Spanning A Century
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Author | : Rudy Abramson |
Publisher | : William Morrow |
Total Pages | : 852 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
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When Averell Harriman was born in 1891, the telephone was barely known and radio was still in the future. By the time of his death in 1986, his life had influenced and been influenced by almost every aspect of 20th century history. Now comes the biography of this famous diplomat, Governor of New York, international banker, sportsman, and playboy. 16 pages of photographs.
Author | : Clare Dalton Storrar |
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Total Pages | : 51 |
Release | : 1996 |
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Author | : Sidney Sugarman |
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Release | : 1997 |
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ISBN | : 9780951755112 |
Author | : Ann Sederocanellis |
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Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Dorothy Mules |
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Total Pages | : 81 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 9781906385088 |
Author | : Paul Kennedy |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 450 |
Release | : 2011-07-06 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0307773574 |
Kennedy's groundbreaking book The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers helped to reorder the current priorities of the United States. Now, he synthesizes extensive research on fields ranging from demography to robotics to draw a detailed, persuasive, and often sobering map of the very near future--a bold work that bridges the gap between history, prophecy, and policy.
Author | : Paul Dickson |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 470 |
Release | : 2019-12-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1496216407 |
On October 4, 1957, the day Leave It to Beaver premiered on American television, the Soviet Union launched the space age. Sputnik, all of 184 pounds with only a radio transmitter inside its highly polished shell, became the first artificial satellite in space; while it immediately shocked the world, its long-term impact was even greater, for it profoundly changed the shape of the twentieth century. Paul Dickson chronicles the dramatic events and developments leading up to and resulting from Sputnik's launch. Supported by groundbreaking, original research and many declassified documents, Sputnik offers a fascinating profile of the early American and Soviet space programs and a strikingly revised picture of the politics and personalities behind the facade of America's fledgling efforts to get into space. The U.S. public reaction to Sputnik was monumental. In a single weekend, Americans were wrenched out of a mood of national smugness and postwar material comfort. Initial shock at and fear of the Soviets' intentions galvanized the country and swiftly prompted innovative developments that define our world today. Sputnik directly or indirectly influenced nearly every aspect of American life: from an immediate shift toward science in the classroom to the arms race that defined the Cold War, the competition to reach the moon, and the birth of the internet. By shedding new light on a pivotal era, Dickson expands our knowledge of the world we now inhabit and reminds us that the story of Sputnik goes far beyond technology and the beginning of the space age, and that its implications are still being felt today.
Author | : Harold Evans |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 738 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : 0712665706 |
This is America's story as it has never been told before, with award-winning editor and journalist Harold Evans documenting and celebrating the last hundred years with more than 900 original photographs, cartoons and illustrations.
Author | : Robert Conquest |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780393320862 |
A look at the twentieth century examines the factors and events that have sent millions to their deaths, discussing the philosophies that have caused so much conflict, as well as what the future may hold for the human race.
Author | : Kentucky Kernel |
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Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 1965 |
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