Reading the American West: Primary Sources in American History
- ISBN-10
- 0321044096
- ISBN-13
- 9780321044099
- Category
- History (General)
- Pages
- 342
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Longman
- Author
- Mitchell Roth
Description
This anthology is from our Primary Sources in American History series, designed to make primary sources widely available in an inexpensive format that encourages analytical thinking. The letters, diary excerpts, speeches, interviews and newspaper articles in Reading the American West let students experience what historians really do and how history is written. Every document is accompanied by a contextual headnote and study questions, and each chapter includes extensive introductions.
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