Documents of American History

by Henry Steele Commager

Book Overview

Volume II, Since 1898 (21728-1, 928 pp., 1988). Presents documents designed to illustrate the course of American history from the Age of Discovery to the present This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0132172747
• ISBN13: 9780132172745
• Release Date: June 1988
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 2 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

pure gold, unalloyed by clumsy editors and insipid scholars

Commager's "Documents" is undiscovered pure gold, unalloyed by clumsy editors and insipid scholars, just waiting for the greenhorn's shiny new pick and shovel.

Very helpful

This book is basically a collection of legal documents collected from the arrival in America in 1492 up until 1898, showing the growth and evolution of our country through those people who lived through it.This book is definately not to be read through, but instead used as a reference source. No one is going to sit down and read this thing cover to cover, but it's a GOD when you need primary sources for a term paper.The documents, while not always listed in absolutely chronological order, are, nevertheless put forth in a very logical manner. Also, preceding each one is a little bit of background on the circumstances under which it was written and the author of the piece.

A must-have for all American History students

This is the best book I've ever used for writing history reports. It has documents about every major event in the history of the United States, and many letters and speeches on topics you can't find in any other books at the local library. It contains 633 entries, starting with "Privileges and Perogatives Granted to Columbus. April 30, 1492," and ending with the "Civil Rights Act of 1957. August 30, 1957." Again, it's a must-have for history students.