- Table View
- List View
The American Experiment: A History of the United States
by Steven M. Gillon Cathy D. MatsonApproaching the American history survey course in an innovative way, this mid-length text features a more expansive definition of political history that includes all forms of politics, not just electoral politics, while simultaneously incorporating cultural history. With the specific aim of expanding history beyond elite actors, The American Experiment emphasizes everyday work, family life, customs, and objects of cultural history to address its four themes: the role of government, American identity, the broad concept of "culture," and America and the world. The Third Edition features an enhanced thematic approach that helps students understand America's development as an experiment in politics, culture, and identity, within a global context.
American Girls
by Alison UmmingerAnna is a fifteen-year-old girl slouching toward adulthood, and she's had it with her life at home. So Anna "borrows" her stepmom's credit card and runs away to Los Angeles, where her half-sister takes her in. But LA isn't quite the glamorous escape Anna had imagined.<P><P> As Anna spends her days on TV and movie sets, she engrosses herself in a project researching the murderous Manson girls―and although the violence in her own life isn't the kind that leaves physical scars, she begins to notice the parallels between herself and the lost girls of LA, and of America, past and present.<P> In Anna's singular voice, we glimpse not only a picture of life on the B-list in LA, but also a clear-eyed reflection on being young, vulnerable, lost, and female in America―in short, on the B-list of life. Alison Umminger writes about girls, violence, and which people society deems worthy of caring about, which ones it doesn't, in a way not often seen in teen fiction.
American Girls
by Alison UmmingerA bittersweet, honest, and widely acclaimed YA coming-of-age novel that distills honest truths about American girldomAnna is a fifteen-year-old girl slouching toward adulthood, and she's had it with her life at home. So Anna "borrows" her stepmom's credit card and runs away to Los Angeles, where her half-sister takes her in. But LA isn't quite the glamorous escape Anna had imagined.As Anna spends her days on TV and movie sets, she engrosses herself in a project researching the murderous Manson girls—and although the violence in her own life isn't the kind that leaves physical scars, she begins to notice the parallels between herself and the lost girls of LA, and of America, past and present.In Anna's singular voice, we glimpse not only a picture of life on the B-list in LA, but also a clear-eyed reflection on being young, vulnerable, lost, and female in America—in short, on the B-list of life. Alison Umminger writes about girls, violence, and which people society deems worthy of caring about, which ones it doesn't, in a way not often seen in teen fiction.American Girls is:An ALA Booklist Top 10 First Novel A KirkusBest Book of the YearA Barnes & Noble Best YA Book of the YearA Chicago Public Library Best of the Best of 2016A Bustle Best YA Book of the YearYALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults"Messy, honest, and unflinchingly real. I can't get this book out of my head. I don't want to get this book out of my head." —Becky Albertalli, Morris Award-winning author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
American Government (National Geographic American Government Series)
by National Geographic LearningNIMAC-sourced textbook
American Government: Roots and Reform
by PearsonIn American Government the authors try to examine how the United States is governed today by looking not just at present structures and behavior but also at the Framers' intentions and how they have been implemented and adapted over the years.
American Government: Power and Purpose (Thirteenth Edition)
by Theodore J. Lowi Benjamin Ginsberg Kenneth A. Shepsle Stephen AnsolabehereThe text that professors trust to get students thinking analytically about American government now includes new content on how race, gender, and group identity intersect with political behavior and institutions. And, leading scholars have contributed new "Analyzing the Evidence" features that engage students with the questions and methods that political students use themselves.
American Government: Institutions & Policies, AP* Edition
by James Q. Wilson Meena Bose John J. Dilulio Jr.NIMAC-sourced textbook
American Government: Institutions & Policies, AP® Edition
by James Q. Wilson John J. Diiulio Meena BoseNIMAC-sourced textbook
American Government: Institutions and Policies (AP) 11th Edition)
by James Q. Wilson John J. Diiulio Jr.The guide includes chapter focus, study outlines, "Did You Think That...?" and practice questions with answers.
American Government: Institutions And Policies
by James Q. Wilson John J. DiIulio Jr. Meena BoseNIMAC-sourced textbook
American Government and Politics Today
by Steffen W. Schmidt Mack C. Shelley Ii Barbara A. Bardes Lynne E. FordNIMAC-sourced textbook
American Government, AP Version (9th Edition)
by James Q. Wilson John J. Dilulio Jr.For this edition we have included a new feature: Each chapter now ends with a section called "Reconsidering the Enduring Questions" that gives contemporary responses to the Enduring Questions with which each chapter begins. These brief essays should help students focus in a novel way on what many people think are the perennial puzzles of American politics.
