Child Labor : An American History 9781315290836, 9780765609359

Work Engendered: Toward a New History of American Labor 9781501711244

In tobacco fields, auto and radio factories, cigarmakers' tenements, textile mills, print shops, insurance companie

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Babysitter: An American History 9780814728536

On Friday nights many parents want to have a little fun together—without the kids. But “getting a sitter”—especially a d

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Hotel: An American History 9780300149999

When George Washington embarked on his presidential tours of 1789–91, the rudimentary inns and taverns of the day sudden

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California: An American History 9780300265187

A concise and lively history of California, the most multicultural state in the nation

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Immigration: An American History 9780300265033

A sweeping narrative history of American immigration from the colonial period to the present

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The Labor Story: A Popular History of American Labor, 1786-1949 1258819023, 9781258819026

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The World of Child Labor: An Historical and Regional Survey 9781315698779, 1315698773, 9781317453840, 1317453840, 9781317453857, 1317453859

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VC: An American History 0674988000, 9780674988002

A major exploration of venture financing, from its origins in the whaling industry to Silicon Valley, that shows how ven

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American Folklore Studies: An Intellectual History 9780700603138

Here for the first time is a history of American folkloristic ideas and the figures who shaped them. Simon Bronner puts

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Drunks : An American History 9780807001806, 0807001805

"A social history of alcoholism in the United States, from the seventeenth century to the present day Today, millio

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