Writing the American Past
US History to 1877
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