Destructive Creation: American Business and the Winning of World War II
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During World War II, the United States helped vanquish the Axis powers by converting its enormous...
From Main Street to Mall: The Rise and Fall of the American Department Store
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The geography of American retail has changed dramatically since the first luxurious department...
Beggar Thy Neighbor: A History of Usury and Debt
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The practice of charging interest on loans has been controversial since it was first mentioned in...
Beyond Rust: Metropolitan Pittsburgh and the Fate of Industrial America
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Beyond Rust chronicles the rise, fall, and rebirth of metropolitan Pittsburgh, an industrial region...
Augustine's Manichaean Dilemma: v. 1: Conversion and Apostasy, 373-388 CE
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Augustine of Hippo is history's best-known Christian convert. The very concept of conversio owes its...
The Death of a Prophet: The End of Muhammad's Life and the Beginnings of Islam
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The oldest Islamic biography of Muhammad, written in the mid-eighth century, relates that the...
The Invention of Peter: Apostolic Discourse and Papal Authority in Late Antiquity
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On the first anniversary of his election to the papacy, Leo the Great stood before the assembly of...
The New York Times, 36 Hours: 150 Weekends in the USA & Canada
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This book covers 150 North American cities from the "New York Times'" popular travel column. To...
Leading Ladies
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Comedy / 5m, 3f / Unit set. In this hilarious comedy by the author of Lend Me A Tenor and Moon Over...
The Jewish Enlightenment
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At the beginning of the eighteenth century most European Jews lived in restricted settlements and...