"The sordid controversies of litigants," Benjamin Cardozo once said, are "the stuff from which great and shining truths will ultimately be shaped." As one of America's most influential judges, first o
In Hear My Sad Story, Richard Polenberg describes the historical events that led to the writing of many famous American folk songs that served as touchstones for generations of American musicians, lyr
Jacob Abrams et al. v. United States is the landmark Supreme Court case in the definition of free speech. Although the 1918 conviction of four Russian Jewish anarchists—for distributing leaflets prote
Polenberg (American history, Cornell U.) provides an introduction to Roosevelt's political career and legacy, but the majority of this volume consists of documents ranging from his campaign speeches,
The era of Franklin D.Roosevelt and the New Deal was a time of depression and despair, economic rebirth and renewal, and mobilization for a war in both the East and the West. Richard Polenberg's intro
At the end of World War II, J. Robert Oppenheimer was one of America's preeminent physicists. For his work as director of the Manhattan Project, he was awarded the Medal for Merit, the highest honor t
Volume 1 of this classic text for 20th century American History courses, covers the history of the United States from 1890 to 1941 and contains the first 8 chapters of the full book. Written by three
Written by three highly respected scholars, the new edition of this classic text for the twentieth century or recent America course brings the story of contemporary America into the second decade of t
Written by three highly respected scholars, the new edition of this classic text for the twentieth century or recent America course brings the story of contemporary America into the second decade of t
The new edition of this classic text for twentieth century or recent America courses covers the story of contemporary America from World War II into the second decade of the twenty-first century. This
Thomas A. Edison remains rooted in the popular imagination primarily as the inventor of the practical electric light, but he also continues to function in the lexicons of advertising and politics as a
