| American Social Reform Movements Reference Library: Primary Sources Contributor(s): Matuz, Roger (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1414402198 ISBN-13: 9781414402192 Publisher: UXL OUR PRICE: $109.89 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2006 Annotation: Current headlines, classroom assignments, and natural concern all draw students to social reform studies. American Social Reform Movements Reference Library satisfies the curiosity of students and helps them successfully complete research and projects. The four-volume set chronicles and illustrates movements from the American Revolution to the present day. The Primary Sources volume uses documents, diaries, letters, speeches and other sources to explain significant events as well as the daily life of ordinary citizens. The Primary Sources volume includes selections such as "Twenty Years at Hull House," by Jane Addams, "The Feminine Mystique," by Betty Friedan, "Radically Gay: Gay Liberation in the Words of Its Founders," by Harry Hay and "Message to the Grass Roots," by Malcolm X. Contextual material covers the themes of the sources, the people associated with them and the aftermath. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 303.484 |
| LCCN: 2006019207 |
| Series: UXL American Social Reform Movements Reference Library |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 7.6" W x 9.5" (2.09 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Current headlines, classroom assignments, and natural concern all draw students to social reform studies. American Social Reform Movements Reference Library satisfies the curiosity of students and helps them successfully complete research and projects. The four-volume set chronicles and illustrates movements from the mid-1800s to the present day. The Primary Sources volume uses documents, letters, speeches and other sources to explain significant events as well as the daily life of ordinary citizens. The Primary Sources volume includes selections such as Twenty Years at Hull-House, by Jane Addams, The Feminine Mystique, by Betty Friedan, An Open Letter to the Grape Industry, by César Chávez, The 31 Demands Raised by the Attica Brothers of September 9, 1971 by Attica prison inmates, and Message to the Grass Roots, by Malcolm X. Contextual material covers the themes of the sources, the people associated with them and the aftermath.PIM31-MAY-1801 |