the jazz age, prohibition, and the Great Depression, 1921-1937
Bingham, Jane
2011
Chronicles women's history between 1921 and 1937, detailing the freedoms and rights women gained during this period. Reveals how American women's lives changed with the onset of the Great Depression and outlines their growing role in politics. Includes black-and-white photographs, a timeline, a glossary, and further reading sources.
Provides details of daily life on a wealthy cotton plantation in the southern U.S. during the 1850s and 1860s, discussing the big house, slave cabins, clothing, children, school, work, and food.
Describes the ogbo or lifelong fellowship group each child belongs to in many villages of Nigeria including their celebrations, village works, and recreations.
Explores the cultural history of Central Americans and discusses how Central Americans are among the fastest growing minority within the larger minority of Hispanics in the United States. Examines how Central Americans are working to better their home countries as well as the United States.
This volume contains a chronology of slavery in North America and thematic sections on "Religion," "Health, Medicine, and Nutrition," "Regulating Slavery," "Resistance and Rebellion," "Reactions to Slavery," "The Geography of Slavery," and "War.".
Examines the daily lives of Arab Americans in the twenty-first century, discussing immigration, the impact of discrimination since 9/11, political activity, family and religious life, education, professional life, and the arts.
Presents the story of Walking Coyote and his family's attempts to bring back the buffalo when they were nearly extinct. Describes how Walking Coyote found buffalo orphans and raised them on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana.
