The text emphasizes historical study as interpretation rather than memorization of data.
THIRTEEN EVENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
Outlines & Highlights for Discovering the American Past: Volume 1 to 1877 - a Look at the Evidence: A Look...
Writing the American Past reproduces dozens of untranscribed, handwritten documents, offering students the opportunity to transcribe, decipher, and interpret primary sources.
Now published by Oxford University Press, Constructing the American Past: A Source Book of a People's History, Eighth Edition, presents an innovative combination of case studies and primary source documents that allow students to discover, ...
George's eldest brother, Lawrence Washington, had married the daughter of a gentleman named Fairfax, who lived on the banks of the Potomac. Lawrence had a fine home a few miles away on the same river; he called his place Mount Vernon.
B. Belligerent status: of Confederacy, 357 Bell, John, 338 Benevolent societies, 277; for black, 392 Beringia, 1, ... See also Wars and warfare; specific battles and wars: of Buena Vista, 322; of Bull Run, 363; of Bunker Hill, 129; ...
Death and the American South is an edited collection of twelve never-before-published essays, featuring leading senior scholars as well as influential up-and-coming historians.
Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed from the eBook and/or eChapter(s). ... Thaddeus, 331, 464 Stiles, Ezra, 280 Stock exchange, in London, 93 Stockton, Richard, 171 Stoddard, Solomon, 117 Stone Age.
The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived ...