236 results for "A History of Broadcasting in the United States Volume 1" between $5.00 and $150.00

Pages: 578, Paperback, Nabu Press

In a strong narrative voice, Building a Democratic Nation: A History of the United States to 1877  tells stories of culture wars, nation building, freedom struggles, economic transformations, racial and ethnic pride, idealistic aspiration, human and environmental degradation, and technological advancement - just some of the many facets of American history from the beginnings until 1877.

Roots and Branches recounts decade by decade the century-long history of Amish and Mennonites in the Southeast United States. With gentle candor Lehman, storyteller as well as historian, examines southeast Mennonites' clashes of conscience as their subculture was challenged by the diverse cultures of the people they sought to serve. "With the art of a storyteller, the heart of a pastor, and the acumen of a leader, Lehman narrates the Amish and Mennonite presence in the Southeast in this first of...

A richly woven tapestry of events and ideas that shaped the United States during the colonial era: our links to England, the growth of the colonies, the mighty force of religion in early America, and the oppression felt by the colonists.

This is a good hardcover reference copy of volume 1 only of this standard work on the causes of the Civil War and the results, particularly bearing on the issue of slavery. The off-white cloth covers are clean and have a typed or printed gray cloth title label tipped-on to the spine. The text block is just fair, mostly all right, but the corners of the first 70 pages brittle and chipped. The front hinge, actually at the frontispiece page has been amateurishly strengthened with black tape. The text...

This powerful history of broadcasting in the United States goes beyond traditional accounts to explore the field’s important social, political, and cultural ramifications. It examines how broadcasting has been organized as a business throughout much of the 20th century, and focuses on the aesthetics of programming over the years.

Description The New Press's Abridged Teaching Edition of A People's History of the United States has made Howard Zinn's original text available specifically for classroom use. With exercises and teaching materials to accompany each chapter, Volume I spans American Beginnings to Reconstruction.

Pages: 268, Paperback, AIPI

646pp. Tall 8vo. Dark blue cloth with front cover & spine lettered in white & yellow. Very Good, i.e. signs of careful use with no significant defects. No dust jacket as issued. NOTE: This book will require extra postage for Priority Mail shipping. ISBN 0835204898.

Pages: 202, Paperback, AIPI

Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Mary Beth Norton received her B.A. from the University of Michigan (1964) and her Ph.D. from Harvard University (1969). She is the Mary Donlon Alger Professor of American History at Cornell University. Her dissertation won the Allan Nevins Prize. She has written THE BRITISH-AMERICANS (1972), LIBERTY'S DAUGHTERS (1980, 1996), Founding MOTHERS & FATHERS (1996), which was one of three finalists for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize in History, and IN THE DEVIL'S SNARE (2002), which...

Carson�s newest volume in his set brings U.S. history abreast with recent developments in government and culture. Among the topics he examines are materialism and statism, the welfare state, conservatism and liberalism, the Reagan and Bush administrations and their subplots, as well as the collapse of Communism, Americans at work and play, and the trend of self-employment.

Pages: 540, Edition: Reprint, Paperback, Naval Institute Press

Textbook Description: For one and two-semester, freshman/sophomore-level survey courses in U.S. History. Get the book that gets your students. The authors of The American Journey get your students with the best storyline, the best pedagogy, the best maps, the best intext documents and the most inspiring studentoriented material available in a U.S. History text. Written in a... More » For one and two-semester, freshman/sophomore-level survey courses in U.S. History. Get the book that gets your students...