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The Age of Technology: 19th Century American Inventors by David C. King The spirit of invention pervaded 19th century America. From Fulton's steamboat to factory assembly lines to Edison's motion picture machine,... ISBN: 978-1-878668-64-1 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America Topic(s) covered: Science & Technology | ||
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Aviation: Early Flight in America by Wim Coleman, Pat Perrin Compelling firsthand accounts and primary source U.S. history documents underpin History Compass' popular Perspectives on History series. Photographs,... ISBN: 978-1-57960-050-6 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America Topic(s) covered: Science & Technology | ||
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by Juliet H. Mofford Children have always worked to help their families, on farms and in the home. With the growth of factory labor and increasing numbers of immigrants... ISBN: 978-1-878668-98-1 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America Topic(s) covered: Labor History | ||
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by JoAnne Weisman Deitch Children at Work depicts the harsh conditions under which children worked in the 19th and early 20th centuries in mills, factories, mines,... ISBN: 978-1-932663-16-7 Price: $8.95 Paperback, 56pp Series: Researching American History Time Period(s) covered: 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America Topic(s) covered: Labor History | ||
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by Pat Perrin This book highlights invention of the telegraph, telephone, typewriters, radio, television, computers, and satellites, along with many of America's... ISBN: 978-1-57960-099-0 Price: $8.95 Paperback, 52pp Series: Researching American History Time Period(s) covered: 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America Topic(s) covered: Science & Technology | ||
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by Ellen Hansen Dramatic excerpts from the Scopes trial and the words of William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow are complemented by excerpts from modern... ISBN: 978-1-878668-34-9 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America Topic(s) covered: Justice & Law, Science & Technology | ||
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Forward into Light: The Struggle for Woman's Suffrage by Madeleine Meyers Compelling firsthand accounts and primary source U.S. history documents underpin History Compass' popular Perspectives on History series. This... ISBN: 978-1-878668-25-7 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America Topic(s) covered: Women's History | ||
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by JoAnne Weisman Deitch Personal memoirs and photos on immigration from the mid-1800s to the early years of the 20th century bring to life the story shared by many Americans.... ISBN: 978-1-57960-073-0 Price: $8.95 Paperback, 56pp Series: Researching American History Time Period(s) covered: 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America Topic(s) covered: Relocation & Immigration | ||
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by Phyllis Raybin Emert This volume focuses on historic song lyrics in the context of the social, political, and economic climate in which they were created. This collection... ISBN: 978-1-57960-022-8 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 60pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1750-1789 Revolutionary America, 1789-1861 Westward Expansion, 1850-1877 The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America Topic(s) covered: Social and Cultural History | ||
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Movin' On: The Great Migration North by Mitch Yamasaki The Great Migration had a profound impact on the history of the United States in the 20th century. Between 1910 and 1970, six and one half million... ISBN: 978-1-57960-004-4 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 68pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America, 1914-1945 The United States and Two World Wars Topic(s) covered: Black History, Labor History, Justice & Law | ||
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by JoAnne Weisman Deitch This volume looks at some of the greatest inventions from each century of American history, from farming innovations to transportation, communications... ISBN: 978-1-57960-077-8 Price: $8.95 Paperback, 56pp Series: Researching American History Time Period(s) covered: 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America Topic(s) covered: Science & Technology | ||
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Northern Migration and the Harlem Renaissance by JoAnne Weisman Deitch The migration of over six million Southern blacks to the Northeast and Midwest had a tremendous impact on life in the U.S. Leaving natural disasters,... ISBN: 978-1-57960-068-6 Price: $8.95 Paperback, 56pp Series: Researching American History Time Period(s) covered: 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America Topic(s) covered: Black History, Relocation & Immigration | ||
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by Jeanne Munn Bracken, JoAnne Weisman Deitch In 1853, Rev. Charles Loring Brace founded the first of many orphanages and social agencies to provide for the homeless street children in New... ISBN: 978-1-57960-084-6 Price: $8.95 Paperback, 56pp Series: Researching American History Time Period(s) covered: 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America Topic(s) covered: Labor History, Social and Cultural History | ||
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Political Scandals: Our Democratic System Prevails by David C. King This anthology looks at some of the political scandals in our nation's history including Aaron Burr's killing of Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson... ISBN: 978-1-57960-012-9 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 60pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1750-1789 Revolutionary America, 1789-1861 Westward Expansion, 1850-1877 The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America, 1914-1945 The United States and Two World Wars, 1945-Present Contemporary America Topic(s) covered: Justice & Law | ||
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Presidential Elections: 1789-1996 by D. Antonio Cantu From the presidency of George Washington to the 1996 re-election of Bill Clinton, presidential elections in America have always had an aura of... ISBN: 978-1-57960-023-9 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 66pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1789-1861 Westward Expansion, 1750-1789 Revolutionary America, 1850-1877 The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America, 1914-1945 The United States and Two World Wars, 1945-Present Contemporary America Topic(s) covered: Justice & Law, Social and Cultural History | ||
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Pride and Promise: The Harlem Renaissance by Kathryn Cryan-Hicks This introduction to the age of the Harlem Renaissance includes documents highlighting Black migration to the North, excerpts from political... ISBN: 978-1-878668-30-1 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 52pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America Topic(s) covered: Black History, Relocation & Immigration | ||
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The Progressive Movement: 1900-1917 by A. J. Scopino Jr. The Progressive Movement evolved around the turn of the century as a response to the transformation of the country from an agricultural nation... ISBN: 978-1-878668-94-3 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 60pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America Topic(s) covered: Justice & Law | ||
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The Spanish-American War: America Emerges as a World Power by Mary Alice B. Robinson In 1898, American troops fought in what Secretary of State John Hay referred to as a "splendid little war" in Cuba and the Philippines. In its... ISBN: 978-1-57960-015-0 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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Talkin' Union: The American Labor Movement by Juliet H. Mofford Labor historian Juliet Mofford presents the story of workers in the U.S. from the late 1700s to the present: the Industrial Revolution, the formation... ISBN: 978-1-878668-79-0 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America Topic(s) covered: Labor History | ||
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by Pat Perrin Firsthand accounts and stoies tell of transportation in America's history, from stage coaches to trains, trolleys to canal boats, ships to planes.... ISBN: 978-1-57960-098-3 Price: $8.95 Paperback, 52pp Series: Researching American History Time Period(s) covered: 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America Topic(s) covered: Science & Technology | ||
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by JoAnne Weisman Deitch This anthology highlights the Constitution's treatment of voting and elections, leaders who have influenced voting practices, the electoral college,... ISBN: 978-1-57960-092-1 Price: $8.95 Paperback, 52pp Series: Researching American History Time Period(s) covered: 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America Topic(s) covered: Justice & Law | ||
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by JoAnne Weisman Deitch Compelling firsthand accounts and primary source documents underpin the introduction to U.S. history in History Compass' popular Research American... ISBN: 978-1-57960-066-2 Price: $8.95 Paperback, 56pp Series: Researching American History Time Period(s) covered: 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America Topic(s) covered: Women's History | ||
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