Stalcup, Brenda

Features the debates that surrounded America's Reconstruction period following the Civil War.

Contains twenty-two essays that discuss the causes, spread, and impact of the Industrial Revolution, the innovators behind the movement, and the role of laborers and robber barons.

Seventeen essays examine various aspects of Susan B. Anthony's life and activism, including her work in the temperance, abolitionist, and women's rights movements, and her relationships with her colleagues. Also includes discussion questions, primary source documents, a chronology, and a bibliography.

Emphasizes the ideas and events which influenced Hitler, his relationship with the Germans, his role in World War II, and his historical significance.

Examines the struggle for women's political rights in the U.S. from colonial times to the present.

Contains over thirty essays that examine significant people and events in the history of America up to 1607, discussing first inhabitants, the arrival of Europeans, exploration, and the struggle for control.

Contains a collection of primary and secondary sources that describe events and developments in the colonial period in America from 1607 to 1750, including the founding of Jamestown, the arrival of the pilgrims, the Salem witchcraft trials, and Africans in America.

Provides a brief history of the Inquisition, and features twenty-four essays in which various authors discuss the reasons the Inquisition was created, the historical factors that led to its emergence as a political power, and its eventual demise. Includes a look at the unique characteristics of the Spanish Inquisition.

Presents different points of view on the issue of endangered species, discussing such topics as prioritizing the protection of species and determining U.S. policy on endangered species in other countries.

Explores the political, social, military, and scientific trends and developments that led to the rise and fall of the ancient Egyptian civilization.