This is Who We Were: 1880-1899 -- Table of Contents -- Essay: America, 1880-1899 -- Introduction -- Section One: Profiles -- Farmer and Community Leader in 1880 -- Telephone Company Executive in 1880 -- Educational Reformer and Teacher in Rural Wisconsin in 1881 -- Thirteen-Year-Old Orphan in...

Each volume in the widely-successful Working Americans series focuses on a particular type of American and illustrates what life was like for that group from the 1800s to the present time. The volumes are arranged into decade-long chapters, each introducing to the reader three individuals or...

Working Americans, 1898-2016 Volume XIV: African Americans -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1898-1919 -- 1898: African American Wood Turner -- 1913: Young Singer of Spirtuals -- 1916: African American U.S. Army Major -- 1917: Civil Rights Advocate -- 1919: Female African American...

Introduction -- Natural resources & public lands policies -- The evolution of public lands policy -- Overview of land set asides withdrawals & policies -- Biodiversity & the preservation of endangered species -- National forests & timber policy -- Grazing & public lands -- Mining & energy --...