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Discovering the American Past A Look at the Evidence, Volume II: Since 1865

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ISBN-10: 0495915017

ISBN-13: 9780495915010

Edition: 7th 2012

Authors: William Bruce Wheeler, Susan Becker, Lorri Glover

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List price: $89.95
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 1/1/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 7.36" wide x 9.06" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

William Bruce Wheeler received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1967. He is co-author of DISCOVERING THE GLOBAL PAST (2012), DISCOVERING THE AMERICAN PAST (2012), and DISCOVERING THE WESTERN PAST (2008). He has also written books on Tennessee history and the Tellico Dam.

Susan Becker received her Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University in 1975. Her areas of interest include U.S. social, cultural, and women's history. She has written The Origins of the Equal Rights Amendment (Greenwood Press, 1981), along with a host of articles on women's history.

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