American History: The Modern Era Since 1865 is the sequel to American History: The Early Years To 1877. (The first chapters review history from pre-exploration to Reconstruction.) The program includes the finest scholarship, and maps from the world-renowned National Geographic. The Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Citizenship Handbook are also included. An unparalleled author team, including National Geographic, ensures accuracy in every detail of the narrative, maps, and charts.
1. American literature--Minority authors--Study and teaching. 2. Pluralism (Social sciences) in literature--Study and teaching. 3. Literature and society-- United States--Study and teaching. 4. Hispanic Americans in literature--Study and teaching. 5. Asian Americans in literature--Study and teaching. 6. Afro-Americans in literature--Study and teaching. 7. Ethnic groups in literature--Study and teaching. 8. Minorities in literature--Study and teaching. 9. Ethnicity in literature--Study and teaching. 10. Indians in literature--Study and teaching.
These themes pervade Geary Hobson's anthology of poetry, essays, and short stories by contemporary Native American writers. A Native American (Cherokee-Chickasaw), Hobson himself is a poet, short story writer, essayist, editor, university teacher, and ex-Marine. He knows this generation well: the writers he has selected, from the Atlantic coast to Hawaii, are for the most part young voices reaffirming the wisdom, "In remembering, there is strength and continuance and renewal through the generations."
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American Gods is Neil Gaiman's best and most ambitious novel yet, a scary, strange, and hallucinogenic road-trip story wrapped around a deep examination of the American spirit. Gaiman tackles everything from the onslaught of the information age to the meaning of death, but he doesn't sacrifice the razor-sharp plotting and narrative style he's been delivering since his Sandman days.
Encyclopedia of Native American Indians is a comprehensive, accessible guide to more than 150 North American Indian nations. Organized alphabetically by tribe or group, the book summarizes the historical record--such as locations, migrations, contacts with non-Indians, wars--and includes present-day tribal status. Readers will get a brief look at traditional Indian lifeways, including language, families, clothing, houses, boats, tools, arts, legends, and rituals.
