly personal, and compelling account of what the war was like to the soldiers., (Order No: 41730 ), $14.50
152. Harriman, Mrs. J. Borden, FROM PINAFORES TO POLITICS, Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1923 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 359pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 12612 ), $10.00
153. Harris, Herbert E., THE QUAKER AND THE WEST: THE FIRST SIXTY YEARS OF WHITTIER COLLEGE, Whittier College, Whittier, CA, (1948), B&W ill., 175pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 35109 ), $15.00
154. Heidler, David S. and Heidler, Jeanne T., OLD HICKORY'S WAR: ANDREW JACKSON AND THE QUEST FOR EMPIRE, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA, (1996) 1st ed, B&W ill., B&W map, 308pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0811701131 This book shows just how determined and ruthless Jackson could be in pursuit of his aims, whether they be his ideas for American destiny or his own personal ambitions., (Order No: 21518 ), $12.00
155. Hellman, Geoffrey T., THE SMITHSONIAN: OCTOPUS ON THE MALL, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA, (1967) 1st ed, 224pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This story is told largely in terms of the men and women who have given the Smithsonian its unique character: they include congressmen and collectors, geniuses and cranks, inventors and curators, millionaires and astrophysicists., (Order No: 27739 ), $7.50
156. Henriksen, Margot A., DR. STRANGELOVE'S AMERICA: SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN THE ATOMIC AGE, University of California Pr., Berkeley, CA, (1997) 1st ptg, 452pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0520083105 Filled with fascinating examples of cultural responses to the Atomic Age, Henriksen's book is a must-read for anyone interested in the United States at mid-twentieth century., (Order No: 51636 ), $25.00
157. Henry, Joseph (secretary), EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer, Washington, DC, 1854, 310pp, good, brown cloth (hardcover) title inked on spine, light foxing, (Order No: 43326 ), $30.00
158. Henry, Laurin L., PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITIONS, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, (1960), 755pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), An account of the critical months preceding and following the inaugurations of Wilson, Harding, F. D. Roosevelt and Eisenhower., (Order No: 37615 ), $15.00
159. Herbst, Jurgen, FROM CRISIS TO CRISIS: AMERICAN COLLEGE GOVERNMENT, 1636-1819, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1982, 301pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0674323459 Questions about the nature of academic institutions, the "autonomy" of the university, and judicial interference or protection burst forth in the late 1960s and no answers seemed satisfactory. The author noticed the contradictions and uncertainties among the responses and decided to go back to the legal origins and institutional arrangements of America's earliest colleges to solve the puzzles., (Order No: 16170 ), $8.50
160. Herron, George D., WOODROW WILSON AND THE WORLD'S PEACE, Mitchell Kennerley, New York, 1917, B&W frontis, 173pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover), Contents include: Woodrow Wilson and the World's Peace; The Man and the President; His Initial Effort; The Pro-German Morality of the Pacifist; Pro-America; Appendix: An Apologia., (Order No: 40371 ), $45.00
161. Hirschfeld, Burt, THE GLORIOUS STRUGGLE: HOW THE UNITED STATES BECAME A NATION, Hawthorn Books, Inc., New York, (1967) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 220pp, very good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 15042 ), $7.50
162. Hirschman, Charles; Kasinitz, Philip; and DeWind, Josh (editors), THE HANDBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION: THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, Russell Sage Foundation, New York, (1999) 1st ptg, 502pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0871542447 Presents a comprehensive overview of the state of immigration research in this country, bringing coherence and fresh insight to this fast growing field., (Order No: 51698 ), $55.00
163. Holli, Melvin G., THE AMERICAN MAYOR: THE BEST & THE WORST BIG-CITY LEADERS, Pennsylvania State Univ. Pr., University Park, PA, (1999), 210pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0271018771 A ranking of the nation's big-city majoys by expert scholars., (Order No: 53031 ), $8.00
164. Holmes, Michael S., THE NEW DEAL IN GEORGIA: AN ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY, Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, (1975), 364pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) review press release laid in, ISBN 0837173752 In summarizing this study of the New Deal in Georgia, Professor Holmes submits that the agencies fell short of their objectives, but economic and social benefits did accrue, as did enduring political effects, which have brough improvement to social patterns in the state., (Order No: 37465 ), $22.50
165. Hough, Emerson; (Allen Johnson, Editor), THE PASSING OF THE FRONTIER: THE OLD WEST - CHRONICLES OF AMERICA SERIES - VOLUME 26 (ABRAHAM LINCOLN EDITION), Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1918, B&W illustrations, 181pp, very good, decorated blue cloth, teg (hardcover), (Order No: 24203 ), $10.00
166. Huitt, Ralph K. and Peabody, Robert L., CONGRESS - TWO DECADES OF ANALYSIS, Greenwood Press, Publishers, Westport, CT, (1979) 1st ptg, 241pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0313209316 First published in 1969., (Order No: 41148 ), $20.00
167. Humes, Edward, OVER HERE - HOW THE G.I. BILL TRANSFORMED THE AMERICAN DREAM, Harcourt, Inc., Orlando, FL, (2006), 319pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0151007101 In 1944 the US government feared the flood of returning World War II soldiers almost as much as it longed for peace. To avoid economic catastrophe, FDR, Congress, and veterans groups devised a modest measure, the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944., (Order No: 51711 ), $6.50
168. Huntington, Ellsworth; (Allen Johnson, Editor), THE RED MAN'S CONTINENT: A CHRONICLE OF ABORIGINAL AMERICA CHRONICLES OF AMERICA SERIES - VOLUME 1 (ABRAHAM LINCOLN EDITION, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1919, B&W illustrations, 183pp, very good, decorated blue cloth, teg (hardcover), (Order No: 24188 ), $10.00
169. Huseman, Ben W., "TERRITORIES SO EXTENSIVE AND FERTILE" THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE, DeGolyer Library, Dallas, TX, 2004, B&W illustrations, 97pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), A Bicentennial Exhibition Catalogue of Books, Maps & Prints drawn from the collections of the DeGolyer Library October 2003 - February 2004., (Order No: 52205 ), $30.00
170. Hutchinson, Frederick Winthrop, THE MEN WHO FOUND AMERICA, Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, New York, (1909), color ill., 158pp, good+ w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Illustrations in color by E. Roscoe Shrader and Herbert Moore. Decorations by Edwin L. Prittie., (Order No: 25878 ), $7.50
171. Ierley, Merritt, THE YEAR THAT TRIED MEN'S SOULS - A JOURNALISTIC RECONSTRUCTION OF THE WORLD OF 1776, A. S. Barnes and Company, South Brunswick, NJ, (1976), 413pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0498018490, (Order No: 49785 ), $11.50
172. Ions, Edmund (edited and introduced by), POLITICAL AND SOCIAL THOUGHT IN AMERICA 1870-1970, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, (1970), 227pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0297001361 The main themes and ideas in American social and political thought in the last hundred years are presented through these selected readings., (Order No: 37343 ), $20.00
173. Jaher, Frederic Cople (edited by), THE AGE OF INDUSTRIALISM IN AMERICA: ESSAYS IN SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND CULTURAL VALUES, The Free Press, New York, (1968) 1st ptg, tables, 400pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Using the response to industrialism as a basic perspective, the twelve original contributions in this volume explore the changing social structure and cultural values of America from the post-Civil War years to the present., (Order No: 37793 ), $17.50
