Browse by Subject: American

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Trailblazing Mars: NASA's Next Giant Leap

Fulfilling the dream as NASA prepares to send astronauts to Mars

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Interstate 95: The Road to Sun and Sand

A road trip through time down the eastern seaboard

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Interstate 81: The Great Warriors Trace

A road trip through history and the heart of the first frontier

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New York Longshoremen: Class and Power on the Docks

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Onramps and Overpasses: A Cultural History of Interstate Travel

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Americanization in the States: Immigrant Social Welfare Policy, Citizenship, and National Identity in the United States, 1908–1929

Americanization in the States offers a comparative history of social welfare policies developed in four distinct regions with diverse immigrant populations: New York, California, Massachusetts, and Illinois.

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Theology of Hate: A History of the World Church of the Creator

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Counterfeit Gentlemen: Manhood and Humor in the Old South

Reveals how early nineteenth-century Southern humorists addressed the anxieties felt by men seeking to chart a new path between the old honor culture and the new market culture

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Final Countdown: NASA and the End of the Space Shuttle Program

Final Countdown is a story of lost dreams, new hopes, and the ongoing conquest of space. Pat Duggins is NPR's resident "space expert." With 50 b&w illustrations.

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Glazed America: A History of the Doughnut