Constructing the American Past: A Source Book of a People's History

This primary source reader captures the excitement of hands-on history through letters, articles, journalistic sources, photographs and posters.

 

Constructing the American Past achieves a level of inclusion and depth rarely found in other source books. Each chapter focuses on a particular problem or moment in American history, and provides students with several points of view. The photographs, posters and maps included ask the students to €œread€ the visual sources of American history. By exposing students to primary sources, the building blocks of history, Constructing the American Past fosters a solid foundation and invites its readers to analyze and interpret American history.