The American People Creating a Nation and Society, Single Volume Edition, Primary Source Edition (With Study Card)

The Primary Source Edition of The American People, integrates the social dimensions of American history into one rich chronological narrative and includes 1 to 2 primary sources per chapter with critical thinking questions for each source.

Providing students with a thought-provoking account of America's past, The American People examines how American society assumed its present shape and developed its present forms of government. The comprehensive narrative encompasses description of the lives and experiences of Americans of all national origins and cultural backgrounds, at all class levels of society, and in all regions of the country. The thoughtful analysis seeks the connections among the political, social, economic, technological, and cultural factors that have shaped and reshaped American society over four centuries.