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A New Political Life

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David Beito’s path-breaking new book brings to bear the latest historical scholarship to shed light on the life and achievements of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.Professor Beito traces the irresistible political rise of Roosevelt, a scion of inherited wealth who never posed as a man of the people but was always perceived as a genial aristocrat. As well as eyebrow-raising disclosures on FDR’s private ... Read more

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David Beito’s path-breaking new book brings to bear the latest historical scholarship to shed light on the life and achievements of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.Professor Beito traces the irresistible political rise of Roosevelt, a scion of inherited wealth who never posed as a man of the people but was always perceived as a genial aristocrat. As well as eyebrow-raising disclosures on FDR’s private
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From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State

Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967

by David T. Beito ...

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, more Americans belonged to fraternal societies than to any other kind of voluntary association, with the possible exception of churches. Despite the stereotypical image of the lodge as the exclusive domain of white men, fraternalism cut across race, class, and gender lines to include women, African Americans, and immigrants. Exploring the ... Read more

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During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, more Americans belonged to fraternal societies than to any other kind of voluntary association, with the possible exception of churches. Despite the stereotypical image of the lodge as the exclusive domain of white men, fraternalism cut across race, class, and gender lines to include women, African Americans, and immigrants. Exploring the
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The New Deal's War on the Bill of Rights

The Untold Story of FDR's Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance

by David T. Beito ...

Spying on citizens. Censoring critics. Imprisoning minorities. These are the acts of dictators, not American presidents.... Or are they?The legacy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt enjoys regular acclaim from historians, politicians, and educators. Lauded for his New Deal policies, leadership as a wartime president, cozy fireside chats, and groundbreaking support of the “forgotten man,” FDR, we ... Read more

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Spying on citizens. Censoring critics. Imprisoning minorities. These are the acts of dictators, not American presidents.... Or are they?The legacy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt enjoys regular acclaim from historians, politicians, and educators. Lauded for his New Deal policies, leadership as a wartime president, cozy fireside chats, and groundbreaking support of the “forgotten man,” FDR, we
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T. R. M. Howard

Doctor, Entrepreneur, Civil Rights Pioneer

by David T. Beito, Linda Royster Beito, Jerry W. Mitchell ...

T.R.M. Howard: Doctor, Entrepreneur, Civil Rights Pioneer tells the remarkable story of one of the early leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.A renaissance man, T.R.M. Howard (1908-1976) was a respected surgeon, important black community leader, and successful businessman. Howard's story reveals the importance of the black middle class, their endurance and entrepreneurship in the midst of Jim Crow ... Read more

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T.R.M. Howard: Doctor, Entrepreneur, Civil Rights Pioneer tells the remarkable story of one of the early leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.A renaissance man, T.R.M. Howard (1908-1976) was a respected surgeon, important black community leader, and successful businessman. Howard's story reveals the importance of the black middle class, their endurance and entrepreneurship in the midst of Jim Crow
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What Is Classical Liberal History?

by Phillip W. Magness, Jonathan Bean, David T. Beito, Matthew Brown, Mykola Bunyk, Lenore T. Ealy, Hans Eicholz, Alberto Garín, Anthony Gregory, Leonid Krasnozhon0, Scott Shubitz1, Sarah Skwire2, Michael J. Douma3 ...

Historians working in the classical liberal tradition believe that individual decision-making and individual rights matter in the making of history. History written in the classical liberal tradition emerged largely in the nineteenth century, when the field of history was first professionalized in Europe and the Americas. Professional historical research was then imbued with liberal values, which ... Read more

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Historians working in the classical liberal tradition believe that individual decision-making and individual rights matter in the making of history. History written in the classical liberal tradition emerged largely in the nineteenth century, when the field of history was first professionalized in Europe and the Americas. Professional historical research was then imbued with liberal values, which
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The Voluntary City

Choice, Community, and Civil Society

Edited by David T. Beito, Peter Gordon, Alexander Tabarrok ...

