This reader for the U.S. history survey course gives students the opportunity to apply critical thinking skills to the examination of historical sources, providing pedagogy and background information to help them draw substantive conclusions. The careful organization and the context provided in each chapter make the material accessible for students, thereby assisting instructors in engaging their students in analysis and discussion.

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Thinking Through the Past Vol. 1: A Critical Thinking Approach to U. S. History to 1877

Thinking Through the Past, Volume I, 5th ed.

Hollitz, John

Wadsworth

United States, United States of America

Fifth edition, Stamford, CT, 2015

Fifth edition, Australia, 2015

5th edition, Australia, 2014

Fifth Edition, PS, 2014

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2013

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Contents 7
Preface 17
Introduction 23
Ch 1: The Truth about Textbooks: Indians and the Settlement of America 29
Setting 30
Investigation 32
Sources 33
Conclusion 41
Further Reading 42
Notes 42
Ch 2: The Primary Materials of History: Childhood in Puritan New England 43
Setting 44
Investigation 45
Sources 46
Conclusion 58
Further Reading 59
Notes 59
Ch 3: Evaluating Primary Sources: Was Pennsylvania "The Best Poor Man's Country"? 60
Setting 61
Investigation 63
Sources 64
Conclusion 76
Further Reading 76
Note 76
Ch 4: Evaluating One Historian's Argument: The "Hidden Side" of the American Revolution 77
Setting 78
Investigation 80
Secondary Source 81
Primary Sources 91
Conclusion 105
Further Reading 106
Notes 107
Ch 5: Motivation in History: The Founding Fathers and the Constitution 108
Setting 109
Investigation 111
Secondary Source 112
Primary Sources 118
Conclusion 133
Further Reading 133
Notes 134
Ch 6: Ideas in History: Race in Jefferson's Republic 135
Setting 136
Investigation 138
Secondary Source 140
Primary Sources 148
Conclusion 164
Further Reading 165
Notes 165
Ch 7: The Problem of Historical Causation: The Second Great Awakening 166
Setting 168
Investigation 170
Secondary Source 171
Primary Sources 177
Conclusion 192
Further Reading 193
Notes 193
Ch 8: Grand Theory and History: Democracy and the Frontier 194
Setting 195
Investigation 197
Secondary Source 198
Primary Sources 203
Conclusion 221
Further Reading 222
Notes 222
Ch 9: History as Biography: Historians and Old Hickory 223
Setting 224
Investigation 225
Secondary Source 226
Primary Sources 235
Conclusion 248
Further Reading 248
Notes 248
Ch 10: History "From the Bottom Up": Historians and Slavery 249
Setting 250
Investigation 252
Secondary Source 252
Primary Sources 259
Conclusion 269
Further Reading 270
Notes 270
Ch 11: Ideology and Society: The Bounds of Womanhood in the North and South 271
Setting 273
Investigation 275
Secondary Sources 276
Primary Sources 285
Conclusion 303
Further Reading 304
Notes 304
Ch 12: Grand Theory, Great Battles, and Historical Causes: Why Secession Failed 305
Setting 307
Investigation 308
Secondary Sources 309
Primary Sources 320
Conclusion 335
Further Reading 336
Notes 336
Ch 13: The Importance of Historical Interpretation: The Meaning of Reconstruction 337
Setting 338
Investigation 341
Secondary Sources 341
Primary Sources 355
Conclusion 364
Further Reading 365
Notes 366
WCN:,02-200-203
WCN: 02-200-203

2018-11-20