The American Record: Volume 1, to 1877

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Authors: William Graebner, Leonard Richards
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Category: Book

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Sales Rank: 455801

Media: Paperback
Edition: 5
Pages: 384
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.1 x 0.6

ISBN: 0072949589
Dewey Decimal Number: 973
EAN: 9780072949582
ASIN: 0072949589

Publication Date: March 25, 2005
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Also Available In:

•	Hardcover - The American Record: Images of The Nation's Past (Vol. I, To 1877)
•	Paperback - The American Record, Volume 1: to 1877
•	Paperback - The American Record: Images of the Nation's Past : To 1877 (American Record)
•	Paperback - The American Record: Images of The Nation's Past (Vol. II, Since 1865)
•	Paperback - American Record: Images of the Nation's Past, Vol. 2

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Using primary and secondary source material and numerous photographs and illustrations, The American Record presents history through a broad perspective. Blending the traditional approach to American history (centered on politics, economics, diplomacy, and war) with the modern approach (including histories of women and children, people of color, and the poor and economically marginal), it offers a version of our national past that is inclusive, complex, and dynamic. Volume 1 covers the span from the European conquest of America through Reconstruction; Volume 2 covers Reconstruction to the present.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

Offers several points of view January 12, 2001
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

This is not a book of one historian's view on past events, it is a collection of mostly firsthand accounts written by people who were experiencing the event at the time. The editors write a brief introduction to each chapter to fit it into the "big picture" and then allows the writer to tell his/her story. This approach was a much better way to hold my interest than it would have been to read one person droning on and on in the same writing style from front cover to back cover. The material stays fresh and interesting, and the firsthand accounts of events as they happened really hit home.