Steven Mintz takes Huck's raft in Mark Twain's masterpiece of writing about childhood, and makes it a metaphor for the general precariousness and instability of childhood and for the child's lack of control over the events of his or her life--and for the adventure that childhood should, in fact, be. In a refreshing and fascinating history of ...
Many Americans are seriously questioning the future of the "traditional" family. Yet as Mintz and Kellogg show, the American family has undergone a series of transformations from its role as the center of colonial society to today's private independent unit. Two 8-page photo inserts.
The decades before the Civil War saw the first secular efforts in American history to remake society through reform. Reformers launched unprecedented campaigns to reform criminals and prostitutes, to educate the deaf and the blind, to guarantee women's rights, and to abolish slavery. Modern systems of free public schools, prisons, and hospitals ...
Now in its Fifth Edition, America and Its Peoples presents American history filled with the drama and conflict that holds the attention of all students. Social history--with an emphasis on sports, leisure, and popular culture--is effectively integrated with more traditional coverage of military history, politics, and diplomacy. This edition ...
Hakim's ten-volume history of the United States makes American history as exciting as an adventure story and as stimulating as a suspense yarn. She tells stories with all the fascinating sides of factual history. The dates and events, characters and complexities, heroes, heroines and villains are woven into the great American history. B&W ...
This title presents a succinct, up-to-date overview of the history of slavery that places American slavery in comparative perspective. It provides students with more than 70 primary documents on the history of slavery in America. It includes extensive excerpts from slave narratives, interviews with former slaves, and letters by African Americans ...
This anthology of documents and essays teaches students to read films as cultural artifacts within the contexts of actual past events. The films are studied as a reflection of their times and as an influence upon style and belief. Each major part consists of essays on particular films or topics, followed by an assortment of primary documents; and ...
A collective effort to present a new kind of moral history, this volume seeks to show how the study of the past can illuminate profound ethical and philosophical issues. More specifically, the contributors address a variety of questions raised by the history of American slavery. How did freedom - personal, civic, and political - become one of the ...
Today, Mexican Americans are the youngest and fastest growing ethnic group in the United States. But Mexican Americans are also among the nation's oldest communities, with a rich and complex history. This book seeks to restore Mexican Americans to their rightful place in the narrative of American history. Through its 71 carefully edited selections ...
This is a massive work of social history that examines a wide variety of family-related topics ranging from the mid-19th century to the present. Select entries compare US history to that of other industrialized countries and the developing world. Coverage includes: public policies; organizations and programs; health and social issues; the family ...
Designed to accompany Joy Hakim's ten-volume A History of US or as a stand-alone reference, this collection of great American documents is ideal for all students of American history. Filled with primary sources, the Sourcebook and Index traces the gradual unfolding of ideas of freedom in America through letters, declarations, proclamations, court ...
For PowerBuilder, PowerJ and PowerSite developers, the DataWindow object offers remarkable power -- and most developers have only scratched the surface of what it can do. Part reference, part tutorial, The Definitive DataWindow is the most systematic guide to the DataWindow every written -- covering everything from the basics to the most advanced ...
." . .casts considerable light on the concept of family in the 19th century." --"London Review of Books "It stands out as one of the few successful efforts to investigate in some detail this family nexus between culture and individual lives." --"American Historical Review" The stereotypical Victorian family, although represented in innumerable ...
This short, comprehensive collection of primary documents provides an indispensable introduction to Mexican American history and culture. It includes over 90 carefully chosen selections, with a succinct introduction and comprehensive headnotes that identify the major issues raised by the documents. It emphasizes key themes in US history, from ...
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