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1	The Uprooted more books like this by Oscar Handlin 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 $1.99! new only from $18.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The uprooted; the epic story of the great migrations that made the American people more books like this by Oscar Handlin "Oscar Handlin was the scholar most responsible for establishing the legitimacy of immigration history."--Gary Gerstle, author of see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Truth in History more books like this by Oscar Handlin One of the most eminent historians of our time offers here a perceptive guide to the study of history. "Truth in History" teaches how to read, how to analyze, how to discriminate. It is as helpful to the reader whose history is created daily in the news as it is to the professional historian whose field is in a crisis of disarray. A Pulitzer ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $40.74! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Herbert Hoover: Forgotten Progressive more books like this by Joan H. Wilson, Joan Hoff-Wilson see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.43! \| first editions
5	Boston's Immigrants, 1790-1880: A Study in Acculturation, Enlarged Edition more books like this by Oscar Handlin 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 $6.46! new only from $21.40! \| SVS
6	Abraham Lincoln and the Union more books like this by Oscar Handlin 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 $1.99! new only from $14.50! \| first editions
7	Statue of Liberty more books like this by Oscar Handlin, inc. Book Division Newsweek see all copies from $1.99! new only from $44.00! \| first editions
8	Al Smith and His America more books like this by Oscar Handlin see all copies from $1.99! first editions
9	Boston's Immigrants: A Study in Acculturation more books like this by Oscar Handlin see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.95! \| first editions
10	Glimpses of the Harvard Past more books like this by Bernard Bailyn (Photographer), Oscar Handlin (Photographer), Professor Donald Fleming (Photographer) This happy combination of literary essay and exceptionally well-written history, providing insights into a past still important in the twentieth century, will quickly take an honored place on the shelves of Harvardiana. Bernard Bailyn writes on the origins of Harvard and the foundations of Harvard's persistent character, structure, and style of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| first editions
11	A Community in Search of Itself: A Case History of Cairo, Illinois more books like this by Herman R Lantz, Oscar Handlin (Designer) 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 $3.60! new only from $5.79! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Liberty in America, 1600 to the Present more books like this by Oscar Handlin 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 $1.99! new only from $29.98! \| first editions
13	Uprooted Americans: Essays to Honor Oscar Handlin more books like this by Oscar Handlin see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
14	The distortion of America more books like this by Oscar Handlin see all copies from $1.99! new only from $53.43! \| first editions
15	A Restless People: Americans in Rebellion, 1770-1787 more books like this by Oscar Handlin see all copies from $1.99! new only from $49.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16	From the Outer World more books like this by Oscar Handlin (Editor), Lilian Handlin (Editor), Lillian Handlin (Editor) 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 $1.99! new only from $6.70! \| 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 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 $1.99! first editions \| SVS
18	Children of the uprooted more books like this by Oscar Handlin see all copies from $1.99! first editions
19	American Mosaic: The Immigration Experience in the Words of Those Who Lived It more books like this by Joan Morrison, Charlotte Fox Zabusky, Oscar Handlin (Foreword by) This collection of oral histories strives to capture the drama and expanse of the American immigrant experience. "American Mosaic" is the result of five years of research and interviewing: it presents the recollections of 140 immigrants from six continents and 50 countries. The interviewees, who settled all over the United States, range in age ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.08! \| SVS
20	Newcomers: Negroes and Puerto Ricans in a Changing Metropolis more books like this by Oscar Handlin see all copies from $1.99! first editions
21	The Historian and the City more books like this by Oscar Handlin (Editor), John E Burchard (Editor) see all copies from $1.99! first editions
22	Adventure in freedom; three hundred years of Jewish life in America. more books like this by Oscar Handlin see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
23	The Americans; a new history of the people of the United States. more books like this by Oscar Handlin see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24	Liberty in America, 1600 to the Present: 1850-1920, of Liberty in America: 1600 to the Present more books like this by Oscar Handlin, Lillian Handlin, Lilian Handlin The third volume in the Handlins' history of American liberty covers the period from 1850 to 1920 an exploration of the nature of repression and forces of liberty under siege in our democratic society. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $27.00! \| first editions
25 view cover	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 "Commonwealth," when first published in 1947, was a pioneer effort to investigate the historical role of government in the American economy. It revealed for the first time the importance of political action in the development of the American free enterprise system. The present edition has been revised by the authors to take into account the ... see all copies from $3.52! new only from $27.86! \| first editions

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