Turning Points: Abolition of Slavery 1863 Cased (Turning Points in History)
An examination of the abolition of slavery in 1863, a major historical watershed. It recounts the chain of events leading up to this event, and the repercussions, both immediate and long-term. It also evaluates the concept of a turning point, assessing in what way this event really was one. The volume is designed to be thought-provoking, but its approach is direct and seeks to embrace the views of ordinary people. It ties in with the National Curriculum and features photographs, reproductions of...
Edward S. Curtis Chronicles Native Nations (Defining Images)
by Don Nardo
Civil War Weapons (Essential Library of the Civil War)
by Nel Yomtov
In the mid- to late-nineteenth century, a burgeoning science called electricity promised to shine new light on a rousing nation. Inventive and ambitious minds were hard at work. Soon that spark was fanned, and a fiery war was under way to be the first to light - and run - the world with electricity. Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of direct current (DC), engaged in a brutal battle with Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse, the inventors of alternating current (AC). There would be no ties in thi...
“Lively . . . Defiant . . . Pulling back the curtain on 100 years of struggle . . . The women who shaped the American narrative come to life with refreshing attention to detail.”—The New York Times Book Review For nearly 150 years, American women did not have the right to vote. On August 18, 1920, they won that right, when the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified at last. To achieve that victory, some of the fiercest, most passionate women in history marched, protested, and sometimes...
Civil War Causes (Essential Library of the Civil War)
by Michael Capek
African Americans in the Civil War (Essential Library of the Civil War)
by Kari A Cornell
The Emancipation Proclamation (At Issue in History)
by Maria L Howell
World War II in Europe (American War) (U.S. Wars)
by R Conrad Stein
Examines the origins of World War II in Europe and discusses battles, military tactics, weaponry, new methods of destruction, and America's involvement in the war. Includes Internet links to Web sites, source documents, and photographs related to the war.
Votes for Women! (Movements and Moments That Changed America)
by Larry A Van Meter
The Age of Reform and Industrialization: 1896-1920 (American history by era)
by Roman Espejo
The Muckrakers: Ida Tarbell Takes on Big Business (Hidden Heroes)
by Valerie Bodden
Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History The American West, c1835–c1895 Student Book (EDEXCEL GCSE HISTORY (9-1))
by Rob Bircher
Exam Board: Edexcel Level: GCSE Subject: History First teaching: September 2016 First exams: Summer 2018 Series Editor: Angela Leonard This Student Book: covers the essential content in the new specification in an engaging way, using detailed narrative, sources, timelines, key words, helpful activities and extension material uses the 'Thinking Historically' approach and activities to help develop conceptual understanding of areas such as evidence, interpretations, causation and change, throug...
The amazing story of Harriet Tubman. Born a slave in the Deep South of the US, she escaped via the Underground Railroad to the north, then went back and helped some 70 more slaves to escape, at great personal risk. She worked as a nurse for the Northern side in the Civil War and was also the first woman to lead an armed assault in that war, in a raid rescuing some 700 slaves. After the war she fought for the right of women to vote. Denied proper pay, pension or recognition for most of her life,...
A biography of the runaway slave who became an abolitionist, a crusader for women's rights, and an advisor to Abraham Lincoln.
Historical Sources on Westward Expansion (America's Story)
by Chet'la Sebree
The Pullman Strike of 1894 (American Workers) (Great Events)
by Rosemary Laughlin
Examining Ain't I a Woman? by Sojourner Truth (American Debates and Speeches)
by Alex David