174. Jansson, Bruce S., THE SIXTEEN-TRILLION DOLLAR MISTAKE: HOW THE U.S. BUNGLED ITS NATIONAL PRIORITIES FROM THE NEW DEAL TO THE PRESENT, Columbia University Press, New York, (2001) 1st ptg, 492pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 023111432X "Choices about national priorities are arguably the most important made by the federal government, profoundly affecting the well-being of citizens. Bruce S. Jansson documents how presidents, from FDR to Clinton, have made questionable choices that wasted trillions of dollars. Going beyond the charges of corruption or bureaucratic waste, the book is an eye-opening expose that reveals innumerable useless projects (military as well as civilian), unnecessary tax concessions, and the use of interest payments to cover deficit spending, among other costly mistakes.", (Order No: 30367 ), $7.50
175. Johnson, A. B., A GUIDE TO THE RIGHT UNDERSTANDING OF OUR AMERICAN UNION; OR, POLITICAL, ECONOMICAL AND LITERARY MISCELLANIES, Greenwood Press, Publishers, New York, (1968), 407pp, very good, brown cloth (hardcover), First published in 1857. "Dedicated to the Young Men of America." Contents include: The Negro Question and Territorial Self-Government; Of the Nature of our Confederacy; Of the Acquisition of New Territory; The Relative Merits of Existing Parties; Of a United States Bank; The Constitution; Of Private Corporations; Of Sumptuary Legislation; Of Public Improvements; Miscellany., (Order No: 48807 ), $7.50
176. Johnson, Gerald W., THIS AMERICAN PEOPLE, Harper and Row, New York, (1951), 205pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Gerald Johnson takes a new look at the basic principles on which this country was founded and examines them in the light of today's problems. He finds that our doubts and confusions now are much the same as those the Founding Fathers faced and solved with their brilliant conception of the American Idea., (Order No: 26308 ), $7.50
177. Junker, Detlef (edited by) (associate editors Philipp Gassert; Wilfried Mausbach; and, David B. Morris), THE UNITED STATES AND GERMANY IN THE ERA OF THE COLD WAR, 1945-1990, A HANDBOOK: VOLUME I, 1945-1968, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, (2004), 664pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 052179112X This volume examines all facets of German--American relations and interaction in the decades from the defeat of the Third Reich to Germany's reunification in 1990., (Order No: 45325 ), $75.00
178. Kalra, Paul, THE AMERICAN CLASS SYSTEM: DIVIDE AND RULE, Antenna Publishing Co., Pleasant Hill, CA, (1995), 348pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0964717352, (Order No: 7878 ), $7.50
179. Kantor, MacKinlay, AGAIN THE BUGLE, The American Weekly, New York, 1958, ill. by Robert Shore, 22pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), Kantor was commissioned by The American Weekly to write AGAIN THE BUGLE for its July 6, 1958, issue. The theme of this article celebrates the 182nd anniversary of The Declaration of Independence and contemplates the role of mankind in the space age., (Order No: 43482 ), $5.00
180. Karsten, Peter, PATRIOT-HEROES IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA: POLITICAL SYMBOLISM AND CHANGING VALUES OVER THREE CENTURIES, University of Wisconsin Pr., Madison, WI, (1978), B&W ill., 259pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0299075001 In this volume, the author traces changes in political culture by examining popular veneration of patriot-heroes over three centuries of British and American history., (Order No: 35183 ), $15.00
181. Katz, Michael B., IN THE SHADOW OF THE POORHOUSE - A SOCIAL HISTORY OF WELFARE IN AMERICA, BasicBooks, New York, (1986) 7th ptg, 338pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0465032265, (Order No: 52329 ), $3.50
182. Kendrick, Alexander, THE WOUND WITHIN: AMERICA IN THE VIETNAM YEARS, 1945-1974, Little, Brown and Co., Boston, (1974) 1st ed, 432pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0316488410, (Order No: 3001 ), $5.00
183. Kennedy, Roger G., MR. JEFFERSON'S LOST CAUSE - LAND, FARMERS, SLAVERY, AND THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE, Oxford University Press, New York, 2003 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 350pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0195153472 "A narrative of the boisterous contest for control of south-eastern North America in the Age of Jefferson.", (Order No: 47151 ), $7.50
184. Kennon, Donald R. (edited by), THE SPEAKERS OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: A BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1789-1984, The Johns Hopkins Univ. Pr., Baltimore, MD, (1986), 327pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0801827868 This bibliography assembles in one work all the sources needed to facilitate research into the institution of the speakership and the individual careers of the forty-six Speakers. References to more than 4,200 books, articles, and dissertations and to scores of manuscript collections will guide researchers not only to previous scholarship but also to important unpublished material., (Order No: 52096 ), $10.00
185. Kirk, Russell, AMERICA'S BRITISH CULTURE, Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, NJ, (1994) 2nd ptg, 122pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) Faint Dampstain Bottom Edge, ISBN 156000066X The author offers a brilliant summary account and spirited defense of the culture that the people of the United States have inherited from Great Britain., (Order No: 31650 ), $10.00
186. Kittredge, George Lyman, THE OLD FARMER AND HIS ALMANACK: BEING SOME OBSERVATIONS ON LIFE AND MANNERS IN NEW ENGLAND A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, Corner House Publishers, Williamstown, MA, 1974, B&W illustrations, 403pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), First published in 1792, Robert Baily Thomas' Old Farmer's Almanack was distributed annually thereafter for more than 100 years. In 1904, using the Farmer's Almanack as a base, Professor George Lyman Kittredge of Harvard University originally published this study of early New England farm life and lore. He presents a fascinating compilation of information covering a wide spectrum of activities of both major and minor significance to the farmer of the day., (Order No: 13893 ), $7.50
187. Klehr, Harvey and Haynes, John Earl, THE AMERICAN COMMUNIST MOVEMENT: STORMING HEAVEN ITSELF, Twayne Publishers, New York, (1992) 1st ptg, 210pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 080573855X Traces the turbulent history of American communism as both political party and social movement. Authors follow the party's fortunes from its origin in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, through its heyday during the Depression years, to the gradual decline in the post-World War II era., (Order No: 53012 ), $40.00
188. Klein, Maury and Kantor, Harvey A., PRISONERS OF PROGRESS: AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL CITIES 1850-1920, Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, (1976) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 459pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0025638807 The authors have defined the years between 1850 and 1920 as a time of the most sweeping revolution in all human history, a revolution that has continued with undiminished ferment into the present. This book links two of it key phases as they occurred in America: the industrial revolution and the growth of the cities., (Order No: 36278 ), $15.00
189. Koch, Adrienne (selected, edited, intro and notes by), THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT: THE SHAPING OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT AND A FREE SOCIETY, George Braziller, New York, (1965) 3rd ptg, 669pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This volume presents representative selections from the writings and papers of five memorable Americans: Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton. The selections attempt to show the scope of their abilities and activities and the nature of the contributions they made to the formation of American society., (Order No: 14077 ), $12.50
190. Kopkind, Andrew (edited by JoAnn Wypijewski), THE THIRTY YEARS' WARS - DISPATCHES AND DIVERSIONS OF A RADICAL JOURNALIST 1965-1994, Verson, New York, (1995), 531pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1859849024, (Order No: 46727 ), $10.00
191. Landsman, Ned C., SCOTLAND AND ITS FIRST AMERICAN COLONY, 1683-1765, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, (1985), B&W illustrations, 361pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0691047243 Ned Landsman focuses on the Lowland settlers of eastern and central New Jersey, Scotland's first successful American colony, and considers their story within a comparative and transatlantic context., (Order No: 46792 ), $100.00
