These United States: The Questions of Our Past - Softcover

Unger, Irwin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0139357688 ISBN 13: 9780139357688

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1989

Synopsis

For survey courses in U.S. History.Written by a Pulitzer Prize winning author, this "concise" survey explores the many and varied threads of American history-social, intellectual, cultural political, diplomatic, economic, and military-from the arrival of the first native American inhabitants thousands of years ago through the crisis following the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington on September 11, 2001. Inclusive of all the diverse groups that are and have been part of the American fabric, it shows how the story of America is a human story revealing the imperfections, as well as the triumphs of human endeavor and the human spirit. Using a unique "inquiry approach," each chapter is built around a specific question or theme designed to challenge students to consider the complexity of America's past.

About this title

From the Publisher:

A survey of US History from Pre-Columbian times to the present. Takes a "questioning approach", which focuses student attention to large historiographical questions in each chapter. New edition adds material on the Pre-Columbian period and expands colonial coverage; expands coverage of Indian peoples, ecology and environment, economic history. Volume II re-interprets cold war and final chapter focuses on end of cold war and diversity.

From the Back Cover:

Written by a Pulitzer Prize winning author, this concise survey explores the many and varied threads of American history—social, intellectual, cultural, political, diplomatic, economic, and military—from the arrival of the first native American inhabitants thousands of years ago to the crisis following the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington on September 11, 2001. Inclusive of all the diverse groups that are and have been part of the American fabric, it shows how the story of America is a human story revealing the imperfections, as well as the triumphs of human endeavor and the human spirit. Using a unique inquiry approach, each chapter is built around a specific question or theme designed to challenge students to consider the complexity of America's past.

Student Resources

• Student Study Guide (Volume 1, ISBN: 0-13-045779-5; Volume II, ISBN: 0-13-045765-5)
• Historical Documents and Portraits (ISBN: 0-13-081609-4)
• American Issues: A Primary Source Reader in United States History, 3/e
  (Volume 1, ISBN: 0-13-094017-8; Volume 11, ISBN: 0-13-094018-6)

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0139357688
• ISBN 13: 9780139357688
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 959