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American Waterways: Canal Days by Jeanne Munn Bracken The remarkable engineering feats of American canals, the improved transportation and travel opportunities, and the daily lives of the "canallers"... ISBN: 978-1-878668-75-2 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 60pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1789-1861 Westward Expansion Topic(s) covered: Labor History | ||
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by Juliet H. Mofford Children have always worked to help their families, on farms and in the home. With the growth of factory labor and increasing numbers of immigrants... ISBN: 978-1-878668-98-1 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America Topic(s) covered: Labor History | ||
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by JoAnne Weisman Deitch Children at Work depicts the harsh conditions under which children worked in the 19th and early 20th centuries in mills, factories, mines,... ISBN: 978-1-932663-16-7 Price: $8.95 Paperback, 56pp Series: Researching American History Time Period(s) covered: 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America Topic(s) covered: Labor History | ||
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by Pat Perrin Set against the background of discrimination and violence against African-Americans in the early and middle 20th century, this volume introduces... ISBN: 978-1-57960-081-5 Price: $8.95 Paperback, 56pp Series: Researching American History Time Period(s) covered: 1945-Present Contemporary America Topic(s) covered: Black History, Justice & Law, Labor History, Native Americans, Relocation & Immigration, Science & Technology, War & Conflict, Women's History, 20th Century Topics | ||
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by Jeff Levinson The pre-Civil War textile industry in Lowell, Massachusetts exemplified the American industrial revolution and heralded a nationwide shift from... ISBN: 978-1-932663-15-0 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 70pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1789-1861 Westward Expansion Topic(s) covered: Labor History, Women's History | ||
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Movin' On: The Great Migration North by Mitch Yamasaki The Great Migration had a profound impact on the history of the United States in the 20th century. Between 1910 and 1970, six and one half million... ISBN: 978-1-57960-004-4 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 68pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America, 1914-1945 The United States and Two World Wars Topic(s) covered: Black History, Labor History, Justice & Law | ||
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The New Deal: Hope for the Nation by Cheryl Edwards When Franklin D. Roosevelt became President in March of 1933, the nation was near the depths of the Great Depression. Under his leadership, the... ISBN: 978-1-878668-47-9 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 68pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1914-1945 The United States and Two World Wars Topic(s) covered: Justice & Law, Labor History, 20th Century Topics | ||
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by Jeanne Munn Bracken, JoAnne Weisman Deitch In 1853, Rev. Charles Loring Brace founded the first of many orphanages and social agencies to provide for the homeless street children in New... ISBN: 978-1-57960-084-6 Price: $8.95 Paperback, 56pp Series: Researching American History Time Period(s) covered: 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America Topic(s) covered: Labor History, Social and Cultural History | ||
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Talkin' Union: The American Labor Movement by Juliet H. Mofford Labor historian Juliet Mofford presents the story of workers in the U.S. from the late 1700s to the present: the Industrial Revolution, the formation... ISBN: 978-1-878668-79-0 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America Topic(s) covered: Labor History | ||
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