At Issue In History

Series · 10 books · 2001-2004

By Robert H. Mayer, Nick Treanor, Carolyn McAuliffe, and more

Books in series

The Bill of Rights

2002

At the time that the Constitution was up for ratification, it was anyone's guess whether a bill of rights would be a part of the new nation's government. This anthology illustrates the intellect and passion with which the founders argued their respective political views about the Bill of Rights and presents modern-day viewpoints about the use Americans have made of this precious document.

The Treaty of Versailles

2001

The Treaty of Versailles officially ended World War I, at the time the most devastating war in history. The expectations of those who negotiated the treaty, the responses to the treaty by those who were close observers or participants in the negotiations, and more recent assessments of the treaty are included in this fascinating anthology.

The Waco Standoff

2003

Each volume in the "At Issue in History series is an anthology that focuses on a controversial historical topic. At offshoot of Greenhaven's acclaimed "At Issue series focusing on current social issues, this series provides primary and secondary sources to explore and investigate the various opinions offered on each topic. History comes to life as the reader is exposed to the voices of those who participated in and witnessed the dramatic events of the past. More recent writings by historians and other scholars examine events with the benefit of hindsight, illuminating both the heroism and egregious errors of history makers.

Prohibition

2002

Presents a collection of primary and secondary source articles covering differing opinions on Prohibition.

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At Issue in History - The Indian Reservation System

2001

The U.S. government's forced removal of Native Americans from their ancestral lands to reservations often resulted in the disintegration of their lifestyle and culture. This anthology traces their removal and resistance from the early 1800s to the controversies and problems they face at the start of the twenty-first century.

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The Berlin Wall

2003

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964

2004

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The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

2003

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America's Entry into World War I

2004

The United States decision to enter the First World War in April, 1917 marked a step on its path to global power. This book examines how and why Woodrow Wilson's Administration, amid bitter debates between advocates and foes of war, abandoned an initial neutrality in 1914 for military intervention by 1917.

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The Crash of 1929

2001

On Thursday, October 24, 1929, "the great bull market" of the 1920s crashed. Scholars continue to debate what caused the panic that prompted irrational investors to Sell! Sell! Sell! This anthology examines the economic climate that led to the Crash, the frenzy and panic of the Crash itself, and the impact the Crash had on investors and the future of stock speculation.

Authors

Robert H. Mayer

Author · 1 book

Robert H. Mayer is an award-winning author who wrote When the Children Marched: The Birmingham Civil Rights Movement (Enslow Publishers, Inc.) and edited The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Greenhaven Press). Mayer grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has lived in Pennsylvania his entire adult life, as a social studies teacher in Lewisburg and then a professor of education at Moravian College (now University) in Bethlehem. Along the way, he earned an M.A. in history from Xavier University in Cincinnati and a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from the Pennsylvania State University in State College. Retiring after 41 years of teaching, Mayer now researches and writes most of the day, living in Bethlehem with his wife Jan and his cat Lucy. In truth, he does still teach a little.

Viktor Emil Frankl M.D., Ph.D., was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist as well as a Holocaust survivor. Frankl was the founder of logotherapy, which is a form of Existential Analysis, the "Third Viennese School" of psychotherapy. His book Man's Search for Meaning (first published under a different title in 1959: From Death-Camp to Existentialism. Originally published in 1946 as Ein Psycholog erlebt das Konzentrationslager) chronicles his experiences as a concentration camp inmate and describes his psychotherapeutic method of finding meaning in all forms of existence, even the most sordid ones, and thus a reason to continue living. He was one of the key figures in existential therapy. Excerpted from Wikipedia.