Perspectives on history series

Contains a selection of documents that provide insight into the causes and events of the Korean War.

Provides a history of canals in the United States, including canal planners, builders, workers, and travellers, from the colonial days through the nineteenth century, and features such canals as the Patowmack Canal, the Erie Canal, and the Pennsylvania canals.

Surveys the Manhattan Project which resulted in the development of the atomic bomb, explaining some of its scientific underpinnings; and features a selection of first-hand accounts by people associated with the bomb, either as creator, deliverer, or victim.

Provides an introduction to the philosophy of the Shakers, the most successful and long-lived Utopian society in history, and features readings that examine the contributions of the Shakers to various aspects of American life, including architecture, furniture, medicine, farming, music, and others.

Provides short readings relating to the Northeast Indians' culture and their interactions with white colonists.

Presents excerpts from the journals and letters of British, French, colonial, and Indian participants in the French and Indian War that provide insight into the tactics of the warring factions, and explore the impact of the conflict on the American Revolution.

Presents short readings from primary and other sources related to the Great Migration, when more than six million African-Americans migrated from the American South to the North, between 1910 and 1970.