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Online-Ressource (1250 p)
ISBN:
9781610692519
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Presenting accessibly written information for general audiences as well as students and researchers, this three-volume work examines the evolution of American society and thought from the nation's beginnings to the 21st century. It covers the seminal ideas and social movements that define who we are as Americans-from the ideas that underpin the Bill of Rights to slavery, the Civil Rights movement, and the idea of gay rights-even if U.S. citizens often strongly disagree on these topics. Organized topically rather than chronologically, this encyclopedia combines primary sources and secondar
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Cover; Volume 1: A-E; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chronology; A; Abolition; Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863); Affirmative Action; Gratz v. Bollinger (2003); African American Civil Rights Movement; Civil Rights Act of 1964 (July 2, 1964); Agrarianism; "Introduction: A Statement of Principles" from I'll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Tradition by Twelve Southerners (1930); American Missionary Movement; "A Layman's Thoughts on Layman's Work" by Henry W. Jessup (September 1893); Americanization
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Speech by Louis Brandeis on True Americanism (July 5, 1915)Anarchist Movement; "What Is Anarchism?" from Alexander Berkman's Now and After: The ABC of Communist Anarchism (1929); Animal Rights Movement; An Act for the More Effectual Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (New York State) (1867); Anticommunism; North Atlantic Treaty (April 4, 1949); Anti-Federalism; Patrick Henry's Speech "Dangerous Ambiguities" (July 5, 1788); Anti-Immigration; Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson-Reed Act) (May 26, 1924); Anti-Lynching Movement; "Lynch Law in America" by Ida B. Wells-Barnett (January 1900)
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Anti-SemitismArticle by Henry Ford in The Dearborn Independent Newspaper (1920); Antislavery; Hinton Rowan Helper's The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It (1857); Anti-Smoking Movement; Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (June 22, 2009); Antiwar Movement (Vietnam Era); Testimony of John F. Kerry to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (April 22, 1971); Asian Rights Movement; Chinese Exclusion Act (May 6, 1882); B; Back to Africa Movement
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"Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World": The Principles of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) (August 13, 1920)Beat Movement; Part I of Allen Ginsberg's Howl (1955); Big Oil; President Jimmy Carter's Address to the Nation on Energy and National Goals ("The Malaise Speech") (July 15, 1979); Bill of Rights; U.S. Bill of Rights (December 15, 1791); Bimetallism; William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" Speech (July 9, 1896); Birth Control Movement; Correspondence of Margaret Sanger and Katharine Dexter McCormick (1948-1955); Black Islamist Movement
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Elijah Muhammad Addressing a Meeting of His Followers (1964) (Photograph)Black Power Movement; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Cointelpro Memo Regarding the Activities of the Black Panther Party (BPP) (May 13, 1969); Born-Again Movement; President Jimmy Carter's Remarks at the 26th Annual National Prayer Breakfast (February 2, 1978); Boycotts; Code of the City of Montgomery, Alabama (1952); C; Canal Construction; Robert Fulton's Letter to Secretary of Treasury Albert Gallatin, as Appended to the Secretary's Report on Public Roads and Canals (1808); Capital Punishment
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Furman v. Georgia (1972)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781610692519
Additional Edition:
Print version Ideas and Movements that Shaped America: From the Bill of Rights to ""Occupy Wall Street"" [3 volumes]
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