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America's Religions: From Their Origins to the Twenty-first Century (3rd edition)
by Peter W. WilliamsIn this comprehensive survey, Williams offers concise descriptions of the background, beliefs, practices, and leaders of America's most influential and distinctive religious movements and denominations. Thoroughly revised and updated, this third edition of America's Religions incorporates the latest scholarship on religion and considers timely issues such as status of Muslims in the United States after September 11, 2001; the impact of religion on American politics, especially concerning the emergence of the Religious Right; and the intense battles fought within the Catholic Church and other denominations over the status of gay marriage and accusations of clergy members' sexual abuse. This edition also includes thirty-eight new illustrations of key persons in American religious history and notable places of worship.
America's Story
by Jay Jacobs Howard B. Wilder Robert Phillips Ludlum Harriett Mccune BrownA textbook tracing the history of the United States from the arrival of the earliest settlers in prehistoric times to the present day.
America's Story 3: From the Early 1900s to Modem Times (America's Story Series #3)
by Angela O'DellAmerica’s Story 3 concludes the exciting journey through American History as students review America’s rich history, experience the excitement of discovery and invention as well as the hardships of the Great Depression, and examine the challenges our nation still faces. In America’s Story 3, students will: Discover the impact one president had on the New York City Police Department; Observe the first flight; Ride along with the development of the Model T; Experience the wonder and the tragedy of the Titanic; Explore America during & after the World Wars; Learn the hardships Americans faced during the Great Depression; Feel the excitement of new discoveries and technological advancement, and so much more! Through engaging narrative, O’Dell interacts with students and draws them in to imagine the adventures, hardships, failures, and triumphs of the incredible characters who shaped American history from the early 1900s to Modern Times.
America's Story: Student Reader, Book One to 1865
by Vivian BernsteinAmerica's Story tells the story of the United States of America. This book tells how the United States began. It also tells how the United States changed from a small country to a large country.
America, History of Our Nation: Beginnings to 1877, New York
by Michael B. Stoff James West DavidsonNIMAC-sourced textbook
America, Past and Present, Volume 2 10th Edition
by H. W. Brands T. H. Breen Robert A. Divine R. Hal Williams Ariela J. GrossAmerica, Past and Present, Volume 2 focuses students on the story of American history. The book integrates the social and political dimensions of American history into one chronological narrative, providing students with a full picture of the scope and complexity of the American past. It tells the story of all Americans elite and ordinary, women and men, rich and poor, white majority and minorities.
America, Russia, and the Cold War, 1945-2006 (Tenth Edition)
by Walter LafeberUsing extensive materials from both published and private sources, this concise text focuses on United States-Soviet diplomacy to explain the causes and consequences of the Cold War. It explores how the Cold War was shaped by domestic events in both the U. S. and the Soviet Union and presents a variety of other points of view on the conflict--Chinese, Latin American, European, and Vietnamese. The text includes both engaging anecdotes and quotes from primary sources to support key points and exemplify policies, and recent scholarship and materials from openings of the U. S. , Soviet, and Chinese archives.
America, The Last Best Hope, Volume II Enhanced: Last Best Hope, Enhanced Vii
by William J. BennettNIMAC-sourced textbook
America: A Concise History (Fifth Edition)
by James A. Henretta Rebecca Edwards Robert O. SelfWith fresh interpretations from two new authors, wholly reconceived themes, and a wealth of cutting-edge scholarship, the Fifth Edition of America: A Concise History is designed to work perfectly with the way you teach the survey today. Building on the book's hallmark strengths -- balance, explanatory power, and a brief-yet-comprehensive narrative -- as well as its outstanding full-color visuals and built-in primary sources, authors James Henretta, Rebecca Edwards, and Robert Self have shaped America into the ideal brief book for the modern survey course, at a value that can't be beat.
America: A Narrative History
by George Brown Tindall David E. ShiAmerica has sold more than 1. 8 million copies over the past eight editions because it's a book that students enjoy reading. Effective storytelling, colorful anecdotes, and biographical sketches make the narrative absorbing and the material more memorable.
America: A Narrative History
by David E. ShiThe best-selling storytelling approach with tools that develop history skills. <p><p> America: A Narrative History High School Edition puts narrative front and center with David Shi’s rich storytelling style, colorful biographical sketches, and vivid first-person quotations. The new editions further reflect the state of our history and society by continuing to incorporate diverse voices into the narrative with new coverage of the Latino/a experience as well as enhanced coverage of gender, African American, Native American, immigration, and LGBTQ history. <p><p>With dynamic digital tools, including the InQuizitive adaptive learning tool, and new digital activities focused on primary and secondary sources, America: A Narrative History gives students regular opportunities to engage with the story and build critical history skills.
