“The Battle of Gettysburg” by Edwin B. Coddington
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A 3 page review of Edwin B. Coddington’s “The Battle of Gettysburg.” Bibliography lists 1 additional source.
Filename: RAcoddgn.rtf

“The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877” by Paul H. Carlson
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A 3 page review of “The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877” by Paul H. Carlson. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAbuff.rtf

“The Missouri Controversy, 1819-1821” by Glover Moore
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A 9 page book critique that summarizes the text, compares it with others on the subject and considers whether it broke new ground. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TGmocont.rtf

“The Rise of David Levinsky”: A Review of the Book by Abraham Cahan
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A 6 page overview of this novel concerning a late nineteenth century Jewish immigrant to the U.S. The protagonist is inspired to move to the U.S. by the hard circumstances of his childhood and the growing anti-Semitic sentiments in Russia. When he arrives he has four cents in his pocket but successfully assimilates and amasses a large fortune in the garment industry. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPlvnsky.rtf

“The Spanish American War”
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A paper which looks at the Spanish American war of 1895 – 1898, and the consequences which resulted for Spain, the USA, and the smaller countries struggling for independence from Spanish colonial rule, in terms of the way in which the conflict can still be seen to affect these nations today.
Filename: JLspanamer.wps

“The Underground Railroad”
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A seven page paper which looks at the network known as the Underground Railroad, which was instrumental in assisting plantation slaves to escape the North and Canada in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and at some of the prominent figures who contributed to the development and maintenance of the Railroad. Bibliography lists 6 sources
Filename: JLRail.rtf

“Workers’ Control in America” by David Montgomery
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This 5 page report discusses this text and provides a general overview of the work. Professor emeritus of history at Yale and former union activist, David Montgomery fills in a lot of gaps in the information regarding the history of the working-class of the United States. In Workers Control in America, he presents numerous example of the historical struggles of American workers over matters of technology and the organization of work. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BWworker.wps

"Andersonville Journey" by Edward F. Roberts
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A 5 page paper which discusses the book "Andersonville Journey" by Edward F. Roberts. The paper provides a summary of the book and then presents an analysis and personal response to the book. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAandrsnjrny.wps

"Frontier Regulars" by Robert M. Utley
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A 5 page paper which examines the thesis and main points of Robert M. Utley's book, "Frontier Regulars: The United States Army and the Indian, 1866-1891." No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAutley.wps

"The American Civil War: The Last Capitalist Revolution"
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A 4 page discussion of the material presented in a chapter of a book titled Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World by author Barrington Moore. Moore tackles the subject of the causes and effects of the American Civil War and the importance of the ideology of slavery. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPcivWr6.rtf