Author: Robert Griffith
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
This text introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essys on important topics in U.S. history. The book asks students to evaluate primary surces, test the interpretations and draw their own conclusions.
Major Problems in American History Since 1945
Author: Robert Griffith
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
This text introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essys on important topics in U.S. history. The book asks students to evaluate primary surces, test the interpretations and draw their own conclusions.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
This text introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essys on important topics in U.S. history. The book asks students to evaluate primary surces, test the interpretations and draw their own conclusions.
Major Problems in American Popular Culture
Author: Kathleen Franz
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780495911722
Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
MAJOR PROBLEMS IN AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE, International Edition is part of a highly respected series of edited collections of primary documents and scholarly essays designed for use in history courses at the undergraduate level. The basic goal of these texts is to provide students and instructors with the most distinguished, readable, and stimulating writing available: essays centered on major historical questions, complemented by related primary source materials.
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780495911722
Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
MAJOR PROBLEMS IN AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE, International Edition is part of a highly respected series of edited collections of primary documents and scholarly essays designed for use in history courses at the undergraduate level. The basic goal of these texts is to provide students and instructors with the most distinguished, readable, and stimulating writing available: essays centered on major historical questions, complemented by related primary source materials.
Major Problems in American Women's History
Author: Mary Beth Norton
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Designed to encourage critical thinking about history, theMajor Problemsseries introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essays on important topics in U.S. history.Major Problems in American Women's Historyis the leading reader for courses on the history of American women, covering the subject's entire chronological span. While attentive to the roles of women and the details of women's lives, the authors are especially concerned with issues of historical interpretation and historiography. The Fourth Edition features greater coverage of the experiences of women in the Midwest and the West, immigrant women, and more voices of women of color. Key pedagogical elements of theMajor Problemsformat have been retained: 14 to 15 chapters per volume, chapter introductions, headnotes, and suggested readings. New!In Chapter 1, an exclusive essay by Kate Haulman examines the evolution of the field of women's history and the state of women's history today. New!Chapter 2 now focuses on Native American women, while a new Chapter 3 covers witches and their accusers in New England and the Salem witch trials. New!Chapter 6 draws on recent scholarship on the roles of ordinary and elite women in the numerous reform movements of the Early Republic. Revised!Chapter 7 rethinks and refocuses the text's coverage of women's roles in slavery and the Civil War, and more directly addresses the lives of African American women during and after slavery. New!Post-1960 coverage (in Chapters 15–16) has been thoroughly revised to highlight the women's movement, women's health, recent immigration, and economic changes affecting women.
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Designed to encourage critical thinking about history, theMajor Problemsseries introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essays on important topics in U.S. history.Major Problems in American Women's Historyis the leading reader for courses on the history of American women, covering the subject's entire chronological span. While attentive to the roles of women and the details of women's lives, the authors are especially concerned with issues of historical interpretation and historiography. The Fourth Edition features greater coverage of the experiences of women in the Midwest and the West, immigrant women, and more voices of women of color. Key pedagogical elements of theMajor Problemsformat have been retained: 14 to 15 chapters per volume, chapter introductions, headnotes, and suggested readings. New!In Chapter 1, an exclusive essay by Kate Haulman examines the evolution of the field of women's history and the state of women's history today. New!Chapter 2 now focuses on Native American women, while a new Chapter 3 covers witches and their accusers in New England and the Salem witch trials. New!Chapter 6 draws on recent scholarship on the roles of ordinary and elite women in the numerous reform movements of the Early Republic. Revised!Chapter 7 rethinks and refocuses the text's coverage of women's roles in slavery and the Civil War, and more directly addresses the lives of African American women during and after slavery. New!Post-1960 coverage (in Chapters 15–16) has been thoroughly revised to highlight the women's movement, women's health, recent immigration, and economic changes affecting women.
Major Problems in American History: To 1877
Author: Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780618678327
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
Designed to encourage critical thinking about history, the Major Problems in American History Series introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essays. This volume presents a carefully selected group of readings that requires students to evaluate primary sources, test the interpretations of distinguished historians, and draw their own conclusions.
