This two-volume primary-source collection provides a diverse selection of voices from the nation’s past while emphasizing the important social, political, and economic themes of a U.S. history survey course. Edited by one of the authors of The American Promise and designed to complement the textbook, Reading the American Past features over 150 documents, each accompanied by a headnote and questions for discussion to encourage students’ understanding of the sources.

A two-volume primary source reader with a wide range of documents representing political, social, and cultural history, Reading the American Past: Volume I: To 1877 shares the voices of an even wider range of historical actors in a manageable and accessible way.

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