Sidebars and Their Placement

The encyclopedia includes approximately 50 "sidebars" or brief commentaries about interesting persons or events. The "sidebars" have been paired with either thematic essays or entries.

Within Thematic Essays

Urbanization:

Inaugurating the New York Subway [p. 40] by Joseph Buenker

Immigration and Ethnicity:

Island of Hope, Island of Tears [p. 45] by John D. Buenker

Women and Gender:

Death of the Corset [p. 52] by John D. Buenker

Women and Gender:

The Gibson Girl [p. 58] by Joseph Buenker

Labor and Industrial Relations:

The Saga of Joe Hill [p. 66] by Joseph Buenker

African Americans:

"We are the Ship, All Else the Sea" [p. 72] by Joseph Buenker

American Indians:

Rules for Indian Schools [p. 82] by Joseph Buenker

Leisure and Popular Culture:

The Marvelous Modern Ballparks [p. 109] by John D. Buenker

Leisure and Popular Culture:

The Dance Craze [p. 115] by Joseph Buenker

Art and Architecture:

"A Whale of a Skyscraper" [p. 120] by John D. Buenker

Music:

Ragtime, Blues, and Jazz [p. 132] by Joseph Buenker

Literature:

The Little Theatre Movement [p. 136] by John D. Buenker

Children and Youth:

Creative Toys [p. 145] by John D. Buenker

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Within A-Z Entries

Antitrust Legislation

Monopolizing the Movies [p. 200] by John D. Buenker

Aviation

Twelve Seconds, 120 Feet [p. 216] by John D. Buenker

Basketball

Basketball's Original Rules [p. 230] by Joseph Buenker

Birth of a Nation (1915)

The Wilson-Dixon Line [p. 240] by Joseph Buenker

Boy Scouts of America

On the Trail of the Go-Hawks [p. 259] by Joseph Buenker

Chain Stores

Self-Service Stores [p. 290] by John D. Buenker

Cleveland, Grover

President Cleveland's "Secrets" [p. 312] by John D. Buenker

Columbian Exposition (1893)

Mr. Ferris's Wheel [p. 320] by John D. Buenker

Conservation

Selling the Everglades [p. 333] by Sean H. McMahon

Department Stores

Hard Sell or Soft Sell? [p. 371] by John D. Buenker

Duke, James Buchanan

The CAMELS are Coming [p. 390] by Joseph Buenker

Eastman, George

Snapshots and Brownies [p. 397] by John D. Buenker

Election of 1896

"Coin" Harvey's Financial School [p. 411] by John D. Buenker

Forest Service, United States

The Great Fires of 1910 [p. 442] by John D. Buenker

Hawaiian Annexation (1898)

The Last Queen of Hawaii [p. 509] by John D. Buenker

Hine, Lewis

Hine's Bag of Tricks [p. 523] by John D. Buenker

Housing Reform

The Bungalow Boom [p. 536] by John D. Buenker

Income Tax, Federal

Carnegie on Wealth and Taxes [p. 551] by John D. Buenker

Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904)

Inventing the Ice Cream Cone [p. 633] by John D. Buenker

Magazines, Mass Circulation

Norman Rockwell [p. 643] by Joseph Buenker

Meat Inspection Act (1906)

Upton Sinclair's Bad Aim [p. 665] by Joseph Buenker

Motion Pictures

The Star is Born [p. 681] by John D. Buenker

Newspapers, Mass Circulation

The Funny Papers [p. 725] by Joseph Buenker

Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)

"No Coca, Very Little Cola" [p. 807] by Joseph Buenker

Roosevelt, Theodore

The Teddy Bear [p. 839] by Joseph Buenker

Segregation

Baseball Draws the Color Line [p. 868] by Craig R. Coenen

Social Settlements

Settlement House Cookbook [p. 902] by John D. Buenker

Street Railways

Electrifying Mass Transit [p. 927] by John D. Buenker

Titanic

Titanic Controversy [p. 960] by John D. Buenker

Track and Field

The Olympic Ordeal of Jim Thorpe [p. 962] by John D. Buenker

Vaudeville

Star Maker [p. 989] by John D. Buenker

Wiley, Harvey W.

The Poison Squad [p. 1,023] by John D. Buenker

Woman Suffrage

A Vote for Mother [p. 1,032] by Joseph Buenker

World War I

Dehumanizing the Enemy [p. 1,045] by John D. Buenker

Wounded Knee (1890)

The Tale of Plenty Horses [p. 1,047] by John D. Buenker

Modified: July 02, 2007,