Understanding the American Promise V1 Reprint & Student's Guide to History 12e

by James L. Roark, Michael P. Johnson, Patricia Cline Cohen

Understanding the American Promise, Second Edition, features a brief, question-driven narrative that models for students the inquiry-based methods used by historians and features innovative active learning pedagogy to help students understand what’s really important to know about U.S. history. This affordable text comes integrated with LearningCurve, an adaptive learning tool that helps students retain what they’ve read and come to class prepared.

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Paperback

First published February 15, 2011

About the author

James L. Roark is professor of history at Emory University.