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780618678327
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
Designed to encourage critical thinking about history, the Major Problems in American History Series introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essays. This volume presents a carefully selected group of readings that requires students to evaluate primary sources, test the interpretations of distinguished historians, and draw their own conclusions.
The Origins of the Cold War
Author: Thomas G. Paterson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780669914474
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780669914474
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The Civil Rights Movement
Author: Peter B. Levy
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Six essays capture the drama and conflict of the struggle, covering, among other topics, the origins of the movement, the fight for legal equality, the role of women, and the lasting effects of the protests of the 1950s and 1960s. Ready-reference features include biographical profiles of 20 activists, from Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X to Ella Jo Baker and Bayard Rustin, a chronology, bibliography, and photographs. This work also contains 15 primary documents, including presidential addresses and speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr., Stokely Carmichael, Malcolm X, and George Wallace.
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Six essays capture the drama and conflict of the struggle, covering, among other topics, the origins of the movement, the fight for legal equality, the role of women, and the lasting effects of the protests of the 1950s and 1960s. Ready-reference features include biographical profiles of 20 activists, from Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X to Ella Jo Baker and Bayard Rustin, a chronology, bibliography, and photographs. This work also contains 15 primary documents, including presidential addresses and speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr., Stokely Carmichael, Malcolm X, and George Wallace.
Major Problems in the History of the American West
Author: Clyde A. Milner
Publisher: Major Problems in American His
ISBN: 9780669415803
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This unique collection of essays and documents brings to life the major topics in American western and frontier history from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
Publisher: Major Problems in American His
ISBN: 9780669415803
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This unique collection of essays and documents brings to life the major topics in American western and frontier history from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
Major Problems in American Environmental History
Author: Carolyn Merchant
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9780495912422
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Designed to encourage critical thinking about history, the MAJOR PROBLEMS IN AMERICAN HISTORY series introduces readers to both primary sources and analytical essays on important topics in U.S. history. MAJOR PROBLEMS IN AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY presents major themes and controversial issues from native American times to the present, drawn from compelling, readable sources that draw readers into the process of developing their own perspectives on American environmental history. This text presents a carefully selected group of readings organized to allow readers to evaluate primary sources, test the interpretations of distinguished historians, and draw their own conclusions. Each chapter includes introductions, source notes, and suggested readings.
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9780495912422
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Designed to encourage critical thinking about history, the MAJOR PROBLEMS IN AMERICAN HISTORY series introduces readers to both primary sources and analytical essays on important topics in U.S. history. MAJOR PROBLEMS IN AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY presents major themes and controversial issues from native American times to the present, drawn from compelling, readable sources that draw readers into the process of developing their own perspectives on American environmental history. This text presents a carefully selected group of readings organized to allow readers to evaluate primary sources, test the interpretations of distinguished historians, and draw their own conclusions. Each chapter includes introductions, source notes, and suggested readings.
Major Problems in American Indian History
Author: Albert Hurtado
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9781133944195
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This text presents a carefully selected group of readings, on topics such as European encounters and contemporary Native American activism that allow students to evaluate primary sources, test the interpretations of distinguished historians, and draw their own conclusions. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9781133944195
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This text presents a carefully selected group of readings, on topics such as European encounters and contemporary Native American activism that allow students to evaluate primary sources, test the interpretations of distinguished historians, and draw their own conclusions. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
Major Problems in American Religious History
Author: Patrick Allitt
Publisher: Major Problems in American His
ISBN: 9780495912439
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Designed to encourage critical thinking about history, the [book] introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essays on important topics in U.S. history. [The book] presents a ... selected group of readings in a format that asks students to evaluate primary sources, test the interpretations of distinguished historians and others, and draw their own conclusions"--P. [4] of cover.
Publisher: Major Problems in American His
ISBN: 9780495912439
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Designed to encourage critical thinking about history, the [book] introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essays on important topics in U.S. history. [The book] presents a ... selected group of readings in a format that asks students to evaluate primary sources, test the interpretations of distinguished historians and others, and draw their own conclusions"--P. [4] of cover.