An introduction synthesizes the latest anthropological, archaeological, historical, and sociological scholarship and the 95 carefully edited selections provide students with an overview of Native American history from the earliest ...
Writings by and about Mexican Americans by Daniel Garza, Amado Muro, Durango Mendoza, Richard Dokey, Raymond Barrio, Luis Valdez, Cesar Chavez, Sister Mary Prudence Moylan, Ronald Arias, Jesus Ascension Arreola...
Today, land claims are among the most contentious issues, along with such other grievances as legal restrictions on Native fisheries” (McMillan 1994: 231). The Northwest Coast was the most linguistically diverse and one of the ...
These stories, which were first broadcast on National Public Radio, focus on a range of individuals living and working in contemporary America, from an immigrant Chinese restaurant owner in New York City to an African-American waitress who ...
John White's watercolours of the flora, fauna and North Carolina Algonquians he encountered on the expedition sent by Walter Raleigh in 1585 are some of the greatest treasures of the...
American Voices: units 2 and 3
This best-selling reader-rhetoric offers 110 provocative readings representing various genres, by Americans of diverse cultural backgrounds.
Fourteen contributions by Smith (library and information studies, Queens College) and other scholars discuss African-American young adult literature. A sampling of topics includes periodical literature for African-American young adults, supernatural...
Gathered from approximately one hundred fifty writing workshops around the United States and Canada, this collection of short stories presents a variety of new voices, settings, and styles that capture all facets and visions of North ...
American Voices, American Lives is a fresh, illuminating core reader for introductory courses in American studies and an exciting companion volume for surveys in American history and American literature that offers extraordinary documents, ...