Federal Republic ) , 423 Geronimo , Apache Chief , 287 Gettysburg , Battle of , 231 , 233 Ghent , Treaty of ( 1814 ) , 108-10 Gibbons vs. Ogden ( 1824 ) , 116 , 171 Giddings , Joshua , 201 , 210 , 214 Gilbert , Sir Humphrey , 7 Gilbert ...
Hand Book of Alabama: A Complete Index to the State, with Map. Birmingham: Roberts and Son, 1892. ... Blight, David W. Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory. Cambridge, Mass. ... New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006.
The Age of Energy: Varieties of American Experience, 1865-1915
Describes the changes brought about by the Civil War, discusses the impact of slavery's end, and looks at the political, economic, and social aspects of Reconstruction.
This is evidenced from the claims of color-blindness and reverse discrimination, the belief in model minorities, and exaggerated, negative, or purposeful racial displays that permeate American culture.
Chronicles five hundred years of African-American history from the origins of slavery on the African continent through Barack Obama's second presidential term, examining contributing political and cultural events.
In 1865 Americans faced some of the most important issues in the nation’s history: the final battles of the Civil War, the struggle to pass the Thirteenth Amendment, the peace...
The story of this one remarkable year will air as a three-hour documentary on The American Experience in November 1998.
This e-book includes a sample chapter of SHORT NIGHTS OF THE SHADOW CATCHER.
First published in 1986, revised in 2003, this book offers not only discussion of practical matters, but also a deeper reflection on local, public history, what it means, and why it is done.
Today, controversy over this melodramatic tale of the dignified slave Tom, the brutal plantation owner Simon Legree, and Stowe's other vividly drawn characters continues, as modern scholars debate the work's newly appreciated feminist ...