Peter Berkowitz (Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 2005); john F. Hale, "The Making of the New Democrats,” Political Science Quarterly 110 (Summer 1995); Kenneth Baer, Reinventing Democrats: The Politics ofLiberalismfrom Reagan to ...
Contains photographs, drawings, and maps that depict the physical survivals of technologies of the American industrial revolution, most of which are displayed in the Smithsonian Institution; and includes text that...
From the assembly lines of Henry Ford to the open roads of Route 66, from the lore of Jack Kerouac to the sex appeal of the Hot Rod, America’s history is a vehicular history—an idea brought brilliantly to life in this major work by ...
The former Jewel in the Crown of the British Empire, India remains, by any measure, a major economic and political actor on the world scene. Without her extensive railway network--completed...
Engines of Change is based on a Smithsonian Institution exhibit of the same title. The principal theme is the importance of technological transfer. It ventures beyond discussion of machines and...
Chronicles the history reflected by fifteen iconic car models to discuss how automobiles reflect key cultural shifts as well as developments in such areas as manufacturing, women's rights, and environmental awareness.
From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ingrassia comes an American cultural history that explores how cars have both propelled and reflected the national experience--from the Model T to the Prius.
... Wallace both played on racist ideology but victory was too unlikely for other Southern Democrats to make long-term investments ofpolitical capital.20 Thurmond ... Thurmond's campaign was a vigorous protest against the national establishment ...