The American Reader : Words That Moved a Nation - Hardcover

RAVITCH, Diane, Ed.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060164808 ISBN 13: 9780060164805

Publisher: Harper, 1990

Synopsis

The American Reader: Words That Moved A Nation is a text with compilation of quotes and speeches from some of the most famous individuals in the United States of America that motivates people to do more than they have been doing in their every day lives.

About this title

About the Author:

Diane Ravitch, a historian of education, is Research Professor at New York University, holds Brown Chair in Education Studies at the Brookings Institution, and is a Fellow at the Manhattan Institute.A former Guggenheim Fellow and recipient of many awards, she is also the author of the recent book Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms.

Review:

"Far more than a marvelous collection of text and images, Ravitch's anthology is also a journey through the American democratic experience." -- -- Albert Shanker, former president, American Federation of Teachers

"Patriotic in the best and broadest, nonpartisan, and large-spirited sense." -- -- Booklist

"The American Reader is a splendid collection of the words and sentiments that have shaped our nation." -- -- E. D. Hirsch, author of Cultural Literacy

"This unique multicultural patchwork of political and literary American writ-ings-some famous, some virtually unknown-is a treasure." -- -- USA Today

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0060164808
• ISBN 13: 9780060164805
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 383