America: A Narrative History
by David Emory Shi George Brown TindallThis book seeks to improve upon a textbook grounded in a compelling narrative history of the American experience. An engaging book focused on political and economic developments but animated by colorful characters, informed by balanced analysis and social texture, and guided by the unfolding of key events. Those classic principles, combined with a handy format and low price, have helped make the book one of the most popular and well-respected American history textbooks. This Tenth Brief Edition of America features a number of important changes designed to make the text more teachable and classroom-friendly. Chief among them are major structural changes, including the joining of several chapters to reduce the overall number from thirty-four to thirty-two as well as the resequencing of several chapters to make the narrative flow more smoothly for students.
America: A Narrative History
by George Tindall David ShiAmerica: A Narrative History, Tenth Edition
America: A Narrative History (8th Edition)
by David Emory Shi George Brown TindallA book students will read. The narrative wins students over with compelling storytelling, colorful anecdotes and biographical sketches that make the material more memorable. The text includes helpful in-text study aids, and a host of electronic media resources to help teachers teach and students learn. FEATURES Storytelling makes the material memorable An absorbing narrative wins students over, and includes colorful anecdotes and biographical sketches. A consistent narrative voice provides a clear path through the complexities of American history, with significant attention to social, cultural, economic, and political history. The compact trim size makes the book highly portable and readable, and the book's design supports the readability of the narrative-there are no boxes, inserts or pull-outs to interrupt the flow of the story. New pedagogy highlights core content Carefully crafted pedagogical features have been added to guide students through the narrative. Focus questions and chapter summaries work together seamlessly to highlight the core content that students need to know. Other in-text features include chapter chronologies and lists of key terms. New compelling theme on religion The Eighth Edition explores the role that religion has played in our everyday lives, our culture, and our politics throughout America history. David Shi highlights the effect of religion as a motivating force behind the settlement of the America, discusses its effects on the formation of the country, explores the influence of evangelical ideas and methods on social movements, looks at the role of religion during times of warfare, and analyzes the relationship between religion and state policy. The Norton Digital History Archive includes a new DVD on religion to support this compelling new theme in the text. Innovative emedia helps students learn and teachers teach The free student website provides a proven, assignment-driven plan for each chapter, and includes a wealth of study and review materials, including new interactive map quizzes, and American History Map Tours using Google Earth mapping technology to reinforce the relationship between geography and history. Resources for instructors include an Instructors Resource Disk, with PowerPoint lecture outlines and figures from the text, the Norton Digital History Archive (a seven DVD set with a new disc on religion), free coursepacks (using Blackboard, WebCT and other course management systems), an Instructors Manual, and a revamped Test Bank. The best companion primary source reader For The Record, Fourth Edition, by David Shi and Holly Mayer, serves as the perfect companion reader for America, Eighth Edition. For the Record includes a rich collection of 225 primary sources, both textual and visual, with just the right amount of pedagogy. The Fourth Edition includes a number of documents designed to highlight the new religion theme in the main text.
America: A Narrative History (Brief Ninth Edition) (Vol #2)
by George Brown Tindall David E. ShiAmerica has sold more than 1. 8 million copies over the past eight editions because it's a book that students enjoy reading. Effective storytelling, colorful anecdotes, and biographical sketches make the narrative absorbing and the material more memorable. The Brief Ninth Edition is 20% shorter, and includes refreshed and updated coverage of African American history, and has been streamlined from 37 to 34 chapters.
America: A Narrative History (Volume 2) (7th edition)
by David Emory Shi George Brown TindallUsed by over one million students, America: A Narrative History is one of the most successful American history textbooks ever published.
America: A Narrative History, Vol 1 (Ninth Edition)
by David Emory Shi George Brown TindallEffective storytelling, colorful anecdotes, and biographical sketches make the narrative absorbing and the material more memorable. The Ninth Edition includes refreshed and updated coverage of African American history.
America: A Narrative History, Volume 1
by David Emory Shi George Brown TindallThe leading narrative history that students love to read, now made more relevant and accessible.With more than two million copies sold, America remains the leading narrative history survey text because it's a book that students enjoy reading. The Tenth Edition is both more relevant, offering increased attention to the culture of everyday life, and more accessible, featuring a reduced number of chapters and a streamlined narrative throughout.
America: A Narrative History, Volume Two (Brief 10th Edition)
by George Brown Tindall David E. ShiWith more than two million copies sold, America remains the leading narrative history survey text because it’s a book that students enjoy reading. The Tenth Edition is both more relevant, offering increased attention to the culture of everyday life, and more accessible, featuring a reduced number of chapters and a streamlined narrative throughout. The Brief Edition is 20 percent shorter in total pages than its parent Full Edition.
America: America in the 20th Century
by Andrew Cayton Elisabeth Israels Perry Allan M. WinklerKey reading skills and key literary elements introduced, practiced, and assessed with every selection help students read, analyze, and comprehend a wide variety of texts.