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Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing
Author:
Richard Carlin (Editor), Kinshasha Holman Conwill (Editor), Smokey Robinson (Foreword)
ISBN 13:
978-1588342690
ISBN 10:
1588342697
Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment celebrates the seventy-five year history of the Apollo Theater, Harlem's landmark performing arts space and the iconic showplace for the best in jazz, blues, dance, comedy, gospel, R & B, hop-hop, and more since it opened its doors in 1934. This beautifully illustrated book is the companion volume to an exhibition of the same name, organized by the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture in collaboration with the Apollo Theater Foundation. It offers a sweeping panorama of American cultural achievement from the Harlem Renaissance to the present through the compelling story of a single institution.
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America’s Public Holidays, 1865-1920
Author:
Ellen M. Litwicki
ISBN 13:
978-1-58834-061-0
ISBN 10:
1-58834-061-9
“An excellent and well-written book. Litwicki has undertaken a massive task and succeeded. America’s Public Holidays provides an excellent overview of the cultural history of public celebrations.”—Journal of American History
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Bananas
An American History
Author:
Virginia Scott Jenkins
ISBN 13:
978-1-56098-966-0
ISBN 10:
1-56098-966-1
“Jenkins’s historical overview of the banana’s production, marketing, and transporting makes this book a strong contribution to the growing field of food studies.”—Publishers Weekly
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Captive Passage
The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Making of the Americas
Author:
The Mariners’ Museum
ISBN 13:
978-1-58834-017-7
ISBN 10:
1-58834-017-1
This important book considers a number of different aspects of the slave trade: its social and economic basis, why many African leaders facilitated the slave trade, and how enslaved African Americans forged their own cultures and forever changed the Americas.
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Colonial Encounters in a Native American Landscape
The Spanish and Dutch in North America
Author:
Nan A. Rothschild
ISBN 13:
978-1-58834-138-9
ISBN 10:
1-58834-138-0
Nan A. Rothschild examines the process of colonialism in two separate areas of 17th-century North America seeking to answer several key questions.
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Cool Comfort
America’s Romance with Air-Conditioning
Author:
Marsha E. Ackermann
ISBN 13:
978-1-58834-040-5
ISBN 10:
1-58834-040-6
During the past century, air-conditioning has become a staple of American life; 83% of U.S. homes are now air-conditioned. In this engaging social history,Marsha Ackermann explores how the idea of “cooling” became firmly embedded in the social perceptions and expectations of Americans, transforming our definition of comfort and the way we live, work, and play.
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