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Showing 1 - 12 of 14 results for “w j rorabaugh”
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  • Prohibition

    A Very Short Introduction

    by W. J. Rorabaugh ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Americans have always been a hard-drinking people, but from 1920 to 1933 the country went dry. After decades of pressure from rural Protestants such as the hatchet-wielding Carry A. Nation and organizations such as the Women's Christian Temperance Union and Anti-Saloon League, the states ratified the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Bolstered by the Volstead Act, this amendment made ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Real Making of the President

    Kennedy, Nixon, and the 1960 Election

    by W. J. Rorabaugh ...
    Series series American Presidential Elections
    When John Kennedy won the presidency in 1960, he also won the right to put his own spin on the victory—whether as an underdog’s heroic triumph or a liberal crusader’s overcoming special interests. Now W. J. Rorabaugh cuts through the mythology of this famous election to explain the nuts-and-bolts operations of the campaign and offer a corrective to Theodore White’s flawed classic, The Making of ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Prohibition

    A Concise History

    by W. J. Rorabaugh ...
    Americans have always been a hard-drinking people, but from 1920 to 1933 the country went dry. After decades of pressure from rural Protestants such as the hatchet-wielding Carry A. Nation and organizations such as the Women's Christian Temperance Union and Anti-Saloon League, the states ratified the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Bolstered by the Volstead Act, this amendment made ... Read more

    $13.29 USD

  • American Hippies

    by W. J. Rorabaugh ...
    Series series Cambridge Essential Histories
    In the late 1960s and early 1970s hundreds of thousands of white middle-class American youths suddenly became hippies. This short overview of the hippie social movement in the United States examines the movement's beliefs and practices, including psychedelic drugs, casual sex, and rock music, as well as the phenomena of spiritual seeking, hostility to politics, and communes. W. J. Rorabaugh ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • The Alcoholic Republic : An American Tradition

    by W.J. Rorabaugh ...

    $17.09 USD

  • The Alcoholic Republic

    An American Tradition

    by W.J. Rorabaugh ...
    Between 1790 and 1840, Americans drank more alcoholic beverages per capita—gallons and gallons per person per year—than at any other time in our history. Here is a delightful history of America's first fifty intemperate years. ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • Audiobook

    Prohibition

    A Very Short Introduction

    by W. J. Rorabaugh ...
    Narrated by Phil Thron ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 21 min

    Americans have always been a hard-drinking people, but from 1920 to 1933 the country went dry. After decades of pressure from rural Protestants such as the hatchet-wielding Carry A. Nation and organizations such as the Women's Christian Temperance Union and Anti-Saloon League, the states ratified the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Bolstered by the Volstead Act, this amendment made ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Takeover

    How the Left's Quest for Social Justice Corrupted Liberalism

    by Donald Critchlow, W.J. Rorabaugh ...
    "How did liberals get to be the way they are today?"That's the question many Americans are asking as they witness the efforts of the most left-wing president in American history. At last, historians Donald T. Critchlow and W. J. Rorabaugh supply the answer.As the authors show, it is a mistake to see the Obama administration's agenda as a single man's vision. Equally flawed, they reveal, is the now ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Amphibians and Reptiles of the US–Mexico Border States/Anfibios y reptiles de los estados de la frontera México–Estados Unidos

    by Randall D. Babb, Thomas C. Brennan, Alexander Cruz, James R. Dixon, William Farr, Lee Grismer, Bradford D. Hollingsworth, Clark R. Mahrdt, Charles W. Painter, James C. Rorabaugh, Geoffrey R. Smith, Hobart M. Smith, James N. Stuart, Dr. Robert E. Lovich ...
    Series Book 52 - W. L. Moody Jr. Natural History Series
    In the first bilingual work on the reptiles and amphibians of the US–Mexico border, top herpetologists come together to describe the herpetofauna of the states of this region, which includes more than 600 species of toads, frogs, salamanders, turtles, sea turtles, alligators, lizards, snakes, and sea snakes that are found along the almost 2,000-mile border between the two countries.Each chapter is ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Notes on Digital Signal Processing

    Practical Recipes for Design, Analysis and Implementation

    by C. Rorabaugh ...
    The Most Complete, Modern, and Useful Collection of DSP Recipes: More Than 50 Practical Solutions and More than 30 Summaries of Pertinent Mathematical Concepts for Working EngineersNotes on Digital Signal Processing is a comprehensive, easy-to-use collection of step-by-step procedures for designing and implementing modern DSP solutions. Leading DSP expert and IEEE Signal Processing Magazine ... Read more

    $57.59 USD

  • The Knight Years

    Stories from a Young Pastor

    by Dr. Blair F. Rorabaugh ...
    Pastors see people at their best and worst, but clergy are also human. An idealistic trust of his new congregation creates challenges for the naive pastor. Seeing his calling to be a conquering Knight, he goes forth into the Kingdom for his heavenly King, while the flock feels just fine, dont disturb us.Relax and enjoy the light and heavy sides of ministry from the perspective of a young pastor ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Get Bail, Leave Jail

    America's Guide to Hiring a Bondsman, Navigating Bail Bonds, and Getting out of Custody before Trial

    by S.J. Plotkin ...
    When you or someone you care about is incarcerated, your priority is to secure a safe release as soon as possible. This can be overwhelming. You may feel rushed and might make bad decisions based on incomplete or inaccurate information-decisions that carry serious long-term consequences.Get Bail, Leave Jail helps Americans safely navigate legal accusations, arrests, bail bondsmen, and the most ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook