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Publisher
Grey House Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
This book provides the reader with a deeper understanding of day-to-day life in America during the last two decades of the 19th century. It will uncover what life was like for ordinary Americans as they lived through an industrialized revolution, labor strikes, an influx of millions of immigrants, and the expansion of cities and the railroad.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A history of pivotal events in America between the Civil War and World War I offers insight into the nation's rise to become a twentieth-century power, citing the contributions of influential figures and evaluating the roles played by imperialists, progressive reformers, and innovators.
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
In vibrant historical detail, American Eclipse animates the fierce jockeying that came to dominate late nineteenth-century American astronomy, revealing the challenges faced by three of the most determined eclipse chasers who participated in this adventure. James Craig Watson, in his day a renowned asteroid hunter; Vassar astronomer Maria Mitchell, who fought to demonstrate that science and higher learning were not anathema to femininity; and Thomas...
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