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Mothers and more

American women in the 1950s
1984
An account of the lives, work, and consciousness of American women during the Eisenhower Era.

Native American testimony

an anthology of Indian and White relations ; first encounter to dispossession
1978
A collection of documents in which native Americans describe their responses to the explorers, traders, missionaries, settlers, and government diplomats and soldiers seeking dominion over their ancient homeland.

Day one

before Hiroshima and after
1985
Examines the events leading to the creation and use of the atomic bomb.

The Long March

Red China under Chairman Mao
1983
An account of the Communist victory in China, the rise to power of Mao Tsetung, and the Long March undertaken by the Red Army in 1934.

Every four years

1980
Traces the progression of the American Presidency through successive eras to the present and includes essays and commentaries on the nature of the Presidency, past, present, and future.

Henry Ford and mass production

an inventor builds a car that millions can afford
1973
The life of Henry Ford emphasizing the creation and growth of the Ford Motor Company and its impact on the American economy.

The secret war

espionage in World War II
1991
Focuses on British and American espionage, counterespionage, and deceptive operations that were so crucial to the defeat of Nazi Germany and Japan in the Second World War.

The story of air transport in America

1992
Examines the history of air transport in the United States, from the Wright brothers to modern jets.

Why we eat what we eat

how the encounter between the New World and the Old changed the way everyone on the planet eats
1991
Informative history of the world as seen from a gourmet's table explaining how all of us came to eat what we eat today.

The center of life

a natural history of the cell
1977

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