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AMERICAN HISTORY / GENERAL

NEW Historic Sites and
Landmarks That
Buildings and
Landmarks of 19th- Shaped America

Century America From Acoma Pueblo to
Ground Zero
American Society
Revealed 2 VOLUMES
MITCHELL NEWTON-MATZA,
EDITOR
ELIZABETH B. GREENE
An invaluable resource for “ This work would be
GREENWOOD readers interested in architecture useful for students and
May 2017, 323pp, 8 1/2x11 and design that demonstrates ABC-CLIO interesting to the general
Print: 978-1-4408-3572-8 how the construction, form, September 2016, 810pp, 7x10 reader curious about
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in the 19th-century influenced eBook: 978-1-61069-750-7 ”
American social, political, —Booklist, January 5, 2017
economic, and intellectual life. Exploring the significance of places that built our cultural past, this

FEATURES guide is a lens into historical sites spanning the entire history of the
United States, from Acoma Pueblo to Ground Zero.
• Discusses 19th-century U.S. landmarks in the context of key
events and topics in history
MITCHELL NEWTON-MATZA, PhD, is an independent scholar
who has contributed to or edited several ABC-CLIO reference
ELIZABETH B. GREENE is an interior designer at the College of
Staten Island. works.

FORTHCOMING FORTHCOMING
Artifacts from Artifacts from

Early America Modern America
BEVERLY A. STRAUBE HELEN SHEUMAKER

This book supplies the guidance This intriguing book examines
and relevant historical context how material objects of the 20th
needed to understand a century—ranging from articles of
wide range of objects and clothing to tools and weapons,
the fascinating insights they
GREENWOOD GREENWOOD communication devices, and toys
September 2018, 320pp, 8 1/2x11 can provide to life in colonial November 2017, 320pp, 8 1/2x11 and games—reflect dominant
Print: 978-1-4408-4160-6 America. Print: 978-1-4408-4682-3 ideas and testify to the ways
$100.00, £77.00, €91.00 $100.00, £77.00, €91.00 social change happens.
eBook: 978-1-4408-4161-3 eBook: 978-1-4408-4683-0
FEATURES FEATURES
• Provides students with guidance on how to assess and • Supplies numerous examples of the ways in which American
analyze artifacts innovation depended on immigrants who invented new
• Places important objects and artifacts within the context of technologies and contributed immeasurably towards a
key topics in colonial history uniquely powerful American economy

BEVERLY A. STRAUBE, PhD, FSA, earned her doctorate from HELEN SHEUMAKER, PhD, is a lecturer in history and American
the University of Leicester, England, and is an independent studies at Miami University of Ohio.
archaeological curator and material culture specialist.

ALSO OF INTEREST Check out more Daily Life through Artifacts series titles on page 41.

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