Guides to Historic Events in America – serie
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Votes for Women! The American Woman Suffrage Movement and the Nineteenth Amendment
A Reference Guide
Inbunden, 2020
885 kr
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This contextual narrative of the 70-year history of the woman suffrage movement in the United States demonstrates how an important mass political and social movement coalesced into a political force despite class, racial, ethnic, religious, and regional barriers.Votes for Women! provides an updated …
Votes for Women! The American Woman Suffrage Movement and the Nineteenth Amendment
A Reference Guide
E-bok, 2020
359 kr
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This contextual narrative of the 70-year history of the woman suffrage movement in the United States demonstrates how an important mass political and social movement coalesced into a political force despite class, racial, ethnic, religious, and regional barriers. Votes for Women! provides an …
Constitutional Convention of 1787
A Reference Guide
Inbunden, 2019
812 kr
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This history of the 1787 Constitutional Convention uses a chronological narrative format to capture the complexity, messiness, and unfolding daily drama behind the writing of the U.S. Constitution, as well as the role of contingency in that process.The Framers of the U.S. Constitution designed a …
Constitutional Convention of 1787
A Reference Guide
E-bok, 2019
361 kr
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This history of the 1787 Constitutional Convention uses a chronological narrative format to capture the complexity, messiness, and unfolding daily drama behind the writing of the U.S. Constitution, as well as the role of contingency in that process. The Framers of the U.S. Constitution designed a …
Civil Rights Movement
A Reference Guide
Inbunden, 2019
812 kr
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Drawing on the most recent scholarship, The Civil Rights Movement provides a concise overview of the most important social movement of the 20th century and will expand readers' understanding of the fight for racial equality.Ideal for research, this one-stop reference provides a unique introduction …
Civil Rights Movement
A Reference Guide
E-bok, 2019
883 kr
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Drawing on the most recent scholarship, The Civil Rights Movement provides a concise overview of the most important social movement of the 20th century and will expand readers' understanding of the fight for racial equality. Ideal for research, this one-stop reference provides a unique introduction …
1960s Cultural Revolution
A Reference Guide
Inbunden, 2020
885 kr
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This highly readable and valuable resource revisits the personalities and events that sparked the cultural revolutions synonymous with the 1960s. It considers the forces that shaped the decade and made it a unique era, beginning with an introductory historical overview that provides context and …
1960s Cultural Revolution
A Reference Guide
E-bok, 2020
353 kr
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This highly readable and valuable resource revisits the personalities and events that sparked the cultural revolutions synonymous with the 1960s. It considers the forces that shaped the decade and made it a unique era, beginning with an introductory historical overview that provides context and …
Watergate Crisis
A Reference Guide
Inbunden, 2020
885 kr
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This reference provides background information about the Watergate crisis and discusses its significance to U.S. politics today.Relatively insignificant at first glance, the Watergate crisis led to the downfall of a president and emerged as the most important constitutional crisis since the Civil …
Watergate Crisis
A Reference Guide
E-bok, 2020
369 kr
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This reference provides background information about the Watergate crisis and discusses its significance to U.S. politics today. Relatively insignificant at first glance, the Watergate crisis led to the downfall of a president and emerged as the most important constitutional crisis since the Civil …
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
A Reference Guide
Inbunden, 2020
885 kr
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The United States, often described as a nation of immigrants, has the most diverse population in the world. Immigration remains one of the most complex and contentious political, cultural, and social issues in the country. Much of today’s policy stems from the Immigration and Naturalization Act of …
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
A Reference Guide
E-bok, 2020
353 kr
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The United States, often described as a nation of immigrants, has the most diverse population in the world. Immigration remains one of the most complex and contentious political, cultural, and social issues in the country. Much of today''s policy stems from the Immigration and Naturalization Act of …
Women's Rights Movement since 1945
A Reference Guide
Inbunden, 2022
885 kr
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Documenting the history of the American women's rights movement from 1945 through the 2016 election, this reference offers a crucial and objective look at the changing strategies, goals, and challenges of American feminists.Many aspects of women's lives in the mid-twentieth century—including legal …
Women's Rights Movement since 1945
A Reference Guide
E-bok, 2022
342 kr
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Documenting the history of the American women''s rights movement from 1945 through the 2016 election, this reference offers a crucial and objective look at the changing strategies, goals, and challenges of American feminists. Many aspects of women''s lives in the mid-twentieth century-including …
Reagan Revolution and the Rise of the New Right
A Reference Guide
Inbunden, 2021
885 kr
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Ronald Reagan’s presidency marked a pivotal shift in American politics, culture, and global relations. His conservative revolution in the 1980s reshaped the nation and helped bring about the end of the Cold War, leaving a lasting legacy that still influences the United States today.This book …
