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Product Description * This Primary Source Edition provides 1 to 2 primary sources per chapter, tied to the chapter's content, with critical thinking questions for each source -- at no additional cost to your students.* Providing students with a thought-provoking account of America's past, The American People examines how American society assumed its present shape and developed its present forms of government. * A strong social emphasis underscores the "humanness" of America's history as revealed through the everyday lives of ordinary Americans. * Recovering the Past essays acquaint students with the work that historians do by introducing them to the fascinating variety of materials that historians use to understand and interpret the past. * Two new primary source features, "American Voices" and "How Others See Us" enliven the narrative with short passages from both ordinary and extraordinary Americans or from outsiders commenting on the American nation or its people. From the Back Cover The American People: Creating a Nation and a SocietyVolume II • Since 1865Primary Source Edition Seventh EditionNash • Jeffrey • Howe • Frederick • Davis • Winkler • Mires • PestanaExperience history through the eyes of those who were there.With 30 primary source documents, The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Seventh Edition, Primary Source Edition, has everything students need to master the course—a rich text with a clear, relevant, and balanced portrait of the social, economic, and cultural issues in U.S. history plus a wealth of original documents that help make the material come alive. In addition, “Document Analysis” questions encourage students to delve deeper into the documents and to explore how they relate to the events of the time.Here is a sample of the primary source documents included Franklin D. Roosevelt, “Radio Address” (1933) D-59 Mrs. Henry Weddington, “Letter to President Roosevelt” (1938) Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas 347 U.S.C. 483 (1954) Ladies’ Home Journal, “Young Mother” (1956) George Marshall, “The Marshall Plan” (1947) Ronald Reagan, “Testimony Before the House Un-American Activities Committee” (1947) Shirley Chisholm, “Equal Rights for Women” (1969) A complete listing of the primary source documents can be found on the first page of this book.Do you want more primary source documents? All of the documents in this text—plus hundreds more at no additional cost—can be found on Longman’s exclusive Website: www.MyHistoryLab.com.MyHistoryLab is FREE when bundled with this book!MyHistoryLab also contains a wealth of other resources including images, maps, audio clips, the electronic textbook, student assessment (pre-tests, post-tests, and chapter exams), fifty of the most commonly assigned works on the history bookshelf, and much more.Available Versions Single Volume Edition, Chapters 1–31 (ISBN 0-321-46334-X) Volume I: To 1877, Chapters 1–16 (ISBN 0-321-46336-6) Volume II: Since 1865, Chapters 16–31 (ISBN 0-321-46682-9) Please visit us at www.ablongman.com