Contains source documents and illustrations that provide information about the Japanese-American internment during World War II, covering Pearl Harbor and anti-Japanese bias, evacuation and internment, life in the camps, legal battles, and remembrance and redress. Includes critical-thinking questions.
A history of the whaling industry in nineteenth-century America, providing an account of how whales were caught and processed, and including first-hand accounts from men who worked on whalers and the wives who accompanied them.
Presents an overview of the history of the printed book, from papyrus scrolls to ebooks, and chronicles the importance of Gutenberg, the development of materials such as bindings and typefaces, and the impact of the book on society and culture.
A fictionalized account of the Biblical tale in which a Hebrew infant, rescued by the daughter of the Pharaoh, passes through a turbulent adolescence to eventually become a prophet of his people while his sister finds her true self as a priestess to the Egyptian gods.
Offers a comprehensive introduction to the life and work of Emily Dickinson, with critical commentary on her writings, an overview of her personal relationships, struggles, and influences, and information on the culture of her times.
Chronicles the history of the Amish people from the sect's origins in sixteenth-century Europe through its life in twenty-first-century North America, discussing the societal changes and challenges they have faced over the course of nearly five centuries.
Presents more than one thousand illustrations of men, women, and children in contemporary apparel spanning the first century through 1930, taken from sculpture, lithographs, paintings, illuminated manuscripts, fashion plates, and magazines.