192. Lawson, Steven F. (edited with an introduction by), TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - THE REPORT OF PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN'S COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, Bedford/St. Martin's, Boston/New York, (2004), 200pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0312402147 The Bedford Series in History and Culture., (Order No: 51835 ), $12.50
193. Lerner, Robert; Nagai, Althea K.; and, Rothman, Stanley, AMERICAN ELITES, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, (1996) 1st ptg, B&W tables, 176pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300065345 This portrait of America's elite leaders is based on interviews with more than 1800 members of ten strategic leadership groups--including federal judges, business executives, religious leaders, high-level bureaucrats, military leaders, labor union chiefs, lawyers, leading yournalists, and motion picture and television magnates., (Order No: 38987 ), $25.00
194. Lewis, Oscar, SEA ROUTES TO THE GOLD FIELDS: THE MIGRATION BY WATER TO CALIFORNIA IN 1849-1852, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1949 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 286pp, index, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The full story of the thousands who went to California by sea during the Gold Rush--their routes, ships, food, living quarters, outfits, recreations, hardships, stops ashore., (Order No: 45138 ), $12.00
195. Lichtman, Allan J., PREJUDICE AND THE OLD POLITICS: THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1928, Univ of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC, (1979), 366pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0807813583 Combining statistical analysis with well- written narrative history, this reevaluation of the 1928 presidential election gives a vivid portrait of the candidates and the campaign., (Order No: 37018 ), $25.00
196. Link, William A. (edited with an introduction by), THE REBUILDING OF OLD COMMONWEALTHS: AND OTHER DOCUMENTS OF SOCIAL REFORM IN THE PROGRESSIVE ERA SOUTH, Bedford/St. Martin's, Boston, MA, (1996), B&W illustrations, 166pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0312105908 The author provides a comprehensive overview of the paradoxes of progressivism., (Order No: 51968 ), $3.00
197. Lisio, Donald J., THE PRESIDENT AND PROTEST: HOOVER, CONSPIRACY, AND THE BONUS RIOT, University of Missouri Press, Columbia, MO, (1974), 346pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 082620158X On July 28, 1932, the bonus march on Washington - the largest protest the capital city had known to that date - became one of the most compelling human interest stories of the Depression era. The Depression ruined Hoover's reputation as a leader, and his aloof, introverted manner further handicapped him., (Order No: 37539 ), $10.00
198. Lockridge, Kenneth A., SETTLEMENT AND UNSETTLEMENT IN EARLY AMERICA: THE CRISIS OF POLITICAL LEGITIMACY BEFORE THE REVOLUTION, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, (1981), B&W illustrations, 134pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0521237076 Kenneth Lockridge portrays a society divided against itself and unable to arrive at a generally acceptable basis for political order., (Order No: 36872 ), $12.50
199. Lord, Walter, THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT, W. W. Norton & Co., Inc., New York, (1972), B&W illustrations, 384pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, ISBN 0393054527 "The climactic shaping of 'the land of the free' during the hazardous events of 1814 in Washington, Baltimore, and London.", (Order No: 7369 ), $2.50
200. Lowry, Edward G., WASHINGTON CLOSE-UPS: INTIMATE VIEWS OF SOME PUBLIC FIGURES, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1921, B&W illustrations, 275pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 32055 ), $10.00
201. Lubar, Steven and Kendrick, Kathleen M., LEGACIES: COLLECTING AMERICA'S HISTORY AT THE SMITHSONIAN, Smithsonian Institution Pr., Washington, D.C., (2001) 1st ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 256pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1560988649 This lavishly illustrated guide to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, the author's tell the stories behind more than 250 of the museum's treasures, many of them never before photographed for publication., (Order No: 45179 ), $7.50
202. Lukacs, John, A NEW REPUBLIC - A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, (2004) 1st ptg, 457pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0300104294 Author "offers a major statement on the nature of our political system and a critical look at the underpinnings of our society.", (Order No: 51871 ), $7.50
203. Mac Kay, Kenneth Campbell (MacKay, Kenneth Campbell), THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT OF 1924, Columbia University Press, New York, 1947, 298pp, good, green cloth (hardcover), This study grew out of a desire to know more about the principles and personalities of the third party movement of 1924., (Order No: 37040 ), $50.00
204. MacCloskey, Monro, OUR NATIONAL ATTIC: THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, Richards Rosen Press, Inc., New York, (1968) 1st ed, B&W ill., B&W maps, 191pp, very good, pictorial cloth (hardcover), The story of three great U.S. Government establishments housing the accumulations of our past, from prehistoric times to the present day., (Order No: 27749 ), $6.50
205. MacDonnell, Francis, INSIDIOUS FOES: THE AXIS FIFTH COLUMN AND THE AMERICAN HOME FRONT, The Lyons Press, Guilford, CT, (2004), B&W illustrations, 244pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1592284914 From 1938 to 1942, a case of national jitters gripped the United States--fear that a German Fifth Column had penetrated the nation, and that Nazi spies were actively engaged in a campaign of subversion. In this volume, the author recaptures the spirit of the anxiety and dread that permeated the country during these years., (Order No: 51965 ), $4.00
206. MacDougall, Curtis D. (introduction by H. H. Wilson), GIDEON'S ARMY: VOLUME 1, 2 AND 3 - THREE VOLUME SET COMPLETE - VOLUMES I, II, AND III, Marzani & Munsell, New York, (1965) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 3 vols, 884pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjackets (hardcover) in worn slipcase, A meticulously detailed, and invaluable, historical record of the Progressive party campaign of 1948 behind the candidacy of Henry A. Wallace., (Order No: 50445 ), $45.00
207. Mackay, James, ALLAN PINKERTON - THE EYE WHO NEVER SLEPT, Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh and London, (1996), B&W illustrations, 256pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1851588256 Allan Pinkerton himself was a mass of contradictions about whom a web of legend and half-truth has grown up, and unravelling the myth and mystery has proved as complex as any of the great cases Pinkerton himself solved., (Order No: 42959 ), $7.50
208. MacLeod, Celeste, HORATIO ALGER, FAREWELL: THE END OF THE AMERICAN DREAM, Seaview Books, New York, (1980) 1st ed, 310pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by the author, ISBN 0872236110 In this study, the author argues that this once fabled and romantic dream is a modern-day fairy tale; individual initiative and persistence do not automatically lead to financial success., (Order No: 31212 ), $7.50
209. Malcolm, Andrew H., UNKNOWN AMERICA, Quadrangle, New York, (1974), photos by Gary Settle, 301pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0812904850 Author spent three years roaming the American countryside for THE NEW YORK TIMES, searching out interesting people, tales, customs, and places. Learn such important facts as: why a cowboy wears a cowboy hat, and where the expression "Your name is mud" comes from., (Order No: 6988 ), $10.00
210. Malone, Michael P., C. BEN ROSS AND THE NEW DEAL IN IDAHO, Univ. of Washington Press, Seattle, WA, (1970), B&W illustrations, 191pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0295950689 "Cowboy" Ben Ross was one of the most colorful politicians in a state and an area noted for its flamboyant public figures., (Order No: 37341 ), $12.50
211. Manning, Martin (with the assistance of Herbert Romerstein), HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN PROPAGANDA, Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, (2004) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 394pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0313296057 From the French and Indian War in 1754 to the present Iraqi conflict, propaganda has played a significant role in American history. This book, with more than 350 entries, focuses primarily on propaganda created by the US government throughout its existence., (Order No: 52873 ), $70.00
