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Constructing the American Past : A Source Book of a People's History
by Gorn, Elliott J.; Roberts, Randy J.; Bilhartz, Terry D.Edition:
5th
ISBN13:
9780321216410
ISBN10:
0321216415
Format:
Paperback
Pub. Date:
1/1/2005
Publisher(s):
Longman
List Price: $58.20
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Summary
This popular reader consists of a variety of primary sources, grouped around central themes in American history. Students get involved in discovering history for themselves when reading Constructing the American Past.Each chapter focuses on a particular problem in American history, providing students with several points of view from which to examine the historical evidence. Introductions and study questions prompt students to participate in interpreting the past and challenge them to understand the problems in relation to the big picture of American history.
Table of Contents
| (Each Chapter begins with "Historical Context" and concludes with "Postscript Questions," "Defining Terms," "Probing the Sources," "Interpreting the Sources," and "Additional Reading." | |
| Preface | |
| Introduction | |
| Reconstruction and the Rise of the Ku Klux Klan | |
| Initiation Oath of the Knights of White Camelia | |
| Testimony of Victims of the Ku Klux Klan | |
| Congressional Inquiry into Klan Activities | |
| Hon. Job E. Stevenson of Ohio, Speech to the House of Representatives | |
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