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Primary Sources
America's Founding Documents by ISBN: 9781541518292Publication Date: 2018This collection includes unabridged versions of five famous and influential documents that helped to found a nation: the Declaration of Independence (1776), the Articles of Confederation (1777), the United States Constitution (1787), the Federalist Papers (1787-1788) and the Bill of Rights (1791).
Civil Rights Movement: People and Perspectives by ISBN: 9781598840377Publication Date: 2009This book offers a collection of primary source materials that give readers a look at the civil rights movement through the eyes of those who lived it 16 short "sidebar" essays that highlight important personalities and events in the history of the civil rights movement.
Milestone Documents of American Leaders by ISBN: 9781682171653Publication Date: 2017From presidents, jurists and legislators to influential private citizens both past and present, this book features important primary source documents written by the people who shaped the nation and crucial scholarly analysis to help the documents come alive.
The Vietnam War by ISBN: 9780313337550Publication Date: 2007This is the story of the men and women who served in the Vietnam War, whether overseas in active combat or in support roles in Vietnam and stateside. This book includes primary sources from newspapers, soldiers' letters to and from home, government documents and interviews with Vietnam Era veterans.
Secondary Sources
The American Revolution by ISBN: 9780199718467Publication Date: 2011Between 1760 and 1800, the American people cast off British rule to create a new nation and a radically new form of government based on the idea that people have the right to govern themselves. In this account, the author provides a cohesive synthesis of the military, diplomatic, political, social and intellectual aspects of the Revolution.
The Brave New World: A History of Early America by ISBN: 9780801884832Publication Date: 2006This book covers the span of early American history, from 30,000 years before Europeans ever landed on North American shores to creation of the new nation. With its exploration of the places and peoples of early America, this narrative brings together the most recent scholarship on the colonial and revolutionary eras, Native Americans, slavery, politics, war and the daily lives of ordinary people.
Final Freedom: The Civil War, the Abolition of Slavery, and the Thirteenth Amendment by ISBN: 9780521652674Publication Date: 2004In this book, the author argues that the crucial consideration of emancipation happened after the Emancipation Proclamation and that the abolition of slavery by constitutional amendment represented a novel method of reform that transformed attitudes toward the Constitution.
The First World War: A Very Short Introduction by ISBN: 9780191525605Publication Date: 2007By the time the First World War ended in 1918, eight million people had died in what had been perhaps the most apocalyptic episode the world had known. This book provides a concise history of the 'Great War', focusing on why it happened, how it was fought and why it had the consequences it did.
The Great Depression and the New Deal: A Very Short Introduction by ISBN: 9780199716913Publication Date: 2008In this book, the author offers an informed account of the New Deal and the Great Depression, illuminating its successes and failures.
The Greatest Events in American History by ISBN: 9781527514096Publication Date: 2018In this book, two historians examine some of the most important events in American history, which have shaped the American experience and impacted the drive for democracy and freedom.
An Infinity of Nations: How the Native New World Shaped Early North America by ISBN: 9780812205176Publication Date: 2012This book explores the formation and development of a Native New World in North America. Through imaginative use of both Native language and European documents, the author recreates the world of the indigenous peoples who ruled the western interior of North America.
In the Wake of Slavery: Civil War, Civil Rights, and the Reconstruction of Southern Law by ISBN: 9780275989729Publication Date: 2006In this book, the author explodes the myth of a unified South and exposes just how complex and fragile the postwar recovery was.
The Second World War: A Complete History by ISBN: 9780795337291Publication Date: 2014This WWII narrative captures the perspectives of leading politicians and war commanders, journalists, civilians and ordinary soldiers, offering gripping eyewitness accounts of heroism, defeat, suffering and triumph.- The United States, 1763-2001 by ISBN: 9780415290289Publication Date: 2005This book takes a new approach to teaching and learning early US history from 1763 to 2001.
