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Reference Resources

50 Events That Shaped African American History by Karsonya Whitehead (Editor); Jamie J. Wilson (Editor)
Call Number: Ref 973.04 .F4696 v. 1-2
ISBN: 9781440837869
Publication Date: 2019-09-19
The library has volumes 1 and 2.
"This two-volume work celebrates 50 notable achievements of African Americans, highlighting black contributions to U.S. history and examining the ways black accomplishments shaped American culture."
The American Political Party System by Michael C. LeMay
Call Number: Ref 324.273 .L5492a
ISBN: 9781440854118
Publication Date: 2017-06-22
"This compelling text sheds light on the American political process as seen through the lens of six pivotal presidencies that shaped America's culture, politics, and society and considers how our current president may be the latest transformative leader in this lineage."
The Cambridge History of the American Civil War by Aaron Sheehan-Dean (Editor)
Call Number: Ref 973.7003 .C1781 vol. 1-3
ISBN: 9781107154582
Publication Date: 2019-10-31
Library has volumes 1-3.
"The Civil War was America's great national trauma...Even a century and a half later, after industrialization, urbanization, the dramatic expansion of America's military and political power in the world, and generations of cultural change, the war's impact is plain to see"
Datapedia of the United States by Bernan Press Staff; Barbara A. Chernow; George Thomas Kurian
Call Number: Ref 317.3 .D232 2007
ISBN: 9781598880830
Publication Date: 2007-10-30
Includes chapters on demographics, industry and services, health, social welfare, law enforcement, education, leisure, and economics.
A Day in the Life of an American Worker by Nancy Quam-Wickham (Editor); Ben Tyler Elliott (Editor)
Call Number: Ref 331.7 .D2731 v. 1-2
ISBN: 9781440845000
Publication Date: 2019-12-02
"This introduction to the history of work in America illuminates the many important roles that men and women of all backgrounds have played in the formation of the United States."
Defining Documents in American History: Slavery by Salem Press (Editor)
Call Number: Ref 306.362 .S6318
ISBN: 9781642652819
Publication Date: 2019-08-30
The library has volumes 1 and 2.
"Offers in-depth analysis of fifty-eight documents that provide a compelling view of slavery told through a variety of perspectives."
Defining Documents in World History: Genocide and the Holocaust by Salem Press
Call Number: Ref 364.151 .G335
ISBN: 9781637000137
Publication Date: 2021-10-30
The library has volumes 1 and 2.
"Offers in-depth analysis of 63 primary source documents, tracing the role that genocide has played in history, from the 1428 BCE to today."
Historical Atlas of the Ancient World by Richard Szydlak (Editor); Anne Wittke (Editor); Eckhart Olshausen (Editor)
Call Number: Ref 930.03 .N477ba
ISBN: 9789004171565
Publication Date: 2009-12-14
"This new atlas of the ancient world illustrates the political, economic, social and cultural developments in the ancient Near East, the Mediterranean world, the Byzantine Empire, the Islamic world and the Holy Roman Empire from the 3rd millennium BC until the 15th century AD."
Native American Almanac by Yvonne Wakim Dennis; Arlene Hirschfelder; Shannon Rothenberger Flynn
Call Number: Ref 970.004 .D4112n
ISBN: 9781578595075
Publication Date: 2016-05-10
"Traces the rich heritage of indigenous people. It is a fascinating mix of biography, pre-contact and post-contact history, current events, Tribal Nations' histories, enlightening insights on environmental and land issues, arts, treaties, languages, education, movements, and more."
The Oxford Handbook of History and Material Culture by Ivan Gaskell (Editor); Sarah Anne Carter (Editor)
Call Number: Ref 306 .O982
ISBN: 9780199341764
Publication Date: 2020-05-15
"This book examines how material culture can enhance historians' understanding of the past, both worldwide and across time. The authors of this volume contribute case studies arranged thematically in six sections that respectively address the relationship of history and material culture to cognition, technology, the symbolic, social distinction, and memory."
Perpetrating the Holocaust by Paul R. Bartrop; Eve E. Grimm
Call Number: Ref 940.53 .B294p
ISBN: 9781440858963
Publication Date: 2019-01-11
"A comprehensive introductory essay, along with a detailed chronology, reference entries, primary sources, images, and a bibliography provide crucial information that readers need in order to understand Hitler's plan, as carried out through legislation and armed violence."
Political Groups, Parties, and Organizations That Shaped America by Scott H. Ainsworth (Editor); Brian M. Harward (Editor)
Call Number: Ref 20.973 .P7691 vol.1-3
ISBN: 9781440851964
Publication Date: 2019-07-19
The library has volumes 1, 2, and 3.
"This three-volume set explores the multiple roles that parties and interest groups have played in American politics from the nation's beginnings to the present."
World War II Infographics by Nicolas Aubin; Jean Lopez
Call Number: Ref 940.53 .I433w
ISBN: 9780500022924
Publication Date: 2019-09-10
"Tells the story of the great conflict through graphic design...infographics allow data to be comprehensible to the general reader while still satisfying demands for the rigorous approach of a historian."