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The volume closes with a selected, general bibliography.

The volume discusses such issues as low wages, long hours, workplace dangers, unemployment, sexual harassment, lack of job security or medical care, and the struggle of immigrants.

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The novel has proven to be the premier literary form in the exploration of social ideas and protest. This reference guide offers concise information on 200 landmark novels and their impacts on society throughout history and around the world.

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The memoirs in the chapter Mark Twain's Mississippi Valley illuminate the novel's pastoral view of nature in conflict with a violent civilization resting on the institution of slavery and shaped by the genteel code of honor.

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Although John Steinbeck's novellas Of Mice and Men, The Red Pony, and The Pearl are works of fiction, they provide a window on the history of the times and places they portray.

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Examines Jack London's The Call of the Wild from the Yukon Gold Rush to the animal rights issues confronting our society today.

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This interdisciplinary casebook provides a variety of primary historical documents and commentary on The Crucible within the context of two relevant historical periods.

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When The Grapes of Wrath was published in 1939, it had an explosive effect on the public, calling attention to the problems of migrant farm workers during the Great Depression. the legacy of the 1930sCesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers, and working and living conditions of farm workers long after the publication of the novel.

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An ideal student companion to understanding the novel with more than 40 primary documents that illuminate its historical context and thematic issues.

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Part Four draws connections between two issues raised by the novel - the unwed mother and the lapsed minister - that remain controversial today and features recent news articles on these issues.

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Through these documents, the reader also gains a taste for the historical events which influenced the novel as well as the novel's relevance in today's world. The significant parallels of this case to the novel paint a social and historical background of the novel.

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Included are the early gangs of New York City, prison gangs, Asian gangs, school gangs, African American gangs, and girl gangs.

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Herman Melville is best known as the author of Moby-Dick, but most students first become acquainted with his works by reading Bartleby the Scrivener and Billy Budd. This reference locates these two works in their economic, social, and cultural contexts and relates them to contemporary issues.