Author :Randall M. Miller Publisher :ABC-CLIO Release Date :2011-12 ISBN 10 :9781610690324 Pages :1099 pages File Format : PDF, EPUB, TEXT, KINDLE or MOBI Rating :4.9/5 (32 users download)
Summary Book Review Daily Life Through American History in Primary Documents by Randall M. Miller:
Download or read book Daily Life Through American History in Primary Documents written by Randall M. Miller and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 1099 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this book, students, teachers, and general readers get a most important look at primary documents—essentially history's "first draft"—revealing rare insights into how American life in past eras really was, and also about how professional historians begin their work. * More than 200 selected primary documents drawn from more than four centuries of American life * General overviews for each broad topic and analytical introductions to each specific document by the editor * A chronological presentation of American history from colonial times to the present * Brief biographical information on the author and historical context for each document
Summary Book Review Daily Life of African Americans in Primary Documents [2 volumes] by Herbert C. Covey:
Download or read book Daily Life of African Americans in Primary Documents [2 volumes] written by Herbert C. Covey and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daily Life of African Americans in Primary Documents takes readers on an insightful journey through the life experiences of African Americans over the centuries, capturing African American experiences, challenges, accomplishments, and daily lives, often in their own words. This two-volume set provides readers with a balanced collection of materials that captures the wide-ranging experiences of African American people over the history of America. Volume 1 begins with the enslavement and transportation of slaves to North America and ends with the Civil War; Volume 2 continues with the beginning of Reconstruction through the election of Barack Obama to the American presidency. Each volume provides a chronology of major events, a historic overview, and sections devoted to domestic, material, economic, intellectual, political, leisure, and religious life of African Americans for the respective time spans. Volume 1 covers a wide variety of topics from a multitude of perspectives in such areas as enslavement, life during the Civil War, common foods, housing, clothing, political opinions, and similar topics. Volume 2 addresses the civil rights movement, court cases, life under Jim Crow, Reconstruction, busing, housing segregation, and more. Each volume includes 100–110 primary sources with suggested readings from government publications, court testimony, census data, interviews, newspaper accounts, period appropriate letters, Works Progress Administration interviews, sermons, laws, diaries, and reports. Includes more than 200 primary sources unchanged from the originals and accompanied by introductions that inform readers of the significance of the primary source Incorporates the perspectives of former enslaved African Americans through Works Progress Administration interviews Identifies some of the challenges of being black in American society Provides readers with a sense of the contexts in which African Americans have lived in America Highlights some of the success stories involving African Americans and some of their contributions to the advancement of American society Provides broad sweeping historic overviews for each volume as well as chronologies of significant events in African American history that shaped everyday life
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Download or read book United States History written by Anna H. Perrault and published by Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 2003 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important work has been completely revised and expanded with the addition of online databases, Web sites and CD-ROM titles. It identifies and describes hundreds of reference books that pertain to American history; entries offer thorough annotations that are both descriptive and evaluative. Arranged topically, chapters cover U.S. history in terms of politics and government; diplomatic history and foreign affairs; military history; social, cultural, and intellectual history; regional history; and economic history. Introductory scope notes provide valuable expository information and suggested search strategies in such areas as automation, government documents, and genealogy. Includes works published through 2002.
Author :Randall M. Miller Publisher :Greenwood Publishing Group Release Date :2008-12 ISBN 10 :0313336997 Pages :2664 pages File Format : PDF, EPUB, TEXT, KINDLE or MOBI Rating :4.1/5 (333 users download)
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Download or read book The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life in America written by Randall M. Miller and published by Greenwood Publishing Group. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 2664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the daily life of Americans from 1763 to 2005 through historical analysis and primary documents.
Summary Book Review The Greenwood Library of American War Reporting: World War I & World War II, the European Theater by Ross F. Collins:
Download or read book The Greenwood Library of American War Reporting: World War I & World War II, the European Theater written by Ross F. Collins and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2005 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Violent, destructive, and murderous like nothing before or since, the world wars mobilized entire societies to support the war effort. Propaganda, censorship, security demands, and military control of press credentialing pressured the media in new and novel ways. Blacks and women became war correspondents in numbers for the first time, while live radio broadcasts and combat film and photography enabled newsmen to report the heroism, tragedy and violence of war in new, more visceral, ways.
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Download or read book American Military History written by Daniel K. Blewett and published by Libraries Unltd Incorporated. This book was released on 2009 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compiles a bibliography of American military reference guides, focusing on general resources including almanacs, chronologies, and encyclopedias.
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