My Mind Set on Freedom by John A Salmond
A compact, remarkably successful narrative history of the civil rights movement, 1954-1968, chronicling the major events, describing the key players, and showing how the revolution transformed the American South. American Ways Series.-
Missiles in Cuba
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How America Eats
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Splendid Failure
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Building the Continental Empire
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From Munich to Pearl Harbor
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To Reach the Nation's Ear
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Red Scare or Red Menace?
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Enemies of the State
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Of Thee I Sing
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Celebrating the New World
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American Exceptionalism
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Germans in America
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How America Gets the News
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Rethinking the Great Depression
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Saving the Planet
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American Agriculture
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That Old-Time Religion in Modern America
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Bounds of Their Habitation
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Hoops
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Popular Justice
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Hard Times
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Wartime America
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Making America's Public Lands
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Years of Rage
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The United States and Mexico
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We the People
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Not Like Us
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The Flowering of the Third America
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To Appomattox and Beyond
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Redeeming America
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The North Fights the Civil War
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Battling Demon Rum
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Salmond packs it all in..a powerful education on the civil rights movement that deserves a wide audience. * Publishers Weekly *
A lively and compact narrative...any curious reader will be well served by this tightly organized book. * Journal of American History *
A fine, well-rounded history.... This makes a fine introduction for any interested in civil rights events. * Midwest Book Review *
A lively and compact narrative...any curious reader will be well served by this tightly organized book. * Journal of American History *
A fine, well-rounded history.... This makes a fine introduction for any interested in civil rights events. * Midwest Book Review *
John A. Salmond is professor of American history at La Trobe University in Australia. He has written widely on Southern history and is author of Gastonia, 1929: The Conscience of a Lawyer; and A Southern Rebel.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781566631419 |
| ISBN 10 | 1566631416 |
| Title | My Mind Set on Freedom |
| Author | John A Salmond |
| Series | American Ways |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Ivan R. Dee |
| Year published | 1998-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 189 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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