Social Fabric, the, Volume 2

Name: Social Fabric, the, Volume 2
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ISBN: 9780205617333

ISBN-10: 0205617336

ISBN-13: 9780205617333

Edition: 11th 2009

Authors: Robert A. Wheeler, Thomas L. Hartshorne, Mark T. Tebeau

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This anthology of secondary sources portrays the lives of ordinary Americans and examines the diversity of the American people, from the earliest settlement of America to Reconstruction. The Social FabricVolume II, 11/e (Chapters 1- 6 )acquaints students with the ways in which important events in the nation's history were reflected in the everyday lives of ordinary people. A wide variety of essays deals with the experiences of men as well as women, Native Americans as well as African-Americans and immigrants, the poor as well as the wealthy. These readings highlight the diversity of Americans'experiencesbased on differences in race, ethnicity, and genderand the way in which those…

Book details

List price: $66.65
Edition: 11th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 8/14/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface



Expansion and Change



Political Violence During Reconstruction



Pistols and Politics



The Reservation and the Destruction of Indian Culture



The Indian Frontier of the American West, 1846-1890



The Farmers' Frontier<c>Robert V. Hine\13</c><f>Hine\13, Robert V.</f>




Labor in the Gilded Age



Like a Family



Transforming Nature



Naturersquo;s Metropolis



Mass Migration and Cultural Conflict



Mass Culture at the Turn of the Century



Cheap Amusements



Immigration and Cultural Conflict



Unbound Feet



African American Migration



Black Migration



The Tensions of Prosperity



The Ku Klux Klan in Indiana



Women of the Klan



Mexican-Americans in the Southwest



No Separate Refuge



Technology and Household Work



More Work for Mother



Depression and War



The Nation Confronts the Great Depression



The Invisible Scar



Work Relief in the Great Depression



A Nation in Torment



The Home Front During World War II



Don't You Know There's a War On!



The GI Bill of Rights



When Dreams Came True



Cold War Culture and Society



Urban Neighborhoods in Postwar America



Moment of Grace



That Old Time Rock lsquo;nrsquo; Roll



All Shook Up: How Rock lsquo;nrsquo; Roll Changed America



Consumerism and Suburban Homes



Homeward Bound



Contesting The American Dream



The Struggle for Civil Rights<c>Doug McAdam\13</c><f>McAdam\13, Doug</f>




The Counterculture



Storming Heaven



Vietnam-and After



Backfire



Culture War



With God on Our Side