Designed for introductory-level survey courses in American History. America Past and Present, Brief Edition presents a balanced and manageable overview of the United States as an unfolding story of national development, blending the best in past historical interpretation with new scholarship. The eighth edition features all of the strengths found in the successful comprehensive text: a compelling narrative, clear organization, and exceptional pedagogy. An attractive four-color design, featuring photos, timelines, and completely redesigned maps engage and assist students in their study of American history.
Written by award-winning historians, it tells the story of all Americans-elite and ordinary, women and men, rich and poor, white majority and minorities."--publisher website.
Focuses students on the story of American history.
Teaches principles of civics, as well as U.S. government and economics.
While Chloe is fluttering through the Misty Wood, decorating cobwebs with dewdrops, she meets a mouse who is lost and afraid. Can Chloe help him find his way home?
This collection of primary sources includes both classic and lesser-known documents describing the rich mosaic of American life from the pre-contact era to the present day.
This volume is essential reading for understanding the death penalty in America. Contributors: David Garland, Douglas Hay, Randall McGowen, Michael Meranze, Rebecca McLennan, and Jonathan Simon.
"America Past and Present, AP Edition, Ninth Edition strives to achieve the shared goal of the previous editions: to present a clear, relevant, and balanced history of the United States as an unfolding story of national development, from ...
Support Instructors -- MyHistoryLab, Instructor''s eText, MyHistoryLab Instructor''s Guide, Class Preparation Tool, Instructor''s Manual, MyTest, and PowerPoints are available to be packaged with this text.
This book presents some of the most significant social history to date in one single volume. Readers will find that Exploring America's Past is not only up to date, but also more inclusive and multicultural than other similar collections.
That opposition included artists and Beats, Old Left unionists and communists, poets and academics, and was perhaps best personified by the Columbia University sociologist C. Wright Mills. A Texan who loved riding motorbikes and was ...