Michael Shally-Jensen
Author
Publisher
Greenwood
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xix, 410 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
This book examines alternative healing practices in American popular culture. From traditional folk approaches to more recent developments, it discusses the rise and fall of more than 100 popular approaches to addressing both physical ailments and mental health needs. Provides illuminating descriptions of popular treatments, describing their underlying philosophies, the historical impetus behind each, and their fate with consumers. Casts a critical...
Publisher
Grey House Publishing
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
4 volumes (xxi, 1110, I-CIV pages) : illustrations (mostly color), maps (mostly color), portraits ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
A four volume set that provides an up-to-date overview of conflicts around the globe.
Publisher
Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
[First edition].
Physical Desc
2 volumes : black and white illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Plagues and pandemics are a part of global history, from the biblical "plague of locusts" to today's COVID-19 pandemic. Dealing with unchecked diseases and disasters has given rise to great human suffering and loss of life, but it has also played a significant role in shaping our societies. Advances in public health, medicine, scientific research, and even the arts have often been inspired by or required of those who have survived. This two-volume...
Publisher
Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 volumes (xvii, 586 pages) : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Also known as the Great Northward Migration and the Black Migration, this movement of more than six million African Americans from America's rural southern regions to its urban northern regions occurred over more than 50 years, from 1916 to 1970. Some historians separate this great move into two periods--the first from 1916 to 1940, during which 1.6 million people moved from the rural south to the industrial north, and the second following the Great...
Publisher
Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 volumes (xx, 1024 pages) : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
As the supreme law of the country, the Constitution delineates the nation's frame of government and was originally comprised of seven articles. The first three articles put forth the separation of powers (three branches of government), the next three embody the concepts of federalism (rights and responsibilities of the states in relationship to the federal government), and the last article established the procedure used by the then 13 states to ratify...
10) Revolutions
Publisher
EBSCO Information Services, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 volumes (xvi, 834 pages) : illustrations (mostly color), color map, portraits ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides a two volume set that traces the evolution of notable revolutions around the globe, from the Dutch Revolt in 1581 to recent revolutionary actions, such as the January 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.
Publisher
Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
[First edition].
Physical Desc
2 volumes (xvi, 554 pages): illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
This set, Defining Documents in American History: Secrets, Leaks & Scandals, offers in-depth analysis of seventy-five documents. Readers will find speeches, memos, letters, reports, transcripts, minutes, and testimony related to some of the nation's most notorious scandals including Benedict Arnold's letters to Major John André, the House that Tweed Built, impeachment proceedings against two presidents, the Teapot Dome Scandal, The Zimmerman Telegram,...
Publisher
Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
[First edition].
Physical Desc
2 volumes ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Defining Documents in American History: World War II offers an in-depth collection of essays on important historical documents that have a wide range of subjects including: The Lead-Up to War, Pearl Harbor, Domestic Aliens, Other Demographics, Foreign Policy, War and Victory, The Holocaust, Nuremberg, The Atom Bomb, and more. Each of the 80 primary source documents is examined through a Summary Overview, Defining Moment, Author Biography, Document...
Publisher
Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 volumes (xv, 405 pages) : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
As gay, lesbian, and transgender individuals have continued their fight for basic rights and equal treatment under the law, various court cases and challenges to those cases have continued to refine the debate. This new resource provides important analyses of over 80 documents significant to LGBTQ rights.--Source other than Library of Congress.
14) The nuclear age
Publisher
EBSCO Information Services, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 volumes (xix, 652 pages) : illustrations (some color), chart, maps, portraits ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides a two volume set that explores the development of nuclear technology and its use in military weapons and power generation.
Publisher
Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
2 volumes (xvii, ix, 910 pages) : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides a two volume set that traces the evolution of both religious freedoms and persecutions around the globe, from religious revolts and struggles for independence in the ancient world, to the Holocaust during World War II, to current genocides and American legal battles surrounding the First Amendment.
Publisher
Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 volumes (xviii, 527 pages) : illustrations, portrait ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Offers in-depth analysis of fifty-nine documents, including book excerpts, speeches, court rulings, legal texts, legislative acts, essays, newspaper and magazine articles, and interviews that help define the events leading to the Great Depression, its effects on the economy and show the thinking of leaders and politicians at that time.
Publisher
Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 volumes : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Offers in-depth analysis of eighty-seven documents, including diary excerpts, speeches, court rulings, legal texts, legislative acts, essays, newspaper and magazine articles, and interviews. These selections help define events concerning acts of domestic terrorism and extremism, and how those events have helped shape history. The first volume of this set focuses on the early ruptures in the body politic, the history of anti-Black violence and reactions,...
Publisher
Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
[First edition].
Physical Desc
xiii, 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Legacy of 9/11 features forty-four documents that span over a century, from the D'Arcy Oil Concession in 1901, the Charter of the Arab League in 1945, activist Sayyid Qutb's thoughts on jihad published following his execution in Egypt in 1966, Osama bin Laden's Declaration of Jihad against the U.S. in 1996, the Proclamation of the Caliphate in 2014, and Donald Trump's executive orders, perceived by some as a way to prevent Muslims from entering...
Publisher
Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
[First edition].
Physical Desc
xix, 308 pages ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Defining Documents in American History: World War I offers a broad range of historical documents on important authors and subjects in World War I research. Written by historians and experts in the field, this resource examines a wide array of primary source documents with an in-depth critical analysis. Articles begin by introducing readers to its historical context, followed by a description of the author's life and circumstances in which the document...