212. Marcus, Maeva, TRUMAN AND THE STEEL SEIZURE CASE: THE LIMITS OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER, Columbia University Press, New York, 1977, 390pp, very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover) review slip laid in, ISBN 0231041268 The seizure of the steel mills in 1952 by President Harry S. Truman was an unprecedented use of presidential power. The STEEL SEIZURE cas precipitated a constitutional crisis, rivaled in our day, perhaps, only by the crisis of Watergate., (Order No: 37612 ), $14.50
213. Marszalek, John F., THE PETTICOAT AFFAIR: MANNERS, MUTINY, AND SEX IN ANDREW JACKSON'S WHITE HOUSE, The Free Press, New York, (1997), B&W illustrations, 296pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0684828014 The story of the first--and still greatest--political sex scandal of American history, a tale of Washington's original sin., (Order No: 22550 ), $8.00
214. Martin, James Kirby (edited by), INTERPRETING COLONIAL AMERICA: SELECTED READINGS - SECOND EDITION, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1978), 496pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0060442093, (Order No: 51870 ), $5.00
215. Martin, Waldo E., BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION: A BRIEF HISTORY WITH DOCUMENTS - BEDFORD SERIES IN HISTORY AND CULTURE, Bedford/St. Martin's, Boston, MA, (1998) 4th ptg, 253pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0312111525, (Order No: 53032 ), $10.00
216. Marty, Martin E., RELIGION AND REPUBLIC: THE AMERICAN CIRCUMSTANCE, Beacon Press, Boston, MA, (1987), 391pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0807012068 A leading historian of American religion and culture reflects on the critical role of religious diversity in our national self-understanding. Two small closed tears on the dustjacket., (Order No: 16657 ), $5.00
217. McCullough, Edo, WASHINGTON SIDESHOW: PURSUIT OF PLEASURE IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL AND IN THE FIELD UNDER NINE PRESIDENTS, Marshall Jones Company Pub., Francestown, NH, (1983) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 449pp, good w/lightly edgeworn dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0833801877 In the course of McCullough's activities while in travel or working in the District of Columbia, he records many exciting and interesting sideshows, such as: attempted presidential assasinations, shooting in the Halls of Congress, White House weddings, 10 inaugural balls held simultaneously, and three-ring circuses in the judiciary, representative, and executive branches., (Order No: 39180 ), $35.00
218. McKelvey, Blake, THE CITY IN AMERICAN HISTORY, George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., London, (1969), 229pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 043010172 "Historical Problems: Studies and Documents" Series. "Comprehensive survey of the successive roles played by the explosive constellation of cities in American history.", (Order No: 36279 ), $15.00
219. McKitrick, Eric L., ANDREW JOHNSON AND RECONSTRUCTION, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, (1964) 2nd ptg, 534pp, good+, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 31834 ), $5.00
220. McLaurin, Melton A., SEPARATE PASTS - GROWING UP WHITE IN THE SEGREGATED SOUTH, University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, (1987) 4th ptg, 164pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0820310441 With candor and perception, Melton A. McLaurin recalls his youth in Wade, North Carolina, in the 1950s, when racial segregation still existed unchallenged and nearly unquestioned in the rural South., (Order No: 50576 ), $7.50
221. McLean, Edward B. (edited by), AN UNCERTAIN LEGACY: ESSAYS ON THE PURSUIT OF LIBERTY, Intercollegiate Studies Inst, Wilmington, DE, (1997), 229pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1882926153 This volume brings together ten of today's leading thinkers--scholars who have devoted their lives to the study of liberty., (Order No: 32763 ), $8.00
222. McNall, Scott G.; and McNall, Sally Allen, PLAINS FAMILIES: EXPLORING SOCIOLOGY THROUGH SOCIAL HISTORY, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1983) 3rd ptg, 328pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0312613911 "...enables the readers to understand and appreciate the relationship of individuals and family groups to society as a whole.", (Order No: 49551 ), $6.00
223. McWhiney, Grady, SOUTHERNERS AND OTHER AMERICANS, Basic Books, Inc., New York, (1973), 206pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0465080898 Is there such a thing as a homogeneous Southern culture, or are the differences among Southern groups and classes more significant than the shared historical experiences that unite them in our eyes? The author examines these persistent questions., (Order No: 28016 ), $9.50
224. Mead, Edwin D., THE PRINCIPLES OF THE FOUNDERS, American Unitarian Assoc., Boston, MA, 1903, 73pp, good+, blue cloth, teg (hardcover), Oration before the city government and citizens of Boston, at Faneuil Hall, July 4, 1903., (Order No: 24399 ), $20.00
225. Meltzer, Milton, BOUND FOR THE RIO GRANDE: THE MEXICAN STRUGGLE, 1845-1850, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, (1974), B&W ill., music examples, 280pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394824407 A new approach to America's past, using original sources--letters, diaries, documents, maps, songs, speeches and illustrations of the period-- to tell the history of the United States in the words of the people who shaped it. Part of The Living History Library: General Editor - John Anthony Scott., (Order No: 18727 ), $8.50
226. Mennel, Robert M., THORNS & THISTLES: JUVENILE DELINQUENTS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1825-1940, Univ. Press of New England, Hanover, NH, 1973, 231pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0874510708 The first substantive history of an important facet of modern social-welfare policy., (Order No: 38269 ), $15.00
227. Meredith, Roy, MATHEW BRADY'S PORTRAIT OF AN ERA, W. W. Norton & Co., New York, (1982) 1st ed, B&W photographs, 160pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393013952 America's "Age of Manifest Destiny" seen through the lens of the world's first great portrait photographer.", (Order No: 8454 ), $14.50
228. Merrill, Horace Samuel, BOURBON DEMOCRACY OF THE MIDDLE WEST, 1865-1896, University of Washington Pr., Seattle, WA, (1967), 6 B&W ill., 300pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), The essential idea of the author is that the leadership of the Democracy was in the hands of Bourbons, 'wealthy, self-esteemed, self-appointed guardians of an already fixed pattern for living and making a living.' The Bourbons of Middle West were not so much interested in winning elections as they were in keeping their party safe and sane through denying power to dissident farmers and wage earners., (Order No: 16094 ), $15.00
229. Metz, Allan (compiled by), NATIONAL SERVICE AND AMERICORPS: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, (1997) 1st ptg, 271pp, very good+ maroon cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket as published), ISBN 0313302677 This reference work provides sources on national service and AmeriCorps from a wide range of perspectives and disciplines, including education, public policy, political science, and public administration., (Order No: 35682 ), $45.00
230. Miller, Douglas T., THEN WAS THE FUTURE: THE NORTH IN THE AGE OF JACKSON, 1815-1850 - THE LIVING HISTORY LIBRARY, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, (1973), B&W ill., B&W maps, 271pp, very good+, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0394926331 A new approach to America's past, using original sources--letters, diaries, documents, maps, songs, speeches and illustrations of the period--to tell the history of the United States in the words of the people who shaped it., (Order No: 27878 ), $5.00
231. Miller, John E., GOVERNOR PHILIP F. LA FOLLETTE, THE WISCONSIN PROGRESSIVES, AND THE NEW DEAL, University of Missouri Press, Columbia, MO, 1982, 229pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) review slip laid in, ISBN 082620371X In this detailed study, Miller contends that Philip F. La Follette was one of the most gifted and creative politicians of the 1930s and reveals how La Follette acted out the role of a flamboyant, controversial, and influential political leader., (Order No: 37617 ), $40.00
