Portrait of America: From Reconstruction to the present
- ISBN-10
- 0395369347
- ISBN-13
- 9780395369340
- Series
- Portrait of America
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 485
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1987
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Author
- Stephen B. Oates
Description
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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