Okrent, Daniel

"Eugenicist arguments ranking the presumed genetic virtue of various ethnic groups helped keep hundreds of thousands of Jews, Italians, and other unwanted groups out of the United States for more than forty years. By 1921 Vice President Calvin Coolidge declared that 'biological laws' had proven the inferiority of southern and eastern Europeans; the restrictive law that remained U.S. policy until 1965 was enacted three years later. Okrent connects the work of the American eugenicists to Nazi racial policies and shows how their beliefs found fertile soil in the minds of citizens and leaders both here and abroad"--OCLC.

Traces the history of Rockefeller Center, discussing how money, politics, art, architecture, business, and society helped shape the Center's history and the ways it redefined New York City.

Text and illustrations examine the history of baseball, with information on players, teams, games, records, memorabilia, and other aspects of the sport.

Explores the factors that led to Prohibition, and discusses what life was like under Prohibition and how the country was changed by this unprecedented government interference in the private lives of its citizens.

Explores the events that led up to Prohibition in the United States, explaining why Americans agreed to stop drinking and describing what life was like during the Prohibition era.