by Ann Graham Gaines (2000)
Examines the Confederacy's role in the Civil War, the hostility between northern and southern states, and the aftermath of the war.
illustré par William Marshall
Ce volume, adaptation pour la jeunesse de l'annuaire l'##Etat du monde##, "explique en termes simples les grands problèmes économiques, démographiques, écologiques actuels. Il présente aussi l'actualité politique et sociale de tous les pays du monde". [SDM].
Victoria E. Bynum
The Long Shadow of the Civil War relates uncommon narratives about common Southern folks who fought not with the Confederacy, but against it. Focusing on regions in three Southern states--North Carolina, Mississippi, and Texas--Victoria E. Bynum introduces Unionist supporters, guerrilla soldiers, defiant women, socialists, populists, free blacks, and large interracial kin groups that belie stereotypes of Southerners as uniformly supportive of the Confederate cause. Centered on the concepts of place, family, and community, Bynum's insightful and carefully documented work effectively counters the idea of a unified South caught in the grip of the Lost Cause.
Elizabeth MacLeod
Shows how the different levels of Canadian government work together, how laws are made and challenged, and why it is important to vote.
Paul Gillingham
In 1949, a Group of Villagers and Amateur Archaeologists Dug Up what they believed to be the body of the last Aztec emperor, Cuauhtémoc, in a remote village in the mountains of central Mexico. State and local leaders enthusiastically promoted the remarkable discovery, and nationalist celebrations erupted across the country. The festivities ended when professional archaeologists declared the tomb a forgery, igniting the greatest scandal in the cultural politics of modern Mexico. In this innovative study of nationalism, Paul Gillingham pieces together an intricate puzzle that stretches across five centuries and moves from the forests of southern Mexico, where Cuauhtémoc was hanged, through the mountains of Guerrero, where he was re-created, to end in the streets and corridors of power of Mexico City. The analysis captures the complex interactions of everyday people and elites engaged in forging a nation.