Going to the Source The Bedford Reader in American History since 1865

Name: Going to the Source The Bedford Reader in American History since 1865
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ISBN: 9780312448233

ISBN-10: 0312448236

ISBN-13: 9780312448233

Edition: 2nd 2008

Authors: Victoria Bissell Brown, Timothy J. Shannon

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Lots of readers offer lots of sources, but only "Going to the Source" gives students a clear method for how to use them. The reader's strong pedagogical framework, developed by historians with extensive teaching experience, helps students learn how to ask fruitful questions in order to evaluate documents effectively and develop critical reading skills. Mirroring the chronology of the U.S. history survey, each chapter introduces students to the excitement of working with documents by focusing on a single intriguing historical episode. The reader's wide variety of chapter topics that complement the survey course and its rich diversity of sources -- from personal letters to political cartoons…

Book details

List price: $54.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Bedford/Saint Martin's
Publication date: 9/7/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English




Since 1865



Political Terrorism during Reconstruction: Congressional Hearings and Reports on the Ku Klux Klan


Using the Source: Congressional Hearings and Reports


The Source: Testimony and Reports from the Joint Select Committee to Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States



Picturing a Western Myth: Photography and the Blackfeet Indians


Using the Source: Photographs


The Source: Photographs of the Blackfeet at Glacier National Park and on the Reservation, 1890-1930



Reading the 1894 Pullman Strike: Chicago's Daily Papers Report the News


Using the Source: Newspaper Articles


The Source: Chicago Newspaper Articles in the Pullman Strike, May 12, 1894-July 15, 1894



Immigrant to the Promised Land: Memory and Autobiography


Using the Source: Autobiographies


The Source: I Came a Stranger: The Story of a Hull-House Girl by Hilda Satt Polacheck



Selling Respectability: Advertisements in the African-American Press, 1910-1913


Using the Source: Magazine Advertisements


The Source: Advertisements from The Crisis, November 1910 - March 1913



Living under Fire: World War I Soldiers' Diaries


Using the Source: Diaries


The Source: World War I Diaries from the St. Mihiel and Meuse Argonne Battles, 1918



Flappers in the Barrio: A Chapter from a Historian's Book


Using the Source: Secondary Sources


The Source: From Out of the Shadows: Mexican-American Women in the Twentieth Century by Vicki Ruiz



Painting a New Deal: U.S. Post Office Murals from the Great Depression


Using the Source: Public Art


The Source: Post Office Murals Depicting ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½Workï¿½ï¿½Ç£ in Local Communities, 1936-1