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      Children of the Western Plains: The Nineteenth-Century Experience

      Marilyn Irvin Holt

      What life was like for youngsters who lived on the Great Plains in nineteenth-century frontier life. Chapters address a breadth of experiences and perceptions: why families came to the Great…

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      Cold War Kids: Politics and Childhood in Postwar America, 1945-1960

      Marilyn Irvin Holt

      Chronicles how politicians and policy-makers dealt with issues ranging from health to entertainment, from education to housing, and from crime to welfare, while revealing how federal bureaucrats claimed a more…

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      Linoleum, Better Babies, and the Modern Farm Woman, 1890-1930

      Marilyn Irvin Holt

      The Progressive Era, falling between the conspicuous materialism of the Gay Nineties and the excesses of the Roaring Twenties, promoted a vision of America united by an emphasis on science…

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      Nebraska during the New Deal: The Federal Writers’ Project in the Cornhusker State

      Marilyn Irvin Holt

      Marilyn Irvin Holt examines Nebraska’s contribution to the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP) in terms of its place within the national FWP as well as its operation in comparison to other…

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      The Orphan Trains: Placing Out in America

      Marilyn Irvin Holt

      From 1850 to 1930 America witnessed emigration and resettlement of at least 200,000 children and several thousand adults, primarily from the East Coast to the West. This volume sheds light…

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      Indian Orphanages

      Marilyn Irvin Holt

      Examines the origin and development of Indian orphanages, showing how the concept of orphan-entirely foreign to traditional native kinship networks-found a place in native culture as tribally supported orphanages became…

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      Mamie Doud Eisenhower: The General’s First Lady

      Marilyn Irvin Holt

      Mamie Doud Eisenhower was a president’s wife who seemed to most Americans like the friend next door. This biography captures the winning personality that made Mrs Eisenhower an important part…

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