Autor: Olson James S. Olson

Today when most Americans think of the Great Depression, they imagine desperate hoboes riding the rails in search of work, unemployed men selling pencils to indifferent crowds, bootleggers hustling i …

Intended for AP-focused American history high school students, this book supplies a complete quick reference source and study aide on the Great Depression and New Deal in America, covering the key th …

This invaluable resource covers all aspects of 1920s political, artistic, popular, and economic culture in America, supporting the AP U.S. history curriculum through topical and biographical entries, …

This volume serves as an invaluable study guide covering all of the key political, social, and cultural concepts of the turbulent 1960s.The 1960s were a polarizing decade, beginning brightly and with …

This volume serves as an invaluable guide to key political, social, and cultural concepts of the 1950s.This volume covers the entire decade of the 1950s, from the uneasy peace following World War II …

Covering figures, events, policies, and organizations, this comprehensive reference tool enhances readers’ appreciation of the role economics has played in U.S. history since 1776.A study of the U.S. …

This concise guide zooms in on the period of American history known as the Industrial Revolution, from its earliest beginnings in the mid-18th century to just after the First World War.This book is a …

This volume serves as an invaluable study guide covering all of the key political, social, and cultural concepts of the turbulent 1960s.The 1960s were a polarizing decade, beginning brightly and with …

Covering figures, events, policies, and organizations, this comprehensive reference tool enhances readers’ appreciation of the role economics has played in U.S. history since 1776.A study of the U.S. …

Intended for AP-focused American history high school students, this book supplies a complete quick reference source and study aide on the Great Depression and New Deal in America, covering the key th …

This invaluable resource covers all aspects of 1920s political, artistic, popular, and economic culture in America, supporting the AP U.S. history curriculum through topical and biographical entries, …

This volume serves as an invaluable guide to key political, social, and cultural concepts of the 1950s.This volume covers the entire decade of the 1950s, from the uneasy peace following World War II …

This concise guide zooms in on the period of American history known as the Industrial Revolution, from its earliest beginnings in the mid-18th century to just after the First World War.This book is a …

Few eras in U.S. history have begun with more optimistic promise and ended in more pessimistic despair than the 1960s. When JFK became president in 1960, the U.S. was the hope of the world. Ten years …

Historian James. S. Olson has prepared a comprehensive, annotated bibliography of the history of cancer. The emphasis of this work is not so much on the medical aspects of cancer as it is on the hist …

At a juncture in history when much interest and attention is focused on Central and South American political, ecological, social, and environmental concerns, this dictionary fills a major gap in refe …

Since Deng Xiaoping’s economic reforms began in the early 1980s, the People’s Republic of China has rejoined global politics as a world power. The country is likely to become more open and its intern …