Vol I: From Colonial Time to Reconstruction / Edition 2

by William Dudley, John C. Chalberg

Overview

Opposing Viewpoints[Registered] in American History are anthologies of primary documents from America's past. Assembled in two volumes, Volume 1: From Colonial Times to Reconstruction and Volume 2: From Reconstruction to the Present, these writings discuss important and controversial events, personalities, movements, and ideas from the nation's history. Each volume presents more than eighty original sources in which men and women of various classes and professions express their opinions on the issues of their times. The writings are arranged in a pro/con format, creating a running historical debate on specific topics within each era. Opposing Viewpoints[Registered] in American History offers students the opportunity to interpret history for themselves by studying original documents on the debates that forged our present social, political, and economic structures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780737731859
Publisher:	Greenhaven Publishing
Publication date:	10/04/2006
Series:	Opposing Viewpoints in American History Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	187
Sales rank:	483,418
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

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