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1	The Uprooted more books like this by Oscar Handlin add to wishlist Provides an historical account of the 35,000,000 people who emigrated to America in the 19th and early 20th century. The author offers an insight into alienation, its consequences and the emotions of those involved. The book examines their disillusionment incited by a new land. see all copies from £5.02! new only from £9.53! \| first editions
2	Herbert Hoover: Forgotten Progressive more books like this by Joan H. Wilson, Joan Hoff-Wilson add to wishlist see all copies from £5.61! new only from £13.71! \| first editions
3	The Uprooted: The Epic Story of the Great Migrations That Made the American People more books like this by Oscar Handlin add to wishlist "Oscar Handlin was the scholar most responsible for establishing the legitimacy of immigration history."--Gary Gerstle, author of see all copies from £4.98! new only from £16.05! \| first editions
4	Boston's Immigrants, 1790-1880: A Study in Acculturation, Enlarged Edition more books like this by Oscar Handlin add to wishlist Illuminates the history of Boston, focussing on the life of people from the perspective of the social historian. The author explores a range of subjects - peasant society and the causes of European migration, population growth and industrial development, the ideology of progress and Catholic thought, urban politics and the dynamics of prejudice. ... see all copies from £5.94! new only from £11.87!
5	A Community in Search of Itself: A Case History of Cairo, Illinois more books like this by Herman R Lantz, Oscar Handlin (Designer) add to wishlist Cairo, Illinois, at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, was a city favored by geography and climate. It was founded in the early 1800s on great expectations. Its location at the head of major rivers navi-gable both summer and winter and its proximity to coal fields generated predictions that Cairo would soon surpass Louisville, ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.85! \| first editions
6	Glimpses of the Harvard Past more books like this by Bernard Bailyn (Photographer), Oscar Handlin (Photographer), Professor Donald Fleming (Photographer) add to wishlist This happy combination of literary essay and exceptionally well- written history, providing in-sights into a past still important in the twentieth century, will quickly take an honored place on the shelves of Harvardiana. see all copies from £4.07! new only from £8.42! \| first editions
7	Truth in History more books like this by Oscar Handlin add to wishlist A professional critique of the tendency in academic scholarship to prove worth, which becomes relevance and which in turn is interpreted as a search not for truth but political correctness. Handlin explores the social history of historians and how and why a discipline surrenders the search for truth in favour of assertions of ideological purity. see all copies from £2.18! new only from £14.92! \| first editions
8	Abraham Lincoln and the Union more books like this by Oscar Handlin add to wishlist A compassionate account of Lincoln's life focuses on his struggle for intellectual development, his early years as a lawyer and his election to Congress, and the successes and sorrows of his later years. see all copies from £4.98! new only from £6.24! \| first editions
9	Liberty in America, 1600 to the Present more books like this by Oscar Handlin add to wishlist Traces the development of the idea of liberty from seventeenth-century America, and discusses the change in its meaning to people from all social levels. see all copies from £4.98! new only from £9.30! \| first editions
10	From the Outer World more books like this by Oscar Handlin (Editor), Lilian Handlin (Editor), Lillian Handlin (Editor) add to wishlist New "voyagers" in the 20th century, from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Latin America, record their experiences in the United States. The narratives of the non-Europeans do not differ dramatically from those of their predecessors, but clearly reflect the circumstances of their composition, as well as the political prejudices of the author. These ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £17.45!
11	Commonwealth: A Study of the Role of Government in the American Economy: Massachusetts, 1774-1861 more books like this by Oscar Handlin, Mary Flug Handlin add to wishlist Focusing on Massachusetts as a key state, the Handlins describe the changes in the ways the government dealt with the economy from the period of independence to the Civil War, and they analyze the social groups who influenced these changes. see all copies from £7.48! new only from £19.94! \| first editions
12	The distortion of America more books like this by Oscar Handlin add to wishlist see all copies from £4.98! new only from £34.38! \| first editions
13	La Follette Insurgent Spirit more books like this by David P Thelen, Oscar Handlin (Photographer) add to wishlist see all copies from £4.98! new only from £11.91!
14 view cover	Al Smith and His America more books like this by Oscar Handlin add to wishlist see all copies from £4.39! first editions
15	Statue of Liberty more books like this by Oscar Handlin, inc. Book Division Newsweek add to wishlist see all copies from £4.98! new only from £13.67! \| first editions
16	Children of the uprooted more books like this by Oscar Handlin add to wishlist see all copies from £5.61! first editions
17	Liberty in America, 1600 to the Present: Volume One of Liberty in America Series more books like this by Oscar Handlin, Lilian Handlin add to wishlist The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of over 25 books presents an ambitious new work, the first of a four-volume series covering the history of liberty in America. see all copies from £4.98! new only from £7.06! \| first editions
18	Boston's Immigrants: A Study in Acculturation more books like this by Oscar Handlin add to wishlist see all copies from £4.89! new only from £10.44! \| first editions
19	The Historian and the City more books like this by Oscar Handlin (Editor), John E Burchard (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from £3.96! first editions
20	Newcomers: Negroes and Puerto Ricans in a Changing Metropolis more books like this by Oscar Handlin add to wishlist see all copies from £5.58! first editions
21	The Americans; a new history of the people of the United States. more books like this by Oscar Handlin add to wishlist see all copies from £4.98! signed copies \| first editions
22	A Restless People: Americans in Rebellion, 1770-1787 more books like this by Oscar Handlin add to wishlist see all copies from £5.61! new only from £79.57! \| first editions
23	Adventure in freedom; three hundred years of Jewish life in America. more books like this by Oscar Handlin add to wishlist see all copies from £6.65! signed copies \| first editions
24	Boston's Immigrants more books like this by Oscar Handlin add to wishlist see all copies from £3.44! first editions
25	Fire-bell in the night; the crisis in civil rights. more books like this by Oscar Handlin add to wishlist see all copies from £5.33! first editions

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