Milestone Documents Of American Leaders

Author : Paul Finkelman
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Milestone Documents of American Leaders written by Paul Finkelman and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2009 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second title in the ground-breaking Milestone Document series, this new set pairs primary source texts with expert analysis by esteemed historians. Milestone Documents of American Leaders features important full-text sources written by presidents, jurists, legislators and other influential people who helped shape the nation.

Author : Paul Finkelman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781682171707
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Milestone Documents of American Leaders written by Paul Finkelman and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This new four volume set pairs primary source texts with expert analysis by esteemed historians. Here, the lives of notable Americans are illuminated through an in-depth study of primary source texts they produced during their lifetimes. From presidents, jurists, and legislators to influential private citizens both past and present, American Leaders features important full-text sources written by the people who shaped the nation-and crucial scholarly analysis to help the documents come alive."--Publisher.

Author : United States. National Archives and Records Service. Office of Educational Programs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Written Word Endures written by United States. National Archives and Records Service. Office of Educational Programs and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The words written by American political leaders during the Revolution were more important than battles won and lost. The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights-relating the development and application laid down by Revolutionary.

Author : Paul Finkelman
Publisher : Grey House Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781682171653
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Leaders written by Paul Finkelman and published by Grey House Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completely updated for 2016, this new edition of Milestone Documents of American Leaders offers a unique biographical approach to the study of primary source documents in American History.

Author : Paul Finkelman
Publisher : Salem Press
ISBN 13 : 9780979775819
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Milestone Documents in American History- Vol.1 written by Paul Finkelman and published by Salem Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new series combining full-text primary source documents with expert analysis and commentary.

Author : Paul Finkelman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Milestone Documents in African American History written by Paul Finkelman and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking approach to primary source documents, with in-depth expert analysis of the court cases, presidential and legislative initiatives, and speeches that tell the story of African American history.

Author : Echol Lee Nix
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781682178737
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Milestone Documents in African American History written by Echol Lee Nix and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring fundamental primary sources from African American history, this new edition provides in-depth, analytical essays on 150 iconic documents and speeches from the 1600s to the present day. Coverage includes important legislative documents such as the Reconstruction era amendments; critical Supreme Court decisions such as Dred Scott v. Sandford, Plessy v. Ferguson, and Brown v. Board of Education; and historic speeches and writings by leaders such as Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Barack Obama. This new edition adds a wide variety of historic documents plus new analysis of speeches and documents to extend coverage into the twenty-first century. New material includes: Alexander Falconbridge: An Account of the Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa -- Wendell Phillips: The Philosophy of the Abolition Movement -- Richard Wright: "Blueprint for Negro Writing" -- Ella Baker: "Bigger than a Hamburger" -- Adolph L. Reed, Jr.: "When Government Shrugs: Lessons of Katrina". With content aligned to the National Standards in U.S. History and signed essays written by a team of 70 esteemed historians, Milestone Documents in African American History offers an unparalleled reference tool for students conducting primary source research. It's particularly useful for high school students in both regular and A.P. history courses, community college students, and American history survey courses for undergraduate college students. In-depth teacher activity guides make the set extremely useful at the classroom level, and every entry includes study questions that assist teachers in engaging students with further research. Entries include the full text of each document, overviews of its importance, explanations and analyses of historical contexts and the document's impact, and a brief biographical profile of the author(s). Also included are essential quotations from each document, questions for further study, teacher guides, timelines, glossaries, search indexes, and more. The volumes are organized chronologically. Within each volume, entries are likewise arranged chronologically. - Publisher

Author : Paul Finkelman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Milestone Documents in African American History: 1901-1964 written by Paul Finkelman and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The four-volume set covers more than 130 iconic primary source documents from the Revolutionary era to the present day. Each entry offers the full text of the document in question as well as an in-depth, analytical essay that places the document in its historical context. Among the documents included in the set are Revolutionary era standards such as Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" speech, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution. Important presidential sources include Thomas Jefferson's first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Franklin Roosevelt's speech following the attack on Pearl Harbor, John F. Kennedy's 1963 address on integration, and George W. Bush's address on September 11, 2001. Influential decisions of the Supreme Court are also included, from Marbury v. Madison to Brown v. Board of Education to Bush v. Gore. Critical documents related to minority rights are also present: Andrew Jackson's message "On Indian Removal, " the Seneca Falls Declaration, Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech, " and the Equal Rights Amendment.--Publisher's website

Author : Echol Jr Nix
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781682175804
Total Pages : 1685 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Milestone Documents in African American History written by Echol Jr Nix and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 1685 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring fundamental primary sources from African American history, this new edition provides in-depth, analytical essays on 150 iconic documents and speeches from the 1600s to the present day. Coverage includes important legislative documents such as the Reconstruction era amendments; critical Supreme Court decisions such as Dred Scott v. Sandford, Plessy v. Ferguson, and Brown v. Board of Education; and historic speeches and writings by leaders such as Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Barack Obama. This new edition adds.

Author : John Thompson
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 9781426200991
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book National Geographic Almanac of American History written by John Thompson and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses images, maps, historic facts, and concise analysis to provide an in-depth resource on United States history.