Kerry Segrave Forfatter
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Actors Organize: A History of Union Formation Efforts in America, 1880-1919 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Explores the history of American actors' attempts to unionize in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This book focuses on the... Læs mere
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Age Discrimination by Employers (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This work examines age discrimination as it relates to the employment sector in the US throughout the 20th century: how the issue has been treated... Læs mere
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American Television Abroad: Hollywood's Attempt to Dominate World Television (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Status: Skaffevare (forvent 3 - 8 uger)
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America on Foot: Walking and Pedestrianism in the 20th Century (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Beginning with the history of walking as a social activity, this book discusses the various issues which have affected walkers, including... Læs mere
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Baldness: A Social History (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
From the first torturous attempts at hair implants early in the 21st century to the faddish, well-hyped drug treatments, this work examines the extremes to which men have gone in an effort to regrow hair or cover their bald scalps.
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Begging in America, 1850-1940: The Needy, the Frauds, the Charities and the Law (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
"This historical book explores begging and beggars in the period 1850 to 1940, with emphasis on how the police, the courts, the... Læs mere
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Beware the Masher: Sexual Harassment in American Public Places, 1880-1930 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
"Examines the history of sexual harassment in America's public places (public transit vehicles, on streets) 1880-1930, as response... Læs mere
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Chewing Gum in America, 1850-1920: The Rise of an Industry (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Examines the chewing gum industry in America from 1850 to 1920, the rise and spread of gum chewing and the reactions - almost uniformly negative -... Læs mere
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Extras of Early Hollywood: A History of the Crowd, 1913-1945 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
"The struggles of extras, mostly overlooked and forgotten, to unionize were followed by internal struggles as the extras fought for a voice... Læs mere
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Film Actors Organize: Union Formation Efforts in America, 1912-1937 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The transition from stage to screen was not only a shift in popular entertainment, but a challenge for those working in the industry as... Læs mere
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Lie Detectors: A Social History (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The polygraph, or lie detector, was created and refined by academics in university settings with support from a few early police agencies. This work is a history of the polygraph - from the experimental work of the late 1800s that led directly to its creation - until the present.
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Lynchings of Women in the United States: The Recorded Cases, 1851-1946 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Between 1850 and 1950, at least 115 women were lynched by mobs in the US. The majority of these women were black. This examines the... Læs mere
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