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Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A collection of 21 brief essays, most by U.S. writers, chronicles the disintegration of the Soviet empire from the reforms of the 1980s to the dramatic events of 1991, with projections for the future of the newly independent states
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A collection of essays in which the authors examine various aspects of the sixteenth-century Reformation. Includes an appendix of excerpts from primary source documents, a bibliography, a chronology of events, and a comprehensive index.
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
[2000]
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IL: UG - BL: 11.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Contains over twenty essays by a variety of authors in which they analyze the historical progression, underlying causes, and competing strategies of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
10) The Renaissance
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
An anthology of essays on the Renaissance that highlight political trends and consequences, literary, cultural and/or technological ramifications and pivotal leaders. Includes a collection of excerpts from primary source documents pertaining to the historical events and figures .
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Draws from the logs of Christopher Columbus and other firsthand accounts to examine the journeys of the explorer in the Americas, discussing his dealings with native cultures, and providing insights into his skills as a navigator and leader.
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
©2003
Language
English
Description
"After seventy-two arduous years, the fate of the suffrage movement and its masterwork, the Nineteenth Amendment, rested not only on one state, Tennessee, but on the shoulders of a single man: twenty-four-year-old legislator Harry Burn. Burn had previously voted with the antisuffrage forces. If he did so again, the vote would be tied and the amendment would fall one state short of the thirty-six necessary for ratification.
At the last minute, though,...
16) The Civil War
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Many of the most respected Civil War historians, and their changing interpretations of the conflict, including J. G. Randall, David Donald, James A. Rawley, and James M. McPherson, are excerpted. An introduction outlines the nation's antebellum history, the table of contents is annotated, and each essay is preceded by a brief summary. Outstanding features of the book are discussion questions and the appendix of documents that are sure to inspire additional...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
An account of one of the most important names in twentieth-century journalism examines Murrow's role in pioneering broadcast media, the famous stories that he covered, and his influential career, as well as evaluating the decline of broadcast news since the 1980s.