History Books › how america eats a social

Reading Expeditions (Social Studies: Voices from America s Past): Our New Life in America (Paperback - Used) 0792287010 9780792287018

Meet the Marks family. Read how they escaped their harsh life in Russia came to America settled in New York City and worked to live the American dream. more

Pre-Owned The Politics of Policies : Economic and Social Progress in Latin America 2006 Report 9781597820103

This study analyzes how the workings of the policymaking process affect the quality of policy outcomes. It looks beyond a purely technocratic approach arguing that the political and policymaking processes are inseparable. It offers a wide variety of... more

Obesity in America 1850-1939: A History of Social Attitudes and Treatment (Paperback)

This is a study of obesity in America from 1850 to 1939 concentrating on how the condition was viewed studied and treated. It examines the images and stereotypes that were associated with fatness the various remedies that were proposed for the... more

Women and Social Change in America: A Survey of a Century of Progress (Paperback)

This book examines modern advances in gender equality and contemporary feminist discourse as a result of the American sexual revolution. It explains how and why the sexual revolution of the 1960s continues to have profound effects on modern views of... more

International Relations in Asia Africa and the Americas: Canadian Political Social and Historical (Re)visions in 20th and 21st Century (Hardcover)

This book examines how the evolution of various ideas schemes projects proposals and objectives influenced the Canadian political and social present. It takes into account both the ideas which have actually been implemented and the ones which never... more

Electrifying America : Social Meanings of a New Technology 1880-1940 9780262640305 Used / Pre-owned

Using Muncie Indiana as a touchstone David Nye explores how electricity seeped into and redefined American culture. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be... more

Paradox of Plenty : A Social History of Eating in Modern America 9780520234406 Used / Pre-owned

Revised edition of a classic that continues the story of eating in America and how Americans think about food; Paradox starts where Revolution at Table left off and takes the story right up to the present. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or... more

Pre-Owned Barbed Voices: Oral History Resistance and the World War II Japanese American Social (Hardcover 9781607328117) by Arthur A Hansen Lane Ryo Hirabayashi

9781607328117. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Annotated. Language: English. Pages: 252. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 252 p. Nikkei in the Americas. Featuring selected inmates and camp groups Arthur Hansen reveals why when where and how some... more

Pre-Owned Shutting Out the Sun : How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation 9780385513036 Used

The world s second wealthiest country Japan once seemed poised to overtake America. But its failure to recover from the economic collapse of the early 1990s was unprecedented and today it confronts an array of disturbing social trends. CONDITION –... more

Beyond Sixty-Five : The Dilemma of Old Age in America s Past 9780521315074 Used / Pre-owned

This book investigates the changing roles and perceptions of old age in nineteenth-century America. It shows how the economic and social transformation of the nation affected the condition of the aged as it altered beliefs about their abilities and... more

Routledge Studies in the Modern History Xenophobia and Nativism in Africa Latin America and the Caribbean (Hardcover)

This book historicises and analyses the increasing incidence of xenophobia and nativism in Africa Latin America and the Caribbean. It examines how xenophobia and nativism impact the political cohesion and social fabric of states and societies in the... more

Pre-Owned Beyond Sixty-Five : The Dilemma of Old Age in America s Past 9780521250962

This book investigates the changing roles and perceptions of old age in nineteenth-century America. It shows how the economic and social transformation of the nation affected the condition of the aged as it altered beliefs about their abilities and... more

Battling Demon Rum : The Struggle for a Dry America 1800-1933 9781566632089 Used / Pre-owned

Thomas Pegram s narrative account of the fight to regulate alcohol traces the moral and political offensives of the temperance advocates and shows how their tactics and organization reflected changes in the nation s politics and social structure. The... more

Pre-Owned The Color of Race in America 1900-1940 (Hardcover) 0674006151 9780674006157

With the social change brought on by the great migration of African Americans into the urban northeast after the Great War came the surge of a biracial sensibility that made America different from other Western nations. How white and black people... more

Pre-Owned America s Welfare State : From Roosevelt to Reagan 9780801841279

Useful for scholars and students both for its insights into the policy-making process and for its account of how American social policy arrived at the sorry state we find it in today. -- Contemporary Sociology CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD... more

Medicine Science and Making Race in Civil War America (Paperback)

This social and cultural history of Civil War medicine and science sheds important light on the question of why and how anti-Black racism survived the destruction of slavery. During the war white Northerners promoted ideas about Black inferiority under... more

21st Century Skills Library: Racial Justice in America: Indigenous Peoples: The American Indian Movement (Hardcover)

The social movements that defined the mid-20th century had lasting impacts on American society. This book takes a look at the American Indian Movement and how its activism brought much-needed attention to the injustices Indigenous Americans faced. The... more

Lost Worlds: Latin America and the Imagining of Empire (Paperback)

New expanded edition of a classic anthropology title that examines ethnicity as a dynamic and shifting aspect of social relations. Think of Latin America and what do you see? Cocaine? Carnevale? Chaos? In Lost Worlds Kevin Foster explores how these and... more

Lost Worlds: Latin America and the Imagining of Empire (Hardcover)

New expanded edition of a classic anthropology title that examines ethnicity as a dynamic and shifting aspect of social relations. Think of Latin America and what do you see? Escape? Adventure? Chaos? Oblivion? In Lost Worlds Kevin Foster explores how... more

The Progress and Achievement of one Hundred Years Since the Second war of Independence or the war of 1812.. (Paperback)

This book is a detailed historical account of the major events leading up during and after the War of 1812 and how those events shaped America as a nation for the following 100 years. It is a thorough analysis of the political social and economic... more

A Time for Peace : The Legacy of the Vietnam War 9780195365924 Used / Pre-owned

In A Time for Peace prominent American historian Robert D. Schulzinger sheds light on how deeply etched memories of this devastating conflict have altered America s political social and cultural landscape. Schulzinger examines the impact of the war... more

Pre-Owned The Lost Promise of Patriotism: Debating American Identity 1890-1920 (Paperback) 0226315843 9780226315843

During the years leading up to World War I America experienced a crisis of civic identity. How could a country founded on liberal principles and composed of increasingly diverse cultures unite to safeguard individuals and promote social justice? In... more