"Written in a clear, engaging style, The American Journey, Portfolio Edition motivates students to learn more about the key features of American political, social, and economic history. Focusing on our nation''s social and cultural history, the authors show that our attempt to live up to our American ideals is an ongoing journey that has become ever more inclusive of different groups and ideas."
"Written in a clear, engaging style, The American Journey, Portfolio Edition motivates students to learn more about the key features of American political, social, and economic history. Focusing on our nation’s social and cultural history, the authors show that our attempt to live up to our American ideals is an ongoing journey that has become ever more inclusive of different groups and ideas."
"The American Journey successfully blends the coverage of political and social histories of the United States. The authors show that our attempt to live up to our American ideals is an ongoing journey. This journey is still a work in progress and is increasingly more inclusive of different groups and ideas. The Concise Edition continues this focus on the journey of individuals and groups in shaping America in a new trade-like full color ..."
The Triangle Fire(1stEdition) A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture) by JoAnnArgersinger Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2009 by Bedford/St. Martin's ISBN-13: 978-0-312-46452-3, ISBN: 0-312-46452-5
"In 1911, a fire at the Triangle Waist Company in New York City claimed the lives of 146 workers, mainly young immigrant women, who either leaped to their deaths or were trapped in the blaze by locked doors and inadequate fire escapes. The tragedy brought national attention to the unsafe working conditions, long hours, and low pay that had prompted a national garment workers’ strike a year before. Jo Ann Argersinger’s volume examines the ..."
" This book presents a compelling story of both the familiar and distant events and people of the twentieth century. The goal of this book is to emphasize to readers what they will need to know about our past to function best in the society that emerged from the twentieth century. The authors accomplished this by seeking integration -- combing political and social history, to fit the experience of particular groups into the broader per ..."
Toward a New Deal in Baltimore(1stEdition) People and Government in the Great Depression by JoAnnArgersinger Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 1988 by The University Of North Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8078-1769-8, ISBN: 0-8078-1769-4
"Jo Ann Argersinger's innovative analysis of the New Deal years in Baltimore establishes the significance of citizen participation and community organization in shaping the welfare programs of the Great Depression. Baltimore, a border city divided by race and openly hostile to unions, the unemployed, and working women, is a particularly valuable locus for gauging the impact of the New Deal.This book examines the interaction of federal, ..."