A People And A Nation Volume II Eighth Edition

by Mary Beth Norton, Carol Sheriff, David M. Katzman

A People and a Nation offers a spirited narrative that challenges students to think about American history. The authors' attention to race and racial identity and their inclusion of everyday people and popular culture brings history to life, engaging student readers and encouraging them to imagine what life was really like in the past. The Eighth Edition offers highly readable stories and the latest scholarship throughout.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, American History, College, The United States Of America

543 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Max Thien]

Read for HIST17C: History of the United States from 1900-Present

[Jeffrey · Rating 5 out of 5]

OK, according to James Loewen (Lies My Teacher Told Me), these texts (high school history texts) are biased based on many levels (one of the most interesting being the state the book is being purchased in--"nothing bad about our state, please"). But if you live in this country, you have a duty to those who sacrificed their time and very lives to get to know them, to know about this country, their country, yours . . . But even more so, you should be learning about what to do with your time, your life, your vote. Only by knowing your country will you truly use that precious vote for what it was intended. Read several of these books . . . and then some. Get that knowledge in your head, get it entrenched, and then and only then, will you make BETTER decisions. Don't be like the majority who squander their vote and their breath on what they know not.

[Underwater · Rating 3 out of 5]

As far as text books go, this is actually pretty good. It covers a large period of time, so you don't get much detail, but it's effective at making the events understandable.