20th Century Topics
Civil Rights Movement 1954-1968: We Shall Overcome, Some Day (2nd ed.)
by Mitch Yamasaki
Noted historian Mitch Yamasaki’s anthology features speeches, oral histories, and writing of political leaders, civil rights leaders, and many of the average citizens who fought…
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ISBN: 978-1-932663-20-4 (2nd ed.) Price: 7.95 102 pages, paperback
The Dust Bowl
by David C. King
The “Dust Bowl” describes both a time in American history (mid-1930s) and a region (the Great Plains). Severe weather, misuse of land by farmers, and…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-018-1 Price: 7.95 60 pages, paperback
Forward into Light: The Struggle for Woman’s Suffrage
by Madeleine Meyers
Compelling firsthand accounts and primary source U.S. history documents underpin History Compass’ popular Perspectives on History series. This collection of speeches, journals, newspaper articles, photographs,…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-25-7 Price: 7.95 64 pages, paperback
The Great Depression: A Nation in Distress
by Janey Beyer and JoAnne B. Weisman
The Great Depression brought devastation to America’s economy and its people. Excerpts from interviews, magazine and news articles, letters, and historic photographs give a vivid…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-46-2 Price: 7.95 64 pages, paperback
The Korean War: Limits of American Power
by Karl E. Valois
The words of President Truman, General MacArthur, Senator McCarthy, President Eisenhower, and others, reporters’ stories, and letters from soldiers shed light on the war, which…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-81-3 Price: 7.95 60 pages, paperback
The Manhattan Project: A Secret Wartime Mission
by Kenneth M. Deitch
Compelling firsthand accounts from the inventors of the first atomic bomb describe the Manhattan Project. Additional accounts from scientists, reporters, and soldiers, among other primary…
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ISBN: 978-1878668-41-7 Price: 7.95 64 pages, paperback
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 “New…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-47-9 Price: 7.95 68 pages, paperback
The Progressive Movement: 1900-1917
by A.J. Scopino, Jr.
The Progressive Movement evolved around the turn of the century as a response to the transformation of the country from an agricultural nation to an…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-94-3 Price: 7.95 60 pages, paperback
The Vietnam War: How the United States Became Involved (2nd ed.)
by Mitch Yamasaki
Through a collection of original source documents and the words of those who lived through it, The Vietnam War gives insight into the historic background…
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ISBN: 978-1-932663-14-13 Price: 7.95 70 pages, paperback
The Great Depression
by JoAnne Deitch
From Hoover’s early warnings through the end of the Great Depression, this volume concentrates on the challenges citizens faced in their daily lives, with the…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-067-9 Price: $8.95 56 pages, paperback
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