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NEW EDITION!
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WHO BUILT
AMERICA? American Social History Project "Who
Built America? is one of the best examples of a textbook telling
of history from the bottom up. It does more than simply insert the history
of the majority of Americans into a more traditional top-down political
history. Who Built America? makes the people on the ground the
focus of the textbook, and it does it without sacrificing political history." This third edition of Who Built America?, the widely acclaimed history by the American Social History Project, surveys the nation's past from the perspective of working men and women, examining the roles they have played in the making of modern America. Growing out of the effort to reinterpret American history from "the bottom up," Who Built America? focuses on the fundamental social and economic conflicts in our history, integrating the history of community, family, gender roles, race, and ethnicity into the more familiar history of politics and economic development. This new edition from Bedford/St. Martin's has restructured chapters to make the book's information more manageable for students and contains more excerpts from primary sources, while retaining the strong point of view that makes Who Built America? unique. "Who
Built America? stands out from other textbooks in the clarity of
its focus. The labor theme serves as an excellent framework, allowing
the authors to synthesize most of the events in the standard chronology
of history while still providing a distinctive perspective." |
VOLUME ONE
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