Notable Articles From American Heritage

Abstract: Presenting a collection of ... secondary source articles from the popular magazine, American Heritage, [this book] introduces you to a broad spectrum of historical issues and opinions from many of the world's foremost historians.-Back cover.
Contents: Impact of industrialism: Making of men, fraternal orders in the nineteenth century / M.C. Carnes; Age of the bosses / W.V. Shannon -- Minorities and race relations: Road they did not know / L. McMurty; Diaspora in America, a study of Jewish immigration / D. Boroff -- Age of reform: Jane Addams, urban crusader / A.F. Scott; Reforming college football / J.S. Watterson -- Early twentieth century, peace and war: Pearl Harbor, the day of infamy / R. Ketchum; The Holocaust / W.J. vanden Heuvel -- Great Depression: Big picture of the Great Depression / J.A. Garraty; FDR, the man of the century / A.M. Schlesinger; Automobile / J.S. Gordon -- Postwar presidents: Eisenhower as president / S. Neal; Lyndon B. Johnson and Vietnam / L.L. King -- Social change: Levittown, the buy of the century / A.O. Boulton; Cigarettes and cancer / J.A. Meyer; Educational change / G.W. Bracey.