Perspectives on history series

Contains newspaper accounts, letters, interviews, memoirs, songs, government documents, and other writings and photographs that provide insight into the problems of the Great Depression, focusing on conditions in the Great Plains region of the United States.

Presents details of the accounts of five shipwrecks including the "Titanic," "Lusitania," "Essex," "Brother Jonathan," and the "Andrea Doria," and provides excerpts from diaries, journals, documents, and newspapers.

Presents information on and lyrics to songs that have influenced or been influenced by political, social, and economic issues throughout U.S. history, including topics such as the American Revolution, the Civil War, and workers and unions.

Contains excerpts from radio broadcasts, speeches, newspaper articles, magazine advertisements, posters, and first-person reports that combine to provide a portrait of what life was like in the U. S. during World War II and to discuss how the war impacted the social and economic structure of the country.

Explores the most active years of the Underground Railroad through accounts of slaves who followed the route to freedom and others who were involved in, or have studied, the abolitionist movement.

Contains selected primary source documents that provide information about the New Deal, a program initiated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in an effort to boost the economy of the United States.

Contains letters, journals, and government documents that provide a Confederate perspective on life during the Civil War.

A collection of primary and secondary source documents that provides insight into the negotiations for and the debate surrounding the U.S. acquisition of Alaska in 1867.

An anthology of articles that provides insight into the events of the six weeks following the fall of the Alamo that led to the battle of San Jacinto in which Texas gained its independence from Mexico.

Excerpts from writings by and about the pioneers, scouts, trappers, and traders who first explored and settled the West.