Schumacher, Cassandra

"This book shows how American communities formed over time in response to environmental factors and how policy, culture, and day-to-day life in the United States is a response to the land itself. Also included is a look at modern debates over the best way to protect the environment while encouraging innovation, including the role of the EPA and other government organizations in regulation"--Provided by publisher.

Readers explore the life and triumphs of America's first industrial titan through photographs, anecdotes, sidebars, and more.

A book for high school students about the reality of daily life under control of the Taliban.

Readers will learn how the first American spies turned the tides of the war and helped win independence.

"The United States is known as a nation of innovators, from the first colonists who endeavored to find religious freedom and economic opportunity in the New World to business tycoons like Andrew Carnegie to the cutting-edge inventors in Silicon Valley today. From its first days as a nation to the Industrial Revolution and beyond, America has focused on creating new businesses, technologies, labor systems, and trade patterns. In turn, this focus has fostered breakthroughs and widespread change in American society. This . . . volume places American labor and innovation in context, examining how policy and cultural shifts are influenced by work and exchange"--Provided by publisher.

"This book shows how American communities formed over time in response to environmental factors and how policy, culture, and day-to-day life in the United States is a response to the land itself. Also included is a look at modern debates over the best way to protect the environment while encouraging innovation, including the role of the EPA and other government organizations in regulation"--Provided by publisher.

A book for high school students about the reality of daily life under control of the Taliban.