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Summary
Many document readers offer lots of sources, but only Going to the Sourcecombines a rich diversity of primary and secondary sources with in-depth instructions for howand whento use each type of source. Mirroring the chronology of the U.S. history survey, each of the main chapters employs a single type of source from personal letters to political cartoons while focusing on an intriguing historical episode such as the Cherokee Removal or the 1894 Pullman Strike. A new capstone chapter in each volume prompts students to synthesize information on a single topic from a variety of source types. The wide range of topics and sources across 28 chapters 6 of them new provide students with all they need to become fully engaged with America's history.
Table of Contents
Inside Cover: Guide to Using the Book
1. Political Terrorism during Reconstruction: Congressional Hearings and Reports on the Ku Klux Klan
Using the Source: Congressional Hearings and Reports
The Source: Testimony and Reports from the Joint Select Committee to Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States
2. Picturing a Western Myth: Photography and the Blackfeet Indians
Using the Source: Photographs
The Source: Photographs of the Blackfeet at Glacier National Park and on the Reservation, 1890–1930
3. Reading the 1894 Pullman Strike: Chicago’s Daily Papers Report the News
Using the Source: Newspaper Articles
The Source: Chicago Newspaper Articles in the Pullman Strike, May 12, 1894–July 15, 1894
4. Immigrant to the Promised Land: Memory and Autobiography
Using the Source: Autobiographies
The Source: I Came a Stranger: The Story of a Hull-House Girl by Hilda Satt Polacheck
5. Selling Respectability: Advertisements in the African-American Press, 1910–1913
Using the Source: Magazine Advertisements
The Source: Advertisements from The Crisis, November 1910 – March 1913
6. Living under Fire: World War I Soldiers’ Diaries
Using the Source: Diaries
The Source: World War I Diaries from the St. Mihiel and Meuse Argonne Battles, 1918
*7. Singing of Struggle: Mexican Workers' Folk Songs from the American Southwest
Using the Source: Folk Music
The Source: Mexican Corridos (Folk Songs), 1910-1930
8. Painting a New Deal: U.S. Post Office Murals from the Great Depression
Using the Source: Public Art
The Source: Post Office Murals Depicting ÒWorkÓ in Local Communities, 1936–1942
9. Challenging Wartime Internment: Supreme Court Records from Korematsu v. United States
Using the Source: Supreme Court Records
The Source: Briefs and Supreme Court Opinions in Korematsu v. United States, October Term, 1944
10. Decision-Making on the Brink: Presidential Recordings of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Using the Source: Presidential Tapes
The Source: Presidential Tape Recordings from the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
11. Speaking of Equality: The Senate Debate on the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Using the Source: Senate Speeches
The Source: Speeches from the Senate Debating the Civil Rights Act of 1964
*12. Writing on the Ivy Walls: A Popular History of the 1968 Columbia University Rebellion
Using the Source: Popular History
The Source: Excerpt from 1968 in America, by Charles Kaiser
13. Drawn to Summits: Political Cartoons on President Reagan and the Arms Race
Using the Source: Political Cartoons
The Source: Political Cartoons from the Reagan Era, 1981–1988
*CAPSTONE: Women, Work, and Family: 1950-2000
The Sources: Documents and Images on Women, Work, and Family
Appendix I: Avoiding Plagiarism
Appendix II: Documenting the Source
* new to this edition
