American stories : living American history. Volume II, From 1865 by Ripper, Jason instant download

American stories : living American history. Volume II, From 1865 by Ripper, Jason instant download

1 online resource :, These portraits bring American history to life, complementing the historical narrative with engaging biographies of famous and less-well-known figures. Historical patterns and trends appear as they are seen through individual lives, and the selection of profiled individuals reflects a diverse cultural awareness, Originally published: M.E. Sharpe, 2008, Includes bibliographical references, This is the second volume in a two-volume set, Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 23, 2015), Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 After the Civil War; The Difficulties of Reconstruction; Reconstruction: Black and White; Mary Ames: A New England Woman in Dixie; W.E.B. DuBois and the Problem of the Color Line -- Chapter 2 Cowboys and Indians; Buffalo Bill's Wild West; Horses: Flesh and Iron; Buffalo Bill, Black Kettle, and the Wars for the West; Buffalo Bill: Violence and Theater; Annie Oakley; Sherman Alexie's Poem on Buffalo Bill; Chapter 3 A Mosaic of American Life: 1875-1914, Millions of Watts: Thomas Edison and Nikola TeslaMillions of Immigrants; Sadie Frowne: Sweatshop Seamstress; Ida Tarbell: Muckraker; Chapter 4 The U.S. Government: At Home and Abroad; The Scene at Home; Theodore Roosevelt, Part 1: Of Silver Spoons and Police Badges; An International Interlude: Cuba, Hawaii, and the Prelude to War; Theodore Roosevelt, Part 2: Of Rough Riders, Talking Softly, and Carrying a Big Stick; The Spanish-American War and the War Against Filipino Nationalism; Theodore Roosevelt, Part 3: From Lieutenant Colonel to President; Chapter 5 A Palette of Progressives, The \"\"Full Dinner Pail\"\" and the \"\"Square Deal\"\": Theodore Roosevelt as PresidentDefining \"\"Progressivism\"\": Roosevelt and Robert La Follette; Different Paths to Progress: Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Frances Willard; Birth Control and Conservation: Margaret Sanger and