Reading the American Past: Selected Historical Documents: To 1877 - Softcover

Johnson, Michael P

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312564139 ISBN 13: 9780312564131

Publisher: Bedford/st Martins, 2012

Synopsis

A two-volume primary source reader with a wide range of documents representing political, social, and cultural history, Reading the American Past: Volume I: To 1877 shares the voices of an even wider range of historical actors in a manageable and accessible way.

About this title

About the Author:

MICHAEL P. JOHNSON
Born and raised in Ponca City, Oklahoma, Michael P. Johnson studied at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, where he received a B.A., and at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, where he earned his Ph.D. He is currently professor of history at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He is the author, co-author, or editor of six books, including Reading the American Past, the documents reader designed to accompany The American Promise. His research has been honored with fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanties, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavoral Sciences, and the Huntington Library, and with prizes from the Organization of American Historians and the Omohundro Insttute of Early American History and Culture. He is also the recipient of university prizes for outstanding undergraduate teaching.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Bedford/st Martins
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0312564139
• ISBN 13: 9780312564131
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 328