A People and a Nation: A History of the United States (Volume II, Since 1865) (Paperback)

by Mary Beth Norton (Author), David M. Katzman (Author), David W. Blight (Author), Howard P. Chudacoff (Author), Thomas G. Paterson (Author), William M., Jr. Tuttle (Author), Paul D. Escott (Author)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 553 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company; 6 edition (July 31, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0618005528
• ISBN-13: 978-0618005529
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #730,253 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Maligning fantasy, August 17, 2003

By	Vincent Klotz "Rosh Pinnah" (Los Angeles CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Although I appreciate the easy reading narrative format, I am incensed about the blatant defamatory rhetoric of the authors against "white Americans" as exploiters of American pioneering. They portray "white Americans" as superhuman, immune from hardship and failure as they waltzed across the western frontier purposely exploiting everyone and everything in their path. In my opinion the authors exhibit a personal vindictiveness against "white Americans".
My understanding has always been that the West was hard won. "White Americans" ventured west searching for a chance to a better life just like any people do today.
The authors ramble on with out any footnotes to historical documents to support their claims. Without reference they contradict themselves from one paragraph to the next.
My greatest worry, this book is being used as a text book to teach students in a required American history course in California universities.
Which way America?

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Incomplete and Biased, December 25, 2005

By	Steve Kessel (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

I thought this text presented a very anti-American picture. While America's history includes actions that would draw criticism if weighed against current values, I don't think it is appropriate to apply modern values when judging leaders of our past in a textbook. Additionally, I found the text's use of facts one-sided, as exemplified by the omission of the significant MAGIC transcripts and the part they played in the decision to relocate those of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast during WWII. The only good thing I can say about the text is I found it easy to read.

3 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An interesting book, August 22, 2003

By	Tammy Smith "ngoctam_0609" (Garden Grove, CA United States) - See all my reviews

I found this book have a different point of view about history. It makes things is more interesting because there is something that doesn't just dreaming about us, Americans.