The American People: Creating a Nation and Society, Volume I, Primary Source Edition (Book Alone) (7th Edition) - Softcover

Nash, Gary B.; Jeffrey, Julie Roy; Howe, John R.; Frederick, Peter J.; Davis, Allen F.; Winkler, Allan M.; Mires, Charlene; Pestana, Carla Gardina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321463366 ISBN 13: 9780321463364

Publisher: Longman, 2006

Synopsis

·          This Primary Source Edition provides 1 to 2 primary sources per chapter, tied to the chapter's content, with critical thinking questions for each source -- at no additional cost to your students.

·          Providing students with a thought-provoking account of America’s past, The American People examines how American society assumed its present shape and developed its present forms of government.

·          A strong social emphasis underscores the “humanness” of America's history as revealed through the everyday lives of ordinary Americans.

·          Recovering the Past essays acquaint students with the work that historians do by introducing them to the fascinating variety of materials that historians use to understand and interpret the past.

·          Two new primary source features, “American Voices” and “How Others See Us” enliven the narrative with short passages from both ordinary and extraordinary Americans or from outsiders commenting on the American nation or its people.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society

Volume I · To 1877

Primary Source Edition · Seventh Edition

Nash · Jeffrey · Howe · Frederick · Davis · Winkler · Mires · Pestana

Experience history through the eyes of those who were there.

With 32 primary source documents, The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition, Primary Source Edition, has everything students need to master the course–a rich text with a clear, relevant, and balanced portrait of the social, economic, and cultural issues in U.S. history plus a wealth of original documents that help make the material come alive. In addition, “Document Analysis” questions encourage students to delve deeper into the documents and to explore how they relate to the events of the time.

Here is a sample of the primary source documents included

Benjamin Franklin, “Testimony Against the Stamp Act” (1766)
Boston Gazette, “Description of the Boston Massacre” (1770)
“A Catechism for Slaves” (1854)
Poem, “The Slave Auction,” by Frances E. W. Harper (1854)
William Lloyd Garrison, First Issue of The Liberator (1831)

A complete listing of the primary source documents can be found on the first page of this book.

Do you want more primary source documents? All of the documents in this text–plus hundreds more at no additional cost–can be found on Longman’s exclusive Website: www.MyHistoryLab.com.

MyHistoryLab is FREE when bundled with this book!

MyHistoryLab also contains a wealth of other resources including images, maps, audio clips, the electronic textbook, student assessment (pre-tests, post-tests, and chapter exams), fifty of the most commonly assigned works on the history bookshelf, and much more.

Available Versions

Single Volume Edition, Chapters 1—31 (ISBN 0-321-46334-X)
Volume I: To 1877, Chapters 1—16 (ISBN 0-321-46336-6)
Volume II: Since 1865, Chapters 16—31 (ISBN 0-321-46682-9)

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About this edition

• Publisher: Longman
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0321463366
• ISBN 13: 9780321463364
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 600