For the new, sixth edition, the authors took a hard look at all aspects of their text, considered what worked and what didn't, and crafted a broad revision plan that demonstrates, once again, their unmatched commitment to America's History.
Who Built America? surveys the nation's past from the perspective of working men and women. Growing out of the effort to reinterpret American history from the bottom up, Who Built...
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 ...
Of special note is the comparative environmental focus of Felipe Fernández-Armesto, The World: A History (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2006), which begins with the geography and initial peopling of the New World and ...
Pearl Harbor, attack on, 195–199,254 Pecora, Ferdinand, 113 Pelley, William Dudley, 124 Pendergast, Tom, 272 People's Council, 68 People's Party (Populists), 22 Pepper, Claude, 274–275 Perkins, Frances, 120–121 Peru, 105 Pettigrew, ...
In order to better understand our current society, we need to critically examine the historical events which have shaped it and this textbook thoroughly demonstrates how analysing history can provide...
Confederate States of America, Vol, 3: 96-100,102 confederation, Vol. 1: 133 Congregationalism, Vol. 1; 18,60, 61-68 Congregations lists. See Puritans Congress. See U.S. Congress conservative, Vol. 5: 133 conspiracy Vol. 3: 133 Vol.
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 ...
Why American History Is Not What They Say
See also Borders; Frontier “Bowery B'hoys” and “G'hals,” 276 Boxing, 276 Boycotts, 108; of English goods, 1104111, ... 331, 332 (map); Second Battle of, 335 Bumppo, Natty (character), 275 Bunker Hill, Battle of, 123 (illus.) ...