This primary source reader in the popular DISCOVERING series contains a six-part framework that guides you through the process of historical inquiry and explanation. The text emphasizes historical study as interpretation rather than memorization of data. Each chapter is organized within the same pedagogical framework: The Problem, Background, The Method, The Evidence, Questions to Consider, and Epilogue.
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1. The Road to True Freedom: African American Alternatives in the New South. 2. Rose Cohen Comes to America: Living and Remembering the Immigrant Experience. 3. John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the Future of American Public Lands. 4. Homogenizing a Pluralistic Nation: Propaganda During World War I. 5. The “New” Woman: Debating Women’s Roles in the 1920s. 6. Understanding Rural Poverty in the Great Depression. 7. The American Judicial System and Japanese Internment During World War II: Korematsu v. United States. 8. The 1960 Student Campaign for Civil Rights. 9. A Generation in War and Turmoil: The Agony of Vietnam. 10. The Religious Revolution in Post-World War II America: The Pivotal Role of Southern California. 11. The War on Drugs and the Rise of the Prison State. 12. History Skills in Action: Designing Your Own Project.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781305630437
Publisert
2016-01-01
Utgave
8. utgave
Utgiver
Cengage Learning, Inc
Vekt
590 gr
Høyde
7 mm
Bredde
73 mm
Dybde
90 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
400

Biografisk notat

William Bruce Wheeler received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1967. He is co-author of DISCOVERING THE GLOBAL PAST (2012), DISCOVERING THE AMERICAN PAST (2012), and DISCOVERING THE WESTERN PAST (2008). He has also written books on Tennessee history and the Tellico Dam. Lorri Glover received her Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky in 1996 and is the John Francis Bannon, S.J., Professor of History at Saint Louis University. She is the author of several books, most recently FOUNDERS AS FATHERS: THE PRIVATE LIVES AND POLITICS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES (Yale University Press, 2014) and is the newest co-author of DISCOVERING THE AMERICAN PAST, 8th Edition (Cengage Learning, 2016).