social conditions

Examines the global reach of the Great Depression in the 1930s, covering the cause and responses, the effects in the United States and across the globe, and the reflection of the times in literature, theater, film, and more.

Presents lectures about the daily lives of medieval women, including the lady, the peasant, the townswoman, and the nun, based on the research of historian Eileen Power.

Presents a comprehensive historical narrative that describes how and why ancient civilizations such as the Anasazi, Maya, and the Polynesian culture on Easter Island failed and fell into ruin and examines how lessons learned from the past can help in preserving the future.

Presents approximately 150 primary source documents, such as speeches, legislation, memoirs, newspaper articles, and interviews, related to government, politics, and protest between the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries.

Presents a comprehensive historical narrative that describes how and why ancient civilizations such as the Anasazi, Maya, and the Polynesian culture on Easter Island failed and fell into ruin and examines how lessons learned from the past can help in preserving the future.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide data on the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues in over 250 countries and territories, each with an introductory profile and map.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about various aspects of American social history, covering physical space, food, clothing, housing, recreation, popular culture, and other topics. Includes cross-references, quotations, a glossary, sidebars, and an index.

Provides information about the people, groups, organizations, art, music, ideas, events, locations, and authors related to the counterculture of the 1960s.

Text and illustrations describe human life around the world since prehistory.