California Crucible : The Forging of Modern American Liberalism [1 ed.] 9780812206241, 9780812243871

California Crucible: The Forging of Modern American Liberalism 9780812206241

Historian Jonathan Bell chronicles the dramatic story of postwar liberalism in California—moving from early grassroots o

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Harlem: The Crucible of Modern African American Culture 9798216094555

Focusing on the contributions of civic reformers and political architects who arrived in New York in the early decades o

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Sua Sponte: The Forging of a Modern American Ranger 9781101585085

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Colonial crucible: empire in the making of the modern American state 9780299231040, 9780299231033

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The Strange Death of American Liberalism 9780300127744

In this provocative book, H. W. Brands confronts the vital question of why an ever-increasing number of Americans do not

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The American Civil Liberties Union and the Making of Modern Liberalism, 1930-1960 0807830364, 9780807830369

Founded by radicals in 1920, the American Civil Liberties Union experienced several key changes in its formative years.

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The Foundations of American Jewish Liberalism 9781108571074, 1108571077

American Jews have built a political culture based on the principle of equal citizenship in a secular state. This durabl

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Forging Ties, Forging Passports: Migration and the Modern Sephardi Diaspora 9781503613225

Forging Ties, Forging Passports is a history of migration and nation-building from the vantage point of those who lived

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The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture 9780226721873

In the late 1800s, “Arctic Fever” swept across the nation as dozens of American expeditions sailed north to the Arctic t

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After Cloven Tongues of Fire: Protestant Liberalism in Modern American History [Course Book ed.] 9781400845996

The role of liberalized, ecumenical Protestantism in American history has too often been obscured by the more flamboyant

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