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Read more about Oregon’s History: People of the Northwest in the Land of Eden

Oregon’s History: People of the Northwest in the Land of Eden

Copyright Year: 2020

Contributors: Michaels and Hakanson

Publisher: Open Oregon Educational Resources

License: CC BY

This “open textbook” is a social and cultural history of the people of Oregon representing powerful figures from the dominant Euro-American culture, the marginalized and oppressed, and social and political reformers who shaped the historical legacy of the state. It is a story of the diverse array of immigrants who helped build the state and strengthen it. The title is a recollection of the racial fantasies that European-American settlers created in their expansionist vision of the West and the state of Oregon. Initially the Oregon Territory was built on intolerance and racial exclusivity, but eventually Oregon embraces its diversity, but not without struggle and heartache. Our journey through the past starts with an essential question, “Who are the people of Oregon?”

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Read more about Slavery to Liberation: The African American Experience - 2nd Edition

Slavery to Liberation: The African American Experience - 2nd Edition

Copyright Year: 2019

Contributors: Farrington, Powell, Graham, and Anyanwu

Publisher: Encompass Digital Archive

License: CC BY

Slavery to Liberation: The African American Experience gives instructors, students, and general readers a comprehensive and up-to-date account of African Americans’ cultural and political history, economic development, artistic expressiveness, and religious and philosophical worldviews in a critical framework. It offers sound interdisciplinary analysis of selected historical and contemporary issues surrounding the origins and manifestations of White supremacy in the United States. By placing race at the center of the work, the book offers significant lessons for understanding the institutional marginalization of Blacks in contemporary America and their historical resistance and perseverance.

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Read more about Guide to Ancient Roman art

Guide to Ancient Roman art

Copyright Year: 2019

Contributors: Ezra, Harris, and Zucker

Publisher: Smarthistory

License: CC BY-NC-SA

This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for the Ancient Roman art.

(4 reviews)

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Read more about Guide to Ancient Greek Art

Guide to Ancient Greek Art

Copyright Year: 2019

Contributors: Ezra, Harris, and Zucker

Publisher: Smarthistory

License: CC BY-NC-SA

This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for Ancient Greek art.

(3 reviews)

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Read more about Guide to Ancient Etruscan Art

Guide to Ancient Etruscan Art

Copyright Year: 2019

Contributors: Ezra, Harris, and Zucker

Publisher: Smarthistory

License: CC BY-NC-SA

This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for the Ancient Etruscan art.

(1 review)

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Read more about Guide to Ancient Aegean Art

Guide to Ancient Aegean Art

Copyright Year: 2019

Contributors: Ezra, Harris, and Zucker

Publisher: Smarthistory

License: CC BY-NC-SA

This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for the Ancient Aegean, including Cycladic, Minoan, and Mycenaean art.

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Read more about Guide to Ancient Egyptian Art

Guide to Ancient Egyptian Art

Copyright Year: 2019

Contributors: Ezra, Harris, and Zucker

Publisher: Smarthistory

License: CC BY-NC-SA

This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for Ancient Egyptian art.

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Read more about Guide to Ancient Near Eastern Art

Guide to Ancient Near Eastern Art

Copyright Year: 2019

Contributors: Ezra, Harris, and Zucker

Publisher: Smarthistory

License: CC BY-NC-SA

This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for Sumerian, Akkadian, Neo-Sumerian / Ur III, Babylonian, Assyrian and Persian art.

(2 reviews)

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Read more about The American Yawp Vol. II: Since 1877

The American Yawp Vol. II: Since 1877

Copyright Year: 2019

Contributors: Locke and Wright

Publisher: Stanford University Press

License: CC BY-SA

In an increasingly digital world in which pedagogical trends are de-emphasizing rote learning and professors are increasingly turning toward active-learning exercises, scholars are fleeing traditional textbooks. Yet for those that still yearn for the safe tether of a synthetic text, as either narrative backbone or occasional reference material, The American Yawp offers a free and online, collaboratively built, open American history textbook designed for college-level history courses. Unchecked by profit motives or business models, and free from for-profit educational organizations, The American Yawp is by scholars, for scholars. All contributors—experienced college-level instructors—volunteer their expertise to help democratize the American past for twenty-first century classrooms.

(8 reviews)

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Read more about The American Yawp Vol. I: To 1877

The American Yawp Vol. I: To 1877

Copyright Year: 2019

Contributors: Locke and Wright

Publisher: Stanford University Press

License: CC BY-SA

In an increasingly digital world in which pedagogical trends are de-emphasizing rote learning and professors are increasingly turning toward active-learning exercises, scholars are fleeing traditional textbooks. Yet for those that still yearn for the safe tether of a synthetic text, as either narrative backbone or occasional reference material, The American Yawp offers a free and online, collaboratively built, open American history textbook designed for college-level history courses. Unchecked by profit motives or business models, and free from for-profit educational organizations, The American Yawp is by scholars, for scholars. All contributors—experienced college-level instructors—volunteer their expertise to help democratize the American past for twenty-first century classrooms.

(16 reviews)

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