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Sean Patrick Adams - The Early American Republic: A Documentary Reader - 9781405160988 - V9781405160988
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The Early American Republic: A Documentary Reader

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Description for The Early American Republic: A Documentary Reader Paperback. The first five decades of the United States of America was a particularly rich time in the development of American politics, society, and culture. This reader includes over 50 documentary sources that highlight key topics during this period. Editor(s): Adams, Sean Patrick. Series: Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
THE EARLY AMERICAN REPUBLIC

UNCOVERING THE PAST: DOCUMENTARY READERS IN AMERICAN HISTORY

“Selected with imagination and wisdom, these incisive and wide-ranging texts will provide a ‘road map’ for students of the first sixty years of American independence.”
Daniel Walker Howe, Winner of 2008 Pulitzer Prize for History

“A nice blend of comprehensiveness and coherence, the selections are individually interesting, relate well to each other, and provide a wide-ranging, imaginative, and disciplined conversation about the Early Republic.”
Paul E. Johnson, University of South Carolina

“This handy collection of speeches, documents, private letters, and pieces of literature, complete with context-setting prefaces, ... Read more

“Expertly edited and chock-full of enlightening and telling primary documents, this reader conveys a beautifully textured sense of the past and attends to all of the key issues during the formative years of the United States.”
Mark M. Smith, University of South Carolina

“Finally, a primary sources reader that includes the full breadth of voices (both familiar and lesser known) that characterized the Early American Republic. Sean Adams’s informative introduction ties these voices together well, making this book a helpful teaching tool for conveying the rich variety of social and political issues that the young nation faced.”
Steven Deyle, University of Houston

“Students will marvel at the fifty-year struggle to forge a nation in the decades following the American Revolution.”
Seth Rockman, Brown University

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405160988
SKU
V9781405160988
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Sean Patrick Adams
Sean Patrick Adams is Associate Professor of History at the University of Florida, where he teaches courses in Nineteenth-Century U.S. History. He is the author of numerous publications, most notably Old Dominion, Industrial Commonwealth: Coal, Politics, and Economy in Antebellum America (2004).

Reviews for The Early American Republic: A Documentary Reader
"Selected with imagination and wisdom, these incisive and wide-ranging texts will indeed ... provide a 'road map' for students of the first sixty years of American independence." —Daniel Walker Howe, author of What hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 (winner, 2008 Pulitzer Prize for History) "[A] nice blend of comprehensiveness and coherence. ... Read more

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