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|  | Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner
Description not available.Looks at the social, economic, and political forces that shaped the South after the Civil War AUTHOR: Eric Foner
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History 
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 | A Short History of Las Vegas by Barbara Land, Guy Louis Rocha
Host to more than 30 million visitors a year Las Vegas reigns as the premier gaming Mecca. But, it is much more than a gaming paradise as Barbara and Myrick Land illustrate in their new book, A Short History of Las Vegas. Most books on Las Vegas tend to trivialize the pioneer past in favor of the glamorous present. Here the Lands provide a fresh, vital, and balanced look at the phenomenal history of this oasis in the thirsty desert. In this lively history lavishly illustrated with period and up-to-the-minute photographs, the Lands discuss the legends of Las Vegas -- Elvis, Liberace, the Rat Pack, and the Mob, of course but the Lands tell a fascinating and more complete story, from the earliest visitors to The Meadows to the mind-blowing developments of today. The Lands also introduce readers to the often-overlooked cultural side of Las Vegas and the intriguing entrepreneurs of the satellites , Laughlin, Primm, and Mesquite. Today Las Vegas is riding the crest of wave without parallel Las Vegas is a party that never stops , says tycoon Steve Wynn. God bless this dally place! AUTHOR: Barbara Land, Guy Louis Rocha
PUBLISHER: University of Nevada Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Proud Decades by John P. Diggins
From Pearl Harbor to the election of John F. Kennedy, America witnessed--and caused--great change both at home and abroad. No two decades so reveal the heart of America as the 1940s and 1950s; no period has been as important in creating the conditions that govern our lives today. AUTHOR: John P. Diggins
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman, Larry McKeever
Description not available.The prize-winning historian traces the major currents of the fourteenth century, revealing the century's great historical rhythms and events and the texture of daily life at all levels of European society AUTHOR: Barbara W. Tuchman, Larry McKeever
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Battleground Berlin by David E. Murphy, George Bailey, Sergei A. Kondrashev, Sergi A. Kondrashev
An inside account of the Cold War as it was played out in Berlin from 1949 to 1989, which draws on the information contained in newly-opened intelligence archives in Russia and Germany. AUTHOR: David E. Murphy, George Bailey, Sergei A. Kondrashev, Sergi A. Kondrashev
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Touched by Fire by William C. Davis
This portrait of life during the Civil War looks at the nation's military and political leaders, the soldiers who fought the battles, and the American people whose lives were affected by the national emergency brought on by the war. With rare photographs. AUTHOR: William C. Davis
PUBLISHER: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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