232. Mohan, Brij, DEMOCRACIES OF UNFREEDOM: THE UNITED STATES AND INDIA, Praeger, Westport, CT, (1996) 1st ptg, 169pp, fine, maroon cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket as published), ISBN 027594994X, (Order No: 36521 ), $25.00
233. Mohl, Raymond A. and Betten, Neil (edited by), URBAN AMERICA IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, Weybright and Talley, New York, (1970), 426pp, good+, brown cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), The purpose of this volume is to provide a source of important writings to aid in understanding urbanization and its consequences., (Order No: 39076 ), $12.50
234. Moody, Suzanna and Wurl, Joel (compiled and edited by) (foreword by Rudolph J. Vecoli), THE IMMIGRATION HISTORY RESEARCH CENTER: A GUIDE TO COLLECTIONS, Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, (1991) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 447pp, fine, gray cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket as published, ISBN 0313268320 The publication of this guide represents the culmination of a quarter century of work on the part of the Immigration History Research Center (IHRC), dedicated to documenting the immigrant experience., (Order No: 46209 ), $15.00
235. Morais, Herbert M., THE STRUGGLE FOR AMERICAN FREEDOM: THE FIRST TWO HUNDRED YEARS, International Publishers, New York, (1944), 320pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Beginning with the English background of American history, this book traces the settlement and development of the thirteen colonies., (Order No: 52035 ), $7.50
236. Morgan, Edmund S., THE GENUINE ARTICLE: A HISTORIAN LOOKS AT EARLY AMERICA, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (2004) 1st ed, 317pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393059200 A passionate and unparalleled look at the lives of the American colonists., (Order No: 52036 ), $5.00
237. Morgan, Ted, REDS: MCCARTHYISM IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA -- ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOFS, Random House, New York, (2003), fine, wraps (softcover), PLEASE NOTE --- THIS IS A COPY OF THE ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOFS !!!, (Order No: 42633 ), $10.00
238. Morse, Anson Daniel (introduction by Dwight Whitney Morrow), PARTIES AND PARTY LEADERS, Marshall Jones Company, Boston, MA, 1923, 267pp, good+, black cloth, teg (hardcover), (Order No: 40014 ), $10.00
239. Murat, Ines (translated by Frances Frenaye), NAPOLEON AND THE AMERICAN DREAM, Louisiana State Univ. Press, Baton Rouge, LA, (1981), 243pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0807107700 This volume introduces us to little-known facts about the adventures and misadventures of numerous French veterans of Waterloo who migrated to the United States., (Order No: 26502 ), $8.50
240. Murray, William D., THE HISTORY OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA - SCOUTING MARCHES ON, Boy Scouts of America, New York, 1937, B&W illustrations, 574pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) clean and tight copy, In this historical narrative, Mr. Murray tells the inner story of the development of the Scout Movement, and gives an interpretation of its outreach and service to the youth of America., (Order No: 27720 ), $85.00
241. Myers, William Starr and Newton, Walter H., THE HOOVER ADMINISTRATION: A DOCUMENTED NARRATIVE, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1936 1st ed, 553pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB with usual markings, (Order No: 38037 ), $7.50
242. Namias, June (with an introduction by Robert Coles), FIRST GENERATION - IN THE WORDS OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS, Beacon Press, Boston, MA, (1978), 234pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 080705416X Here is the first collection of oral histories to appear that deals with the American immigrant experience from a multi-ethnic approach., (Order No: 52252 ), $7.50
243. Nasaw, David, CHILDREN OF THE CITY: AT WORK AND AT PLAY, Anchor Press/Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1985 1st ed, B&W photographs, 244pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0385171641 It was the turn of the century-a time of explosive growth for American cities, a time of nascent hopes and apparently limitless possibilities. In Children of the City, David Nasaw has re-created this period in our social history from the vantage point of the children who grew up there. Drawing on hundreds of memoirs, autobiographies, oral histories, and unpublished-and until now unexamined-primary source materials from cities across the country, he provides us with a warm and eloquent portrait of these children, their families, their daily lives, their fears, and their dreams., (Order No: 10136 ), $8.50
244. Nash, Bradley D. (with Milton S. Eisenhower, R. Gordon Hoxie, and William C. Spragens), ORGANIZING AND STAFFING THE PRESIDENCY: PROCEEDINGS, VOLUME III, NUMBER I, 1980, Center Study of the Pres., New York, (1980), 196pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0938204017 This volume examines the organizational and staffing problems confronting American Presidents. Chapters include: White House Staffs, 1789-1974; Staffing the Ford and Carter Presidencies; and more., (Order No: 19798 ), $10.00
245. Nash, Gary B. (foreword by Richard S. Dunn), RACE, CLASS, AND POLITICS: ESSAYS ON AMERICAN COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY SOCIETY, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL, (1986), B&W figures, 371pp, very good=, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0252013131 Some of the finest writings by America's leading social historian of the colonial and Revolutionary periods., (Order No: 51898 ), $10.00
246. Nash, Gerald D., THE CRUCIAL ERA: THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND WORLD WAR II, 1929-1945 - SECOND EDITION, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1992) 2nd ed, B&W illustrations, 213pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0312036310 The purpose of this volume is to help students understand the lasting impact of the Great Depression and World War II on the American people, to recognize that these two events irrevocably altered the political, economic, social, and cultural life of the nation., (Order No: 52032 ), $6.00
247. Neel, Joanne Loewe, PHINEAS BOND: A STUDY IN ANGLO-AMERICAN RELATIONS, 1786-1812, Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, PA, (1968), B&W frontis, 192pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Although occupying comparatively minor posts, Bond became a microcosm of his time. His thoughts and work, his dreams and hopes, his experiences and convictions point up the era between the two wars for American independence., (Order No: 44380 ), $7.50
248. Neufeld, Maurice F.; Leab, Daniel J.; and, Swanson, Dorothy, AMERICAN WORKING CLASS HISTORY: A REPRESENTATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY, R. R. Bowker Company, New York, 1983, 356pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0835217523 This bibliographic reference spans the history of American labor from colonial times to the present., (Order No: 47757 ), $12.50
249. Niblo, Stephen R., WAR, DIPLOMACY, AND DEVELOPMENT: THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO, 1938-1954, Scholarly Resources Inc., Wilmington, DE, (1995), B&W figures, 324pp, very good, maroon cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), ISBN 0842025502 This study deals with an attempt by the people of Mexico in the midtwentieth century to reverse a birthright of colonial subjugation by, and dependence upon, a succession of great powers., (Order No: 38601 ), $45.00
250. Nicholson, Philip Yale, LABOR'S STORY IN THE UNITED STATES, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, PA, (2004) 1st ptg, 358pp, fine, wraps (softcover) review press release laid in, ISBN 1592132391 A comprehensive and broad historical narrative of labor in the United States., (Order No: 52874 ), $22.50
251. Nobles, Gregory H., AMERICAN FRONTIERS: CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS AND CONTINENTAL CONQUEST, Hill and Wang, New York, (1997) 1st ed, 286pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review press release, ISBN 0809024713 The author shows how American leaders, beginning with Washington and Jefferson, pursued a policy of national expansion and development that enabled the United States to become the dominant power on the North American continent., (Order No: 27962 ), $8.50
