Portrait of America

  • Portrait of America: From the European discovery to the end of Reconstruction
    By Stephen B. Oates

    In Salem Possessed , Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum argue that local factionalism produced the witchcraft accusations and the mass hysteria that followed in that unhappy village . In the sprightly essay that follows , historian John ...

  • Portrait of America: From Reconstruction to the present
    By Stephen B. Oates

    When Mrs. Annie Lee Cooper , a huge woman , remarked that “ There ain't nobody scared around here , ” Clark pushed her so hard that she lost her balance . Enraged , she punched the sheriff to his knees and then slugged him again .

  • Portrait of America: From Reconstruction to the present
    By Stephen B. Oates, Charles J. Errico

    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.

  • Portrait of America
    By Charles J. Errico, Stephen Oates

    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.

  • Portrait of America
    By Stephen B. Oates, Charles J. Errico

    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 ...

  • Portrait of America
    By Stephen B. Oates

    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.

  • Portrait of America
    By Charles J. Errico, Stephen Oates

    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.

  • Portrait of America: From before Columbus to the end of Reconstruction
    By Stephen B. Oates

    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.

  • Portrait of America
    By Stephen B. Oates

    Portrait of America

  • Portrait of America: From Reconstruction to the present
    By Stephen B. Oates

    The work of “ revising " the history of Reconstruction began with the writings of a handful of survivors of the era , such as John R. Lynch , who had served as a black congressman from Mississippi after the Civil War .

  • Portrait of America: A Cultural History of the Federal Writers' Project
    By Jerrold Hirsch

    These are not just contemporary issues but recurring questions Americans have asked themselves throughout their history--and questions that were addressed when, in 1935, the Roosevelt administration created the Federal Writers' Project ...

  • Portrait of America
    By Stephen B. Oates, Oates

    Portrait of America

  • Portrait of America: From Reconstruction to the present
    By Stephen B. Oates

    This is the second 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...

  • Portrait of America

    Portrait of America

  • Portrait of America: From Reconstruction to the present

    Portrait of America: From Reconstruction to the present

  • Portrait of America
    By Michael D. Oates

    Portrait of America