Historical books from United States of America
Recommended historical books (114)
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What Everyone Should Know about the 20th Century : 200 Events That Shaped the World by Alan Axelrod, Charles Phillips EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
From the Wright Brothers to the election of Nelson Mandela, this engaging, reader-friendly compendium--from the authors of the enormously successful What Every American Should Know about American History--provides capsule summaries of the 200 most important events in world history since 1900.
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With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote by Ann Bausum EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Chronicles the final years of the struggle for women's voting rights, focusing on the activities of Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party and their part in the successful passage of the 19th Amendment.
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Women Workers on Strike : Narratives of Southern Women Unionists by Roxanne Newton EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
From one of our most important scholars and civil rights activist icon, a powerful study of the women’s liberation movement and the tangled knot of oppression facing Black women. “Angela Davis is herself a woman of undeniable courage. She should be heard.”—The New York Times Angela Davis provides a powerful history of the social and political influence of whiteness and elitism in feminism, from abolitionist days to the present, and demonstrates how the racist and classist biases of its leaders inevitably hampered any collective ambitions. While Black women were aided by some activists like Sar... continue