Designed to encourage critical thinking about history, the Major Problems in American History series introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essays on important topics in U.S. history. This collection serves as the primary anthology for the introductory survey course, covering the subject's entire chronological span. Comprehensive topical coverage includes politics, economics, labor, gender, culture, and social trends. The Second Edition features integrated coverage of women in Volume I, as well as a streamlined chronology in Volume II. Key pedagogical elements of the Major Problems format have been retained: 14 to 15 chapters per volume, chapter introductions, headnotes, and suggested readings.
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This review is from: Major Problems in American History: Volume 1: To 1877 (Major Problems in American History (Wadsworth)) (Paperback)
I purchased this book for a class I am taking at Purdue. It is a good book as textbooks go, and lays out history in a different fashion so that the reader can infer his own conclusions on historical events. Some of the letters are very interesting, however a bit difficult to read and some of the early English is mis-spelled compared to modern English. If you have a class that uses this textbook, buy from Amazon because the deal cannot be beat! Mine came from a vendor in England which I found interesting and it was close on shipping but did arrive on time and was in perfect new condition.
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This review is from: Major Problems in American History: Volume 1: To 1877 (Major Problems in American History (Wadsworth)) (Paperback)
I was surprised by the lukewarm reception of this anthology on Amazon. Personally, I find it to be a very well edited collection of texts with an interesting approach to teaching.
Every chapter consists of an introduction to the period and subject matter followed by a short introduction to the primary sources. After the primary texts we get two - often differing - academic texts about the subject and they are structured in a way so that the secondary texts usually deal with the primary sources we have just read. I find this extremely useful for me as a student and I am sure it will also be relevant for my own coming students. The anthology presents academic problems at a challenging level but it leads us by the hand by presenting and explaining all the primary sources and their contexts. "Major Problems in American History" encourages individual, critical thinking by showing that there are various ways to view a certain subject (and this is obviously considered a dangerous thing by people like "Conan the Republican" who bases his entire review upon a misunderstanding of the title :-)
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This was a very good price for this book, it was the cheapest one i could find that was in a good condition. i was satisfied with this book other than the bend pages and cover, but when i ordered the book i was aware of the partial damages. there was no pen marks in this book and the book was in good shape for me to red and do my homework. i was really happy becuase this book came to me with in a few weeks of ordering it.
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