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Title: The American Spirit: Since 1865 by Thomas Andrew Bailey, David M. Kennedy, Houghton Mifflin Company ISBN: 0-395-87101-8 Publisher: D C Heath & Co Pub. Date: June, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $47.56 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: The Spirit is willing but some documents are weak
Comment: Bailey and Kennedy's documents collection is now a standard in secondary schools and some colleges, and with good reason. The book is well-organized, contains excerpts short enough that students can read them as complements to a narrative text (or even in class), and the authors generally include multiple perspectives on controversial issues. The section on the Spanish/American/Cuban/Filipino war, for example, provides at least one document from each "side," making this a useful resource for those of us who teach.
Readers should beware, however, that subsequent revisions of the original edition have not kept pace with developments in historical inquiry. The book is very lean on social history, and there are almost no documents on cultural history. Furthermore, the collection is very idiosyncratic in its inclusion of African-Americans and women. For example, the text does not include an excerpt of the Brown v. Board decision of 1954 and omits any mention of second-wave feminism in its collection of documents on "the stormy sixties."
Perhaps the 10th edition will be more inclusive, but for now I'd suggest students -- and teachers -- of American history seeking for a supplementary documents collection keep looking.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great teacher source
Comment: As a secondary school social studies teacher I found this book very helpful. There are numerous sources, and each has an informative and interesting introduction. A broad range of sources include everyday people and politicians, cartoons, letters, and speeches. A must have for the social studies classroom!
Rating: 5
Summary: I read it and took notes on it
Comment: I thought this was a wonderful collection of primary sources that really encouraged the further learning of History. Bailey does such a nice job with this book.
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Title: The American Spirit by Thomas Andrew Bailey, David M. Kennedy ISBN: 039587100X Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 30 July, 1997 List Price(USD): $47.56 |
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Title: The American Pageant: A History of the Republic, 12th Edition by Thomas Bailey, David Kennedy ISBN: 061810349X Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 01 January, 1900 List Price(USD): $96.76 |
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Title: The American Political Tradition : And the Men Who Made it by Richard Hofstadter ISBN: 0679723153 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 23 April, 1989 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Best Test Preparation for the AP United States History Test Preparations) by Jerome McDuffie, Research & Education Association, Gary Wayne Piggrem ISBN: 0878918442 Publisher: Research & Education Assn Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection Combined by James West Davidson, Mark H Lytle ISBN: 0072294264 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages Pub. Date: 08 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $36.50 |
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