A collection of essays and documents that introduces readers to American colonial history. It takes a more continental and thematic approach. Each chapter contains an introduction, headnotes, and suggestions for further reading.
Part of the Major Problems in American History series, this text for courses in family history or history of childhood balances its discussion of marriage and gender relations with coverage...
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This text introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essys on important topics in U.S. history. The book asks students to evaluate primary surces, test the interpretations and draw...
This text presents a carefully selected group of readings—on topics such as European encounters and contemporary Native American activism—that allow students to evaluate primary sources, test the interpretations of distinguished...
This volume traces the history of environmental conditions in the United States through the examination of critical issues such as pollution, conservation, and wilderness preservation. The Second Edition of this...
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As the Dean of Women at Ohio State University noted, smoking was simply not “done in the best circles,” and it was, in the words of the Dean of Rhode Island Slate College, “an unladylike act.”... Women and men on the campuses of the ...
The Versailles Treaty fell well short of Wilson's principles, to be sure, but the League of Nations followed closely ... most Americans saw few benefits to be derived from integrating their w few benefi w few benefi economy with that of ...
This text serves as an effective educational tool for courses on U.S. foreign policy, recent U.S. history, or 20th Century U.S. history.
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