Hillstrom, Kevin

Research the Vietnam War from every angle with this comprehensive 4-vol. set.

Traces the history of the American labor movement from its origins through nineteenth-century industrialization, examining the growth of the labor movement, the decline of its influence, and the efforts being made in the early twenty-first century to revitalize American unions. Includes biographies, primary sources, a chronology, and other resources.

Presents a discussion of medical marijuana, exploring the history, how it works, the benefits and drawbacks of legalizing it, and more.

Provides an overview of immigration in the U.S. in the years between 1870 and 1920, discussing the reasons why people left Europe and other parts of the world to come to America and their experiences settling in a new country, and features biographies of leading people of the era, and a selection of primary source documents.

Provides an overview of the December 1890 massacre of more than 250 Native American men, women, and children by U.S. Cavalry troops at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota, as well as background on the principal figures involved.

Profiles fourteen short stories, poems, plays, films, and songs inspired by the Civil War and its era, providing historical background, author and composer biographies, and discussion of styles and themes.

Provides an overview of immigration in the United States in the years between 1870 and 1920, discussing the reasons why people left Europe and other parts of the world to come to America and their experiences settling in a new country, and features biographies of leading people of the era, and a selection of primary source documents.

American Civil War Reference Library offers comprehensive and wide ranging research options on this compelling era of American history. Material in each of the three titles has been reviewed by an independent advisory board for its curriculum relevance and its accessibility to students in grades 6-12.

Contents: Chapter 1-Harriet Beecher Stowe: Excerpt from Uncle Tom's Cabin; Chapter 2-Theodore Upson: Excerpt from Journal of Theodore Upson; Chapter 3-Frederick Douglas: Excerpt from "The American Apocalypse"; Chapter 4-Frank Holsinger: Excerpt from "How Does One Feel Under Fire"; Chapter 5-William Willis Blackford: Excerpt from War Years with Jeb Stuart; Chapter 6-Abraham Lincoln: The Emancipation Proclamation; Chapter 7-Richard Cordley: Account of William C. Quantrill's 1863 Raid on Lawrence, Kansas; Chapter 8-James Henry Gooding: A Black Soldier's Letter to President Abraham Lincoln; Chapter9-Abraham Lincoln: The Gettysburg Address; Chapter 10-Edmund DeWitt Patterson: Excerpt from Journal of Edmund DeWitt Patterson; Chapter 11-William T. Sherman: Correspondence with the City Leaders of Atlanta, Georgia; Chapter 12-General Horace Porter: Excerpt from "The Surrender at Appomattox Court House"; Chapter 13-Gideon Welles: Excerpt from Diary of Gideon Welles; Chapter 14-Henry McNeal Turner: Excerpt from "I Claim the Rights of a Man".