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Field Study
E-bok, 2021
208 kr
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Winner of the 2020 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets "Layered, complex, and infinitely compelling, Chet’la Sebree’s Field Study is a daring exploration of the self and our interactions with others—a meditation on desire, race, loss and survival." --Natasha Trethewey, Pulitzer …
Turn Where
A Geography of Home
Inbunden, 2026
288 kr
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A probing essay collection that chronicles one woman’s complicated quest to find home in a fractured America, from the award-winning author of Field Study “In Chet’la Sebree’s sensitive and tender hands, this book’s quest (and question) of home is captivating. An intimate rendering of the life of a …
Historical Sources on Colonial Life
Av Rebecca Stefoff, Chet'la Sebree
E-bok, 2019
691 kr
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This book charts the course of colonial America from Christopher Columbus'' "discovery" of the new world in 1492 to the beginning of the Revolutionary War in 1775. Works and personal accounts by historical figures like John Smith and Benjamin Franklin provide students an understanding of topics …
Historical Sources on Immigration to the United States, 1820-1924
Av Rebecca Stefoff, Chet'la Sebree
E-bok, 2019
691 kr
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Between the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, nearly forty million people immigrated to the United States. Poverty, widespread famine, and the California gold rush prompted many people to leave their home countries for America. Over time, however, the government tried to slow the flow of …
Historical Sources on Reconstruction
Av Adriane Ruggiero, Chet'la Sebree
E-bok, 2019
706 kr
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During the Reconstruction era, the United States attempted to rebuild itself after the end of both slavery and the Civil War. Despite some successes by Congress to secure the rights for newly freed African Americans through civil rights acts and constitutional amendments, racial conflicts plagued …
Historical Sources on Slavery
Av Elizabeth Sirimarco, Chet'la Sebree
E-bok, 2019
684 kr
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In 1619, Dutch traders sold twenty Africans to English settlers for the purposes of slave labor. By the late seventeenth century, enslaved Africans would become the primary source of labor in America, especially in the South. While the North relied more on technology after the Industrial …
Historical Sources on the Civil Rights Movement
Av Elizabeth Sirimarco, Chet'la Sebree
E-bok, 2019
684 kr
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When most Americans think of the civil rights movement, they think of the organized struggle for equality in the 1950s and 1960s. However, the civil rights movement actually has its roots in the Reconstruction era of the late nineteenth century as the country tried to rebuild itself after the Civil …
Historical Sources on the Civil War
Av Susan Provost Beller, Chet'la Sebree
E-bok, 2019
691 kr
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The Civil War is still one of the bloodiest wars in which Americans have fought. It not only split the country between North and South, but in many cases it also split families. Students will read speeches, newspaper articles, letters, and diaries entries from those both at war and on the home …
Historical Sources on the Great Depression
Av Adriane Ruggiero, Chet'la Sebree
E-bok, 2019
706 kr
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The stock market crash of 1929 triggered the worst economic crisis in U.S. history, the Great Depression. After Franklin Delano Roosevelt became president in 1933, he implemented the New Deal, a series of federal programs designed to ease unemployment and bolster the economy. These programs …
Historical Sources on Women's Rights
Av Virginia Schomp, Chet'la Sebree
E-bok, 2019
706 kr
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In the mid-nineteenth century, women''s rights activists called for the end of social and legal inequality for women. Although women won the right to vote in 1920 with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, the struggle for equality was not over. Students will read primary sources related to …
Understanding Depressions
E-bok, 2019
557 kr
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What are economic depressions, and what causes them? Through this book, students will gain a general understanding of economic cycles and how depressions are not part of the normal ebb and flow. They will learn about what triggers these extreme economic downturns and how countries try to recover …
Understanding Globalization
E-bok, 2019
545 kr
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This volume helps demonstrate the interconnectedness of international economies and cultures in the twenty-first century. Through discussions of economic, political, and cultural globalization, students will begin to understand the varied dimensions of global economies. This book presents …
Understanding Inflation
E-bok, 2019
540 kr
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Inflation is a complicated concept. Under ideal circumstances, an inflation rate of 2 or 3 percent can be good for the economy, as it helps boost businesses'' profits. Unchecked, however, inflation can lead not only to financial hardships for individuals but to widespread economic downturns. …
Understanding Recessions
E-bok, 2019
557 kr
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Readers will learn about recessions and how they are a part of the normal economic cycle: peak, recession, trough, and recovery. This narrative explores how inflation and the imbalance of supply and demand can cause an economic downturn. Through the twenty-first-century example of the Great …
Understanding the Stock Market
E-bok, 2019
557 kr
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Although the stock market has a major impact on the economy, many people do not fully understand it. Through this book, students will learn about stocks, the open market, and the dangers and benefits of investments. They will come to understand why individuals and businesses place their financial …
Understanding Taxation
E-bok, 2019
557 kr
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What are taxes and what are they used for? Through this book, students will gain a general understanding of the obligatory fees each person in a country is required to pay the government. The text explains the history of taxation as well as the different types of taxes and their effects. …
Historical Sources on the Revolutionary War
E-bok, 2019
686 kr
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While some students might know about the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Declaration of Independence, this book will offer them the opportunity to engage with riveting primary-source material about the war that formed a nation. Letters, newspapers, speeches, legal documents, and diary …
Historical Sources on the New Republic, 1783-1830
E-bok, 2019
706 kr
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The American colonists solidified their independence from England with the conclusion of the Revolutionary War in 1783. However, the new citizens of this new country called the United States of America still had to figure out their own way forward. Students will hear from Founding Fathers including …
Historical Sources on Westward Expansion
E-bok, 2019
684 kr
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Although British colonist William Bradford once called America "a hideous and desolate wilderness," that type of sentiment did not keep colonists and future Americans from pressing westward to discover new lands, new riches, and new perils. Students will learn about famous and lesser-known …
Historical Sources on World War I
E-bok, 2019
706 kr
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Although World War I started in summer 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the United States didn''t enter the war until April 1917. Students will learn about the United States'' initial decision to remain neutral, the cost of this decision, and the effects of the war both …
Mistress
Häftad, 2019
165 kr
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This book of poems presents a cross-generational conversation between Sally Hemings and the contemporary narrator about what it means to be a black woman in their respective landscapes, while at the same time demonstrating how little the ways in which we talk about black women and black female …
Historical Sources on the Great Depression
Av Chet'la Sebree, Adriane Ruggiero
Häftad
424 kr
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