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réf. B9781013482410Hardback. New. hardcover
2007réf. mon0003035791National Academies Press 2007-08-31. Paperback. Very Good. 0.9000 9.0000 6.0000. National Academies Press paperback
1981réf. 30517US Government Printing Office 1981. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Stamp on cover reads Congressional District Berkeley Nov 04 1982 Dellums. Study prepared for the Veterans' Administration Pursuant to Public Law 95-2002 the GI Improvement Act of 1977. Submitted to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs US House of Representatives. 900p. Includes tables. US Government Printing Office paperback
1973réf. 41784N.p.: Vietnam Veterans Against the War 1973. First Edition. Original offset lithographed poster in colors 56cm x 43cm 22" x 17". Fine fresh apparently unused example. Poster sold as a fundraiser for the defense of the Gainesville Eight a group of Florida Vietnam veterans who were accused on dubious evidence of conspiracy to disrupt the 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach. All eight defendants including the reputed ringleader Scott Camil were eventually acquitted. A rare poster and this is a lovely fresh example. Not catalogued in OCLC; we note only one institutionally-held copy Library of Congress. Vietnam Veterans Against the War unknown
1991réf. D1V00280781991. Single Issue Magazine. Good. A nice copy. Text in mint/unmarked condition. Cover has minor wear. Binding is tight. unknown
2002réf. D1U00280772002. Single Issue Magazine. Good. A nice copy. Text in clean/unmarked condition. Cover has minor wear. Binding is tight. unknown
1987réf. ZB622103Chicopee: Civil War Veterans Historical Association 1987-2006. title varies slightly volumes 1-20 lacks vol. 12#3-4 else all complete volumes quartos illustrated in original stapled self wrappers very good PRICE IS FOR THE LOT:. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Chicopee: Civil War Veterans Historical Association unknown
1944réf. ZB573607Washington: GPO 1944. viii 257 pp. hardcover frontis. ex library overall very good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Washington: GPO hardcover
2003réf. G1930780060I3N00Government Printing Office 2003. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Government Printing Office paperback
1971réf. 110131NY:: Macmillan Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Edited by David Thorne and George Butler. Black and white photographs throughout. Stated first printing. Several pages have creased lower corners else very good in a very good moderate edge wear dust jacket.; 174 pages . 1971. Macmillan Company, hardcover
2018réf. 1-1718051549Independently published 2018. Paperback. New. 742 pages. 11.69x8.27x1.68 inches. Independently published paperback
2018réf. 1-1717946259Independently published 2018. Paperback. New. 375 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.85 inches. Independently published paperback
2011réf. 1-0309162475National Academies Press 2011. Paperback. New. 141 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches. National Academies Press paperback
2000réf. 1-1565546865Pelican Pub Co Inc 2000. Hardcover. New. 384 pages. 9.25x8.50x1.50 inches. Pelican Pub Co Inc hardcover
2012réf. 1-0811711706Stackpole Books 2012. Hardcover. New. 336 pages. 10.00x1.10x8.00 inches. Stackpole Books hardcover
2013réf. 1-0811711714Stackpole Books 2013. Hardcover. New. hardcover edition. 336 pages. 10.00x8.30x1.10 inches. Stackpole Books hardcover
réf. DADAX0975593005Brand: Kingsbury Books 0000-00-00. hardcover. New. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Kingsbury Books hardcover
1971réf. 278Collier 1971. 1st. Soft Cover. 1st paperback ed. 1971. Tall thin 4to. 174 pgs. A VG copy. Collier unknown
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1935réf. 233301935. Law and PolicyIndianaSpanish-American War U.S. Congress and local government document archive of five pieces concerning Indiana politics in 1935 on veterans' care social welfare legislation and the domestic aftermath of U.S. colonization in the Caribbean. The archive centers on a March 25 1935 bill proposing pensions for veterans of the Spanish-American War including the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippine Insurrection their widows and dependents and the accompanying House report dated May 22 1935 extending that claim into committee language cost projections and Veterans' Administration statistics. The documents connect federal pension policy to state electoral geography through August G. Mueller's Indiana congressional apportionment map and to campaign messaging through tabulated votes on the AAA TVA Gold Bill Silver Bill Securities Exchange Act Norris-HOLC Amendment Navy Construction Act Housing Bill and Labor Disputes Bill. Five documents stapled at top left corner. 1935 chiefly Indiana with federal legislative and campaign material extending to Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Oklahoma Oregon and Pennsylvania. 16 pages in total. Documents comprised of one official House bill one official House committee report one Indiana congressional district map one Indiana newspaper clipping of candidates by district and one multi-page ballot-style voting-record leaflet. 