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Sports in America Since 1945
Takes a hard look at the dark side of American sports....
American
"John Wayne remains a constant in American popular culture. Middle America grew up with him in the late 1920s and 1930s, went to war with him in the 1...
Understanding History Through Film
Fully revised, updated, and extended, the fifth edition of Hollywoodโs America provides an important compilation of interpretive essays and primary ...
The Alamo in Blood and Memory
In late February and early March of 1836, the Mexican Army under the command of General Antonio Lรณpez de Santa Anna besieged a small force of Anglo a...
Jack Johnson And The Era Of White Hopes
When Jack Johnson defeated white heavyweight champion Jim Jeffries in 1910, it was America's notions of racial superiority that staggered under his bl...
The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X
The basis of the Netflix documentary BLOOD BROTHERS, the first book to bring to life the fateful friendship between Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali In 1962...
America and Vietnam 1945 - 1995
Where the Domino Fell recounts the history of American involvement in Vietnam from the end of World War II, clarifying the political aims, military st...
A Brief History with Documents
The massacre at My Lai on March 16, 1968 continues to haunt students of the Vietnam War as a moment that challenges notions of American virtue. James ...
The Manassa Mauler
A biography of Jack Dempsey, Heavyweight Champion of the World from 1919-1926....
America and Vietnam 1945-2006
[This book] integrates the social and political dimensions of American history into a single ... story, providing students with a complete picture of ...
America and Vietnam, 1945 to 1995
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America and Vietnam, 1945 to 1990
Pittsburg was purposely located in the center of the Cherokee-Crawford coal field of southeastern Kansas in 1876. The city's founders intended for the...
Readings in American History
Bear Bryant, Joe Namath, and Dixie's Last Quarter
The extraordinary story of how Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and Joe Namath, his star quarterback at the University of Alabama, led the Crimson Tide to vic...
The Army-Navy Game That Rallied a Nation
"A Team for America" is the story of how the 1944 West Point football team went undefeated, captivating and inspiring the nation in the process....
"In 1962, boxing writers and fans considered Cassius Clay an obnoxious self-promoter, and few believed that he would become the heavyweight champion o...
The Rise of Mickey Mantle
The story of Mickey Mantle's magnificent 1956 season Mickey Mantle was the ideal batter for the atomic age, capable of hitting a baseball harder and f...
Boston, Baseball, and America in the Shadow of the Great War
A "marvelous" (Sports Illustrated) portrait of the three men whose lives were forever changed by WWI-era Boston and the Spanish flu: baseball star Bab...
Focuses on the people involved & how the war developed out of their convictions, hopes, & fears. Shows why the U.S. lost the war. "A very well informe...
The Trial of Mike Tyson
Originally published: Reading, Mass: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1994....
ESSAYS ON DIFFERENT TOPICS IN AMERICAN HISTORY....
Featuring a Collection of Memorabilia from the Life of the Duke
John Wayne Treasures chronicles the life of this legendary actor, from his earliest movies and years out in the wilderness to his final films and even...
Recounts the history of American involvement in Vietnam from the end of WW II to 1990, clarifying the political aims, military strategy, and social an...
Past and Present to 1877
The Primary Sources Edition of America Past and Present integrates the social and political dimensions of American history into one rich chronological...
The Crispus Attucks High School basketball teams of 1955 and 1956 made Indiana basketball history as the first all-black team to win a state champions...
Reconstruction to the Present
Hard Times Man
Through meticulous research and first-hand interviews, the author presents Joe Louis's impact on boxing and the U.S., revealing an athlete who careful...
This collection of secondary readings, written by a variety of authors, emphasizes social history readings that examine important aspects of American ...
A Source Book of a People's History
Students get involved in discovering history for themselves when using Constructing the American Past. Readers evaluate primary sources and then devel...