American History: A Concise Documents Collection, Volume 1: To 1877

This primary-source reader, organized to parallel Henretta, Brody, and Dumenil’s A Concise History, presents a representative collection of documents in American history. Over 200 documents record the central political, social economic, and cultural themes of the American past, complete with a headnote for each reading and three to five critical thinking questions that follow.