History Compass Publishers of Primary Source Based U.S. History Books

Labor History

9781878668981

Child Labor in America
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…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-98-1     Price: 7.95     64 pages, paperback

9781932663150

Mill Girls of Lowell
by Jeff Levinson

The pre-Civil War textile industry in Lowell, Massachusetts exemplified the American industrial revolution and heralded a nationwide shift from farm to factory.  During this time,…
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ISBN: 978-1-932663-15-0     Price: 7.95     70 pages, paperback

9781878668479

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

9781878668790

Talkin’ Union: The American Labor Movement
by Juliet Haines 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 and…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-79-0     Price: 7.95     64 pages, paperback

World War II: On the Homefront
by Phyllis Rabin Emert

When World War II broke out, President Roosevelt led the nation through a dramatic changeover to a wartime economy.  Women found a new place in…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-60-8     Price: 7.95     64 pages, paperback

9781932663167

Children at Work (2nd ed.)
by JoAnne Deitch

Children at Work depicts the harsh conditions under which children worked in the 19th and early 20th centuries in mills, factories, mines, and cities, as…
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ISBN: 978-1-932663-16-7     Price: 8.95     56 pages, paperback

9781579600840

Orphan Trains
by Jeanne Munn Bracken and JoAnne 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 York. …
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-084-6     Price: $8.95     56 pages, paperback