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Working-Class New York

Life and Labor Since World War II

by Joshua B. Freeman ...

A “lucid, detailed, and imaginative analysis” (The Nation) of the model city that working-class New Yorkers created after World War II—and its tragic demiseMore than any other city in America, New York in the years after the Second World War carved out an idealistic and equitable path to the future. Largely through the efforts of its working class and the dynamic labor movement it built, New York ... Read more

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A “lucid, detailed, and imaginative analysis” (The Nation) of the model city that working-class New Yorkers created after World War II—and its tragic demiseMore than any other city in America, New York in the years after the Second World War carved out an idealistic and equitable path to the future. Largely through the efforts of its working class and the dynamic labor movement it built, New York
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Garden Apartments

The History of a Low-Rent Utopia

by Joshua B. Freeman ...

How a form of multifamily housing with idealistic roots became a ubiquitous model promoted by both public entities and private developers.Eminent historian Joshua Freeman rescues garden apartments—typically low-rise multifamily residences that enclose or are surrounded by landscaped gardens—from their invisibility in the American landscape. He details their outsized influence on housing policy and ... Read more

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How a form of multifamily housing with idealistic roots became a ubiquitous model promoted by both public entities and private developers.Eminent historian Joshua Freeman rescues garden apartments—typically low-rise multifamily residences that enclose or are surrounded by landscaped gardens—from their invisibility in the American landscape. He details their outsized influence on housing policy and
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Behemoth

A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World

by Joshua B. Freeman ...

"Freeman’s rich and ambitious Behemoth depicts a world in retreat that still looms large in the national imagination.…More than an economic history, or a chronicle of architectural feats and labor movements." —Jennifer Szalai, New York TimesIn an accessible and timely work of scholarship, celebrated historian Joshua B. Freeman tells the story of the factory and examines how it has reflected both ... Read more

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"Freeman’s rich and ambitious Behemoth depicts a world in retreat that still looms large in the national imagination.…More than an economic history, or a chronicle of architectural feats and labor movements." —Jennifer Szalai, New York TimesIn an accessible and timely work of scholarship, celebrated historian Joshua B. Freeman tells the story of the factory and examines how it has reflected both
... Read more

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Working-Class New York

Life and Labor Since World War II

by Joshua B. Freeman ...

A "lucid, detailed, and imaginative analysis" ( The Nation) of the model city that working-class New Yorkers created after World War II—and its tragic demiseMore than any other city in America, New York in the years after the Second World War carved out an idealistic and equitable path to the future. Largely through the efforts of its working class and the dynamic labor movement it built, New York ... Read more

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A "lucid, detailed, and imaginative analysis" ( The Nation) of the model city that working-class New Yorkers created after World War II—and its tragic demiseMore than any other city in America, New York in the years after the Second World War carved out an idealistic and equitable path to the future. Largely through the efforts of its working class and the dynamic labor movement it built, New York
... Read more
American Empire

The Rise of a Global Power, the Democratic Revolution at Home, 1945-2000

by Joshua Freeman, Eric Foner ...

Series series The Penguin History of the United States
A compelling look at the movements and developments that propelled America to world dominanceIn this landmark work, acclaimed historian Joshua Freeman has created an epic portrait of a nation both galvanized by change and driven by conflict. Beginning in 1945, the economic juggernaut awakened by World War II transformed a country once defined by its regional character into a uniform and cohesive ... Read more

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A compelling look at the movements and developments that propelled America to world dominanceIn this landmark work, acclaimed historian Joshua Freeman has created an epic portrait of a nation both galvanized by change and driven by conflict. Beginning in 1945, the economic juggernaut awakened by World War II transformed a country once defined by its regional character into a uniform and cohesive
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Behemoth

A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World

by Joshua B. Freeman ...

Narrated by Stephen Bowlby ...

Unabridged

13 hours 44 min

A sweeping, global history of the rise of the factory and its effects on societyWe live in a factory-made world: modern life is built on three centuries of advances in factory production, efficiency, and technology. But giant factories have also fueled our fears about the future since their beginnings, when William Blake called them “dark Satanic mills.” Many factories that operated over the last ... Read more

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A sweeping, global history of the rise of the factory and its effects on societyWe live in a factory-made world: modern life is built on three centuries of advances in factory production, efficiency, and technology. But giant factories have also fueled our fears about the future since their beginnings, when William Blake called them “dark Satanic mills.” Many factories that operated over the last
... Read more

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The Pursuit: Exploring the Heart of God

by Joshua Freeman ...

