Valentine, Rebecca

Presents biographical profiles of twenty-five significant figures of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era in such areas as politics, science, social activism, and entertainment.

Presents overviews of such aspects of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era as industrialization, immigration, westward expansion, and invention, and includes a time line and a glossary.

A cross-disciplinary source for a single, consistent reference to document and analyze periods of contemporary American social history. Covers the first decade of the 21st Century and includes key events and social history.

Offers a comprehensive introduction to the fascinating topic of civics in a manner and writing level accessible to students at all levels.

This volume provides primary sources of American history and culture from the 2000s including an introduction to the source and an essay on its significance.

Presents a review of major events and people in American society during the 2000s, covering arts and entertainment, business and economy, education, lifestyles and social trends, medicine, science and technology, sports, and government, politics, and law. Includes chronologies, illustrations, and references.

Presents eighteen primary sources from the Gilded Age and Progressive Era including a survivor's account of the sinking of the "Titanic, " excerpts of writings by Theodore Roosevelt and Andrew Carnegie, excerpts from Supreme Court decisions, examples of Sears mail-order homes, and other documents and collections of illustrations.