Historical Dictionary Of The 1940s

Author : James Gilbert Ryan,Leonard C Schlup
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317468653

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Historical Dictionary of the 1940s by James Gilbert Ryan,Leonard C Schlup Pdf

The only available historical dictionary devoted exclusively to the 1940s, this book offers readers a ready-reference portrait of one of the twentieth century's most tumultuous decades. In nearly 600 concise entries, the volume quickly defines a historical figure, institution, or event, and then points readers to three sources that treat the subject in depth. In selecting topics for inclusion, the editors and authors offer a representative slice of life as contemporaneous Americans saw it - with coverage of people; movements; court cases; and economic, social, cultural, political, military, and technological changes. The book focuses chiefly on the United States, but places American lives and events firmly within a global context.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History, Modern
ISBN : 1317468635

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Historical Dictionary of the 1940s by Anonim Pdf

Author : David H. Shinn,Thomas P. Ofcansky
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810874572

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Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia by David H. Shinn,Thomas P. Ofcansky Pdf

The Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia, Second Edition covers the history of Ethiopia through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has several hundred cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Ethiopia.

Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2000-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313032356

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Historical Dictionary of the 1950s by Bloomsbury Publishing Pdf

Today, Americans look back nostalgically at the 1950s, an era when television and rock and roll revolutionized popular culture, and Vietnam, race riots, drug abuse, and protest movements were still in the future. With homes in the suburbs, new automobiles, and the latest electrical gadgets, many Americans believed they were the most prosperous people on earth. Yet the era was tainted by the fear of thermonuclear war with the Soviet Union, deepening racial tensions, and discontent with rigid roles for women and the demands of corporate conformity. A sense of rebellion had begun to brew behind the facade. It manifested itself in rock and roll, the budding civil rights movement, and the appearance of a youth culture, eventually exploding in the 1960s. Providing a comprehensive overview, this book includes entries on the prominent people, major events, issues, scandals, ideas, popular culture, and court cases of the decade that gave rise to the tensions of the 1960s.

Author : Andrew Spicer
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0810873788

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Historical Dictionary of Film Noir by Andrew Spicer Pdf

The Historical Dictionary of Film Noir is a comprehensive guide that ranges from 1940 to present day neo-noir. It consists of a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, a filmography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on every aspect of film noir and neo-noir, including key films, personnel (actors, cinematographers, composers, directors, producers, set designers, and writers), themes, issues, influences, visual style, cycles of films (e.g. amnesiac noirs), the representation of the city and gender, other forms (comics/graphic novels, television, and videogames), and noir's presence in world cinema. It is an essential reference work for all those interested in this important cultural phenomenon.

Author : Leonard C. Schlup,James Gilbert Ryan
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic reference sources
ISBN : 0765621061

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Historical Dictionary of the Gilded Age by Leonard C. Schlup,James Gilbert Ryan Pdf

Covers all the people, events, movements, subjects, court cases, inventions, and more that defined the Gilded Age.

Author : Dan Connell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538120668

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Historical Dictionary of Eritrea by Dan Connell Pdf

This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Eritrea contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 600 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture.

Author : James Stuart Olson
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2000-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0313306192

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Historical Dictionary of the 1950s by James Stuart Olson Pdf

Today, Americans look back nostalgically at the 1950s, an era when television and rock and roll revolutionized popular culture, and Vietnam, race riots, drug abuse, and protest movements were still in the future. With homes in the suburbs, new automobiles, and the latest electrical gadgets, many Americans believed they were the most prosperous people on earth. Yet the era was tainted by the fear of thermonuclear war with the Soviet Union, deepening racial tensions, and discontent with rigid roles for women and the demands of corporate conformity. A sense of rebellion had begun to brew behind the facade. It manifested itself in rock and roll, the budding civil rights movement, and the appearance of a youth culture, eventually exploding in the 1960s. Providing a comprehensive overview, this book includes entries on the prominent people, major events, issues, scandals, ideas, popular culture, and court cases of the decade that gave rise to the tensions of the 1960s.

Author : Neil A. Wynn
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810880344

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Historical Dictionary from the Great War to the Great Depression by Neil A. Wynn Pdf

This second edition of Historical Dictionary from the Great War to the Great Depression covers the history of this period through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about a vital period in U.S. history.

Author : I. C. Smith,Nigel West
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781538130209

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Historical Dictionary of Chinese Intelligence by I. C. Smith,Nigel West Pdf

The second edition of Historical Dictionary of Chinese Intelligence covers the history of Chinese Intelligence from 400 B.C. to modern times. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on the agencies and agents, the operations and equipment, the tradecraft and jargon, and many of the countries involved.

Author : Benjamin C. Garrett
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538106846

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Historical Dictionary of Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Warfare by Benjamin C. Garrett Pdf

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries onterms related to nuclear, biological and chemical warfare.

Author : Theodore S. Creedman
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 0810822156

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Historical Dictionary of Costa Rica by Theodore S. Creedman Pdf

..".entries are clear, concise, and commendably to-date...useful for nearly any audience from the secondary level on up...an absolute necessity for any library interested in Costa Rica." --ARBA

Author : M. Keith Booker
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 655 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781538130124

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Historical Dictionary of American Cinema by M. Keith Booker Pdf

One of the most powerful forces in world culture, American cinema has a long and complex history that stretches through more than a century. This history not only includes a legacy of hundreds of important films but also the evolution of the film industry itself, which is in many ways a microcosm of the history of American society. Historical Dictionary of American Cinema, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 600 cross-referenced entries covering people, films, companies, techniques, themes, and subgenres that have made American cinema such a vital part of world culture.

Author : James S. Olson
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:49015002856988

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Historical Dictionary of the 1920s by James S. Olson Pdf

This is yet another fine historical dictionary from Greenwood. . . . This carefully edited work should prove an asset for all reference collections and as a useful handbook for students of twentieth-century American history. Reference Books Bulletin The Dictionary presents more than 700 short essays on people--George Herman Babe Ruth, Warren Gamaliel Harding, and Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle; legislation--Agricultural Marketing Act of 1929, the Revenue Acts of 1921, 1924, and 1926, and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act of 1932; popular culture--baseball, motion pictures, radio, jazz; foreign policy--the Washington Naval Conference of 1921-1922, the Nine Power Treaty, the League of Nations; politics; social history--women's rights, the Harlem Renaissance, immigration; and culture--the Lost Generation, expatriatism. A detailed chronology and selected bibliography with twenty-three subcategores complete this history of the 1920s.

Author : Ross Eaman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781538125045

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Historical Dictionary of Journalism by Ross Eaman Pdf

This book covers the history of journalism as an institutionalized form of discourse from the acta diurna in ancient Rome to the news aggregators of the 21st century. It traces how journalism gradually distinguished itself from chronicles, history, and the novel in conjunction with the evolution of news media from news pamphlets, newsletters, and newspapers through radio, film, and television to multimedia digital news platforms like Google News. Historical Dictionary of Journalism, Second Edition covers 46 countries, it contains a chronology, an introduction, an extensive bibliography, the dictionary section has more than 300 cross-referenced entries on a wide array of topics such as African-American journalism, the historiography of the field, the New Journalism, and women in journalism. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about journalism.