252. Noggle, Burl, WORKING WITH HISTORY: THE HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY IN LOUISIANA AND THE NATION, 1936-1942, Louisiana State Univ. Press, Baton Rouge, LA, (1981), 99pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0807108812 The Historical Records Survey, a federal project under the Works Progress Administration, has been almost forgotten by historians. Burl Noggle rescues the cultural riches of the HRS that grew out of the "Search for America" movement of the 1930s., (Order No: 37642 ), $8.50
253. Nordhoff, Charles, THE COMMUNISTIC SOCIETIES OF THE UNITED STATES; FROM PERSONAL VISIT AND OBSERVATION, Hillary House Publishers, New York, 1961 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 439pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), First published in 1875. The classic eye-witness report of the Economists, Zoarites, Shakers, Amana, Oneida, Bethel, Aurora, Icarian and other Utopian Communities that flourished in 19th Century America., (Order No: 50038 ), $10.00
254. Nye, Russel B., MIDWESTERN PROGRESSIVE POLITICS: A HISTORICAL STUDY OF ITS ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT, 1870-1950, Michigan State College Press, East Lansing, MI, 1951, B&W illustrations, 422pp, good+ w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Nye traces the rise and fall of Midwestern progressivism from the days of the Grangers through the age of William Jennings Bryan and the insurgency of Fighting Bob La Follette to the present., (Order No: 49186 ), $7.50
255. O'Brien, Francis William (edited with commentaries by), TWO PEACEMAKERS IN PARIS - THE HOOVER-WILSON POST-ARMISTICE LETTERS 1918-1920, Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX, (1978) 1st ed, 254pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0890960518, (Order No: 50179 ), $7.50
256. O'Connor, Richard, PACIFIC DESTINY: AN INFORMAL HISTORY OF THE U.S. IN THE FAR EAST: 1776-1968, Little, Brown and Co., Boston, (1969) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 505pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 3823 ), $4.50
257. O'Neill, William L., THE PROGRESSIVE YEARS: AMERICA COMES OF AGE, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1975, 166pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0396071015 The author portrays the Progressive era more as a period of modernization and bureaucratization of business and government than as a period of great social reform. These were the years, he shows, in which the basis was laid for the type of society that exists in America today., (Order No: 14110 ), $12.50
258. Odo, Franklin (edited by), THE COLUMBIA DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, Columbia University Press, New York, (2002) 1st ptg, 590pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0231110308 "A far-ranging array of texts that will allow students and scholars alike ready access to the key historical documents that have shaped the lives of Asian Americans.", (Order No: 37025 ), $55.00
259. Oehser, Paul H. (foreword by S. Dillon Ripley), THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Praeger Publishers, New York, (1970), 276pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), The dramatic story of the Smithsonian with behind-the-scenes details of daily operations, structure, and administrative problems., (Order No: 27750 ), $7.50
260. Ogden, Samuel R. (edited by), AMERICA THE VANISHING: RURAL LIFE AND THE PRICE OF PROGRESS, Hayden Book Company, Inc., NY, (1969), ill. by David Plowden, 242pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Once a verdant, unspoiled paradise whose beauty and abundance overwhelmed the European colonists, America has evolved into a pollution-riddled land, pockmarked by progress. Here, the author brings together the works of some of the best-known writers on the American scene to produce "both a nostalgic memorial to what was, and a disapproving commentary on what is.", (Order No: 18356 ), $12.50
261. Olds, Irving S., BITS AND PIECES OF AMERICAN HISTORY, published by the author, New York, 1951, B&W illustrations, 463pp, very good++, gray cloth (hardcover) exceptionally nice copy, "AS TOLD BY A COLLECTION OF AMERICAN NAVAL AND OTHER HISTORICAL PRINTS AND PAINTINGS, INCLUDING PORTRAITS OF AMERICAN NAVAL COMMANDERS AND SOME EARLY VIEWS OF NEW YORK." A collection of Naval prints focusing on early American Naval actions. Limited to 500 copies, "most of these prints are now hung at the offices of United States Steel Corporation in New York City." An exceptionally nice copy without faults., (Order No: 51678 ), $145.00
262. Olson, James Stuart, HERBERT HOOVER AND THE RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION, 1931-1933, Iowa State University Press, Ames, IA, (1977) 1st ed, B&W frontis, 155pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) spine fade as usual, ISBN 0813808804 The author evaluates the Hoover Presidency by concentrating on the RFC and the role it played in the dramatic ordeal of Herbert Hoover., (Order No: 27737 ), $14.50
263. Owsley, Frank Lawrence, STRUGGLE FOR THE GULF BORDERLANDS - THE CREEK WAR AND THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS, 1812-1815, University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, AL, (2000), 255pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0817310622 This examination of the Creek War integrates that struggle into the larger conflict that broke out in 1812 between Great Britain and the United States., (Order No: 51667 ), $20.00
264. Parry, Edwin Satterthwaite (Lineal Descendant of Betsy Ross), BETSY ROSS - QUAKER REBEL: BEING THE TRUE STORY OF THE ROMANTIC LIFE OF THE MAKER OF THE FIRST AMERICAN FLAG, The John C. Winston Company, Philadelphia,PA, (1933), B&W illustrations, 252pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) in good box, Exceptionally nice copy in original publishers box with pictorial pastedown on front of box matching the front cover of the dustjacket. Extra band around the dustjacket discussing the findof the Marriage Bond of John Ross and Elizabeth Griscom (Betsy Ross). On the front free endpaper is the Betsy Ross House bookplate, this copy UNSIGNED by the author. One small side of the box top is off and laid in, two other sides have small breaks., (Order No: 46564 ), $75.00
265. Parton, James (inscribed by the author in 1871), TOPICS OF THE TIME, James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, MA, 1871, 401pp, good, brown cloth (hardcover) light wear top/bottom of spine, Contents include: Uncle Sam's Treatment of his Servants; The Yankees at Home; Congressional Peccadilloes; International Copyright; Our Roman Catholic Brethren; How Congress Wastes its Time; The Clothes Mania; Log-Rolling at Washington; Our Israelitish Brethren; Correspondence of Napoleon Bonaparte; The Government of the City of New York. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR IN 1871., (Order No: 43527 ), $45.00
266. Patrick, Rembert W., THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE NATION, Oxford University Press, New York, 1967, B&W illustrations, 324pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), First general study of all aspects of Reconstruction in the United States as a whole., (Order No: 37345 ), $15.00
267. Paul, Karen Dawley (compiled by); Boyle, Diane B. (editorial assistant), GUIDE TO RESEARCH COLLECTIONS OF FORMER UNITED STATES SENATORS 1789-1995, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1995, 743pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), A listing of archival repositories housing the papers of former senators, related collections, and oral history interviews., (Order No: 49885 ), $12.00
268. Pauli, Hertha and Ashton, E. B., I LIFT MY LAMP: THE WAY OF A SYMBOL -- THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc, New York, (1948) 1st ptg, 368pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The stirring story of "Liberty Enlightening the World," the familiar colossus at the entrance of New York Harbor, conceived by certain Frenchmen, intended for certain Americans, and promoted for certain ends., (Order No: 49117 ), $10.00
269. Peeler, David P., HOPE AMONG US YET: SOCIAL CRITICISM AND SOCIAL SOLACE IN DEPRESSION AMERICA, University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, (1987) 1st ptg, B&W ill., 340pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), The author examines art and literature of the Great Depression to reveal a common pursuit and common dream in the work of the writers, photographers, and painters who turned their talents toward the utter dislocation and despair of 1930s America., (Order No: 31661 ), $14.50