1 Mueller August G. Gus. Indiana Congressional Apportionment Map. Indiana ca. 1935. One page. Large printed map headed "August G. Gus Mueller / Secretary of State" showing Indiana's twelve congressional districts with county boundaries and population figures. Lower text notes the "Apportionment of 1931 based on the census of 1930" applicable to elections beginning in 1932 and specifically identifies the portion of Marion County in the 11th District tying the archive's pension and campaign material to the district structure within which Indiana candidates were contesting office. 2 United States House of Representatives. H.R. 6995. In the House of Representatives March 25 1935. One sheet two pages. Official printed bill for the 74th Congress 1st Session titled "A Bill Granting pensions to veterans of the Spanish-American War including the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippine Insurrection their widows and dependents and for other purposes." The bill states that laws in effect on March 19 1933 granting such pensions were to be reenacted making the document a direct record of New Deal era restoration and enlargement of benefits for aging veterans of the 1898 war and subsequent U.S. campaigns in China and the Philippines. 3 Newspaper clipping. Indiana candidates by congressional district ca. 1935. Narrow printed clipping listing Indiana candidates district by district including names such as Andrew J. Hickey in the Third District David Hogg in the Fourth Gerald W. Landis in the Seventh Charles F. Werner in the Eighth Chester A. Davis in the Ninth Clarence M. Brown in the Tenth Don Roberts in the Eleventh and Homer Elliott in the Twelfth. In this file the clipping functions as the electoral counterpart to the pension and voting documents showing the candidate field to which these legislative issues were being attached. 4 United States House of Representatives. Report No. 974 To Accompany H.R. 6995. Washington D.C. May 22 1935. Four pages on one sheet bifolded. House report submitted by Mr. Smith of Washington from the Committee on Pensions recommending passage of the bill and giving the most detailed policy language in the archive. Its "General Statement" specifies that the bill would extend benefits to those who served between April 21 1898 and July 4 1902 gives the average monthly payment then being received as $32.17 proposes an average monthly pension award of $42.85 states the average age of such veterans as "61 years and 8 months" and includes a May 9 1935 letter from Frank T. Hines to Allard H. Gasque discussing the estimated surviving veteran population and projected fiscal effect. 5 Voting-record leaflet ca. 1935. Eight page ballot-style political leaflet tabulating senators' and representatives' votes across several states with photographed sections for Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Oklahoma Oregon and Pennsylvania. The tables reduce congressional politics to a usable campaign matrix marking "Y" "N" "NR" and "PF" across measures including the Emergency Banking Act National Economy Act 1933 Independent Offices Bill Beer AAA TVA 1933 Gold Bill CWA continuance 1934 Revenue Bill Veterans' Compensation Bill Bill to Reduce Tariff Securities Exchange Act Norris HOLC Amendment Navy Construction Act Housing Bill and Labor Disputes Bill; accompanying text summarizes selected measures such as the Civil Works Administration continuance Cotton Control Bill Silver Purchase Act and Tariff Act of 1934. The two federal pension papers form the archive's documentary center because they preserve the precise legislative language by which Congress revisited the status of veterans of the Spanish-American War the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippine Insurrection in 1935 decades after those campaigns had extended U.S. power into the Caribbean and Pacific. The supporting Indiana documents show how that policy landscape was translated into district-based electoral work while the voting leaflet widens the view to a national New Deal contest over social provision public spending agriculture currency housing labor and veterans' compensation. Folded and stapled as assembled with pronounced creasing moderate toning and scattered staining to edges; complete and legible. Overall good condition. A snapshot of U.S. policy in the Midwest in 1935 preserving legislation on veteran's pensions New Deal vote-tracking and Indiana electoral geography. unknown
1972réf. 592342Boston: Beacon Press 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket with the tiny price on the front flap inked over. The Winter Soldier Investigation was a controversial meeting of Vietnam veterans who met to testify about American war crimes in Vietnam. Former presidential candidate John Kerry is listed as a participant in the investigation but doesn't seem to be mentioned specifically in the text. Beacon Press hardcover
