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A renegade history of the United States / Thaddeus Russell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Russell, Thaddeus.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social change.
- History.
- Individualism.
- Radicalism.
- Dissenters.
- United States--Social conditions.
- United States.
- Social conditions.
- Dissenters--United States--History.
- Radicalism--United States--History.
- Individualism--United States--History.
- Social change--United States--History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 382 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Free Press hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Free Press, 2010.
- Contents:
- Drunkards, laggards, prostitutes, pirates, and other heroes of the American revolution
- The freedom of slavery
- The slavery of freedom
- Whores and the origins of women's liberation
- A rhythmless nation
- From white chimps to Yankee doodles : the Irish
- The Jew was a Negro
- Italian-Americans : out of Africa
- Shopping : the real American Revolution
- How gangsters made America a better place
- "Behold a dictator" : fascism and the New Deal
- Just how popular was World War II?
- How juvenile delinquents won the Cold War
- "A process of self-purification" : the civil rights movement's attack on African-Americans
- Gay liberation, American liberation
- Almost free : the promise and tragedy of rednecks and hippies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781416571063
- 141657106X
- 9781416571094
- 1416571094
- OCLC:
- 464593499
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