This packet provides a detailed overview of life in the quickly developing United States. It discusses the social, cultural, and artistic advances of the post-Revolutionary period, including the beginning of public education, with special emphasis given to the "American Renaissance" and the rising of distinctly American literature.
Dreier, Mollenkopf, and Swanstrom (2004) alludes to this while explaining the relationship between the metropolitan landscape and regionalism.19 In their view, one element of regionalism is understanding and empathy for urban challenges ...
The stories of 23 little-known but remarkable inhabitants of the Spanish, English and Portuguese colonies of the New World. These include women and men of all the races and classes of colonial society.
The New York Times bestseller from Jeff Greenfield, the renowned CBS News senior political correspondent and veteran of CNN and ABC news, offering an alternative history of America.
The past three decades have brought remarkable change in American regulatory politics. The re-emergence of public interest movements in the sixties and seventies raised fundamental questions about our market economy...
Throughout its history, the state has had a reputation as a progressive force. This book offers both an assessment and an examination of the realities of the state's leadership.
In a new afterword, Parker and Barreto reflect on the Tea Party’s recent initiatives, including the 2013 government shutdown, and evaluate their prospects for the 2016 election.
The fifth edition of Understanding Central America explains how domestic and global political and economic forces have shaped rebellion and regime change in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
A history text of America's colonial period emphasizing the interaction of three cultures--colonialists, Indians, and blacks.
Looks at the evolution and impact of the automobile in Southern States during the first part of the twentieth-century.
The narrative integrates discussion of public events such as presidential elections, wars, and reform movements with the private stories of ordinary Americans who participated in and responded to these events.