Portrait of America: Volume 1: To 1877 - Softcover

Oates, Stephen; Errico, Charles J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 061864296X ISBN 13: 9780618642960

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2006

Synopsis

Portrait of America is an anthology of essays written by some of America's most eminent historians. Suitable for U.S. history survey courses, the collection maintains a loose biographical focus. The essays in this secondary-source reader humanize American history by portraying it as a story of real people with whom students can easily identify. More than 20 percent of the essays in the Ninth Edition are new. Each selection is preceded by an introduction for context, and a helpful glossary identifies important individuals, events, and concepts. Study questions follow each selection, prompting students to make comparisons between the readings.

About this title

About the Author:

: Steven B. Oates is professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Over the course of his career he has written highly successful biographies of figures such as Abraham Lincoln, Clara Barton, Martin Luther King, Jr., and William Faulkner.

Charles Errico, the new co-author of Portrait of America, is a professor of history at Northern Virginia Community College. He also conducts graduate classes at George Mason University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 061864296X
• ISBN 13: 9780618642960
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400