Constructing the American Past: A Sourcebook of a People's History , Ninth Edition, presents an innovative combination of case studies and primary source documents that allow students to discover, analyze, and construct history from the actors' perspective.
Beginning with Reconstruction-era United States and ending with modern conservatism at the end of the twentieth century, Constructing the
American Past provides eyewitness accounts of historical events, legal documents that helped shape the lives of citizens, and excerpts from diaries that show history through an intimate perspective. The authors expand upon past
scholarship and include new material regarding gender, race, and immigration in order to provide a more complete picture of the past.
Table of Contents:
Each chapter ends with Questions and Additional Reading Chapter 1 Civil War by Other Means Chapter 2 The Great Strike of 1877 Chapter 3 Cultures Collide at Wounded Knee Chapter 4 New Americans: The Immigrants Chapter 5 The Rise of an American Overseas Empire Chapter 6 Meatpacking and Muckraking Chapter 7 Mobilizing for War Chapter 8 The Struggle for Women's Rights Chapter 9 Science, Religion, and the Scopes Trial Chapter 10 The Great Depression Chapter 11 The Second World War Chapter 12 Battling Communism Chapter 13 The Civil Rights Movement Chapter 14 Vietnam: The Tipping Point Chapter 15 Turning Left Chapter 16 Turning Right
