Books in The American Experience in Vietnam series

A history of education in the United States from the colonial era to the present chronicles the experiences of teachers and students, provides excerpts from writings about education, documents attitudes, and describes events.

Gives a history of blues music from its origins in the 1930s to the present day, with discussions of its African roots and its influence on other music

Documents the recruitment, training, and struggles of African American soldiers during the Civil War and examines the campaigns in which they participated

Describes the experiences of the first Chinese American communities

Chronicles the evolution of blues music, from its origins in the poverty-stricken rural South, through its growth in the urban North, to its rise to popularity and enduring influence on modern music, profiling the lives of such blues greats as Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, B. B. King, and others.

A definitive portrait of the Oglala Sioux leader follows his life and brilliant but tragic career during the tumultuous era of the mid-nineteenth-century Indian Wars.

A history of the first wave of Asian immigration in America

A history of jazz, from its roots in blues, ragtime, and swing to its various contemporary manifestations, discussing the major performers and the music's reflection of the experiences of African Americans

Offers brief profiles of Michael Chang, Sammy Lee, Zubin Mehta, Wayne Wang, Kristi Yamaguchi, Maya Lin, Isamu Noguchi, Anna May Wong, Yo-Yo Ma, and Margaret Cho

An account of the Black press from the first Black newspaper to the integration of Black journalists into the mainstream of American journalism

Includes interviews with seventeen Native American teens from different tribes who share their experiences of living between two cultures

A history of immigration in the United States from the colonial era to the present chronicles the experiences of immigrants, provides excerpts from writings about immigration, documents attitudes, and describes events.