Discovering the American Past: A Look at the Evidence
- ISBN-10
- 0618011587
- ISBN-13
- 9780618011582
- Series
- Discovering the American Past
- Category
- United States
- Pages
- 367
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-08-01
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin College Division
- Authors
- William Bruce Wheeler, Susan D. Becker
Description
[The book] provides students with the opportunity to "do" history, examining and evaluating primary-source evidence as a historian would. The authors present a ... six-step process to guide investigation and provide insight into American history. [This book] is designed to fit a one-semester American history survey class. It includes topics from colonial to contemporary history, as well as a wide range of types of historical evidence, such as statistical tables, advertisements, courtroom testimonials, diaries, and oral histories. -Back cover.
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- 2007
- 336 pages
- Paperback
- Houghton Mifflin College Division
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- 1998-01-31
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- 2016-01-01
- 352 pages
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