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The final volume in the ""Latino-American History"" series brings readers to the present day. ""Creating a New Future: 1986 to Present"" reflects the significant changes in the Latino experience in the United States. Legislation that resulted in an immigration pool no longer dominated by Europeans forced open the door for U.S. Latinos to become major players in business, government, entertainment and the arts, and professional sports. Yet even as the group grows to make up a sizeable percentage...

Although losing a sports match is never easy, losing teaches players valuable lessons. These lessons build sportsmanship and character, and challenge players to try even harder. At the end of the day, it does not matter whether you win or lose so long as you try your best. Read the inspirational stories of historic wins and losses from sports history with this full-color informational text that examines sportsmanship! Packed with fun facts, fascinating sidebars, and featuring TIME content and i...

“IN THE FUTURE EVERYBODY will be world famous for 15 minutes.” The Campbell’s Soup Cans. The Marilyns. The Electric Chairs. The Flowers. The work created by Andy Warhol elevated everyday images to art, ensuring Warhol a fame that has far outlasted the 15 minutes he predicted for everyone else. His very name is synonymous with the 1960s American art movement known as Pop. But Warhol’s oeuvre was the sum of many parts. He not only produced iconic art that blended high and popular culture; he als...

One of just a handful of women reporting on the Vietnam War, Kate Webb was captured by North Vietnamese troops and presumed dead--until she emerged from the jungle waving a piece of white parachute material after 23 days in captivity. Le Ly Hayslip enjoyed a peaceful early childhood in a Vietnamese farming village before war changed her life forever. Brutalized by all sides, she escaped to the United States, where she eventually founded two humanitarian organizations. Lynda Van Devanter was an i...

Covers a world-wide span of events and includes an extensive range of source material. A History of the Twentieth Century develops students' understanding and historical skills through activities which allow them to discover attitudes and opinions for themselves.

Augusta Savage was arguably the most influential American artist of the 1930s. A gifted sculptor, Savage was commissioned to create a portrait bust of W.E.B. Du Bois for the New York Public Library. She flourished during the Harlem Renaissance, and became a teacher to an entire generation of African American artists, including Jacob Lawrence, and would go on to be nationally recognized as one of the featured artists at the 1939 World's Fair. She was the first-ever recorded Black gallerist. After...

Updated for the 2013 Specification.Written by experts and endorsed by WJEC, this series gives students in-depth topic-focused content and structured support with exam skills for WJEC GCSE History. This series for WJEC GCSE History has been written to encourage students to achieve their best. It does this by combining detailed narrative and a rich variety of sources with a highly structured approach to gradually developing students' skills in answering exam-style questions as they work through...

Endorsed by WJEC, this book has been written and edited by experts in order to support the USA 1910-1929 and Germany 1929-1947 depth studies in the WJEC History GCSE specification. It combines the in-depth knowledge to give you a real understanding of the depth studies with a source-based approach designed to help skills development. In addition, in order to build confidence in exam technique, it contains step-by-step guidance on the different examination questions as well as practice in answe...

Exam Board: SQALevel: National 4 & 5Subject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2013First Exam: June 2014 Provides comprehensive coverage of this topic option for the new National 4 & 5 syllabus and is endorsed by SQA. The National 4 & 5 History series from Hodder Gibson offers six individual textbooks aimed at the most popular options for the new SQA syllabus, to be examined from 2014 onwards. Like all titles in the series, Free at Last? Civil Rights in the USA 1918-1968 gives a brief synopsis...

This intriguing nonfiction book builds literacy skills while immersing students in subject area content. You Are There! Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 examines the events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, highlights the critical components, and details the aftermath and its effects. Developed by Rasinski, Timothy and featuring TIME content, this high-interest book includes essential text features like an index, captions, glossary, and table of contents. The intriguing sidebars, detailed...

The first biography of Jane Jacobs for young people, the visionary activist, urbanist, and thinker who transformed the way we inhabit and develop our cities. Jane Jacobs was born more than a hundred years ago, yet the ideas she popularized—about cities, about people, about making a better world—remain hugely relevant today. Now, in Jane Jacobs: Champion of Cities, Champion of People, we have the first biography for young people of the visionary activist, urbanist, and thinker. Debut author Reb...

A biography of Thomas Edison. As well as providing his life story and analysis of his work, the text places his achievements in context by looking at the technological and historical context of the time. The book includes quotes and writings from newspapers and journals of the time; a look at the ongoing impact of his work; and information about his rivals and the men and women who affected his life and work.

An exploration of the history of America, looking at its rise to world power, and covering the years from 1929 to 1948. It is part of a series of books which covers the full history of America. It is illustrated in colour, with drawings, photographs and maps, and there is a section giving details of places of interest to visit in the UK to tie in with the text, and a list of titles for further reading.