| Edition |
Fourth edition. |
| Description |
2 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
v. 1. Was colonial culture uniquely American? ; Did racism cause the conflict between native Americans and colonists? ; Was the colonial period a "golden age" for women in America? ; Did capitalist values motivate the American colonists? ; Did American slaves develop a distinct African American culture in the eighteenth century? Was the great awakening a key to the American revolution? ; The constitution : was it an economic document? ; Did President Jefferson outfederalize the Federalists? ; Did women achieve greater autonomy in the new nation? ; Did the election of 1828 represent a democratic revolt of the people? ; Was antebellum reform motivated primarily by humanitarian goals? ; Was U.S. foreign policy in the early nineteenth century imperialistic? ; Did slaves exercise religious autonomy? ; Were the abolitionists "unrestrained fanatics"? ; Was the antebellum south a unique section in American history? ; Was Abraham Lincoln America's greatest president? ; Reconstruction : could it have given blacks full equality? -- v. 2. Reconstruction : could it have given blacks full equality? ; Were nineteenth-century entrepreneurs robber barons? ; Was the American labor movement radical? ; Were the immigrants' old world cultures destroyed as they adjusted to American life? ; Were the Populists democratic reformers? ; Was city government in late nineteenth-century America a "conspicuous failure"? ; Did Booker T. Washington's philosophy and actions betray the interests of African Americans? ; Did the Progressives fail? ; Was early twentieth-century American foreign policy in the Caribbean basin dominated by economic concerns? ; Did Woodrow Wilson fail as Commander in Chief during World War I? ; Did the women's movement die in the 1920s? ; Was the New Deal an effective answer to the Great Depression? ; Was it necessary to drop the atomic bomb to end World War II? ; Was Dwight Eisenhower a great president? ; Could the United States have prevented the fall of South Vietnam? ; Was Martin Luther King, Jr.'s leadership essential to the success of the Civil Rights Movement? ; Is the United States in a period of decline? |
| Summary |
[The authors] aim has been to create an effective instrument to enhance classroom learning and to foster critical thinking.... The understanding that the reader arrives at based on the evidence that emerges from the clash of views encourages the reader to view history as an interpretive discipline, not one of rote memorization. As in previous editions, the issues are arranged in chronological order and can be easily incorporated into any American history survey course. Each issue has an issue introduction, which set the stage for the debate that follows in the pro and con sections. -Pref. |
| Subject |
United States -- History.
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United States -- Historiography.
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| Added Author |
Madaras, Larry.
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SoRelle, James M.
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| ISBN |
0879679344 paperback v. 1 |
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0879679352 paperback v. 2 |
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