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Presents primary source readings in American history to help students identify with the nation's past. American Conversations is a two-volume anthology of original primary sources in United States history. It features texts by famous and obscure Americans, seeking to reflect the voices of Native Americans, African Americans, women, and workers out of the backwaters onto the historical mainstream by devoting attention to these "forgotten" Americans. At the same time, the text acquaints students with leading figures and core texts. This juxtaposition offers a richer understanding of American history.The people and texts presented will resonate powerfully with the contemporary American conversation. Whatever today's topic-race relations, the battle of the sexes, protest or piety, or unum vs. pluribus-readers will find its roots in these pages.A better teaching and learning experienceThis program will provide a better teaching and learning experience-for you and your students. Here's how:Personalize Learning- MySearchLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals.Improve Critical Thinking- Suggested answers and discussion topics are provided in the appendix.Engage Students- Images are used as an indispensable tool for illuminating the past. To sharpen the reader's eye, American Conversations includes three chapters devoted exclusively to visual texts. Additionally, substantive head notes accompany the longer passages.Support Instructors- MySearchLaband Class Preparation are available. For volume 2 of this text, search ISBN-10: 0131582615Note: MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearchLab, please visit: www.mysearchlab.com or you can purchase a ValuePack of the text + MySearchLab (at no additional cost): ValuePack ISBN-10: 0205721648 / ValuePack ISBN-13: 9780205721641.
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Found in this Section:1. Brief Table of Contents2. Full Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgements About the AuthorsIntroduction Chapter 1: "In the beginning"Chapter 2: "I walked lost and naked through many and very strange lands..." Chapter 3: "The True Pictures of those People" Chapter 4: "Come, go along with us"Chapter 5: "These infant countrys of America" Chapter 6: "A young man of promising parts"Chapter 7: "The last cord now is broken"Chapter 8:"Constitutions Employ Every Pen" Chapter 9:"Great men get great praise, little men, nothing" Chapter 10: "I can't tell a lie, Pa"Chapter 11: "The general equality of condition among the people" Chapter 12: "The thoroughly American branch of painting" Chapter 13: "Let every man of color wrap himself in mourning, for the 22nd of December and the 4th of July are days of mourning and not of joy" Chapter 14: "We Abolition women are turning the world upside down"Chapter 15: "A series of unfortunate incidents"Chapter 16: "I felt a degree of freedom" Chapter 17: "Negro slaves are the happiest people in the world"Chapter 18: "Let us strive on to finish the work we are in"Chapter 19: "Photographic presentments will be accepted by posterity with an undoubting faith"Chapter 20: "The terrorism was so great"Afterword Further Readings PrefaceAcknowledgements About the AuthorsIntroduction Chapter 1: "In the beginning"Africans, Americans, and Europeans Imagine their Origins The World on the Turtle's Back (Iroquois Story) The First Booke of Moses, called Genesis (1611)The Revolt against God: A Fang Story (Gabon, West Africa) Chapter 2: "I walked lost and naked through many and very strange lands..." Cabeza de Vaca Survives America Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, The Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca (1542)Chapter 3: "The True Pictures of those People"John White and Theodor de Bry Eye the IndiansThe Watercolors of John White (1590)Engravings of Theodor de Bry (1590)Chapter 4: "Come, go along with us"Mrs. Rowlandson Endures Travels and Travails A Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (1682)Chapter 5: "These infant countrys of America"Dr. Hamilton Reports on His Summer Vacation The Itinerarium of Dr. Alexander Hamilton (1744) Chapter 6: "A young man of promising parts"Benjamin Franklin Composes His Life Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography (1818)Chapter 7: "The last cord now is broken"Colonists Declare Independence Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776)Declaration of Independence (1776)Chapter 8:"Constitutions Employ Every Pen" Rebels Make Up New StatesThe Constitution of Virginia (1776)Constitution of Pennsylvania (1776)Constitution of Maryland (1776)Chapter 9:"Great men get great praise, little men, nothing"Private Martin Tells War Stories A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier: Some of the Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin (1830)Chapter 10: "I can't tell a lie, Pa"Parson Weems Invents George Washington The Life of George Washington; with Curious Anecdotes, Equally Honourable to Himself and Exemplary to His Young Countrymen (1809)Chapter 11: "The general equality of condition among the people" Monsieur Tocqueville Visits AmericaAlexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America (1863)Chapter 12: "The thoroughly American branch of painting"Cole and Company Paint Nature's NationPaintings of Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, William Bartlett, Asher Durand, and Albert Bierstadt Chapter 13: "Let every man of color wrap himself in mourning, for the 22nd of December and the 4th of July are days of mourning and not of joy"Rev. Apess Rewrites American History William Apess, A Son of the Forest (1831)William Apess, Eulogy on King Philip (1836)Chapter 14: "We Abolition women are turning the world upside down"The Grimke Sisters Upset America Angelina Grimke,An Appeal to the Women of the Nominally Free States Issued by an Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women (1836)Sarah M. Grimke, Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, and the Condition of Woman (1837)Chapter 15: "A series of unfortunate incidents"Jose Enrique de la Pena Remembers the AlamoJose Enrique De la Pena, With Santa Anna in Texas (1836)Chapter 16: "I felt a degree of freedom"Frederick Douglass Constructs a Life Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself (1845)Chapter 17: "Negro slaves are the happiest people in the world"George Fitzhugh Defends Slavery George Fitzhugh, Sociology for the South and Cannibals All! (1854)George Fitzhugh, Cannibals All! Or, Slaves Without Masters (1857)Chapter 18: "Let us strive on to finish the work we are in"President Lincoln Articulates America Speech at Peoria, Illinois (1854)Speech at Springfield, Illinois (1857)First Debate with Stephen A. Douglas at Ottawa, Illinois (1858)Fifth Debate with Stephen A. Douglas, at Galesburg, Illinois (1858)First Inaugural Address (1861)Emancipation Proclamation (1863)Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg (1863)Second Inaugural Address (1865)Chapter 19: "Photographic presentments will be accepted by posterity with an undoubting faith"Cameramen and Other Artists Picture Gettysburg Photographs and Illustrations of Gettysburg (1860s)Chapter 20: "The terrorism was so great"Congressmen Investigate the Ku Klux Klan Testimony Taken by the Joint Select Committee to Inquire Into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States (1871)Afterword Further Readings
