Students will write more effective term papers with this guide to 500 term paper ideas--as well as a listing of appropriate print and nonprint sources-- on twentieth-century U.S. history. This guide presents entries on 100 of the most important events and developments in twentieth-century U.S. history organized in chronological order. Each entry consists of a short description of the event, followed by five specific suggestions for term papers about the event, and a wide-ranging annotated bibliography of 15-35 books, articles, videos, and a web site appropriate for student research. In...
Students will write more effective term papers with this guide to 500 term paper ideas--as well as a listing of appropriate print and nonprint sour...
By the turn of the nineteenth century America was coming of age. No event better illustrated the American rise, better mirrored American society, or better presaged the American century ahead than the World's Columbian Exposition. "The grandest exposition this planet has ever witnessed" has been captured by Robert Muccigrosso in this lively survey of the Great Fair and its reflection of American values and tastes. With exhibits and visitors from all parts of the globe, the Columbian Exposition allowed America to consider its past, examine its present, and ponder its future. The nation's most...
By the turn of the nineteenth century America was coming of age. No event better illustrated the American rise, better mirrored American society, or b...
Hooray for Hollywood That's what private eye Dick DeWitt thinks. Lovelorn, without a current case, and no fan of bleak winters, he accepts the advice of a fellow shamus, and heads for the West Coast in 1938. But it doesn't take long for DeWitt to regret his decision. A Tinseltown starlet wannabe needs help. She has become involved with two sleazes, a fast-talking lecherous movie agent and a mean, corrupt cop. She's kept two little black books that could ruin the men. And that's why she needs an intelligent, tough-as-nails guy to protect her. She doesn't find one, but settles for DeWitt. If...
Hooray for Hollywood That's what private eye Dick DeWitt thinks. Lovelorn, without a current case, and no fan of bleak winters, he accepts the advice...
Sex and the Mafia collide with higher education to make English Professor Willard Slick's tenure very tenuous. When 'Slick Willie' asks Dudley College students to write about their sexual experiences, students, parents, faculty, and the college president are up in arms. Unfortunately for Slick, so is the head of New England's crime syndicate.
Sex and the Mafia collide with higher education to make English Professor Willard Slick's tenure very tenuous. When 'Slick Willie' asks Dudley College...
