The Vietnam War was one of the most painful and divisive events in American history. The conflict, which ultimately took the lives of 58,000 Americans and more than three million Vietnamese, became a subject of bitter and impassioned debate. The most dramatic―and frequently the most enduring―efforts to define and articulate America's ill-fated involvement in Vietnam emerged from popular culture. American journalists, novelists, playwrights, poets, songwriters, and filmmakers―many of them eyewitnesses―have created powerful, heartfelt works documenting their thoughts and beliefs about the war. By examining those works, this book provides readers with a fascinating resource that explores America's ongoing struggle to assess the war and its legacies.
This encyclopedia includes 44 essays, each providing detailed information on an important film, song, or literary work about Vietnam. Each essay provides insights into the Vietnam-era experiences and views of the work's primary creative force, historical background on issues or events addressed in the work, discussion of the circumstances surrounding the creation of the work, and sources for further information. This book also includes an appendix listing of more than 275 films, songs, and literary works dealing with the war.

The Vietnam Experience: A Concise Encyclopedia of American Literature, Songs, and Films

Humor & Entertainment

Hillstrom, Laurie Collier

Hillstrom, Kevin

Movies

Greenwood

Religion and Sexuality (Opposing Viewpoints)

Teen & Young Adult

Social Issues

Greenhaven Press

Presents a collection of essays with different viewpoints on the relationship between religious belief and sexuality, with discussions on homosexuality, gay marriage, belief in God and reproductive rights, abortion, celibacy, and the ordination of women.

The in-depth biographical profiles are written for readers ages 9 and up and include portaits and other illustrations. The 11 environmental leaders covered in this volume are John Cronin (Hudson River clean-up), Dai Qing (Chinese journalist and author of banned books on Yangtze River dam project), Ka Hsaw Wa (Burmese human rights and environmental activist), Winona Laduke (Native American environmental activist), Aldo Leopold (American author of A Sand County Almanac), Bernard Martin (Canadian environmentalist), Cynthia Moss (American elephant researcher), John Muir (founder of the Sierra Club), Gaylord Nelson (conservation-minded senator known as the father of Earth Day), Douglas Tompkins (American entrepreneur and environmentalist who acquires land for wilderness preservation), and Hazel Wolf (recently-deceased 100-year-old Audobon Society activist from Seattle).

Biography Today : Profiles of People of Interest to Young Readers (World Leaders Series, Vol 3: Environmental Leaders #2)

Children's Books

Hillstrom, Laurie

Biographies

Omnigraphics, Inc.

Provides an overview of the controversy and its impact on American politics and culture, includes biographies of key figures, and provides a chronology, bibliography, and glossary of terms.

Watergate (Defining Moments)

"Examines the Cold War and its impact on America, the Soviet Union, and the world. Features include narrative overviews of key events and trends, 100+ primary source documents, chronology, glossary, bibliography, and subject index""--Provided by publisher.

The Cold War (Primary Sourcebook)

Reference

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Detailing the emergence and development of the cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance, this factual account explores the factors that transformed Harlem into the Capital of Black America in the 1920s. It explains how civil rights activism of the early 20th century made the Renaissance possible and discusses the myriad ways in which African American literature, art, and music from the era illuminated black culture and changed the course of American race relations. Biographical information is provided on leading figures involved in the movement, including civil rights philosopher W. E. B. du Bois, controversial actor and singer Paul Robeson, jazz legend Duke Ellington, and Langston Hughes, the poet laureate of the Harlem Renaissance. A primary source section presents essential documents from the period such as Hughes's famous manifesto of artistic independence, "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain;" dancer Frankie Manning's recollections of the glamorous Savoy Ballroom; Alain Locke's influential essay "Enter the New Negro;" and a selection of poems written by some of the movement's leading literary voices.

Defining Moments: The Harlem Renaissance

History

Americas

KWS Publishers

"Provides a comprehensive account of the origins of Islamic radicalism; the development of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda into a deadly force; the horrible events of September 11; the post-9/11 investigations; and the legacy of the 9/11 attacks. Includes anarrative overview, biographies, primary sources, chronology, glossary, bibliography, and index"--Provided by publisher.

The September 11 Terrorist Attack

Omnigraphic, Inc.

An excellent survey of the American immigration experience, this history looks at all aspects of immigration during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Examining immigration as it was before the American Civil War through the difficult—and often dangerous—voyage to the “New World” and the arrival at Ellis Island, this account demonstrates how people settled into what has become known as the “melting pot” of American life. Arguing that this new influx of humanity eventually made its impact as immigrants contributed their widely-varying cultural backgrounds and skill sets to society, this volume also includes numerous biographies of individuals who were important at the time, such as Jane Addams, and primary sources that shed light on Americans' thoughts on these events as they were happening.

Defining Moments: The Dream of America: Immigration 1870 1920

Detailed and filled with primary sources, this account examines a period in American history of unparalleled hardship: the Great Depression. Beginning with an exploration of the Roaring Twenties, in which the appetite for the consumption of goods and for the good life was a primary focus of many, it also looks at the warning signs that went largely unheeded as well as the Crash of 1929, the Hoover administration’s difficulties, Roosevelt’s election, and his New Deal. In addition, this comprehensive history not only discusses the Great Depression’s legacy—such as the political and social effects on present day American society—but also includes numerous biographies of individuals who were noteworthy during the era.

Defining Moments: The Great Depression and the New Deal

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The Vietnam Experience: A Concise Encyclopedia of American Literature, Songs, and Films

Religion and Sexuality (Opposing Viewpoints)

Religion and Sexuality (Opposing Viewpoints)

Biography Today : Profiles of People of Interest to Young Readers (World Leaders Series, Vol 3: Environmental Leaders #2)

Watergate (Defining Moments)

The Cold War (Primary Sourcebook)

Defining Moments: The Harlem Renaissance

The September 11 Terrorist Attack

Defining Moments: The Dream of America: Immigration 1870 1920

Defining Moments: The Great Depression and the New Deal