Firsthand America

by Virginia Bernhard, David Burner, Stanley I. Kutler

Book Overview

All comprehensive United States survey textbooks, including this one, give full coverage to standard political, economic, diplomatic, and legal events. But these elements of history are largely the story of elites. This textbook also provides social history captured in the recognizable lives of ordinary people. Presidents, congressmen, and corporate executives are quoted throughout the book. So are soldiers, slaves, indentured servants, cowboys, working...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1881089754
• ISBN13: 9781881089759
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 2.82 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A very good book about US History

This is an excellent book for students who are in, or who plan to enter AP US History. It's also excellent for History lovers.