Explores the beginnings of modern transportation in the nineteenth century, when the influx of immigrants required better roads, safe water routes, and railroads to be built across the United States.
Explores the beginnings of modern transportation in the nineteenth century, when the influx of immigrants required better roads, safe water routes, and railroads to be built across the United States.
Recounts the history and effects of typhoid fever, describes how the disease spreads, and offers information about treatments and threats in the modern world.
Discusses the treaties and battles between Native Americans and settlers of European descent during the early years of the United States, as well as the government's effort to end the violence by creating reservations.
There is a long and complex history surrounding the plight of Native Americans in the United States. Culturally so different from the Europeans that settled our country, Native Americans found their lives drastically changed from the moment the first settler set foot in the new land. Primary source material and fascinating images are used to examine the Europeans' early interaction with the Native Americans, focusing on the treaties and the promises made in an effort to help the situation, but which often failed.
There is a long and complex history surrounding the plight of Native Americans in the United States. Culturally so different from the Europeans that settled our country, Native Americans found their lives drastically changed from the moment the first settler set foot in the new land. Primary source material and fascinating images are used to examine the Europeans' early interaction with the Native Americans, focusing on the treaties and the promises made in an effort to help the situation, but which often failed.
With his trademark dry wit, Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle is an inventive science fiction satire that preys on our deepest fears of witnessing Armageddon - and, worse still, surviving it.