American Issues: To 1877: A Primary Source Reader in United States History: Vol 1

Unger, Irwin/ Tomes, Robert R.

ISBN 10: 0205803458 / ISBN 13: 9780205803453

Published by Prentice Hall, 2010

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5th edition. 381 pages. 9.00x7.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # x-0205803458

Bibliographic Details

• Title: American Issues: To 1877: A Primary Source Reader in United States History: Vol 1
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0205803458
• ISBN 13: 9780205803453
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 2.41 kilograms

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Synopsis

The first of a two-volume anthology of primary documents, letters, and articles through which participants and contemporary observers express their opinions, make observations, and reach conclusions about events and issues that affected the nation and American society.

About the Author

Pulitzer Prize winning historian Irwin Unger has been teaching American history for over forty years on both coasts. Born and largely educated in New York, he has lived in California, Virginia, and Washington State. He is married to Debi Unger and they have five children, now all safely past their college years. Professor Unger formerly taught at California State University at Long Beach, the University of California at Davis, and New York University. He is now professor emeritus at NYU. Professor Unger’s professional interests have ranged widely within American history. He has written on Reconstruction, the Progressive Era, and on the 1960s. His first book, The Greenback Era, won a Pulitzer Prize in 1965. Since then he has written The Movement: The New Left and (with Debi Unger) The Vulnerable Years, Turning Point: 1968, The Best of Intentions (about the Great Society), LBJ: A Life, The Guggenheims, A Family History. He has just completed a book on the 1960s and he and Debi Unger are working on a biography of General George C. Marshall.