historic sites

Full-color, illustrated photographs that describe fifty inscribed monuments from across America that pays tribute to events and people throughout the nation's history, including the Lincoln Memorial, World War II, Korean, and Vietnam memorials, the Murrah Federal Building display in Oklahoma City, and September 11 memorials.

Describes historic places in the United States associated with Native American history and culture, including Little Big Horn Battlefield, Alcatraz Island, and Nez Perce National Historic Park.

A state-by-state guide to historic sites, monuments, memorials, markers, homes, gravesites, etc. associated with women who have made important contributions to American history.

An exploration of eleven historic places in the United States associated with science and invention, providing general information about each site, and discussing who lived there, how the place related to that person's life and work, and what it is like to visit there today.

Includes a survey of all the Holocaust sites in Europe. There is also an extensive reference to the many museums and memorials which commemorate the Holocaust.

Documents the fifteen assembly centers, ten relocation centers, and the internment camps that Japanese-Americans were moved to during World War II. Information is based on archival research, field visits, and interviews with former residents.

Saidiya Hartman traces the history of the Atlantic slave trade, recounting her journey along a slave route in Ghana and what she learned about the plight of slaves and her own heritage.

"This three-volume work bridges a long-existing gap by successfully filling the space between scholarly and popular coverage. Taking a global perspective, this 500-entry set contains articles on the full range of archaeological knowledge, including great discoveries, significant archaeologists, important organizations, major geographical areas, and key concepts."--"Outstanding Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2002.

More than ninety articles describe monuments and memorials that commemorate people and events from our nation's history as well as battlefields, forts, factories, homes, churches, cemeteries, and laboratories.