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Pursuing Johns
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 310

Pursuing Johns

In Pursuing Johns, Thomas C. Mackey studies the New York Committee of Fourteen and its members' attempts to influence vagrancy laws in early-20th-century New York City as a way to criminalize men's patronizing of female prostitutes. It sought out and prosecuted the city's immoral hotels, unlicensed bars, opium dens, disorderly houses, and prostitutes. It did so because of the threats to individual "character" such places presented. In the early 1920s, led by Frederick Whitin, the Committee thought that the time had arrived to prosecute the men who patronized prostitutes through what modern parlance calls a "john's law." After a notorious test case failed to convict a philandering millionaire...

On Account of Sex
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 368

On Account of Sex

Examining the political activities of the period between 1920, when women gained the right to vote, and the mid-1960s, when the women's movement revived, Cynthia Harrison illuminates a long-neglected but vital chapter of women's history.

Reading Southern History
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 389

Reading Southern History

This collection of essays examines the contributions of some of the most notable interpreters of American southern history and culture. The volume includes 18 chapters on such notable historians as John Hope Franklin, Anne Firor Scott and W.J. Cash.

Gentle Warriors
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 344

Gentle Warriors

Author is an alumna of Evanston Township High School, class of 1941.

A Pan-American Life
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 340

A Pan-American Life

The extraordinary Muna Lee was a brilliant writer, lyric poet, translator, diplomat, feminist and rights activist, and, above all, a Pan-Americanist. During the twentieth century, she helped shape the literary and social landscapes of the Americas. This is the first biography of her remarkable life and a collection of her diverse writings, which embody her vision of Pan America, an old concept that remains new and meaningful today.

Automotive Ethernet
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 417

Automotive Ethernet

Get up to speed with the latest developments in Automotive Ethernet technology and implementation with this fully revised third edition.

Annual Meeting
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 570

Annual Meeting

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1980
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Incredible Band of John Philip Sousa
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 186

The Incredible Band of John Philip Sousa

Most famous for his military marches, John Philip Sousa led a group of devoted musicians around the world and shaped a new cultural landscape. This book documents almost every aspect of the "March King's" band: its history, its star performers, its appearances on recordings, and the problems the group faced on their 1911 trip around the world.

Writings on Archives, Historical Manuscripts, and Current Records
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 88

Writings on Archives, Historical Manuscripts, and Current Records

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1985
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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A Guide to Scholarly Resources on the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union in the New York Metropolitan Area
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 234

A Guide to Scholarly Resources on the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union in the New York Metropolitan Area

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2019-07-12
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  • Publisher: Routledge

Identifies collections held by public and university libraries, historical societies, and other institutions, as well as private collections, with material relating to any subject and historical period, and to the widest geographical area under imperial or Soviet rule. Includes movements for example