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Through a collection of original source documents and the words of those who lived through the era, Civil Rights Movement gives insight into the historic background and significant events of the struggle for equal rights. Professor Mitch Yamasaki examines the context of the movement, and carefully selected materials highlight the history and the legal, political, social, and cultural effects of desegregation, white resistance, the Montgomery b...

From freedom fighters and spies to volunteer nurses and patriots on the homefront, women of the North and South served critical and largely unexamined roles in the Civil War. Through a collection of original source documents and the words of the women engaged on both sides of the conflict, Women in the Civil War depicts women's key roles and illuminates what life was like during the historic struggle for the future of the United States. This v...

The Constitution and the Bill of Rights presents the foundation documents for the United States government, as told through the original documents and words of the framers. This volume includes background material, summaries of the important Articles and Amendments, vocabulary, activities, and comparison with the Iroquois Constitution.

New England Transcendentalists gives readers insight into the idealism and romanticism running through 19th century Transcendentalist philosophy, thought, and spirituality and into the movement's critique of the materialist and rationalist culture of the time. This volume introduces the reader to Transcendentalism through excerpts from the writings of Transcendentalist movement members such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Margaret...

The pre-Civil War textile industry in Lowell, Massachusetts exemplified the American industrial revolution and heralded a nationwide shift from farm to factory. During this time, technological innovation, investment capital, entrepreneurship, new methods of industrial organization, and labor provided by "mill girls" propelled large-scale manufacturing in an important U.S. industry. Mill Girls of Lowell gives insight into the role of mill girls...

(at)lt, DIV(at)gt, Through original photographs and documents and the words of those who lived through it, World War II: The European Theatre gives insight into the global struggle in which the fates of so many people hung in the balance. This volume gives an overview of how and why the war began, selected key battles and strategies, America's role, the Allied victory, and the aftermath.(at)lt, /div(at)gt,

The spirit of invention pervaded 19th century America. From Fulton's steamboat to factory assembly lines to Edison's motion picture machine, Americans marvelled at the new technologies. This volume highlights many of the masterminds of the century and includes excerpts from primary source documents relating to their inventions, including Colt, Morse, Deere, Armour, Bell, Edison, Westinghouse, Ford, Pullman, and several women and African Americ...

Award-winning Texas historian Stephen L. Hardin provides an excellent overview of the Republic of Texas. In 1836, when Texas won its independence from Mexico, many expected the Republic of Texas to join the Union immediately. Four American presidents and a decade later, the Texas Lone Star flag was lowered and the Stars and Stripes raised. The annexation resulted in concessions to Texas not made to other states. Diary entries, letters, politic...

The history of the diverse tribes who have called the Southwest their home for thousands of years is told in this anthology through their folklore, poetry, letters, journals, essays, photographs, and through government documents. The book includes recent historic documents, as well as those of long ago, and provides samples of the cultural, political, and social history as it continues to unfold for the Hopi, Navajo, Comanche, Apache, Zuni, Pa...

The decade of the 1920s began in turmoil and ended in turmoil, but, in between, Americans breezed through the amazing years known as the "Roaring Twenties." Primary sources -- letters, diaries, news accounts, interviews, poetry, and a host of illustrations -- depict Prohibition, gangsters, political corruption, the rebirth of the KKK, new immigration policies, jazz, flappers, movies, sports stars, aviation heroes, easy money, and playing the s...

(at)lt, DIV(at)gt, The remarkable engineering feats of American canals, the improved transportation and travel opportunities, and the daily lives of the "canallers" are recorded through firsthand accounts and illustrations.(at)lt, /div(at)gt,

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 defenders, including Davy Crockett.

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 the fate of Soviet missile bases in Cuba. Excerpts of speeches, meeting notes, letters, and reminiscences of several key players including Kennedy, Krushchev, and others depict this ominous situation.

(at)lt, DIV(at)gt, This volume of documents on the war in the Pacific deals with the origins of the war, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and early island conquests by Japan. The major battles of the Coral Sea, Midway Island, Guadalcanal, the Philippines, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa are covered, as are the roles of submarines and airpower in the fight to control the sea and sky over the Pacific. Documents include those of Japanese and American military l...

(at)lt, DIV(at)gt, This book focuses on the brief but crucial span of a little over six weeks following the fall of the Alamo. That interval culminated on April 21, 1836, in the battle of San Jacinto in which the Texans under Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna's Mexican forces. The editor's introduction provides an overview, while the selections bring the reader the pivotal events in the words of participants.(at)lt, /div(at)gt,

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, Americans at home pulled together to economize through rationing of food, tires, gasoline, silk, and more, families grew their own produce in their victory gardens, and school children saved their pennies to invest in war bonds. This volume of life on the U. S. homefront tells the stories of the pe...

(at)lt, DIV(at)gt, The Louisiana Purchase begins this saga of the West. Primary sources include writings of Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, Sacajawea, Crockett, and Boone. Scouts, trappers, and traders are presented. A frontiersman writes about his observations on the life of the early settlers. Maps, drawings, a timeline, and suggested further reading are included.(at)lt, /div(at)gt,