When the News Broke: Chicago 1968 and the Polarizing of America 9780226768663, 9780226768526, 022676866X

When the News Broke: Chicago 1968 and the Polarizing of America 9780226768663

A riveting, blow-by-blow account of how the network broadcasts of the 1968 Democratic convention shattered faith in Amer

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The Year That Broke Politics: Collusion and Chaos in the Presidential Election of 1968 9780300274929

The unknown story of the election that set the tone for today’s fractured politics “A fresh, authoritative analysis of a

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Events of 1968: The Top News Stories of the Year 9781978400733

This fascinating short book gives a brief insight into the major news stories of 1968 in Britain, the USA and the world.

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Tinker to Evers to Chance: The Chicago Cubs and the Dawn of Modern America 9780226415185

Their names were chanted, crowed, and cursed. Alone they were a shortstop, a second baseman, and a first baseman. But to

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When Poetry Ruled the Streets: The French May Events of 1968 9780791449653, 0791449653

More than a history, this book is a passionate reliving of the French May Events of 1968. The authors, ardent participan

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Rebellion in America: Citizen Uprisings, the News Media, and the Politics of Plutocracy 9780815371212, 9780815371229, 9781351247221

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When the State Trembled: How A.J. Andrews and the Citizens' Committee Broke the Winnipeg General Strike 9781442690394

When the State Trembled recovers the hitherto untold story of the Citizens' Committee of 1000, formed by Winnipeg&#

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Polarizing Mexico: The Impact of Liberalization Strategy 9781626374119

Since the end of the 1980s, structural changes have profoundly altered Mexico's economy and society. But has the ou

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Tell Tchaikovsky the News: Rock ’N’ Roll, the Labor Question, and the Musicians’ Union, 1942–1968 9780822354635, 9780822354758, 2013026389

For two decades after rock music emerged in the 1940s, the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), the oldest and larges

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When London Was Capital of America 9780300168198

Benjamin Franklin secretly loved London more than Philadelphia: it was simply the most exciting place to be in the Briti

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