Justice & Law
Civil Rights Movement 1954-1968: We Shall Overcome, Some Day (2nd ed.)
by Mitch Yamasaki
Noted historian Mitch Yamasaki’s anthology features speeches, oral histories, and writing of political leaders, civil rights leaders, and many of the average citizens who fought…
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ISBN: 978-1-932663-20-4 (2nd ed.) Price: 7.95 102 pages, paperback
The Constitution and the Bill of Rights
by Wim Coleman
Accounts of Shays’ Rebellion, the Articles of Confederation, the call for a Federal Convention, key excerpts from the Virginia Plan, and notes recorded by James…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-057-0 Price: 7.95 68 pages, paperback
Crime and Punishment: The Colonial Period to the New Frontier
by Pat Perrin and Wim Coleman
Compelling firsthand accounts and primary source U.S. history documents underpin History Compass’ popular Perspectives on History series. This volume introduces criminal justice in the American…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-047-1 Price: 7.95 68 pages, paperback
Cry “Witch!”: The Salem Witchcraft Trials (2nd ed.)
by Lawrence Gain and Juliet H. Mofford
Amid a time of turmoil, the “afflicted girls” of 1692 Salem, Massachusetts cried out against scores of accused witches. Smallpox epidemics, drought, and Native American…
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ISBN: 978-1-932663-18-1 (2nd ed.) Price: 7.95 78 pages, paperback
The Great Depression: A Nation in Distress
by Janey Beyer and JoAnne B. Weisman
The Great Depression brought devastation to America’s economy and its people. Excerpts from interviews, magazine and news articles, letters, and historic photographs give a vivid…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-46-2 Price: 7.95 64 pages, paperback
The New Deal: Hope for the Nation
by Cheryl Edwards
When Franklin D. Roosevelt became President in March of 1933, the nation was near the depths of the Great Depression. Under his leadership, the “New…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-47-9 Price: 7.95 68 pages, paperback
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 to an…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-94-3 Price: 7.95 60 pages, paperback
Reconstruction: Binding the Wounds
by Cheryl Edwards
This compelling anthology of primary sources describing the period of post-Civil War reconstruction focuses on problems facing the freed slaves, carpetbaggers, Presidential policy and Radical…
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ISBN: 978-1-932663-24-2 Price: 7.95 68 pages, paperback
America’s Founders
by Pat Perrin
Compelling firsthand accounts and primary source documents underpin the introduction to U.S. history in History Compass’ popular Researching American History series. This volume introduces our…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-097-6 Price: $8.95 Paperback, 52 pages
The Constitution and the Bill of Rights (2nd ed.)
by Pat Perrin and Wim Coleman
The Constitution and the Bill of Rights presents the foundation documents for the United States government, as told through the original documents and words of…
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ISBN: 978-1-932663-11-2 Price: 8.95 56 pages, paperback
The Declaration of Independence
by Pat Perrin and Wim Coleman
Through letters, speeches, political tracts, and summaries of the document text, this volume provides insight into the Declaration of Independence, the principles that underpin it,…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-070-9 Price: 8.95 54 pages, paperback
Reconstruction
by JoAnne Deitch
This compilation of primary sources provides a detailed view of the post-Civil War Reconstruction period, covering freed slaves, carpetbaggers, presidential policy, Radical Republicans, social and…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-072-3 Price: $8.95 56 pages, paperback
Voting in America
by JoAnne Deitch
This anthology highlights the Constitution’s treatment of voting and elections, leaders who have influenced voting practices, the electoral college, the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-092-1 Price: $8.95 52 pages, paperback
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