Product Description: This spirited narrative challenges students to think about the meaning of American history. Thoughtful inclusion of the lives of everyday people, cultural diversity, work, and popular culture preserves the text's basic approach to American history as a story of all the American people...read more

The Brief Edition of A People and a Nation preserves the text's basic approach to American history as a story of all American people. Known for a number of strengths, including its well-respected author team and engaging narrative, the book emphasizes social history, giving particular attention to race and racial identity. Through its thoughtful inclusion of everyday people, cultural diversity, work, and popular culture, A People and a Nation brings history to life.Like its full-length counterpart, the Brief Seventh Edition challenges students to think about the implications of events in American history. Several popular features have been retained and updated, including "Legacies for a People and a Nation" and chapter-opening vignettes. A new "Links to the World" feature connects U.S. history to global events and provides Web links for further research on topics such as international piracy, baseball in Japan, OPEC, and AIDS.

Provides supplementary instruction and increases students' chances for academic success by helping them get the most out of their textbooks.

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Product Description: Provides supplementary instruction and increases students' chances for academic success by helping them get the most out of their textbooks.

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Product Description: Provides supplementary instruction and increases students' chances for academic success by helping them get the most out of their textbooks.

This textbook history of the United States, beginning in 1492 and going through the present day, is a shortened version of the 1982 edition.

Product Description: Depicts both the ordinary occupations and ethnic and racial deversity of America at the turn of the century.

A critical examination of women in domestic service in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries makes extensive use of the writings of domestics and contemporary interviews