personal narratives

Contains contemporary quotations drawn from speeches, letters, diaries, newspaper articles, and memoirs.

Nineteen autobiographical accounts of women from the Hiroshima area who lost husbands in the nuclear attack.

A collection of writings in which men and women chronicle their experiences during the Civil War.

Journalist Thomas Goltz chronicles the experiences he had while covering the war in Chechnya, and examines the role the media plays in conflict areas.

An account of growing up in China, describing political restraints and political demonstrations starting in the mid-1980s.

Recounts the effect of the Cultural Revolution in China on intellectuals and schools and describes one woman's struggle to stay alive and continue her education.

Combines text, reproductions of paintings by Mort K?nstler, and primary source material to provide an overview of the Civil War and the experiences of soldiers and civilians.

The author describes his privileged life in Havana before he was sent at the age of eleven to the U.S. in 1962, in the wake of the Cuban Revolution.