270. Peirce, Neal R., THE MEGASTATES OF AMERICA: PEOPLE, POLITICS, AND POWER IN THE TEN GREAT STATES, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, (1972) 1st ed, 745pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393054586 Ten states dominate every aspect of American life. Fifty-five percent of the American people live in them. Voting together, they are only eleven electoral votes short of electing a President of the United States. They account for 62 percent of the manufacturing, 60 percent of the bank assets, 59 percent of personal income, and 60 percent of state and local government spending., (Order No: 11737 ), $5.00
271. Pelling, Henry, AMERICA AND THE BRITISH LEFT: FROM BRIGHT TO BEVAN, New York University Press, Washington Square, NY, (1957) 1st US, 174pp, very good, light blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), This book is an attempt to illustrate the attitude to the United States of the members of the British Left--first Liberal and Radical, later also Socialist--in the period since the American Civil War and up to the present day. It consists of a series of studies of particular controversies in British politics which throw light on the contemporary view of America., (Order No: 16588 ), $7.00
272. Pells, Richard H., RADICAL VISIONS AND AMERICAN DREAMS: CULTURE AND SOCIAL THOUGHT IN THE DEPRESSION YEARS, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1973) 1st ed, 424pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0060133317 Contents include: Prologue--Progressivism and the 1920's; Political and Economic Thought, 1929-1935; The Search for Community; Literary Theory and the Role of the Intellectual; Documentaries, Fiction, and the Depression; The Radical Stage and the Hollywood Film in the 1930s; The Decline of Radicalism, 1935-1939; From Depression to War; Eilogue., (Order No: 51537 ), $8.00
273. Perkins, Dexter, HANDS OFF: A HISTORY OF THE MONROE DOCTRINE, Little, Brown and Co., Boston, 1941 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 455pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 8323 ), $12.00
274. Perry, Bliss; (Allen Johnson, Editor), THE AMERICAN SPIRIT IN LITERATURE: GREAT INTERPRETERS - CHRONICLES OF AMERICA SERIES - VOLUME 34 (ABRAHAM LINCOLN ED), Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1918, B&W illustrations, 281pp, very good, decorated blue cloth, teg (hardcover), (Order No: 24208 ), $10.00
275. Pessen, Edward, MOST UNCOMMON JACKSONIANS: THE RADICAL LEADERS OF THE EARLY LABOR MOVEMENT, State University of NY Press, Albany, NY, (1967), 208pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The Age of Jackson saw the beginnings of America's labor movement in the emergence both of trade unions and of the Working Men's political parties. The leadership of this movement was one of its most outstanding and fascinating features., (Order No: 2459 ), $10.00
276. Peterson, Merrill D., ADAMS AND JEFFERSON: A REVOLUTIONARY DIALOGUE, University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, (1976), B&W illustrations, 146pp, good+, black cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0820304018 MERCER UNIVERSITY LAMAR MEMORIAL LECTURES, NO. 19. This volume contains Professor Peterson's four lectures on "Adams and Jefferson: A Revolutionary Dialogue.", (Order No: 45146 ), $10.00
277. Phillips, Kevin, ARROGANT CAPITAL: WASHINGTON, WALL STREET, AND THE FRUSTRATION OF AMERICAN POLITICS, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, (1994) 1st ed, 231pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0316706183, (Order No: 11183 ), $3.00
278. Pienkos, Angela and Pienkos, Donald, A HISTORY OF THE POLISH WOMEN'S ALLIANCE OF AMERICA - "IN THE IDEALS OF WOMEN IS THE STRENGTH OF A NATION", East European Monographs, Boulder, CO, 2003, B&W ill. follow text, 282pp of text, fine, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket as published), ISBN 0880335300, (Order No: 40744 ), $35.00
279. Piltz, Thomas (editor), 1776-1976: TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF GERMAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS, Heinz Moos Verlag, Munchen, (1975), 391 ill. and plates, 188pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 3787900926 America has had a great influence on Germany and the Federal Republic. This bilingual publication offers an overview of the cross currents-the give and take-that have affected nearly all areas of private and public life in both lands. Through text, illustrations and photographs, the book depicts the most notable milestones of these interrelationships., (Order No: 10451 ), $7.50
280. Plesur, Milton (edited by), CREATING AN AMERICAN EMPIRE, 1865-1914, Pitman Publishing Corp., New York, (1971), 259pp, good+ w/lightly edgeworn dustjacket (hardcover), Plesur focuses on such topics as: new strategic interests in the pre-1890 period, the role of commerce in American expansion, the Spanish-American War and its legacy--pro and con, the manifestation of U.S. great power status in the Caribbean and Orient., (Order No: 15086 ), $15.00
281. Plimpton, Pauline Ames (collected and edited by) (foreword by George Plimpton), THE PLIMPTON PAPERS: LAW AND DIPLOMACY -- THE CREDIBILITY OF INSTITUTIONS, POLICIES AND LEADERSHIP VOLUME 8, University Press of America, Lanham, MD, (1985), 143pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0819147834, (Order No: 37112 ), $15.00
282. Polsby, Nelson W. & Wildavsky, Aaron B., PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: STRATEGIES OF AMERICAN ELECTORAL POLITICS - THIRD EDITION, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1971) 3rd ed, 332pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0684125633, (Order No: 7872 ), $5.00
283. Powell, J. H., GENERAL WASHINGTON AND THE JACK ASS: AND OTHER AMERICAN CHARACTERS, IN PORTRAIT, Thomas Yoseloff, South Brunswick, NJ, (1969), 26 B&W ill., 363pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0498068080 Ten essays of individual Americans portrayed in their own world., (Order No: 14312 ), $7.00
284. Purdy, Virginia C. and Reed, Daniel J. (compiled and written by) (edited by J. Benjamin Townsend), PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAITS, Smithsonian Institution Pr., Washington, D.C., 1968, B&W illustrations, 75pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Major portraits of the thirty-five men who have served as Chief Executive., (Order No: 40433 ), $10.00
285. Putnam, Hamilton S., COUNTRY ON FIRE - ISRAEL PUTNAM AND THE COLONIAL STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL 1755-1765, published by the author, Concord, NH, (1974) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 210pp, fine, maroon cloth (hardcover) inscribed by the author, From the introduction, "This is a story about Israel Putnam. It is largely devoted to the highlights of his military service during the French and Indian War, but not entirely. There was his adventure into and exploits associated with the Cuban campaign and Chief Pontiac's War. By avocation Israel Putnam was a farmer in Pomfret, Connecticut. Upon provocation he was a fighter. This book shares some of those experiences along the wilderness road to Fort Ticonderoga, at Albany, Havana and in the conquest to put out the fire spreading across the countryside.", (Order No: 44967 ), $45.00
286. Quatannens, Jo Anne McCormick (compiled by); Boyle, Diane B. (editorial assistant), SENATORS OF THE UNITED STATES - A HISTORICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1995, 356pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), A compilation of works by and about members of the United States Senate 1789-1995., (Order No: 49886 ), $27.50
287. Quinn, David B. (edited by), NORTH AMERICAN DISCOVERY CIRCA 1000- 1612, Univ. of South Carolina Pr., Columbia, SC, (1971) 1st ed, 324pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0872492451, (Order No: 37210 ), $12.50
288. Raffel, Burton, POLITICIANS, POETS, & CON MEN: EMOTIONAL HISTORY IN LATE VICTORIAN AMERICA, Archon Book, Hamden, CT, 1986, 220pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0208020675 Raffel looks at ten different men and women, to uncover from the self-generated records of their history just what they thought of themselves, and what that thought reveals about the values and attitudes of the times in which they lived. Presented are: Rutherford B. Hayes, Harriet Stanwood Blaine, Joseph Hodges Choate, James Freeman Clarke, Edmund C. Stedman, Barrett Wendell, Richard W. Gilder, James Whitcomb Riley, Louise Imogen Guiney, and Phineas T. Barnum., (Order No: 13502 ), $7.50
289. Randel, William Peirce, THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: MIRROR OF A PEOPLE, Hamond, Inc., Maplewood, NJ, (1973), B&W and color illustrations, 256pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0843737298 A compelling evocation of the people who lived at the time of the American Revolution., (Order No: 3877 ), $15.00
