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  • Philippine-American Heritage in Washington, D.C.

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    Journey into the Philippine-American experience in Washington, DC. Washington is famed for its place in the history of the United States, but few know its close connections with the Philippines. Trace the intertwined histories of the two countries along the streets of Washington, from the end of the Spanish American War in 1898 through Philippine independence in 1946, and the many years since. ... Leer más

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  • Back to Work

    Growing with Jobs in Europe and Central Asia

    Series series Europe and Central Asia Reports
    What can be done to create more and better jobs in Europe and Central Asia? And should there be specific policies to help workers access those jobs? The authors of this book examine these questions through the lens of two contextual factors: the legacy of centralized planned economies and the mounting demographic pressures associated with rapid aging in some countries and soaring numbers of youth ... Leer más

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    Growing with Jobs in Europe and Central Asia

    Series series Europe and Central Asia Reports
    Over the last decade, significant global and regional forces including changes in technology, trade patterns, and business practices, with a steady shift in value added production and employment toward knowledge-intensive activities and services such as finance, the hospitality industry, and the retail trade, have been affecting the production and occupational structures of most developed ... Leer más

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  • December 1941: 31 Days that Changed America and Saved the World

    31 Days that Changed America and Saved the World

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    December 1941 traces, day-by-day, the most important 31 days in the history of America's participation in WWII, which snuffed out the lives of millions and changed history forever.From December 1, 1941, until the morning of December 7, 1941, America was at peace and-with the exception of the stubborn and persistent high unemployment of the Great Depression-was a relatively happy country. By the ... Leer más

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  • The President and the Assassin

    McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century

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  • In Our Image

    America's Empire in the Philippines

    “A brilliant, coherent social and political overview spanning three turbulent centuries.”—San Francisco ChronicleStanley Karnow won the Pulitzer Prize for this account of America’s imperial experience in the Philippines. In a swiftly paced, brilliantly vivid narrative, Karnow focuses on the relationship that has existed between the two nations since the United States acquired the country from ... Leer más

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  • California

    A History

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    Series Libro 23 - Modern Library Chronicles
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  • The True Flag

    Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire

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  • Honor in the Dust

    Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines, and the Rise and Fall of America's Imperial Dream

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    Fast's powerful denunciation of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco, and a remarkable historical document of Spain's fight for freedom from governmental oppressionHoward Fast was a longtime proponent of the antifascist movement in Spain. During the Spanish Civil War, Fast supported a hospital for Popular Front forces, and in 1950 he was sentenced to three months in jail for refusing to give the ... Leer más

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