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THEA 211 - Performance Analysis: United States

Historical Contexts (THEA 211 Guide)

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United States – Civilization – 19^th Century

United States – Civilization – 1918-1945

Slavery – United States – History – 19th Century

19th Century

Encyclopedia of African American History 1619-1895 by Paul Finkelman (Editor)
Call Number: Reference E185 .E545 2006
Encyclopedia of African American Society by Gerald D. Jaynes (Editor)
Call Number: Reference E185 .E546 2005
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century by Paul Finkelman (Editor)
Call Number: Reference E169.1 .E626 2001
Historical and Cultural Atlas of African Americans by Molefi Kete Asante; Mark T. Mattson
Call Number: Reference E185 .A8 1991
Slavery and Sentiment on the American Stage, 1787-1861 by Heather S. Nathans
Call Number: PN2260.R33 N38 2009

20th to 21st Century

American Theatre Ensembles Volume 1 by Mike Vanden Heuvel (Editor)
Publication Date: 2020

Covers theatre companies that were working between 1970 and 1995.
American Theatre Ensembles Volume 2 by Mike Vanden Heuvel (Editor)
Publication Date: 2020

Covers theatre companies from 1995 to 2020.
A Companion to Twentieth-Century American Drama by David Krasner (Editor)
Call Number: PS350 .C655 2005
Our Times: The United States, 1900-1925 by Mark Sullivan
Call Number: E741 .S9

See volume VI: The Twenties
Primary Documents by Cynthia Rose (Editor)
Call Number: Reference E169.1 .A471977 2004

See entry on Ruth Snyder.
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture by Sara Pendergast (Editor); Tom Pendergast (Editor); Jim Cullen (Introduction by)
Call Number: Reference E169.1 .S764 2000

5 volume set
The Twenties: A Walk Through the 20th Century With Bill Moyers
Call Number: AE5 .F63 Internet

Publication Date: c1984

Streaming video (52 minutes)
Twentieth-Century America: A Primary Source Collection from the Associated Press
Call Number: E740.5 .T84 1995

See volume I: Reform, War, and Peace 1901-1929