Entries identify prominent individuals in American history and provide information on major organizations, events, and movements
The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived ...
The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived ...
The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived ...
A chronological history of children's playtime over the last 200 yearsIf you believe the experts, “child’s play”; is serious business. From sociologists to psychologists and from anthropologists to social critics,...
Paul S. Boyer. taxes” such as the Stamp Act. But in an influential 1767 pamphlet misleadingly titled Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia lawyer John Dickinson rejected this distinction. As the dispute deepened, ...
The story of Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, whose politics put these Founding Founders in constant conflict which led to the most famous duel in American history.
American History to 1877 covers all the major themes, historical figures, major dates and events from your introductory American History courses. Topics covered include Pre-Columbian America to the post-Civil War Reconstruction era.
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Over 300 historians joined together to create the book they wanted for their own students—an accessible, synthetic narrative that reflects the best of recent historical scholarship and provides a jumping-off point for discussions in the U ...
The great documents in this important collection helped form the foundation of American democratic government.