Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Realism for the masses Realism for the masses Chris Vials Realism for the Masses is an exploration of how the concept of realism entered mass culture, and from there, how it tried to remake "America." The literary and artistic creations of American realism … OL12037117W
This is Who We Were This is Who We Were Scott Derks A companion resource to the 1940 Census just released by the US National Archives, This is Who We Were, provides the reader with a deeper understanding of what life was like in America in 1940 and ho… OL17075469W
This is Who We Were This is Who We Were Scott Derks This is Who We Were: In the 1910s explores American life in the 1910s. This new series is sure to be of value as both a serious research tool for students of American history as well as an intriguing… OL17075477W
This is Who We Were This is Who We Were Scott Derks This Is Who We Were: In The 1920s is an offspring of our 13-volume Working Americans series. This new title is devoted to one decade -- the 1920s. It represents all classes, dozens of occupations, an… OL17075491W
This Is Who We Were in the 1940s - 1940-1949 This Is Who We Were in the 1940s - 1940-1949 Mars, Laura This is Who We Were: In the 1940s provides the reader with a deeper understanding of what life was like in America in 1940-1949 and how it compares statistically to life today. Using original materia… OL17213816W
Making people's music Making people's music Peter David Goldsmith "As the founder of Folkways Records in 1948 and its director for nearly forty years, Moe Asch was committed to preserving the entire range of the world's musical and oral traditions. By his death in … OL2710170W
Taylored lives Taylored lives Martha Banta Scientific management: Technology spawned it, Frederick Winslow Taylor championed it, Thorstein Veblen dissected it, Henry Ford implemented it. By the turn of the century, practical visionaries pride… OL4310373W
From the crash to the blitz, 1929-1939 From the crash to the blitz, 1929-1939 Cabell B. H. Phillips "Cabell Phillips takes the reader from the crash of the stock market to the crash of bombs and artillery in Poland. The New Deal was part of a social revolution, a recreation of the American experime… OL56929W