Social History
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Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World
$22.99 Add to cartNamed One of the Year’s Best Books by VULTURE – THE NEW REPUBLIC – DAZED – WIRED – BLOOMBERG – ESQUIRE – SALON – THE NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB
The history of Silicon Valley, from railroads to microchips, is- Author: Harris, Malcolm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 0316592013
- Language: English
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Cinema of the 70s: 101 Iconic Movies
$29.99 Add to cartToday, over half a century later, great films are measured by those of the 70s. Has there been a more impactful 10-year period? For the first time, cinema reflected life and society, presenting both o
- Author: Foote, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 178675133X
- Language: English
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Worn: A People’s History of Clothing
$19.00 Add to cartA NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR – A sweeping and captivatingly told history of clothing and the stuff it is made of–an unparalleled deep-dive into how everyday garments have transformed our lives,… [more below]
- Author: Thanhauser, Sofi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 525566732
- Language: English
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The Last Philadelphia Gentlemen: The Sunset of an American Ruling Class
$28.95 Add to cartThe Book of Record Regarding the WASP Aristocracy and its Legacy
…From the Medieval chivalric code of the gentleman to the Ivy-covered quads of Princeton, Harvard, and Yale.
“In a style that echoes
- Author: Hutter, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 182
- Publish Date: October 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1977256848
- Language: English
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Tales of Yesterday’s Florida Keys, First Edition
$12.95 Add to cartA collection of stories of people and events in the Florida Keys extending from the time the Keys were first occupied by humans, through the Second Seminole War, the coming of the Overseas Railway, an
- Author: Viele, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 182
- Publish Date: September 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1561649937
- Language: English
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The Women’s History of the Modern World: How Radicals, Rebels, and Everywomen Revolutionized the Last 200 Years
$19.99 Add to cartThe internationally bestselling author of Who Cooked the Last Supper? presents a wickedly witty and very current history of the extraordinary female rebels, reactionaries, and trailblazers who left th
- Author: Miles, Rosalind
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0062444034
- Language: English
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Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies
$19.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author Laura Thompson returns with Heiresses, a fascinating look at the lives of heiresses throughout history and the often tragic truth beneath the gilded surface.
Heiresse- Author: Thompson, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1250316340
- Language: English
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The Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys: The True Story
$22.99 Add to cartFor more than a century, the enduring feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys has been American shorthand for passionate, unyielding, and even violent confrontation. Yet despite numerous articles, b… [more below]
- Author: King, Dean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: May 27 2014
- ISBN10: 031616707X
- Language: English
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They Were Strong and Good
$20.99 Add to cartAwarded the Caldecott Medal in 1941, They Were Strong and Good is a classic book that follows the path of one family’s journey through American history. Robert Lawson introduces us to his forefathers … [more below]
- Author: Lawson, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: January 01 1940
- ISBN10: 0670699497
- Language: English
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Portland in Three Centuries: The Place and the People
$22.95 Read moreA compact and comprehensive history of Portland from first European contact to the twenty-first century, Portland in Three Centuries introduces the women and men who have shaped Oregon’s largest city…. [more below]
- Author: Abbott, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: June 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0870712071
- Language: English
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First Friends: The Powerful, Unsung (and Unelected) People Who Shaped Our Presidents
$17.99 Read moreAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
In the bestselling tradition of The Presidents Club and Presidential Courage, White House history as told through the stori
A USA TODAY “BEST BOOKS OF 2021” PICK!- Author: Ginsberg, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 14, 2022
- ISBN10: 1538702932
- Language: English
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Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
$31.15 Add to cartFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Good War: A masterpiece of modern journalism and “a huge anthem in praise of the American spirit” (Saturday Review).
In this “invaluable record” of one o- Author: Terkel, Studs
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: July 07 2005
- ISBN10: 1565846567
- Language: English
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Fabulosa!: The Story of Polari, Britain’s Secret Gay Language
$20.00 Add to cartA Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year
“Richly evocative and entertaining.”–Guardian “An essential book for anyone who wants to Polari bona “–Attitude “Exuberant, richly detailed. . . . A deli- Author: Baker, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 02 2020
- ISBN10: 1789142946
- Language: English
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Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World
$18.99 Add to cartAs entertaining as it is incisive, Stoned is a raucous journey through the history of human desire for what is rare, and therefore precious.
What makes a stone a jewel? What makes a jewel priceless? An
- Author: Raden, Aja
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 29 2016
- ISBN10: 0062334700
- Language: English
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We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy
$39.99 Add to cartA WALL STREET JOURNAL FAVORITE FOOD BOOK OF THE EAR
From the author of Queen Sugar–now a critically acclaimed series on OWN directed by Ava Duvernay–comes a beautiful exploration and celebration of b
- Author: Baszile, Natalie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 006293256X
- Language: English
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The Reopening of the Western Mind: The Resurgence of Intellectual Life from the End of Antiquity to the Dawn of the Enlightenment
$50.00 Read moreA monumental and exhilarating history of European thought from the end of Antiquity to the beginning of the Enlightenment–500 to 1700 AD–tracing the arc of intellectual history as it evolved, settin
- Author: Freeman, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 816
- Publish Date: February 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 0525659366
- Language: English
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Off with Her Head: Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power
$0.00 Read more- Author: Herman, Eleanor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 06, 2022
- ISBN10: 006309567X
- Language: English
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Shadows at Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century
$40.00 Add to cartA groundbreaking view of South Asian history in the twentieth century that underlines the similarities and intertwined cultures of India and Pakistan
“[A] definitive new 20th-century thematic history- Author: Chatterji, Joya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 880
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0300272685
- Language: English
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Stayed on Freedom: The Long History of Black Power Through One Family’s Journey
$32.00 Read moreA new history of Black Liberation, told through the intertwined story of two grassroots organizers
The Black Power movement, often associated with its iconic spokesmen, derived m- Author: Berger, Dan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1541675363
- Language: English
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The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties
$19.99 Add to cartA major American intellectual and “one of the right’s most gifted and astute journalists” (The New York Times Book Review) makes the historical case that the reforms of the 1960s, reforms intended to … [more below]
- Author: Caldwell, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 05 2021
- ISBN10: 1501106910
- Language: English