1950réf. 201161950. Homelessness press photography archive 1951 to 1990s documents displaced people in American cities through images of soup kitchens public sleeping spaces roadside survival emergency shelters and encampments. The archive provides primary visual evidence for the study of urban poverty public welfare veteran reintegration housing insecurity and the changing visibility of homelessness in the second half of the twentieth century. Its strongest historical value lies in the range of settings recorded: postwar charitable food assistance men sleeping in parks and public spaces Vietnam veterans gathered beneath highway infrastructure shelter-based aid and women living in vehicles with personal belongings and pets. The archive consists of eight black-and-white silver gelatin press photographs from the United States dated from 1951 to the 1990s most measuring approximately 7.25 x 9 inches with several retaining original press captions or newspaper clippings mounted on the verso. The earliest image shows a 1951 soup kitchen scene assisting homeless residents. Later photographs show Vietnam veterans beneath an underpass using mattresses and boxes for seating; a Queens New York veterans' shelter where an African American veteran shops for clothing with a staff supervisor; and Gabrielle Mendosa resting on a mattress near the Miami River beside the encampment identified as "Tent City under the Xway." Additional images show men sleeping on park benches or lawns including a scene associated with the Boston Freedom Trail Walk for the Homeless two men attempting to sell recovered household appliances by the roadside and a woman identified as Lynn living in her car with her belongings and dog while seeking assistance. The photographs are significant because they record homelessness not as a single condition but as a set of lived circumstances shaped by food insecurity military afterlives public space shelter access informal economies and the absence of stable housing. The retained press captions and clippings connect the images to their original journalistic use showing how homelessness was presented to newspaper audiences across several decades. Minor edge wear light handling marks and typical press-photo surface wear; verso caption material and clippings present on several photographs; images remain clear and usable; overall very good. Concentrated documentary archive showing American homelessness from institutional relief to street encampment with particular strength in veteran homelessness and urban public visibility. unknown
2013réf. SONG1484893581CREATESPACE 2013-05-04. paperback. Used: Good. 8.50x0.39x11.02. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. CREATESPACE paperback
réf. 10483Walnut Grove Confederate Veterans Association. Constitution undated records the organizational rules of a local Confederate veterans association and its efforts to preserve Confederate memory while maintaining fellowship and mutual assistance among former soldiers. The manuscript defines who could join establishes officers and administrative procedures and makes sickness death and funeral observance formal responsibilities of the organization. Its language documents the practical structure through which former Confederates maintained social ties after the Civil War and converted wartime affiliation into organized commemorative and benevolent activity. Manuscript "Constitution" for a Confederate Veterans Association at Walnut Grove possibly Tennessee undated. 5½ pages folio. Membership was restricted according to military service and discharge status: "All Confederate veterans who was honorable discharged from service is eligible to membership in this Association." The stated objectives combine remembrance fellowship moral conduct and assistance to members calling for "the Conservation of Confederate memories the formation of fellowship and the Cultivation of friendship between the veterans of the late Confederate War" and "the Exhibition of loyal respect to the recollection and Impulses of a Confederate past." The constitution further directs members toward "the Encouragement and practice of manly virtues" and "the Extension of reasonable aid and sympathy to fellow members in time of sickness and distress and in case of death the rendition of suitable funeral honors." It specifies officer titles and duties and establishes an order of business showing how commemorative aims were translated into recurring administrative practice. Particular attention to illness death and funeral honors places mutual aid alongside Confederate commemoration as a central purpose of the association. A few committee members are named on the verso of the final page offering possible evidence for identifying the organization and resolving the uncertain Walnut Grove location through further genealogical or local historical research. The manuscript therefore records not only the association's commemorative language but also membership qualifications governance committee activity and obligations to veterans in distress. Condition has not been independently assessed from the supplied information. The survival of the association's working constitution preserves direct evidence of how a local body of Confederate veterans defined membership organized its affairs and prescribed the remembrance of the Confederate past. unknown
réf. SONG1930780060Brand: U.S. Government Printing Office 0000-00-00. 2. paperback. Used: Good. 6.25x0.25x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: U.S. Government Printing Office paperback