Reagan Revolution and the Rise of the New Right
A Reference Guide
E-bok, 2021
353 kr
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Ronald Reagan''s presidency marked a pivotal shift in American politics, culture, and global relations. His conservative revolution in the 1980s reshaped the nation and helped bring about the end of the Cold War, leaving a lasting legacy that still influences the United States today. This book …
McCarthyism and the Red Scare
A Reference Guide
E-bok, 2011
752 kr
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This book is a must-read for anyone studying and researching the rise and fall of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and McCarthyism in American political life. Intolerance in America that targets alleged internal subversives controlled by external agents has a storied history that stretches hundreds of …
Underground Railroad
A Reference Guide
Inbunden, 2012
810 kr
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Full of true stories more dramatic than any fiction, The Underground Railroad: A Reference Guide offers a fresh, revealing look at the efforts of hundreds of dedicated persons—white and black, men and women, from all walks of life—to help slave fugitives find freedom in the decades leading up to …
Underground Railroad
A Reference Guide
E-bok, 2012
369 kr
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Full of true stories more dramatic than any fiction, The Underground Railroad: A Reference Guide offers a fresh, revealing look at the efforts of hundreds of dedicated persons-white and black, men and women, from all walks of life-to help slave fugitives find freedom in the decades leading up to …
Lincoln, the Rise of the Republicans, and the Coming of the Civil War
A Reference Guide
Inbunden, 2013
812 kr
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This succinct and readable account of the heated debate over the expansion of slavery provides readers with a thorough understanding of how the Civil War was precipitated.This book vividly depicts and clearly explains the events in the decades leading up to the Civil War that resulted from the …
Lincoln, the Rise of the Republicans, and the Coming of the Civil War
A Reference Guide
E-bok, 2013
827 kr
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This succinct and readable account of the heated debate over the expansion of slavery provides readers with a thorough understanding of how the Civil War was precipitated. This book vividly depicts and clearly explains the events in the decades leading up to the Civil War that resulted from the …
America in the Cold War
A Reference Guide
Inbunden, 2014
958 kr
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Including extensive, balanced information, keen insights, and helpful research tools, this book provides a valuable resource for students or general readers interested in American policy, diplomacy, and conduct during the Cold War.The Cold War not only comprised the dominant theme in American …
America in the Cold War
A Reference Guide
E-bok, 2014
1021 kr
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Including extensive, balanced information, keen insights, and helpful research tools, this book provides a valuable resource for students or general readers interested in American policy, diplomacy, and conduct during the Cold War. The Cold War not only comprised the dominant theme in American …
Andrew Jackson and the Rise of the Democrats
A Reference Guide
Inbunden, 2015
812 kr
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This illuminating overview explains political parties in the early 19th century, comparing and contrasting that era with the modern-day political climate.In this chronological examination of the Democratic Party's origins, award-winning author Mark R. Cheathem traces the development of both the …
Andrew Jackson and the Rise of the Democrats
A Reference Guide
E-bok, 2015
857 kr
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This illuminating overview explains political parties in the early 19th century, comparing and contrasting that era with the modern-day political climate. In this chronological examination of the Democratic Party's origins, award-winning author Mark R. Cheathem traces the development of both the …
Progressive Era
A Reference Guide
Inbunden, 2015
812 kr
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This fascinating guide documents the transformation of government from passive observer to active participant and ally of the American people during the late-19th and early-20th centuries.The progressive impulse that energized the United States between 1890 and 1920 forever altered the nature of …
Progressive Era
A Reference Guide
E-bok, 2015
883 kr
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This fascinating guide documents the transformation of government from passive observer to active participant and ally of the American people during the late-19th and early-20th centuries. The progressive impulse that energized the United States between 1890 and 1920 forever altered the nature of …
Reconstruction
A Reference Guide
Av Paul E. Teed, Melissa Ladd Teed
Inbunden, 2015
885 kr
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Providing an exciting narrative of Reconstruction based on current scholarship, historical sources, as well as interpretive essays on special topics, this book offers real insight into a controversial and critical period in American history.Reconstruction: A Reference Guide covers the entire period …
Reconstruction
A Reference Guide
Av Paul E. Teed, Melissa Ladd Teed
E-bok, 2015
942 kr
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Providing an exciting narrative of Reconstruction based on current scholarship, historical sources, as well as interpretive essays on special topics, this book offers real insight into a controversial and critical period in American history. Reconstruction: A Reference Guide covers the entire …
War for American Independence
A Reference Guide
Inbunden, 2016
885 kr
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An indispensable resource for investigating America's War for Independence, this book provides a comprehensive yet concise narrative that combines the author's original perspectives with the latest scholarship on the subject.Without the War for Independence and its successful outcome for the …
