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WORKING AMERICANS 1880-2016
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| Volume: |
Volume 7 |
| By: |
Grey House Publishing |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£149.00 |
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£144.53 |
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£4.47 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1682171043 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781682171042 |
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| Publisher: |
GREY HOUSE PUBLISHING INC |
| Pub. date: |
1 October, 2016 |
| Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
| Series: |
Working Americans |
| Pages: |
600 |
| Description: |
Each volume in the widely-successful Working Americans series focuses on a particular type of American and illustrates what life was like for that group from the 1800s to the present time. The volumes are arranged into decade-long chapters, each introducing to the reader three individuals or families. Individual profiles examine life at home, life at work, life in the community, family finances and budget, cost of living and amusements. To further the reader's understanding of the time period, profiles are supplemented with national current events, economic profiles, an historical snapshot, news profiles, local news articles and illustrations derived from popular printed materials. Profiles cover a wide range of ethnic groups and span the entire country, providing a thorough examination of all types of Americans in that particular group. From a wealth of government surveys, social worker histories, economic data, family diaries and letters, newspaper and magazine features, these unique volumes assemble a rema |
| Synopsis: |
Working Americans 1880-2016, Volume VII: Social Movements explores how Americans sought and fought for change from the 1880s to the present time. This updated edition adds new coverage of Occupy Wall Street, the Tea Party, and Black Lives Matter. With coverage of child welfare, civil rights, religion, freedom of the press, women's rights, health, and the environment, this remarkable volume highlights how regular people took a stand to fight for what they believed in. Following the format of previous volumes in the Working Americans series, the text examines the lives of 34 individuals who have worked-often behind the scenes-to bring about change. Issues include topics as diverse as the Anti-smoking movement of 1901 to efforts by Native Americans to reassert their long lost rights. Along the way, the book will profile individuals brave enough to demand suffrage for Kansas women in 1912 or demand an end to lynching during a march on Washington in 1923. Each profile is enriched with real data on Income & Job Descriptions, Selected Prices of the Times, Annual Incomes & Budgets, Life at Work, Life at Home, Life in the Community, along with News Features, Key Events, and Illustrations.The depth of information contained in each profile allows the user to explore the private, financial and public lives of these subjects, deepening our understanding of how calls for change took place in our society. A must-purchase for the reference collections of high school libraries, public libraries and academic libraries. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Grey House Publishing Inc |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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