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A All the People: Since 1945 A History of US Book 10 (A History of Us)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.92
EAN: 9780195327243
ISBN: 0195327241
Label: Oxford University Press, USA
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: February 12, 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Reading Level: Young Adult
Studio: Oxford University Press, USA
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Editorial Review:
People call it "post-war," but All the People covers a period in U.S. history that features battles of another kind-from Cold War combat overseas to struggles for equality at home to learning to live with the threat of terrorism on U.S. soil. During these years, the United States began to be a nation for all its people, outlawing school segregation, protesting war in Vietnam, and campaigning for equal rights for women. From Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall to seamstress Rosa Parks, extraordinary individuals led us back to the ideals espoused by the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. But mostly-as it always has been in the United States-it was ordinary citizens who marched and voted and hoped and dreamed and made things happen. All the People includes the events of September 11, 2001, and a discussion of how many aspects of the terrorist attacks have brought to the forefront the qualities that keep America strong: representative democracy, freedom of speech and press, and, especially in the face of religious totalitarianism, the basic freedom of religious tolerance.
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Rating:  - Excellent History Resource
A History of US: All the People is an excellent history resource. As a homeschooling mom of a seventh grader, I've gathered a variety of sources to teach history and this is one of the best. It demonstrates its points with primary sources and describes events and people in memorable, interesting ways. I highly recommend this resource for those interested in and/or those teaching history.
Rating: - Neat style of writing Interesting reading
This entire series of books is wonderful. The author's style of writing is almost whimsical and makes reading about American history so interesting, you don't want to put the book down. The best books on American history I've seen yet!
Rating: - Joy Hakim brings the History of US up to date
Joy Hakim completes her juvenile American history series A History of US by looking at over a half-century's worth of events from the end of the World War II to the aftermath of September 11th. The title of this particular volume, "All the People 1945-2001" underscores her guiding question: "Does our land of promise, at last, have the will to become a nation for ALL the people?" Instead of dealing with this period as the "post-war" era Hakim sees it as featuring battles of another kind, from Cold ... Read More
Rating:  - More opinion than fact...
I had used some of the earlier books in this series to teach my children and had enjoyed them. In this last book, however, the author is writing about history that many of us have actually lived through. I was disappointed and surprised to find that her writing was so biased and opinionated. I really wish she had just stuck to the facts. Although she is entitled to her opinion, and these opinions gave us a lot to talk about, because of her own bias she emphasized certain issues and people, while ... Read More
Rating:  - Buyer Beware.
I doubt there's any US History textbooks more excitingly written for kids age 9-12 than Joy Hakim's. (This series is the one used in one of the best private schools in Silicon Valley.) They're glossy and beautiful, and well-nigh irresistible. What an incredible shame. What's the problem? The problem is they contain a version of history so slanted as to amount to an utterly shameless propagandizing of children. I'm a liberal atheist, but, really, these books should be sealed into a time capsule, to entertain ... Read More
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