In Unitied States history

The loyalty of Japanese Americans was questioned after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, simply because of their ancestry. Author David K. Fremon looks at the events behind this unfortunate episode from American history, highlighting the personal accounts of many Japanese Americans who were forced to live through this difficult time.

In less than two hundred years, the United States changed from a rural, agricultural society into an industrial world power. Author Anita Louise McCormick explores the inventions, ideas, and innovators who helped bring the Industrial Revolution from its roots in Great Britain to America.

The Great Depression began when the never-ending party of the Roaring Twenties came to a sudden half. On October 29, 1929, which became known as (3z(BBlack Tuesday,(3y (Bthe stock market crashed, starting a downward economic slide.

On December 7, 1941 the Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the American Naval base at Pearl Harbor. In this book, authors Nathan Anthony and Robert Gardner offer a clear description of the attack on Pearl Harbor, from early Japanese spying operations to a detailed account of the key events of that fateful day.