Visions of America: A History of the United States, Volume One, Books a la Carte Edition (2nd Edition)

Keene, Jennifer D.; Cornell, Saul T.; O'Donnell, Edward T.

ISBN 10: 0205193277 ISBN 13: 9780205193271

Publisher: Pearson, 2019

Synopsis

See history. Understand history.

 

Praised by instructors and students alike, the first edition of Visions of America has brought history to life for a generation of visual learners—and has shown how competing visions of America have shaped our nation’s past.

 

We’ve made the second edition of this program even better by adding engaging new features and even easier access to new teaching resources. And, thorough integration with the new MyHistoryLab enables instructors to personalize learning for each student.

 

A better teaching and learning experience
This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience—for you and your students. Here’s how:

• Personalize Learning – The new MyHistoryLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals.
• Improve Critical Thinking – Chapter openers and end-of-chapter study materials that are tied to MyHistoryLab combine visual sources, narrative, and questions to help students study effectively.
• Engage Students – Features focusing on visions that have shaped America and images are integrated with the new MyHistoryLab for a comprehensive learning program. 
• Support Instructors – MyHistoryLab, Annotated Instructor’s eText, MyHistoryLab Instructor’s Guide, Teaching Images with Teaching Notes, Class Preparation Tool, Instructor’s Manual, MyTest, and PowerPoints are available.

For the volume two books a la carte edition of this text, search ISBN-10: 0205193293

 

Note: MyHistoryLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MyHistoryLab, please visit: www.myhistorylab.com or you can purchase a ValuePack of the text + MyHistorylab (at no additional cost): ValuePack ISBN-10: 0205193285 / ValuePack ISBN-13: 9780205193288.

About this title

About the Author

JENNIFER D. KEENE is an Associate Professor of History and Chair of the department at Chapman University in southern California. She is the author of Doughboys, the Great War and the Remaking of America (2001) and The United States and the First World War (2000). She has received numerous fellowships for her research, including a Mellon Fellowship, a Graves Award, a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award to France, an Albert J. Beveridge Research Grant, and a National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Award.

Review

"The visual element of this text is great. Students are media consumers; this content allow those well formed habits to be used for learning. The visuals on the page are extremely engaging and grab the reader's attention." - Julian Chambliss

 

"The greatest strength of Visions of America is the 'read-ability' and the relaxed narrative form of writing. The writing style helps keep students engaged in the chapter and keeps them from losing interest. The pictures, illustrations and maps help make the material more reader friendly as it engages other aspects of learning comprehesion." - Robert Brennan

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0205193277
• ISBN 13: 9780205193271
• Binding: Loose Leaf
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 437