Milestone Docs in World History available for pre-order - Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:06:07 +0000
I’m happy to close the work week by linking to the product page that Salem Press has set up for our forthcoming 4-volume set Milestone Documents in World History. This page tells librarians and educators everything they need to know about the set when considering a purchase. But even casual readers will enjoy glancing through [...] Read more.
Reference publishing news from LJ Online - Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:11:49 +0000
Although the title is slightly misleading, Cheryl LaGuardia’s recent blog post over at LibraryJournal.com is very positive. In the post, LaGuardia notes that Salem Press offers free access to the online version of its print titles, either through Salem History or Salem Health, whichever is applicable. What’s misleading is that the online access does not [...] Read more.
What we're covering in Milestone Documents in World History - Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:13:56 +0000
I’ve just posted online the table of contents for our forthcoming set, Milestone Documents in World History. Just like our previous set, Milestone Documents in American History, the new title will comprise 4 volumes and will present the featured documents–full text plus expert analysis–in chronological arrangement. If you scroll through the list of documents we’ll [...] Read more.
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Doc of the Day: Executive Order 8802 - Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:16:27 +0000
On June 25, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802. The order banned discrimination against racial and ethnic minorities in the government and defense industries. The order resulted in part from pressure placed on Roosevelt by the African American labor leader A. Philip Randolph. Earlier in 1941 Randolph had announced plans for a [...] Read more.
Ron Briley on the Weather Manifesto - Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:29:19 +0000
Forty years ago, the Revolutionary Youth Movement (RYM) faction of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) drafted a statement to be employed in a factional dispute with the Maoist Progressive Labor (PL) wing of the organization. At the June 1969 Chicago convention of SDS, the RYM group, now known as the Weathermen, expelled the [...] Read more.
Doc of the Day: Richard Nixon's Smoking Gun Tape - Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:56:09 +0000
On June 23, 1972, the “Smoking Gun Tape” of President Richard Nixon was recorded in the Oval Office at the White House. A few days earlier, on June 17, 1972, five men employed by Nixon’s Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP) had been arrested at the Democratic Party’s national headquarters at the Watergate Hotel in [...] Read more.
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