"The American Promise, Concise Edition is a brief, affordable text that makes history relatable. Now with new co-authors, the eighth edition continues to deliver a strong narrative with political backbone and offers a new pedagogical design that reinforces that history is a discipline rooted in debate and inquiry. The American Promise, Concise Edition, includes the unabridged narrative, primary sources in each chapter, a full-color map a ..."
2(5th Edition) Reading the American Past: Volume II: From 1865: Selected Historical Documents by MichaelP. Johnson Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2012 by Bedford/St. Martin's ISBN-13: 978-0-312-56377-6, ISBN: 0-312-56377-9
"With five carefully selected documents per chapter, this two-volume primary source reader presents a wide range of documents representing political, social, and cultural history in a manageable, accessible way. Thirty-two new documents infuse the collection with the voices of an even wider range of historical actors. Expertly edited by Michael P. Johnson, one of the authors of "The American Promise," the readings can be used to spark di ..."
"The American Promise, Value Edition, has long been a favorite with students who value the text’s readability, clear chronology, and lively voices of ordinary Americans, all in a portable format. The two-color Value Edition includes the unabridged narrative and select maps and images from the comprehensive text. LaunchPad also features all of the contents of the comprehensive edition in full color, including primary source features and s ..."
"The American Promise, Value Edition, has long been a favorite with students who value the text’s readability, clear chronology, and lively voices of ordinary Americans, all in a portable format. The two-color Value Edition includes the unabridged narrative and select maps and images from the comprehensive text. LaunchPad also features all of the contents of the comprehensive edition in full color, including primary source features and s ..."
Reading the American Past(5th Edition) Volume I: To 1877: Selected Historical Documents by MichaelP. Johnson Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2012 by Bedford/St. Martin's ISBN-13: 978-0-312-56413-1, ISBN: 0-312-56413-9
"With five carefully selected documents per chapter, this two-volume primary source reader presents a wide range of documents representing political, social, and cultural history in a manageable, accessible way. Thirty-two new documents infuse the collection with the voices of an even wider range of historical actors. Expertly edited by Michael P. Johnson, one of the authors of "The American Promise," the readings can be used to spark di ..."
"Letting Lincoln's eloquent voice speak for itself, editor Michael Johnson has collected more than 180 of the writings and speeches that illuminate Lincolnâs life and career, from his youth to his entry into Republican politics and through his presidency. Classics like the Kansas-Nebraska speech, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, and the Gettysburg Address, along with less familiar writings â poignant letters to individual voters, notes t ..."
Reading the American Past(8th Edition) Selected Historical Documents, Volume 1: To 1877 by MichaelP. Johnson Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2019 by Bedford/St. Martin's ISBN-13: 978-1-319-21200-1, ISBN: 1-319-21200-X
Reading the American Past, Volume I(4th Edition) To 1877: Selected Historical Documents by MichaelP. Johnson Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2008 by Bedford/St. Martin's ISBN-13: 978-0-312-45967-3, ISBN: 0-312-45967-X
Reading the American Past(8th Edition) Selected Historical Documents, Volume 2: Since 1865 by MichaelP. Johnson Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2019 by Bedford/St. Martin's ISBN-13: 978-1-319-21201-8, ISBN: 1-319-21201-8
"Traditionally, the secession of the states in the lower South has been viewed as an irrational response to Lincoln's election or as a rational response to the genuine threat a Republican president posed to the geographical expansion of slavery. Both views emphasize the fundamental importance of relations between the federal government and the southern states, but overlook the degree to which secession was a response to a crisis within t ..."