Echoes of the Civil War: The Gray

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• Letters, journals, and government documents provide a glimpse of life during the Civil War from the Confederate point of view. Among selections from m... Lees meer

Talkin' Union

• Paperback | Engels | Perspectives on History (Discovery)
• Labor historian Juliet Mofford presents the story of workers in the U.S. from the late 1700s to the present: the Industrial Revolution, the formation ... Lees meer

War of 1812

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• Primary sources detail the course of the War of 1812 between the United States and Britain and its Native American allies, with emphasis on the course... Lees meer

World War II

Phyllis Raybin Emert

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• When World War II broke out, Roosevelt led the nation through a dramatic changeover to a wartime economy. Women found a new place in the workforce; Am... Lees meer

Coming to America

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• Compelling firsthand accounts and primary source U.S. history documents underpin History Compass' popular Perspectives on History series. Excerpts fro... Lees meer

The Cuban Missile Crisis

• Paperback | Engels | Perspectives on History (Discovery)
• For 13 days in October 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other, on the brink of potential nuclear disaster as they decided ... Lees meer

The Alamo

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• A gripping introduction to the fierce battle at the Alamo on March 6, 1836, The Alamo includes eyewitness accounts of the battle and a roster of the d... Lees meer

The New Deal

• Paperback | Engels | Perspectives on History (Discovery)
• When Franklin D. Roosevelt became President in March of 1933, the nation was near the depths of the Great Depression. Under his leadership, the "New D... Lees meer

The Spanish-American War

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• In 1898, American troops fought in what Secretary of State John Hay referred to as a "splendid little war" in Cuba and the Philippines. In its effort ... Lees meer

The Shot Heard 'Round the World

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• The beginnings of the Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord come alive through personal narratives from participants and observers and through pr... Lees meer

American Quakers

• Paperback | Engels | Perspectives on History (Discovery)
• Filled with primary sources, American Quakers provides insight into the origins of Quakerism, the Quakers in colonial America, matters of conscience, ... Lees meer

The Korean War

• Paperback | Engels | Perspectives on History (Discovery)
• The words of President Truman, General MacArthur, Senator McCarthy, President Eisenhower, and others, reporter's stories, and letters from soldiers sh... Lees meer

Colonial Triangular Trade

• Paperback | Engels | Perspectives on History (Discovery)
• Compelling firsthand accounts and primary source U.S. history documents underpin History Compass' popular Perspectives on History series. By the 1780s... Lees meer

Child Labor in America

• Paperback | Engels | Perspectives on History (Discovery)
• Children have always worked to help their families, on farms and in the home. With the growth of factory labor and increasing numbers of immigrants ar... Lees meer

Echoes of the Civil War: The Blue

• Paperback | Engels | Perspectives on History (Discovery)
• This selection of letters, speeches, journals, and eyewitness accounts of the Civil War presents the views of soldiers, nurses, and political and mili... Lees meer