Subject Guide: History

This book presents and discusses documents that reflect pivotal moments in the LGBT rights movement in North America, from the First People, through the influx of European settlers and the slave trade from Africa, to the modern era.

This book is a comprehensive single-volume source covering every aspect of technology from the Stone Age to the Space Age. Includes 150 black and white photographs and line drawings.

A three-volume survey of more than 400 years of lesbian and gay history and culture in the United States, presented through over 500 alphabetically arranged entries. Coverage includes people, public policy, economics, social issues, identities, and culture, among many others. For students, researchers, and general readers.

This book is a landmark publication that provides an overview of the main themes surrounding the history of slavery from ancient Greece to the present day. Part 1 explores the global nature of the institution of slavery in different parts of the world and over time. Part 2 explores various themes that define slavery such as slave culture, the slave economy, and slave resistance. Part 3 looks at areas such as abolition, the aftermath of emancipation, and commemoration. Includes a chapter on modern slavery.

Provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary view of Latin American history and culture from prehistoric times to the present. Covers cultural issues and includes numerous biographical profiles of important figures in politics, letters and the arts. 6 volumes.

Explores the social, medical, legal and political issues related to drugs and alcohol and associated behaviors. Includes emerging topics and developments in the many fields of addiction studies. 4 volumes.

Documents African American culture and political activism from the slavery era through the 20th century. 3 volumes.

This set highlights the writings, recordings, and visual works produced by countercultural movements to educate and incite action in all eras of U.S. history, from colonial times to the present. The term "counterculture" refers to any intentional departure from conventional values and practices or the dominant lifestyles of the day. 3 volumes.

Chronicles the important cultural, historical, political, and social experiences of Hispanic Americans through the years. This atlas examines Spanish, Native American, and African influences and how they combine in different ways to form the varied cultures of Hispanic America. It also includes maps, facts, figures, and images of everyday life.

This set provides a comprehensive survey of lesbian and gay history and culture in the United States. It includes approximately 545 articles ranging from short biographical entries to longer essays surveying topics such as the Stonewall riots, federal law and policy, same-sex institutions, and AIDS. 3 volumes.

A sweeping reference to sports history in North America that includes dozens of illustrations, bibliographical information, additional resources, and extensive cross-references.

A classic compendium of and reference guide to the military history of the world - the wars, combat operations, and growth of military arts: tactics, strategy, and weaponry.

The mass media, including advertising, books, broadcasting in general, cable, magazines, motion pictures, newspapers, photography or photojournalism, public relations, radio, and television are studied from 1690 to the 1990s, with analyses of how each medium has evolved in the American culture and at how each medium has influenced the American culture.

This encyclopedia offers accounts of the most important international developments in an area that now occupies a critical place in many fields of academic endeavors. It covers a long history and a dynamic, ever-changing present, while opening up the academic profession to new scholarship and new ways of thinking.

This set covers core Western ideas as well as global perspectives and gender-inclusive concepts that have evolved in the past 30 years. 6 volumes.

This book is a one-volume encyclopedia offering an overview of the field of science and its development over the past few generations, ranging from biographies to the discussions chronicling the change of science from simply a tool of learning to a major force in society.