A biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne, discussing his childhood in Salem, Massachusetts, in the early nineteenth century, his Puritan background, struggles with money and family, success as an author, and disillusionment with his writings.
Letters, diaries, memoirs, interviews, ballads, newspaper articles, and speeches depict life and events in the American colonies in the second half of the eighteenth century, with an emphasis on the years of the Revolutionary War.
Examines the changes that took place in American labor, industry, and trade-unionism following the Civil War and looks at the work environment in this early age of mass production.
Uses original source material to portray the momentous changes that took place in American labor, industry, and trade-unionism following the Civil War. Focuses on the work environment in this early age of mass production and mechanization, and shows how abusive conditions often led to labor unrest.
An account of the Nazi destruction of six million Jews during World War II, with personal experiences of life in the ghettos and concentration camps recorded in letters, diaries, memoirs, poems, and songs.
Presents a history of pacifism and those who have protested against war, concentrating on war resistance in the United States, from colonial days up to the current movement against nuclear arms.
