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The Transcontinental Railroad(Hardback)
The Gateway to the West
Chelsea House Publishers
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01/06/2007
In May 1869, the US railroad network unified when the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads came together in Promontory, Utah. This book discusses the important milestone in the expansion of t...
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The Monroe Doctrine(Hardback)
The Cornerstone of American Foreign Policy
Chelsea House Publishers
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01/05/2007
In 1823, President James Monroe expressed his opinion to Congress that European powers should not be permitted to interfere in the affairs of the sovereign states of the Americas. However, the Unite...
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The Stock Market Crash of 1929(Hardback)
The End of Prosperity
Chelsea House Publishers
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01/06/2007
On October 29, 1929, more than 16 million stock shares were sold at the New York Stock Exchange, and by the end of November investors had lost more than $100 billion in assets. This book looks at th...
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964(Hardback)
An End to Racial Segregation
Chelsea House Publishers
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15/05/2007
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was proposed by President John F Kennedy in 1963 and passed by his successor, Lyndon B Johnson, the following year. Part of "Milestones in American History" series, this...
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The Wright Brothers(Hardback)
First in Flight
Chelsea House Publishers
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01/05/2007
In December 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made history by embarking on the first controlled airplane flight among the dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, thus opening up an era of aviation throug...
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Sputnik/Explorer I(Hardback)
Chelsea House Publishers
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01/07/2007
The cold war served as the backdrop of the competition to find out which superpower - the United States or the Soviet Union - could reach outer space first. On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union laun...
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