FDR and Lucy

Lovers and Friends

By Resa Willis

The last face FDR saw before he died was that of Lucy Mercer Rutherford, his mistress of thirty-one years. Although Eleanor, his children, and the...

Published September 17th 2004 by Routledge.

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Taking Back the Academy!

History of Activism, History as Activism

Edited by Jim Downs, Jennifer Manion

Taking Back the Academy! is not only an historical look at activism on campus since the 1960s, but also an exploration of the ways in...

Published August 27th 2004 by Routledge.

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The Technological Fix

How People Use Technology to Create and Solve Problems

Edited by Lisa Rosner

The term "technological fix" should mean a fix provided by technology--a solution for all of our problems, from medicine and food production to the environment...

Published August 13th 2004 by Routledge.

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Latin America

Development and Conflict since 1945

By John Ward

Bringing the story up-to-date, this expanded new edition takes into account recent developments including Argentina's 2001 debt default and the 2002 presidential election in Brazil....

Published July 1st 2004 by Routledge.

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The Black Studies Reader

Edited by Jacqueline Bobo, Cynthia Hudley, Claudine Michel

Black studies emerged from the tumultuous social and civil rights movements of the 1960s and empowered African Americans to look at themselves in new ways...

Published March 18th 2004 by Routledge.

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American Extremism

History, Politics and the Militia Movement

By Darren Mulloy

American Extremism explains how at the heart of the politics practiced by the militia movement is an attempt to define the nature of 'Americanism', and...

Published February 19th 2004 by Routledge.

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American War Plans, 1890-1939

By Steven T. Ross

By the close of the 19th century, the United States was no longer a continental power, but had become a nation with interests that spanned...

Published February 5th 2004 by Routledge.

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The Politics of Healing

Histories of Alternative Medicine in Twentieth-Century North America

Edited by Robert D. Johnston

From grocery store to doctor's office, alternative medicine is everywhere. A recent survey found that more than two in five Americans uses some form of...

Published December 30th 2003 by Routledge.

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Sport and the Color Line

Black Athletes and Race Relations in Twentieth Century America

Edited by Patrick B. Miller, David K. Wiggins

The year 2003 marks the one-hundredth anniversary of W.E.B. Du Bois' Souls of Black Folk, in which he declared that "the color line" would be...

Published November 24th 2003 by Routledge.

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"The Old Lady Trill, the Victory Yell"

The Power of Women in Native American Literature

By Patrice Hollrah

From warrior women to female deities who control the cycle of life, female characters in Native American literature exhibit a social and spiritual empowerment that...

Published November 12th 2003 by Routledge.

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