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  • Soldiers and Citizensby Carl Mirra; Christian Appy

    Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 33.00

    This book is the first comprehensive oral history of the Iraq War. It presents the raw and vivid testimonies and recollections from combat veterans, family members, conscientious objectors, Bush administration officials, Iraqi leaders, and many others, forming a gripping and moving portrait of the war. more...

  • The Fate of Holocaust Memoriesby Chaya H. Roth

    Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 95.00

    An innovative mix of history and psychological research, this book tells the story of one family of Holocaust survivors and reveals how each generation has passed on memories of the War and the Shoah to the next. more...

  • The Greatest War - Volume IIby Gerald Astor

    Grand Central Publishing 2009; US$ 12.99

    Told by soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines, this series is an oral history of World War II from those who were there. This second volume examines the storming of Omaha Beach on D-Day, and the advance of allied forces across Europe to the liberation of Paris. more...

  • We Were All Like Migrant Workers Hereby William J. Bauer

    The University of North Carolina Press 2009; US$ 24.95

    The federally recognized Round Valley Indian Tribes are a small, confederated people whose members today come from twelve indigenous California tribes. In 1849, during the California gold rush, people from several of these tribes were relocated to a reservation farm in northern Mendocino County. Fusing Native American history and labor history, William... more...

  • Venezuela Speaks!by Carlos Martinez; Michael Fox; JoJo Farrell

    PM Press 2009; US$ 18.00

    A collection of interviews with activists and other contributors, this compelling oral history details Venezuela?s bloodless uprising and reorganization. For the last decade, Venezuela?s ?Bolivarian Revolution? has captured international attention. Poverty, inequality, and unemployment have all dropped, while health, education, and living standards... more...

  • America's Home Front Heroesby Stacy Enyeart

    ABC-CLIO 2009; US$ 70.00

    America's Home Front Heroes: An Oral History of World War II brings together in one rich resource the voices of those whom history often leaves out—the ordinary men, women, and children caught up in an extraordinary time.||America's Home Front Heroes is divided into four sections: A Time for Heightened Passion, A Time for Caution and Prejudice,... more...

  • Nations Rememberedby Theda Perdue

    ABC-CLIO 1980; US$ 82.95

    The five largest southeastern Indian groups - the Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles - were forced to emigrate west to the Indian territory (now Oklahoma) in the 1830s. Here, from WPA interviews, are those Indians' own stories of the troubled years between the Civil War and Oklahoma statehood - a period of extraordinary turmoil.... more...

  • Shantytown Protest in Pinochet's Chileby Cathy Schneider

    Temple University Press 2010; US$ 33.95

    "Shantytown Protest is one of the richest and most interesting accounts of popular mobilizations in urban Latin America that I have ever seen. The description of popular resistance under conditions of extreme material scarcity and ruthless military repression is fascinating. The book is a major contribution to the research literatures on Third... more...

  • They Say in Harlan Countyby Alessandro Portelli

    Oxford University Press, USA 2010; US$ 18.99

    Made famous in the 1976 documentary Harlan County USA, this pocket of Appalachian coal country has been home to generations of miners--and to some of the most bitter labor battles of the 20th century. It has also produced a rich tradition of protest songs and a wealth of fascinating culture and custom that has remained largely undiscovered by outsiders,... more...

  • Voices Of Freedomby Henry Hampton; Steve Fayer; Sarah Flynn

    Random House 2011; US$ 13.34

    In this monumental volume, Henry Hampton and Steve Fayer draw upon nearly one thousand interviews with civil rights activists, politicians, reporters, Justice Department officials, and hundreds of ordinary people who took part in the struggle, weaving a fascinating narrative of the civil rights movement told by the people who lived it. more...