united states

A history of the American Revolution, discussing the time leading up to, during, and after the revolution.

Looks at how biracial Americans identify, in public and internally.

Describes the events, major figures, and significance of the battle of Little Big Horn, the confrontation between General Custer's soldiers and the Native American tribes.

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.

Text and photographs look at the United States in the twenty-first century.

Presents an introduction to the study of the French and Indian War, providing a narrative overview of the course of the conflict, featuring five analytical essays, and including a chronology, biographical sketches, excerpts from primary source documents, and an annotated bibliography.

Examines the evolution of the Exclusion Act, looking at the history of Chinese immigration to the United States, the reasons behind the increasing Chinese population, and subsequent attempts to prevent further immigration and encourage Chinese Americans to leave the country.

Presents 250 alphabetically-arranged entries that describe the political, social, and cultural history of the Jamestown Colony; and profiles major events and people, census of first and second settlers, native tribes, colonial expansion.

Traces the story of slavery in America's history from 1776 through the Missouri Compromise, covering the general acceptance of slavery in colonial America, how human bondage was reevaluated during the American Revolution, how the future of slavery was shaped by decisions that the founding fathers made, and whether the Civil War was a result of those decisions.

Explores the aspects of urban life in colonial America, including working conditions, class hierarchy, housing, disease, and poverty.