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Working Americans 1880-2016
Volume VII: Social Movements
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Pub. Date: November 2016
Hardcover: 600 pages
ISBN: 978-1-68217-104-2
Price: $150.00
EBook ISBN: 978-1-68217-105-9 EBook Vendors

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Working Americans 1880-2016: Volume VII: Social Movements explores how Americans sought and fought for change from the 1880s to modern times. In these pages, students and researchers can explore the unique lives of Americans who demanded change - a seminal aspect of the American experience.

Completely updated through 2016, this new edition has four new chapters covering contemporary social movements: Black Lives Matter, Gay Marriage/Family Rights, Income Inequality/Occupy Wall Street and Transgender Rights.

Chapters highlight the lives of three to five individuals and explore life at home and work, community involvement, cost of living, annual income, household budgets, working conditions, social activities, and more.

Each profile is further enriched with:

Historical Snapshots chronicle major milestones;

Timelines pinpoint the progress of the social issue profiles;

Primary Documents put the topic in context;

Illustrations and News Features to showcase what it was like to live in America at that time.

The depth of information contained in each profile allows the user to explore the private, financial and public lives of these subjects, helping readers understand of how calls for change took place in an individual’s life and then rang out across the country.

Take a look at the wide variety of movements that are showcased in this thought-provoking volume:

Environment

Plume Hunting
First Earth Day
Spotted Owl Conservation

Health

Anti-Smoking Campaign
Pure Food & Drug Act
Influenza Epidemic/Public Health

Child Welfare

The Orphan Train
Children’s Jacket Makers’ Strike

Women’s Rights

Anti-Corset Campaign
Birth Control

Freedom of the Press/Media

Banning Comic Books
Censoring Silent Movies

Religion

Banning the Beatles
Prayer in School

Civil Rights

Anti-Lynching
Desegregating the Military
Japanese Internment
Black Lives Matter

Gay Marriage/Family Rights
Income Inequality/Occupy Wall Street
Transgender Rights

Working Americans 1880-2016 Volume VII: Social Movements is so much more, however, than simply a list of social issues in America. It’s a windowinto howAmericans think, act, react and get motivated. Fighting for change is the American way, from immigrants struggling to find work, to same sex couples struggling for the right to marry. The right to protest is one of the distinguishing factors that sets this country apart from many others around the world.

The Working Americans series has become an important reference for public, academic, and high school libraries. This brand-new edition, in print and online, will be a welcome addition to all types of reference collections.

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Pub. Date: November 2016
Hardcover: 600 pages
ISBN: 978-1-68217-104-2
Price: $150.00
EBook ISBN: 978-1-68217-105-9 EBook Vendors

Note: If you find this work does not fit your budget, please print out this page and bring it to your local library. There is a reasonable chance they either have a copy, can direct you to a library that does, or will be willing to purchase it for their reference collection.

Working Americans 1880-2016Volume VII: Social MovementsSecond Edition

Working Americans 1880-2016
Volume VII: Social Movements
Second Edition