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Writing the American Past

US History to 1877

Mark M Smith editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:13th Feb '09

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Writing the American Past reproduces dozens of untranscribed, handwritten documents, offering students the opportunity to transcribe, decipher, and interpret primary sources.

  • Documents include diary entries from Massachusetts in the 1690s, a woman detailing the Great Awakening, an eighteenth-century treaty with Native Americans, a journal describing antebellum train travel, and a letter by a slave
  • Skillfully teaches students to engage with the raw material of pre-1877 US history: the written document
  • An introduction and headnotes to each document contextualize the sources and provide a foundation from which the student can explore the material

ISBN: 9781405163590

Dimensions: 274mm x 218mm x 13mm

Weight: 476g

184 pages