Filled with primary sources, American Quakers provides insight into the origins of Quakerism, the Quakers in colonial America, matters of conscience, pacifism ...

Labor historian Juliet Mofford presents the story of workers in the U.S. from the late 1700s to the present: the Industrial Revolution, the formation and ...

The pre-Civil War textile industry in Lowell, Massachusetts exemplified the American industrial revolution and heralded a nationwide shift from farm to ...

When World War II broke out, Roosevelt led the nation through a dramatic changeover to a wartime economy. Women found a new place in the workforce; Americans ...

Through a collection of original source documents and the words of those who lived through it, The Vietnam War gives insight into the historic background ...

Primary sources detail the course of the War of 1812 between the United States and Britain and its Native American allies, with emphasis on the course ...

Compelling firsthand accounts and primary source documents underpin the introduction to U.S. history in History Compass' popular Research American History ...

An introduction to some of the greatest inventors from each century in American History, the public's reaction to their innovations, and how their inventions ...

In 1898, American troops fought in what Secretary of State John Hay referred to as a "splendid little war" in Cuba and the Philippines. In its effort to ...