Great Issues in American History, Vol. I by Richard Hofstadter

Great Issues in American History, Vol. I by Richard Hofstadter

This first volume of Great Issues in American History -- three volumes of documents that cover the history of America from its settlement to the present -- gives us a generous sampling from the major political controversies in the Colonial period. Included are such documents as Richard Hakluyt's Discourse of Western Planting (1584), Letter from Christopher Columbus to the King and Queen of Spain (undated, probably 1694), The Third Virginia Charter (1612), Thomas Paine's Common Sense (1776) and The Declaration of independence (July 4, 1776). Each has an explanatory headnote, and there are brief general introductions that set the selections in their historical context.
In order to fit both Colonial and Early National courses, documents covering 1765-1776 appear at the end of this volume and again at the beginning of Volume I.
Volume I From the Revolution to the Civil War, 1765-1865 Edited by Richard Hofstadter
Volume I From Reconstruction to the Present Day, 1864-1981
Edited by Richard Hofstadter and Beatrice K. Hofstadter

Richard Hofstadter was one of the most influential American historians and public intellectuals of the twentieth century, having been born in 1916. Anti-intellectualism in American Life, Social Darwinism in American Thinking, 1860-1915, The American Political Tradition, and others are among his writings. In 1970, he passed away.

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ISBN 13	9780394705408
ISBN 10	0394705408
Title	Great Issues in American History, Vol. I
Author	Richard Hofstadter
Series	Great Issues In American History
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1969-12-12
Number of pages	512
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