Constructing the American Past: A Sourcebook of a People's History, Volume Two from 1865

By Elliott J. Gorn

emConstructing the American Past: A Sourcebook of a People's History/em, Ninth Edition, presents an innovative combination of case studies and primary source documents that allow students to discover, analyze, and construct history from the actors' perspective.

Beginning with Reconstruction-era United States and ending with modern conservatism at the end of the twentieth century, emConstructing the American Past/em provides eyewitness accounts of historical events, legal documents that helped shape the lives of citizens, and excerpts from diaries that show history through an intimate perspective. The authors expand upon past scholarship and include new material regarding gender, race, and immigration in order to provide a more complete picture of the past.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197767567
• ISBN13: 9780197767566
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.3"