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  Living with History Making...

  Gerda Lerner

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  This stimulating collection of essays in an autobiographical framework encompasses Gerda Lerner's theoretical writing and her organizational work in transforming the history profession and in establishing Women's History as a mainstream field. 
  Six of the 12 essays are new, written especially for this volume; the others have previously appeared in small journals or were originally presented as talks, and have been revised for this audiobook. Several essays discuss feminist teaching and the problems of interpretation of autobiography and memoir for the reader and the historian. Lerner's reflections on feminism as a worldview, on the meaning of history writing, and on problems of aging lend this audiobook unusual range and depth. 
  Together, the essays illuminate how thought and action connected in Lerner's life, how the life she led before she became an academic affected the questions she addressed as a historian, and how the social and political struggles in which she engaged informed her thinking. Written in lucid, accessible prose, the essays will appeal to the general listener as well as to students at all levels. Living with History/Making Social Change offers rare insight into the life work of one of the leading historians of the United States.

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  The Case for Left Wing Nationalism

  Stephen Maxwell

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  Spanning four politically and socially tumultuous decades, Stephen Maxwell's writings explore the origins and development of the modern Scottish Nationalist movement. As an instrumental member of the SNP and a life-long socialist, Maxwell's work provides an engaging contemporary insight into the debate over Scottish independence, setting out a clear ideological and practical arguments for a socially just Scotland. The Case for Left Wing Nationalism - Maxwell's seminal 1981 pamphlet - considers the historical and cultural roots of Scottish national identity and stresses the importance of a realistic understanding of the past as the basis of a more prosperous, independent future. It concludes with Hugh MacDiarmid's prescription for a Scottish renaissance: Not Traditions - Precedents.

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  Walcheren 1809 - Scandalous...

  Martin R. Howard

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  Napoleonic War scholar Martin R. Howard presents a revelatory history about a little known British military campaign in Walcheren 1809. 
   
  In July 1809, with the Dutch coast a pistol held at the head of England, the largest British expeditionary force ever assembled, over 40,000 men and around 600 ships, weighed anchor off the Kent coast and sailed for the island of Walcheren in the Scheldt estuary. After an initial success, the expedition stalled and as the lethargic military commander, John Pitt, Lord Chatham, was at loggerheads with the opinionated senior naval commander, Sir Richard Strachan, troops were dying of a mysterious disease termed Walcheren fever. Almost all of the campaign’s 4,000 dead were victims of disease.  
   
  The Scheldt was evacuated and the return home was followed by a scandalous Parliamentary Inquiry. Walcheren fever cast an even longer shadow. Six months later 11,000 men were still registered sick. In 1812, Wellington complained that the constitution of his troops was much shaken with Walcheren. 
   
  One of the most disastrous campaigns in British military history, Walcheren 1809: Scandalous Destruction of a British Army explores every aspect of the mission from the command decisions to the tragic aftermath. 
   
  “For anyone with a soldier or sailor at Walcheren this book tells the story well, explaining with documentation how details may differ in other histories. For researchers, the bibliography of official documents and identification of numerous surviving memoirs is excellent.” —FGS FORUM

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  The Great Depression - The...

  History Retold

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  This comprehensive book dives deep into the history and events that lead to the Great Depression of the 1930s, and its lasting impact on society and culture. 
  The Great Depression was a period of unprecedented economic struggle, beginning with the stock market collapse of 1929. As the economy plummeted, so did the lives and livelihoods of millions of Americans, who were left jobless and destitute. The New Deal, a series of public works programs, was passed to help stimulate the economy and reduce unemployment. 
  In this book, you will gain an understanding of the economic downturn of the 1930s, and learn the human stories of those impacted by the crisis. You will read about famous authors and books of the period, their lives and struggles, and the messages they left behind. 
    
  You will also gain insight into the long-term consequences of the Great Depression, and how its legacy has shaped the world today. 
  This book is an invaluable source of information for anyone interested in economic history and its connections to society and culture. It is a must-have for anyone interested in understanding the Great Depression 
  Don't wait - order your copy of "The Great Depression: The Causes of the 1930s Economic Crisis, and the Consequences on Society and Culture" today! And gain a deeper understanding of the events that lead to the Great Depression and its lasting impact.

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  The War Against Hope - How...

  Rod Paige

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  A former US Secretary of Education addresses the crisis in public schooling and the role teachers’ unions have played in its decline.  
   
  Something is terribly wrong with America’s public-school system. For decades, we have seen test scores slide or stagnate—today, fewer than twenty percent of our nation’s twelfth graders are proficient in math, and our students rank near the bottom in science and math among the industrialized nations of the world—and achievement gaps persist or widen. 
   
  So who’s responsible for the ongoing failure of our education system? In The War Against Hope, former Secretary of Education Rod Paige pulls no punches in his critical analysis of America’s crisis in the classroom. Without question, the greatest impediment to meaningful school reform is the enormous, self-aggrandizing power wielded by the teachers’ unions. 
   
  In this vital, well-documented book, Paige takes an unflinching look at the power-hungry union leaders who have consistently placed their ambitions ahead of the needs of the teachers and the students whom they claim to serve. He also traces the history of the National Education Association (NEA) from its humble beginnings as an advocate of education excellence to its early radicalization by left-wing ideology. 
   
  The War Against Hope is a disturbing account of the corruption, greed, and skewed values that have assaulted our schools, betrayed our teachers, and forsaken our children for far too long.

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  The Lost Generation - American...

  Michael Shelden

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  The Lost Generation from Professor Michael Shelden  evokes one of the most creative periods in American  literature. Paris of the 1920s served as a base for such  authors as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Ezra  Pound, and Gertrude Stein. In these lectures, Professor Shelden details and provides fresh insight into the  unending allure of the Lost Generation—and of the  literary output that exerts a continuing influence nearly a century later.

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