290. Randel, William Peirce, THE EVOLUTION OF AMERICAN TASTE: THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN STYLE FROM 1607 TO THE PRESENT, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, (1978), 12pp in color, 200 B&W ill., 212pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517521806 This book covers the growth of American style through food, clothing, literature, architecture, painting and sculpture, furniture-the entire spectrum of American taste which is the incredible result of myriad cultures, commonsense ingenuity, and pure genius., (Order No: 13643 ), $6.00
291. Ravenal, Earl C., NEVER AGAIN: LEARNING FROM AMERICA'S FOREIGN POLICY FAILURES, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, PA, (1978), 153pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) review slip laid in, ISBN 0877221073 In this book, a senior policy analyst addresses a crucial question for American foreign policy: "What will we learn from the failures of the last twenty years?" This is a book about how a nation learns from the past., (Order No: 16469 ), $5.00
292. Rehnquist, William H., GRAND INQUESTS: THE HISTORIC IMPEACHMENTS OF JUSTICE SAMUEL CHASE AND PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON, Quill, New York, (1999), B&W illustrations, 303pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0688171710 Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist provides dramatic accounts of two historic impeachment trials in the American past., (Order No: 26287 ), $4.00
293. Rhodehamel, John, THE GREAT EXPERIMENT: GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, (1998) 1st ptg, color illustrations, 176pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300076142 Catalogue of an exhibition organized by The Huntington Library. Author examines the mingled destinies of Washington and the new American republic, illuminating both the man and his times., (Order No: 37558 ), $7.50
294. Riccards, Michael P. (foreword by Herbert Mitgang), THE FEROCIOUS ENGINE OF DEMOCRACY: A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY, VOLUME ONE FROM THE ORIGINS THROUGH WILLIAM MCKINLEY, Madison Books, Lanham, MD, (1995), 405pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1568330413 The author examines the chief executive office from its origins in 1787 to the transitional presidency of William McKinley., (Order No: 52346 ), $8.50
295. Riccards, Michael P., THE FEROCIOUS ENGINE OF DEMOCRACY: A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY, VOLUME TWO, THEODORE ROOSEVELT THROUGH GEORGE BUSH, Madison Books, Lanham, MD, (1995), 461pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1568330421 Riccards examines the "modern" presidency of the twentieth century., (Order No: 52347 ), $8.50
296. Richman, Irving Berdine; (Allen Johnson, Editor), THE SPANISH CONQUERORS: DAWN OF EMPIRE OVERSEAS - CHRONICLES OF AMERICA SERIES - VOLUME 2 (ABRAHAM LINCOLN EDITION), Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1919, B&W illustrations, 238pp, very good, decorated blue cloth, teg (hardcover), (Order No: 24189 ), $10.00
297. Ripley, S. Dillon, ON MUSEUM OBJECTS, TRUTH, AND EDUCATION - PRESENTATION SLIP INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR LAID IN, Smithsonian Institution Pr., Washington City, D.C., 1972, 32pp, very good+, blue paper covered boards (hardcover), REFLECTIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION UPON THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDING, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE CELEBRATION AND A SELECTION OF LETTERS CONGRATULATORY ON THE EVENT., (Order No: 43313 ), $15.00
298. Roberts, Kenneth and Roberts, Anna M. (translated and edited by), MOREAU DE ST. MERY'S AMERICAN JOURNEY 1793-1798, Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, 1947, color frontis, 394pp, good+, brown cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 46718 ), $5.00
299. Rogers, William Warren, THE ONE-GALLUSED REBELLION: AGRARIANISM IN ALABAMA, 1865-1896, Louisiana State Univ. Press, Baton Rouge, LA, (1970), B&W illustrations, 354pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0807109355 In this well-documented study of Alabama agrarianism, the author recounts the economic hardships these one-gallused farmers faced at a time when other classes were finding unprecedented rewards in a newly industrial society., (Order No: 17404 ), $12.50
300. Rooth, Signe Alice, SEERESS OF THE NORTHLAND: FREDRIKA BREMER'S AMERICAN JOURNEY 1849-1851, American Swedish Hist. Found, Philadelphia, (1955) 1st ed, 28 B&W ill., 327pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The Swedish novelist's tour of the US during which she was warmly received by the literary giants of the age., (Order No: 10039 ), $10.00
301. Rose, Lisle A., THE COLD WAR COMES TO MAIN STREET: AMERICA IN 1950, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, (1999) 1st ptg, 404pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover)-UNDERLINE 2 PAGES, ISBN 0700609288 In 1950 Main Street America - restored by victories in a global war and intent upon a prosperous and peaceful future - woke up to a harsh new reality. The sudden prospect of thermonuclear war with the Soviet Union, Senator Joseph McCarthy's vicious anticommunist crusade, and the outbreak of the Korena War all combined to darken the public's hopeful mood., (Order No: 37516 ), $12.50
302. Rosenkrantz, Barbara Gutmann and Koelsch, William A. (edited by), AMERICAN HABITAT: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, The Free Press, New York, (1973) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 372pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) 2 closed tears on dj, This unusual volume analyzes the environmental situation in the context of its historical development., (Order No: 39079 ), $10.00
303. Ross, Carl (introduction by Rudolph Vecoli), THE FINN FACTOR IN AMERICAN LABOR, CULTURE AND SOCIETY, Parta Printers, Inc., New York Mills, MN, (1977), ill. by Marcelle Williams, 220pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "Seeks to define the essential qualities of the Finnish American experience and its impact upon American society." "The Finn Factor shows how their ethnic institutions ... the churches, temperence movement, cooperatives, the amazing "Finn halls" ... were the channels of their varied and often conflicting responses to the harsh conditions of life imposed upon immigrant workers.", (Order No: 45019 ), $75.00
304. Ross, Ralph (edited by), MAKERS OF AMERICAN THOUGHT: AN INTRODUCTION TO SEVEN AMERICAN WRITERS, Univ. of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN, (1974), 301pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0816607125 The writers who are discussed and the authors of the chapters on each of them are Henry Adams by Louis Auchincloss, William James by Gay Wilson Allen, H. L. Mencken by Philip Wagner, Randolph Bourne by Sherman Paul, Van Wyck Brooks by William Wasserstrom, Kenneth Burke by Merle E. Brown, and Reinhold Niebuhr by Nathan A. Scott, Jr., (Order No: 27888 ), $5.00
305. Russo, David J., FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES: A NEW VIEW OF AMERICAN HISTORY, AASLH, Nashville, TN, (1974), 322pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0910050112 The author explains that Americans should be viewed in terms of the many groups which they have formed--families, towns, cities, states, regions, as well as the nation., (Order No: 28050 ), $6.00
306. Sagendorph, Robb, AMERICA AND HER ALMANACS: WIT, WISDOM & WEATHER 1639-1970, Yankee, Inc., Dublin, NH, (1970), B&W illustrations, 318pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "This fascinating segment of Americana, for years second only to the Bible in most American homes, is reviewed wisely and wittily by America's foremost expert on almanacs.", (Order No: 2754 ), $5.00
307. Saito, Makoto (translated by Shumpei Okamoto and Linda L. Sieg), A POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES: AN INTERPRETIVE VIEW, University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo, Japan, (1979), 265pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0860082490 FOcuses on the parallel development of the United States internal political system and its foreign policy from the Colonial period through postwar America., (Order No: 37152 ), $30.00
308. Sann, Paul, AMERICAN PANORAMA - REVISED EDITION OF: FADS, FOLLIES, AND DELUSIONS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, Crown Publishers, New York, (1980), 500 B&W ill., 342pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517537737 A revised edition of FADS, FOLLIES AND DELUSIONS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE including: new diets, quick cures, campu