Product Description: This reader contains historical documents representing the contributions to American history from a wide range of African-American life and thought. The material is arranged chronologically from the colonial period to the present.

Product Description: This collection of readings from primary and secondary sources deals with the character of everyday life from the settlement of America to the present. Essays in each volume arranged chronologically (alternate topical table of contents provided)...read more

The primary source readings in this book provide students with glimpses into the issues that have dominated postwar American history. They consist of official documents, speeches by public figures, autobiographical recollections, newspaper columns, Supreme Court rulings, and congressional testimony. Each chapter has an introduction that focuses on the historical background of the documents to follow--Pref. (view table of contents)

Product Description: This book presents thirty-two readings that deal with oppressed groups in American history-groups that have been denied open participation in American social and political institutions, that are often victimized, and that are for the most part ignored in traditional histories...read more

Presents the history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present day through a selection of contemporary letters, documents, and literary works.