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This print textbook is available for students to rent for their classes. The Pearson print rental program provides students with affordable access to learning materials, so they come to class ready to succeed. For survey courses in U.S. History An accessible exploration of America's rich, complex past American Stories: A History of the United States helps students to see beyond the assortment of facts that make up U.S. history so they can truly understand the story of our nation. Via a streamlined, powerful narrative, authors H. W. Brands, T. H. Breen, Ariela J. Gross, and R. Hal Williams present coverage of the dilemmas, choices, and decisions made by the American people, as well as by their leaders, that helped shape America. The 4th Edition connects these American people and their decisions with time and place, enabling students to better think both critically and historically.