This concise dictionary is a comprehensive reference to the colorful period that marks the emergence of the US as a modern nation. Stretching roughly from 1877 to 1901, the Gilded Age was an era noted for extremes - vast fortunes and booming cities on the one hand; widespread poverty on the other.

Historical Dictionary of the Gilded Age

History

Schlup, Leonard C.

Ryan, James G.

Santis, Vincent de

Americas

Routledge

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Earl Browder: The Failure of American Communism

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

University Alabama Press

 Earl Browder, the preeminent 20th-century Communist party leader in the United States, steered the CPUSA through the critical years of the Great Depression and World War II. A Kansas native and veteran of numerous radical movements, he was peculiarly fitted by circumstance and temperament to head the cause during its heyday.Serving as a bridge between American Communism’s secret and public worlds, Browder did more than anyone to attempt to explain the Soviet Union’s shifting policies to the American people in a way that would serve the interests of the CPUSA. A proud and loyal follower of Joseph Stalin, Browder nevertheless sought to move the party into the U.S. political mainstream. He used his knowledge of domestic politics to persuade the Communist International to modify Popular Front (1935-1939) tactics for the United States.Despite his rise in the hierarchy, he possessed an independent streak that ultimately proved his undoing. Imprisonment as he neared age 50 left permanent psychological damage. After being released with the approval of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Browder lost his perspective and began entertaining delusions of grandeur about his status in American politics and in the world Communist movement. Still, he could never quite bring legitimacy to the CPUSA because he lacked the vision and moral courage to separate himself totally from the Soviet Union. Ryan concludes that Browder was not so much insincere as deluded. His failure contributed to the demise of the popularity of the Communist party in the United States.In preparation for this book, the author consulted the Browder Papers at Syracuse University and U.S. Government documents, particularly the F.B.I. files. In addition, he traveled to Russia for research in the Soviet Archives when recently opened to Western scholars, including the records of the former Communist International and a collection of American Communist party files, 1919-1944, shipped secretly to Moscow long ago. Indeed, until 1992, the existence of the CPUSA collection was only rumored.

Historical

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Irish Records: Sources for Family and Local History

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Genealogy

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Assessment of Agricultural Research Priorities: An International Perspective (Aciar Monograph Series ; No. 4)

Davis, J. S.

Oram, Peter A.

Inkata Pr

The records available for family research are described in detail together with their relevance and where they can be found. A social history of Dublin is also provided to show its importance in the keeping and survival of these records.

Guide to Tracing Your Dublin Ancestors

A Guide to Tracing Your Dublin Ancestors

Smith, Brian

Flyleaf Press

The best source for tracking down records in Ireland.Irish Records is your guide to locating Irish genealogical sources in Ireland.For the period of greatest interest to family history researchers -- the late eighteenth and early to middle nineteenth centuries -- Irish family records are sparse. However, sources are available -- civil registers, censuses, land records, church records -- and Irish Records tells you where to find them.Irish Records is arranged by Irish count and describes civil, ecclesiastical, and printed primary and secondary sources for each county. It also provides important details about the heritage and genealogy centers which now exist in most Irish counties. These centers have indexed many important sources and provide valuable research services that can help you discover your Irish ancestry.Includes details on Presbyterian, Church of Ireland, and Catholic records.Provides a list of Irish heritage centers"" and indicates sources indexed by each.""

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Sligo is situated in the north of the province of Connaught nestled between Mayo and Leitrim. The population of about 60,000 in 1792 rose to over 180,000 by the mid 1800s when trade was dominated by the flax, wool and linen industries serving the textile trade. The population of Sligo continuously decreased since the Great Famine with a high level of emigration to North America and elsewhere. Sligo families are a mixture of native Gaelic families and of Cromwellian settlers who arrived in the 17th century. Common surnames include Scanlon, (O') Healy, Brennan, Gallagher, (O') Hart, McDermot and Gilmartin. The main 'gentry' families in the county are Cooper, Crofton, Gore, Nicholson, Ormsby, Parke, and Phibbs. This book sets out the records available for Sligo, where they can be accessed, and how they can be used to best effect in tracing Sligo families.

A Guide to Tracing Your Sligo Ancestors

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