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The Life of William Randolph Hearst
The definitive and “utterly absorbing” biography of America’s first news media baron based on newly released private and business documents (Van...
At Work and at Play
The turn of the twentieth century was a time of explosive growth for American cities, a time of nascent hopes and apparently limitless possibilities. ...
Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War
From bestselling author David Nasaw, a sweeping new history of the one million refugees left behind in Germany after WWII In May 1945, German forces s...
The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy
2013 Pulitzer Prize Finalist New York Times Ten Best Books of 2012 “Riveting…The Patriarch is a book hard to put down.” – Christopher Buckley,...
The Rise and Fall of Public Amusements
David Nasaw has written a sparkling social history of twentieth-century show business and of the new American public that assembled in the city's plea...
A New York Times bestseller! “Beautifully crafted and fun to read.” —Louis Galambos, The Wall Street Journal “Nasaw’s research is extraordin...
A Social History of Public Schooling in the United States
Argues that as public schools became integral to the maintenance of American lifestyles, they increasingly reflected the primary tensions between demo...
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The Shuttle & Spacelab Experience: 1981-1986