Télécharger le livre :  The Eve of Destruction
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At the beginning of 1965, the U.S. seemed on the cusp of a golden age. Although Americans had been shocked by the assassination in 1963 of President Kennedy, they exuded a sense of consensus and optimism that showed no signs of abating. Indeed, political liberalism and...

Editeur : Basic Books
Parution : 2012-11-27

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Télécharger le livre :  Freedom Is Not Enough
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On June 4, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson delivered what he and many others considered the greatest civil rights speech of his career. Proudly, Johnson hailed the new freedoms granted to African Americans due to the newly passed Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act,...

Editeur : Basic Books
Parution : 2010-05-04

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Télécharger le livre :  Restless Giant
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In Restless Giant, acclaimed historical author James Patterson provides a crisp, concise assessment of the twenty-seven years between the resignation of Richard Nixon and the election of George W. Bush in a sweeping narrative that seamlessly weaves together social,...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2005-09-23

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Télécharger le livre :  Brown v. Board of Education
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Many people were elated when Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in May 1954, the ruling that struck down state-sponsored racial segregation in America's public schools. Thurgood Marshall, chief attorney for the black...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2001-03-01

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Télécharger le livre :  Grand Expectations
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Beginning in 1945, America rocketed through a quarter-century of extraordinary economic growth, experiencing an amazing boom that soared to unimaginable heights in the 1960s. At one point, in the late 1940s, American workers produced 57 percent of the planet's steel, 62...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 1996-04-18

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