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In early 1920 in Hawaii, Japanese sugar cane workers, faced with spiraling living expenses, defiantly struck for a wage increase to $1.25 per day.... Læs mere
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Uses the story of Ruth Barnett, an abortionist in Portland, Oregon, between 1918 and 1968 to demonstrate that it was the law, not so-called back-alley practitioners, that most endangered women's lives in the years before abortion was legal.
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Presents a portrait of Karimpur, an Indian village, as it has changed over a sixty-year period. Using cultural documents such as songs and stories, as well as data on household budgets and farming practices, this title examines what it means to be poor or rich, female or male.
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With the emergence of Abstract Expressionism after World War II, the attention of the international art world turned from Paris to New York. In this book, Dore... Læs mere
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Prewar Shanghai means casinos, brothels, Green Gang racketeers, narcotics syndicates, gun-runners, underground Communist assassins, and Comitern secret agents. This title... Læs mere
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In the 1920s, revolution, and imperialist aggression brought chaos to China. Many of the dramatic events associated with this upheaval took place in... Læs mere
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In the late 1920s radio exploded almost overnight into being America's dominant entertainment, just as television would do 25 years later. This text takes us back to the heyday of radio,... Læs mere
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This study of the employment of Mexicans as labourers in the USA between World War I and the Great Depression relates the social and economic experiences of the Mexican workers. It describes the roles of women, the Catholic church and labour unions.
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In 1921, Lenin called for the legalization of private trade and manufacturing. This New Economic Policy (NEP) spawned many thousands of private... Læs mere
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A sweeping social history of food and eating in America, exploring the economic, political and cultural factors that have shaped the American diet from 1930 to the present.
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This text explores Latin American vanguardism's provocative and polemic nature. The movement was stimulated by the European avantgarde movements of the World War I era, but, as this book argues, it developed a very distinct voice and character.
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Tracing the life course of American teenagers in the mid-twentieth century, this book presents a historical portrait of growing up.