Is the God of the Old Testament different from the God of the New?Does God change in his nature or attitude towards us?Did he create sin?What does God think of me?If God is good, why do we suffer?Why does it feel like he is against me?The Pursuit is an exciting exploration of the God who passionately pursues humanity the crown of his creation. In a world that believes God is the enemy, that he ... Read more

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Is the God of the Old Testament different from the God of the New?Does God change in his nature or attitude towards us?Did he create sin?What does God think of me?If God is good, why do we suffer?Why does it feel like he is against me?The Pursuit is an exciting exploration of the God who passionately pursues humanity the crown of his creation. In a world that believes God is the enemy, that he
... Read more
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American Empire

The Rise of a Global Power, the Democratic Revolution at Home 1945-2000

by Joshua Freeman ...

Narrated by Don Hagen ...

Unabridged

24 hours 13 min

A compelling look at the movements and developments that propelled America to world dominanceIn this landmark work, acclaimed historian Joshua Freeman has created an epic portrait of a nation both galvanized by change and driven by conflict. Beginning in 1945, the economic juggernaut awakened by World War II transformed a country once defined by its regional character into a uniform and cohesive ... Read more

$59.99 USD

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A compelling look at the movements and developments that propelled America to world dominanceIn this landmark work, acclaimed historian Joshua Freeman has created an epic portrait of a nation both galvanized by change and driven by conflict. Beginning in 1945, the economic juggernaut awakened by World War II transformed a country once defined by its regional character into a uniform and cohesive
... Read more

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Waiting to Be Arrested at Night

A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide

by Tahir Hamut Izgil ...

Translated by Joshua L. Freeman ...

**Winner of the Moore Prize for Human Rights WritingWinner of the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize, awarded to the best first book of the yearNamed one of the best books of the year by: THE NEW YORK TIMES • THE WASHINGTON POST • THE ECONOMIST • TIMEA poet's account of one of the world's most urgent humanitarian crises, and a harrowing tale of a family's escape from genocide**One by ... Read more

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**Winner of the Moore Prize for Human Rights WritingWinner of the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize, awarded to the best first book of the yearNamed one of the best books of the year by: THE NEW YORK TIMES • THE WASHINGTON POST • THE ECONOMIST • TIMEA poet's account of one of the world's most urgent humanitarian crises, and a harrowing tale of a family's escape from genocide**One by
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City of Workers, City of Struggle

How Labor Movements Changed New York

Edited by Joshua B. Freeman ...

Series series Columbia Studies in the History of U.S. Capitalism
From the founding of New Amsterdam until today, working people have helped create and re-create the City of New York through their struggles. Starting with artisans and slaves in colonial New York and ranging all the way to twenty-first-century gig-economy workers, this book tells the story of New York’s labor history anew.City of Workers, City of Struggle brings together essays by leading ... Read more

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From the founding of New Amsterdam until today, working people have helped create and re-create the City of New York through their struggles. Starting with artisans and slaves in colonial New York and ranging all the way to twenty-first-century gig-economy workers, this book tells the story of New York’s labor history anew.City of Workers, City of Struggle brings together essays by leading
... Read more
City of Workers, City of Struggle

How Labor Movements Changed New York

Edited by Joshua B. Freeman ...

Series series Columbia Studies in the History of U.S. Capitalism
From the founding of New Amsterdam until today, working people have helped create and re-create the City of New York through their struggles. Starting with artisans and slaves in colonial New York and ranging all the way to twenty-first-century gig-economy workers, this book tells the story of New York’s labor history anew.City of Workers, City of Struggle brings together essays by leading ... Read more

$25.99 USD

From the founding of New Amsterdam until today, working people have helped create and re-create the City of New York through their struggles. Starting with artisans and slaves in colonial New York and ranging all the way to twenty-first-century gig-economy workers, this book tells the story of New York’s labor history anew.City of Workers, City of Struggle brings together essays by leading
... Read more
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The Perfect Assassin

A Doc Savage Thriller

by James Patterson, Brian Sitts ...

Narrated by Joshua Kane, Suzanne Elise Freeman ...

Unabridged

8 hours

Prof. Brandt Savage—grandson of the legendary action hero—is forced into a top-secret training program where he discovers his true calling...as the perfect assassin.Dr. Brandt Savage is on sabbatical from the University of Chicago. Instead of doing solo fieldwork in anthropology, the gawky, bespectacled PhD finds himself enrolled in a school where he is the sole pupil. His professor, “Meed,” is ... Read more

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Prof. Brandt Savage—grandson of the legendary action hero—is forced into a top-secret training program where he discovers his true calling...as the perfect assassin.Dr. Brandt Savage is on sabbatical from the University of Chicago. Instead of doing solo fieldwork in anthropology, the gawky, bespectacled PhD finds himself enrolled in a school where he is the sole pupil. His professor, “Meed,” is
... Read more

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