Portrait of America
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Author | : Stephen B. Oates |
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Release | : 2002-08-05 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : 9780618220236 |
This is an anthology of essays written by some of America's most eminent historians. The essays in this secondary source reader humanise American history by portraying it as a story of real people with ehom students can identify.
Author | : Stephen B. Oates |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780395359549 |
Portrait of America is an anthology of essays written by some of America s most eminent historians. Suitable for U.S. history survey courses, the collection has a loose biographical focus. The essays in this secondary source reader humanize American history by portraying it as a story of real people with whom students can identify.Each selection is preceded by an introduction that sets the context and a helpful glossary that identifies important individuals, events, and concepts. The Eighth Edition includes an essay in which six major historians reflect on the historical significance of September 11, 2001.
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Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : United States |
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Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : United States |
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Release | : 1994 |
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Author | : Stephen Oates |
Publisher | : Cengage Learning |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780495799856 |
PORTRAIT OF AMERICA is an anthology of essays written by some of America�s most eminent historians. The collection maintains a loose biographical focus. The essays in this secondary-source reader humanize American history by portraying it as a story of real people with whom students can easily identify. More than 25 percent of the essays in the Tenth Edition are new, many from books that have been nationally and internationally recognized for their insight, accuracy, and timeliness, ensuring that the readings continue to be provocative and trustworthy. Each selection is preceded by an introduction for context, and a helpful glossary identifies important individuals, events, and concepts. Study questions follow each selection, prompting students to make comparisons between the readings.
Author | : Stephen B. Oates |
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Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780395708873 |
This is the first of two volumes which take a biographical approach to portray American history as the story of real people who actually lived, struggled, enjoyed triumphs and suffered failures. The articles in each chapter provide different perspectives on a period or historical question, and each selection has been chosen for its literary merit, its importance to historical scholarship, and its potential for exciting students' interest.
Author | : Michael A. Eggleston |
Publisher | : AuthorHouse |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2012-03-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1468566814 |
"The American negroes are the only people in the history of the world. . . . that ever became free without any effort on their own." W. E. Woodward stated this in his biography of General Ulysses S. Grant. Nothing could be farther from the truth as will be seen in this history which will show that the African Americans fighting in the Civil War may have been the deciding factor in determining the outcome.
Author | : Aurelian Cr_iu_u |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0271033908 |
"A collection of essays that discuss representative eighteenth- and nineteenth-century French and English views of American democracy and society, and offer a critical assessment of various narrative constructions of American life, society, and culture"--Provided by publisher.