Author: N/A Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This collection of twenty-four original essays by leading scholars in American women's history highlights the most recent important scholarship on the key debates and future directions of this popular...
Author: N/A Publisher: Rutgers University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: In The Feminine Mystique, Jewish-raised Betty Friedan struck out against a postwar American culture that pressured women to play the role of subservient housewives. However, Friedan never acknowledg...
Author: Hunter, Douglas Publisher: Bloomsbury Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: The year 2009 marks the four-hundredth anniversary of Henry Hudson's discovery of the majestic river that bears his name. Just in time for this milestone, Douglas Hunter, sailor, scholar, and storytel...
Description: August 28, 1814. Dressed in black, James Madison mourns the nation's loss. Smoke rises from the ruin of the Capitol before him; a mile away stands the blackened shell of the White House. The British h...
Author: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica/Publisher Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Rich with photos, maps, and sidebars, Native Peoples of the Americas cover native peoples from the past and present. Readers will learn about early civilizations, languages, religions, arts, and cult...
Author: Dana, Richard Henry Publisher: Waking Lion Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Tracing an awe-inspiring ocean journey from Boston, around Cape Horn, to the California coast, Two Years Before the Mast is both a riveting story of adventure and an eloquent, insightful account of li...
