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20th Century American History Book 2
The United States Studies for English Learners, Children(Kids) and Young Adults
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2015
20th Century American History tells about the ideas and issues that have shaped the United States in the 20th century from the bottom up. You can think of it not just as a series of history of America and its people, but a series of lessons. The subjects include exploration, revolution, social...
The Orlando, Florida, Civil Rights Movement
A Case Study in Cooperation and Communication, 1951-1971
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
Heading into the 1950s, manifestations of racism were present in Orlando and Orange County that posed serious threats to the impending Civil Rights Movement. Confronting racism, as manifested by segregation, discrimination, and violence toward African-Americans, was at the heart of the Orlando Civil...
by A H Guernsey
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
Randolph Marcy went west in 1833. He reminisces about his army life on the border of Indian Territory in this short 19th century piece. Illustrated
Mexican Consuls and Labor Organizing
Imperial Politics in the American Southwest
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
Chicano history, from the early decades of the twentieth century up to the present, cannot be explained without reference to the determined interventions of the Mexican government, asserts Gilbert G. González. In this pathfinding study, he offers convincing evidence that Mexico aimed at nothing less...
by Cynthia A. Nunn
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
A combination history, photographic journey and travel guide to the historic living ghost town of Randsburg, California, located in the Mojave Desert. See where Billy Bob Thornton made his supporting role debut, learn the real identity of Randsburg's most famous red-light madam, and read about the...
Nevada's Remarkable Women
Daughters, Wives, Sisters, and Mothers Who Shaped History
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
This book presents the compelling histories of fifteen pioneer women, all born before 1900, who traveled Nevada Territory in unstable wagons, on temperamental mules, and in early Motel Ts to leave a legacy of courage and celebration as they broke records, hearts, and rules while conquering uncharted...
Fertile Ground, Narrow Choices
Women on Texas Cotton Farms, 1900-1940
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2005
Rural women comprised the largest part of the adult population of Texas until 1940 and in the American South until 1960. On the cotton farms of Central Texas, women's labor was essential. In addition to working untold hours in the fields, women shouldered most family responsibilities: keeping house,...
The Death and Life of Main Street
Small Towns in American Memory, Space, and Community
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
For more than a century, the term "Main Street" has conjured up nostalgic images of American small-town life. Representations exist all around us, from fiction and film to the architecture of shopping malls and Disneyland. All the while, the nation has become increasingly diverse, exposing tensions...
The Lively Place
Mount Auburn, America's First Garden Cemetery, and Its Revolutionary and Literary Residents
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
The story of one of the Boston area’s most famous attractions, the Mount Auburn Cemetery, and how its founders and “residents” have influenced American culture
When Mount Auburn Cemetery was founded, in 1831, it revolutionized the way Americans mourned the dead by offering a peaceful...
Mining Childhood
Growing Up in Butte, Montana, 1900-1960
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
Mining Childhood offers a child’s-eye view of Butte, Montana, from 1900 to 1960. These years mark the rise and decline of Butte’s fame as the “Richest Hill on Earth,” when the veins of copper coursing deep beneath the city’s surface created thousands of jobs for miners and untold wealth...
People Before the Park
The Kootenai and Blackfeet Before Glacier National Park
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Step out of a world governed by clocks and calendars and into the world of the Kootenai and Blackfeet peoples, whose traditional territories included the area that is now Glacier National Park. In this book, the Kootenai and Blackfeet tribes share their traditions—stories and legends, foodways and...
by Chuck Spinner
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2012
The Tragedy at the Loomis Street Crossing After five years of intense research, Author Chuck Spinner has written the definitive story of the Naperville Train Wreck of April 25, 1946. He has uncovered the histories of the 45 victims of the tragedy, interviewed two surviving eye witnesses of the event,...
Sylvania, Lucas County, Ohio;
From Footpaths to Expressways and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2013
Join the author in reliving Sylvania's over 180 years of history from footpaths to expressways and beyond, in volume three of an eight volume set. With 30 years of research she has included every subject imaginable that helped bring Sylvania to where they are today, with excellent schools, over-the-top...
by Eric W. Sanderson, Ph.D., Paul E. Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
More than 400 years of history unfold in the pages of this lavishly illustrated volume, which presents sixty-five full-color maps of America's oldest major city. This is Manhattan's first atlas of historical maps, gathered from private collections and libraries throughout the world. From Giovanni...