After nearly a year of reading this textbook, I feel very qualified to give my opinion. It's actually the first textbook I have read cover to cover, and it is a very long one at that. I'm going to divide this review into what I liked about it, and what I absolutely detested. Positive: It has abundant resources. I appreciated the Appendix possibly more than the text. Good information about presidents, supreme court justices, the Constitution, The Declaration of Indepe Oh, America Past and Present, my old frenemy.
His most recent work is Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace , a comparative analysis of twentieth-century American wars.
He is also the author of Eisenhower and the Cold War and editor of three volumes of essays on the presidency of Lyndon Johnson. Emme Astronautical Literature Award for Breen T.
He has taught at Northwestern since In addition to receiving several awards for outstanding teaching at Northwestern, Breen has been the recipient of research grants from the American Council of Learned Societies, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Institute for Advanced Study Princeton , the National Humanities Center, and the Huntington Library.
Hal Williams R. Hal Williams is professor of history at Southern Methodist University. He received his A. A specialist in American political history, he taught at Yale University from to and came to SMU in as chair of the Department of History. From to , he served as dean of Dedman College, the school of humanities and sciences, at SMU, where he is currently dean of Research and Graduate Studies. In , he was a visiting professor at University College, Oxford University. Williams has received grants from the American Philosophical Society and the National Endowment for the Humanities, and he has served on the Texas Committee for the Humanities.
He is currently working on a study of the presidential election of and a biography of James G. Blaine, the late-nineteenth-century speaker of the House, secretary of state, and Republican presidential candidate. Ariela J. Gross Ariela J. She received her B. Brands Henry William Brands was born in Oregon, went to college in California, sold cutlery across the American West, and earned graduate degrees in mathematics and history in Oregon and Texas.
He lectures frequently on historical and current events, and can be seen and heard on national and international television and radio programs. We're sorry! We don't recognize your username or password. Writing in a lively narrative style to tell the story of all Americans—elite and ordinary, women and men, rich and poor, white majority and minoritie. After nearly a year of reading this textbook, I feel very qualified to give my opinion. It's actually the first textbook I have read cover to cover, and it is a very long one at that.
I'm going to divide this review into what I liked about it, and what I absolutely detested. Positive: It has abundant resources.
I appreciated the Appendix possibly more than the text. Good information about presidents, supreme court justices, the Constitution, The Declaration of Indepe This edition features all of the strengths found in the successful comprehensive text: a compelling na More America Past and Present, Brief Edition presents a balanced and manageable overview of the United States as an unfolding story of national development, blending the best in past historical interpretation with new scholarship.
This edition features all of the strengths found in the successful comprehensive text: a compelling narrative, clear organization, and exceptional pedagogy. An attractive four-color design -featuring numerous maps, photos, and timelines engage and assist students in their study of American history. In the new 7th edition of America Past and Present, Brief Edition the authors have streamlined the coverage in the contemporary chapters and added a new feature that explores the connections between the past and the present.
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