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|  | Profligate City by Nadia May, Stella Dong
Description not available.Recounts the history of Shanghai, a main point of contact between China and the outside world, and a place with great contrasts, ruled by gangsters and the birthplace of the Communist Party in China. Reprint. 17,500 first printing. AUTHOR: Nadia May, Stella Dong
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History 
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 | The Old Ones of New Mexico by Alex Harris, Robert Coles
In 1972, child psychologist Coles took the advice of friends and went to New Mexico. Told that if he wanted to understand the children there he would need to get to know the very old, he listened--and the results are the portraits in this book. The text is accompanied by photographs by Alex Harris. AUTHOR: Alex Harris, Robert Coles
PUBLISHER: WP
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Peculiar Institution by Kenneth M. Stampp
Description not available.A study of slavery in the South prior to the Civil War relates the plight of the slaves to the broad social problems of that time AUTHOR: Kenneth M. Stampp
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Witchcraft at Salem by Chadwick Hansen
Description not available.Trial documents and contemporary narratives are used in this discussion of the practice of witchcraft in seventeenth-century New England AUTHOR: Chadwick Hansen
PUBLISHER: Braziller, George Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | The Complete Idiot's Guide to World War I
Description not available.Provides coverage of the causes leading to war, famous battles, weapons, and the influence on political and cultural development, and includes biographical information on key figures.
PUBLISHER: Alpha Books
FORMAT: Other
CATEGORY: History
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 | Twenty Years at Hull-House by Jane Addams, Norah Hamilton, Ruth Sidel, Victoria Bissell Brown
Jane Addams's memoir of her experience running a settlement house on Chicago's West Side includes portraits of people in need and is a model for community service. Addams firmly believed that education and social activity were essential aspects of any program to turn lives around. AUTHOR: Jane Addams, Norah Hamilton, Ruth Sidel, Victoria Bissell Brown
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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