Assembling a rich history and analysis of large-scale, private and voluntary, community-based provision of social services, urban infrastructure, and community governance, this book provides suggestions on how to restore the vitality of city life.Historically, the city was considered a center of commerce, knowledge and culture, a haven for safety and a place of opportunity. Today, however, cities ... Read more

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Assembling a rich history and analysis of large-scale, private and voluntary, community-based provision of social services, urban infrastructure, and community governance, this book provides suggestions on how to restore the vitality of city life.Historically, the city was considered a center of commerce, knowledge and culture, a haven for safety and a place of opportunity. Today, however, cities
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The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights

The Untold Story of FDR’s Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance

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“This book is not mere history; it is an exposé. You won’t know which is more shocking: the lengths to which FDR and New Dealers like Senators (and future Supreme Court justices) Hugo Black and Sherman Minton went to suppress freedom of speech, privacy, and civil rights; or the degree to which these efforts have been concealed by pro-FDR and New Deal propagandists.”—Randy E. Barnett, Patrick ... Read more

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“This book is not mere history; it is an exposé. You won’t know which is more shocking: the lengths to which FDR and New Dealers like Senators (and future Supreme Court justices) Hugo Black and Sherman Minton went to suppress freedom of speech, privacy, and civil rights; or the degree to which these efforts have been concealed by pro-FDR and New Deal propagandists.”—Randy E. Barnett, Patrick
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Unexampled Courage

The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of America

by Richard Gergel ...

How the blinding of Sergeant Isaac Woodard changed the course of America's civil rights history.The book that inspired the 2021 PBS American Experience documentary, The Blinding of Isaac Woodard .On February 12, 1946, Sergeant Isaac Woodard, a returning, decorated African American veteran, was removed from a Greyhound bus in Batesburg, South Carolina, after he challenged the bus driver's ... Read more

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How the blinding of Sergeant Isaac Woodard changed the course of America's civil rights history.The book that inspired the 2021 PBS American Experience documentary, The Blinding of Isaac Woodard .On February 12, 1946, Sergeant Isaac Woodard, a returning, decorated African American veteran, was removed from a Greyhound bus in Batesburg, South Carolina, after he challenged the bus driver's
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1948

Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America

by David Pietrusza ...

The wild, combative inside story of the most stunning upset in the history of presidential elections—Harry Truman's victory over Tom Dewey: " Outstanding."— Minneapolis Star-TribuneIn this lively account, award-winning historian David Pietrusza unpacks the most ingloriously iconic headline in the history of presidential elections—DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN—to reveal the 1948 campaign's backstage events ... Read more

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The wild, combative inside story of the most stunning upset in the history of presidential elections—Harry Truman's victory over Tom Dewey: " Outstanding."— Minneapolis Star-TribuneIn this lively account, award-winning historian David Pietrusza unpacks the most ingloriously iconic headline in the history of presidential elections—DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN—to reveal the 1948 campaign's backstage events
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Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974

The United States, 1945-1974

by James T. Patterson ...

Series series Oxford History of the United States
Beginning in 1945, America rocketed through a quarter-century of extraordinary economic growth, experiencing an amazing boom that soared to unimaginable heights in the 1960s. At one point, in the late 1940s, American workers produced 57 percent of the planet's steel, 62 percent of the oil, 80 percent of the automobiles. The U.S. then had three-fourths of the world's gold supplies. English Prime ... Read more

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Beginning in 1945, America rocketed through a quarter-century of extraordinary economic growth, experiencing an amazing boom that soared to unimaginable heights in the 1960s. At one point, in the late 1940s, American workers produced 57 percent of the planet's steel, 62 percent of the oil, 80 percent of the automobiles. The U.S. then had three-fourths of the world's gold supplies. English Prime
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One Mighty and Irresistible Tide

The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924-1965

by Jia Lynn Yang ...

**Winner of the Zócalo Book PrizeShortlisted for the Arthur Ross Book AwardLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for ExcellenceA New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceA "powerful and cogent" (Bethanne Patrick, Washington Post) account of the twentieth-century battle for immigration reform that set the stage for today’s roiling debates.**The idea of the United States as a nation of ... Read more

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**Winner of the Zócalo Book PrizeShortlisted for the Arthur Ross Book AwardLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for ExcellenceA New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceA "powerful and cogent" (Bethanne Patrick, Washington Post) account of the twentieth-century battle for immigration reform that set the stage for today’s roiling debates.**The idea of the United States as a nation of
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FDR, Dewey, and the Election of 1944

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"A lucid, highly engrossing account of a fateful but little chronicled episode in American presidential politics . . . featuring a large cast of personalities." —Richard Kluger, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Simple JusticeAlthough the presidential election of 1944 placed FDR in the White House for an unprecedented fourth term, historical memory of the election itself has been overshadowed by ... Read more

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"A lucid, highly engrossing account of a fateful but little chronicled episode in American presidential politics . . . featuring a large cast of personalities." —Richard Kluger, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Simple JusticeAlthough the presidential election of 1944 placed FDR in the White House for an unprecedented fourth term, historical memory of the election itself has been overshadowed by
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