American Government in Black and White (Second Edition)
by Paula D. Mcclain Steven C. TauberConcise, affordable, and engaging, American Government in Black and White, Second Edition, 2014 Election Update, is a unique introduction to American government that uses racial and ethnic equality as its underlying theme. Authors Paula D. McClain and Steven C. Tauber address issues of inequality in major facets of government, including the U. S. Constitution, key American political institutions and instruments of political behavior, and the making of public policy. Engaging the original voices of racial and ethnic actors in our nation's history, they show students how to measure and evaluate the importance of equality in America, from its founding up to today. FEATURES * Three kinds of text boxes that help students develop empirical and qualitative analytical abilities: "Measuring Equality," "Evaluating Equality," and "Our Voices" * Vignettes, illustrations, and case material that connect America's past and present * Running glossary definitions, thematic chapter conclusions, probing review questions, and annotated additional readings highlighting writings by and about racial and ethnic minorities
American Government Institutions and Policies 15th AP Edition
by James Q. Wilson Meena Bose Matthew Levendusky John J. DilulioThe reputable authors of AMERICAN GOVERNMENT: INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES combine excellent scholarship with practical examples and insight to create a text that is a clear and approachable tool for any student trying to understand American government. The book highlights current issues while being focused on the importance of institutions, the historical development of governmental procedures, actors, and polities, as well as who governs in the United States and to what ends.
American Government Pacemaker (3rd Edition)
by Jane PetlinksiThis book will give you a basic understanding of the system of government of the United States. First you will learn about the roots of the government. You will discover that the United States system reflects some principles of government that are thousands of years old. Then you will learn how federal, state, and local governments work, independently and cooperatively, for the good of all citizens. Perhaps most importantly, you will learn about the freedoms and rights guaranteed to all United States citizens.
American Heritage: A Reader
by The Hillsdale College History FacultyToo many colleges and universities have become places for focusing on means and not upon ends--and, as such, places where the confused and bewildered of the next generation acquire techniques and tools, but graduate having gained neither direction nor order to their souls. The Hillsdale College History Faculty has painstakingly assembled American Heritage: A Reader in order to provide its own students with a true liberal arts education grounded in the American tradition. Perfect for classroom use at the high school level and up, this extraordinary textbook will provide readers both inside and outside the classroom with a traditional educational experience that enlarges and ennobles the mind. From the Preface: "The primary role of this Reader is to supply a rich sample of documents from the periods we examine. These primary sources provide portals into the American past. Reading them, we escape the provincialism of our own time and culture. As artifacts of the past, they do not convey information merely, but they are the sources that historians interpret to make sense of our past. Consequently, we invite students to engage in the same enterprise as they examine these fragments of the American past as the primary means of understanding both the roots of American order and sources for contemporary disorders. This daunting task of viewing sympathetically ideas that, although part of our heritage, seem distant and alien is an important and exhilarating part of a proper education in which one seeks to make sense of oneself as an American. "
American Heritage (Merit Badge Series)
by Boy Scouts of AmericaIs learning about your heritage a waste of time? Is a knowledge of events and personalities from the past useless in the fast-paced world of 20th-century America? Daniel Boorstin, a noted American historian, answers: "We are overwhelmed by the instant moment -- headlined in this morning's newspaper and flashed on this hour's newscast....
American History: Connecting with the Past, 15th AP Edition
by Alan BrinkleyAmerican History AP textbook
American History: Connecting With The Past (Fifteenth Edition) (AP US History )
by Alan BrinkleyNIMAC-sourced textbook
American History (AP US History Series)
by Alan Brinkley"[The] perfect guide to the latest version of AP United States History curriculum. The new AP Edition ... fully addresses the revised AP U.S. History Curriculum and provides students with the guidance and support they need to master the key concepts, themes, historical thinking skills, and the new AP US History Exam"--Back cover.
American History: A Survey
by Alan BrinkleyHighly respected for its impeccable scholarship and elegant writing style, Alan Brinkley's American History provides students and instructors with a broad, comprehensive approach. to the American past. It offers not only a scrupulous account of American political and. diplomatic history, but also a deep exploration of the many other fields that are central to. a critical understanding of the nation's past: social, cultural, economic, and urban history,. histories of the South and the West, the environment, science and technology, race, ethnicity, gender, and the global context of the American experience.
American History: Beginnings through Reconstruction (Ohio)
by Robert Dallek Jesus Garcia Donna M. OgleNIMAC-sourced textbook
