Provides analysis of American playwrights whose works have a strong feminist message. Covers four eras, including feminist dramatists of colonial America, the suffrage plays of the early women's movement, the social protest dramas of the 1920s and 1930s, and the plays advocating equal rights from the late 1960s onward.

Starting from Amereican rail transport's beginnings as a response to the Erie Canal and tracing its development up to today, The Routledge Historical Atlas of the American Railroads traverses some of the most significant thoroughfares in U.S. history. This highly-illustrated reference book covers the lines and people that make American rail history so rich.--

Presents the history of the trail which became the main route for the Texas cattle trade after the Civil War.

Traces the struggles of African Americans from the end of slavery through the period of Jim Crow segregation in the South, to the civil rights movement and legal equality.

A biography of our sixteenth president, who guided the nation during its bloodiest fight, the Civil War, and whose life was cut short by an assassin.

Learn about America's history through the use of graphics and animations, live-action portrayals of historic figures and stories told from a child's point of view. Topics featured in this video include the Boston Tea Party, the Declaration of Independence, the life of Thomas Jefferson, the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall.

Este libro ilustrado para niños presenta una biografía de un famoso estadista, inventor, y escritor estadounidense del siglo XVIII. Describes the life and notable accomplishments of Ben Franklin, eighteenth-century American printer, statesman, writer, and inventor.