Sinnott, Susan

An introduction to the geography, history, culture, and people of Japan.

Presents a look at daily life in pioneer America during the 1850s by following a family that emigrates from Sweden to Minnesota.

Tells how racism and anti-Japanese hysteria during World War II resulted in Japanese-Americans being imprisoned unjustly in internment camps in the U.S.

Tells about the roles filled by women in the U.S. during World War II and how society viewed women after the war.

Biographical sketches of notable Asian Americans and Pacific Americans, including cinematographer James Howe, scholar and politician S. I. Hayakawa, and novelist Amy Tan.

A biography of the First Lady who served as personal secretary to her husband, the eleventh president of the United States, and who was thereby involved in the daily workings of his administration.

A biography of the wife of the thirty-fourth president of the United States, an excellent White House hostess and a popular First Lady who did not involve herself in politics.

Presents a biography of the woman whose husband served as both twenty-second and twenty-fourth president of the United States.

Profiles the lives of Hispanics who helped shape the history of the United States.

An introduction to the geography, history, culture, and people of China.