The American Record: Images of the Nation's Past

by William Graebner and Leonard Richards

Book Overview

This US history reader combines primary, secondary and visual sources to present a balanced chronological view of the nation's past. Topics covered include culture, youth, race, immigration, social and reform movements, labour relations and international affairs. Each chapter is introduced by a brief essay.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070239886
• ISBN13: 9780070239883
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Offers several points of view

This is not a book of one historian's view on past events, it is a collection of mostly firsthand accounts written by people who were experiencing the event at the time. The editors write a brief introduction to each chapter to fit it into the "big picture" and then allows the writer to tell his/her story. This approach was a much better way to hold my interest than it would have been to read one person droning on and on in the same writing style from front cover to back cover. The material stays fresh and interesting, and the firsthand accounts of events as they happened really hit home.