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Lynchings of Women in the United States
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2010; US$ 39.95Between 1850 and 1950, at least 115 women were lynched by mobs in the United States. The majority of these women were black. This book examines the phenomenon of the lynching of women, which was a much more rare experience than the lynching of men. Over the same hundred-year period covered in this text, more than 1,000 white men were lynched, while... more...
Vision Aids in America
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2011; US$ 35.00This text examines the eyewear industry in America from 1900 to 2008, a period which mirrors an increased demand for eyewear. Eyeglasses, sunglasses and contacts are discussed. Topics covered include the marketing and selling of eyewear with particular attention paid to advertising strategies and the internal structures of the industry and its regulations,... more...
Begging in America, 18501940
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2011; US$ 49.95The poverty that drives people to begging has been a pressing social issue in the United States since the beginning. This historical work explores begging1and beggars in the period 1850 to 1940, with emphasis on how the police, the courts, the media and private charity organizations dealt with them. Efforts to suppress mendicancy are explored, including... more...
Parking Cars in America, 19101945
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2012; US$ 45.00With its decentralized urban areas, pollution, and mostly inadequate public transit systems, today's America pays a heavy price for its dependency on cars. This volume explores one of the more pressing aspects of the problem--storage--from 1910 to the end of the World War II, contrasting the reality and perception of car parking as found in the... more...
Extras of Early Hollywood
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2013; US$ 39.95Pity the "extras." Mostly overlooked and forgotten. Especially those in the major Hollywood films 1913 to 1945--right through the dream factory's golden era. The struggles of extras to unionize were followed by internal struggles as the extras fought for a voice within that union. There were just too few jobs for far too many extras,... more...
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