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  • The Negro Migrant in Pittsburgh

    Enriched edition. Unveiling Racial Struggles in Pittsburgh's Urban Landscape

    In "The Negro Migrant in Pittsburgh," Abraham Epstein offers a meticulous sociological exploration of the African American migration experience during the early 20th century. Written in a clear and compelling narrative style, this work combines qualitative research with qualitative insights, delving into the lives of migrants who flooded into Pittsburgh in search of economic opportunities. Epstein ... Leer más

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    Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism

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  • The Future Of The American Negro (Mobi Classics)

    This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including eReaders, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display. ... Leer más

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  • Martin Van Buren

    The American Presidents Series: The 8th President, 1837-1841

    Series series The American Presidents
    The first president born after America's independence ushers in a new era of no-holds-barred democracy.The first "professional politician" to become president, the slick and dandyish Martin Van Buren was to all appearances the opposite of his predecessor, the rugged general and Democratic champion Andrew Jackson. Van Buren, a native Dutch speaker, was America's first ethnic president as well as ... Leer más

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  • A Dreadful Deceit

    The Myth of Race from the Colonial Era to Obama's America

    In 1656, a planter in colonial Maryland tortured and killed one of his slaves, an Angolan man named Antonio who refused to work the fields. Over three centuries later, a Detroit labor organizer named Simon Owens watched as strikebreakers wielding bats and lead pipes beat his fellow autoworkers for protesting their inhumane working conditions. Antonio and Owens had nothing in common but the color ... Leer más

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  • Masterless Men

    Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum South

    Series series Cambridge Studies on the American South
    Analyzing land policy, labor, and legal history, Keri Leigh Merritt reveals what happens to excess workers when a capitalist system is predicated on slave labor. With the rising global demand for cotton - and thus, slaves - in the 1840s and 1850s, the need for white laborers in the American South was drastically reduced, creating a large underclass who were unemployed or underemployed. These poor ... Leer más

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  • Reconstruction

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    The era known as Reconstruction is one of the unhappiest times in American history. It succeeded in reuniting the nation politically after the Civil War but in little else. Conflict shifted from the battlefield to the Capitol as Congress warred with President Andrew Johnson over just what to do with the South. Johnson's plan of Presidential Reconstruction, which was sympathetic to the former ... Leer más

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  • The Founders and Finance

    How Hamilton, Gallatin, and Other Immigrants Forged a New Economy

    In 1776 the U.S. owed huge sums to foreign creditors and its own citizens but, lacking the power to tax, had no means to repay them. This is the first book to tell the story of how foreign-born financial specialists—the immigrant founders Hamilton and Gallatin—solved the fiscal crisis and set the nation on a path to long-term economic prosperity. ... Leer más

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    A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City

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    So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Alexander Hamilton tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Ron Chernow's book.Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.This short summary and analysis of Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow includes:Historical contextChapter-by-chapter ... Leer más

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  • George Washington

    The American Presidents Series: The 1st President, 1789-1797

    Series series The American Presidents
    A premier leadership scholar and an eighteenth-century expert define the special contributions and qualifications of our first president.Revolutionary hero, founding president, and first citizen of the young republic, George Washington was the most illustrious public man of his time, a man whose image today is the result of the careful grooming of his public persona to include the themes of ... Leer más

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  • Daniel Webster: Statesman, Supreme Court Star And Orator

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    Biographical profile of Daniel Webster, a great statesmen, lawyer and public speaker. As an attorney, Daniel Webster represented some America's greatest tycoons and served as legal counsel in several cases that established important constitutional precedents that confirmed the authority of the Federal government. He also served as Secretary of State under several administrations and as U.S. ... Leer más

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