"Well-written, engaging, and provocative essays. Excellent for use in surveys of American history."--Kevin Kenny, University of Texas at Austin"Wide-ranging and well chosen topics covering many of the central issues in the American experience."--Dan O'Bryan, Sierra Nevada College"The selections together give readers a good picture of major cultural trends and issues in the US during the 20th century."--Anthony Newkirk, La Salle University"Wonderful! The selections are perfect!"-Barbara Handy-Marchello, University of North DakotaPraise for previous editions:"An excellent collection, easy to integrate into classroom discussions."--David Sloane, Dartmouth College"Excellent book!"--Mary Lynn Cluff, Dixie College"Excellent choices both in significance and readability."--J.K. Putnam, California State University"A solid array of selections. Good choices in civil and women's rights reading."--T.M. Kluz, Troy State University"As usual, the editors have selected excellent articles on a wide variety of topics. My students really 'get into' these articles in our class discussions."--Jerry Bower, University of Wisconsin, Richland"An interesting comparative history."--Bradley Skelcher, Delaware State College"A nice collection of essays on topics in American history....Would be a suitable supplement to my survey textbook."--Richard Byrne, Southwest State University"Comprehensive collection of thought-provoking articles by first-rate scholars."--M.T. Carleton, Louisiana State University

• 1: Edmund S. Morgan: "The Puritans and Sex" 2: William McLoughlin: "Anne Hutchinson Reconsidered" 3: Roger Nichols: "Indians and Colonists in Virginia and New England" 4: Louis J. Kern: "Witchcraft, Sexuality, and the Cunning of Women in Salem" 5: Joan Rezner Gunderson: "The Double Bonds of Race and Sex" 6: Linda Grant DePauw: "Land of the Unfree" 7: Randolph Roth: "The Generation Conflict Reconsidered" 8: James A. Henrietta: "Society and Republicanism" 9: Patrick A. Carey: "American Catholics and the First Amendment" 10: Jan Lewis: "The Republican Wife" 11: Eldon L. Johnson: "The Dartmouth College Case" 12: Ronald N. Satz: "Indian Policy in the Jacksonian Era" 13: Thomas Dublin: "Women, Work, and Protest in the Early Lowell Mills" 14: Robert Maddox: "Fifty-four Forty or Fight!" 15: Joseph Conan Thompson: "Florida's Slave Codes" 16: Nell Irvin Painter: "Race, Class, Gender in the Slave South" 17: Paul Finkelman: "Slavery, the 'More Perfect Union,' and the Prairie State" 18: Williamson Murray: "What Took the North So Long?" 19: Eric Foner: "Reconstruction: A Reinterpretation"

"Well-written, engaging, and provocative essays. Excellent for use in surveys of American history."--Kevin Kenny, University of Texas at Austin"Wide-ranging and well chosen topics covering many of the central issues in the American experience."--Dan O'Bryan, Sierra Nevada College"The selections together give readers a good picture of major cultural trends and issues in the US during the 20th century."--Anthony Newkirk, La Salle University"Wonderful! The selections are perfect!"-Barbara Handy-Marchello, University of North DakotaPraise for previous editions:"An excellent collection, easy to integrate into classroom discussions."--David Sloane, Dartmouth College"Excellent book!"--Mary Lynn Cluff, Dixie College"Excellent choices both in significance and readability."--J.K. Putnam, California State University"A solid array of selections. Good choices in civil and women's rights reading."--T.M. Kluz, Troy State University"As usual, the editors have selected excellent articles on a wide variety of topics. My students really 'get into' these articles in our class discussions."--Jerry Bower, University of Wisconsin, Richland"An interesting comparative history."--Bradley Skelcher, Delaware State College"A nice collection of essays on topics in American history....Would be a suitable supplement to my survey textbook."--Richard Byrne, Southwest State University"Comprehensive collection of thought-provoking articles by first-rate scholars."--M.T. Carleton, Louisiana State University

• 1: Edmund S. Morgan: "The Puritans and Sex" 2: William McLoughlin: "Anne Hutchinson Reconsidered" 3: Roger Nichols: "Indians and Colonists in Virginia and New England" 4: Louis J. Kern: "Witchcraft, Sexuality, and the Cunning of Women in Salem" 5: Joan Rezner Gunderson: "The Double Bonds of Race and Sex" 6: Linda Grant DePauw: "Land of the Unfree" 7: Randolph Roth: "The Generation Conflict Reconsidered" 8: James A. Henrietta: "Society and Republicanism" 9: Patrick A. Carey: "American Catholics and the First Amendment" 10: Jan Lewis: "The Republican Wife" 11: Eldon L. Johnson: "The Dartmouth College Case" 12: Ronald N. Satz: "Indian Policy in the Jacksonian Era" 13: Thomas Dublin: "Women, Work, and Protest in the Early Lowell Mills" 14: Robert Maddox: "Fifty-four Forty or Fight!" 15: Joseph Conan Thompson: "Florida's Slave Codes" 16: Nell Irvin Painter: "Race, Class, Gender in the Slave South" 17: Paul Finkelman: "Slavery, the 'More Perfect Union,' and the Prairie State" 18: Williamson Murray: "What Took the North So Long?" 19: Eric Foner: "Reconstruction: A Reinterpretation"

"Well-written, engaging, and provocative essays. Excellent for use in surveys of American history."--Kevin Kenny, University of Texas at Austin"Wide-ranging and well chosen topics covering many of the central issues in the American experience."--Dan O'Bryan, Sierra Nevada College"The selections together give readers a good picture of major cultural trends and issues in the US during the 20th century."--Anthony Newkirk, La Salle University"Wonderful! The selections are perfect!"-Barbara Handy-Marchello, University of North DakotaPraise for previous editions:"An excellent collection, easy to integrate into classroom discussions."--David Sloane, Dartmouth College"Excellent book!"--Mary Lynn Cluff, Dixie College"Excellent choices both in significance and readability."--J.K. Putnam, California State University"A solid array of selections. Good choices in civil and women's rights reading."--T.M. Kluz, Troy State University"As usual, the editors have selected excellent articles on a wide variety of topics. My students really 'get into' these articles in our class discussions."--Jerry Bower, University of Wisconsin, Richland"An interesting comparative history."--Bradley Skelcher, Delaware State College"A nice collection of essays on topics in American history....Would be a suitable supplement to my survey textbook."--Richard Byrne, Southwest State University"Comprehensive collection of thought-provoking articles by first-rate scholars."--M.T. Carleton, Louisiana State University

• 1: Edmund S. Morgan: "The Puritans and Sex" 2: William McLoughlin: "Anne Hutchinson Reconsidered" 3: Roger Nichols: "Indians and Colonists in Virginia and New England" 4: Louis J. Kern: "Witchcraft, Sexuality, and the Cunning of Women in Salem" 5: Joan Rezner Gunderson: "The Double Bonds of Race and Sex" 6: Linda Grant DePauw: "Land of the Unfree" 7: Randolph Roth: "The Generation Conflict Reconsidered" 8: James A. Henrietta: "Society and Republicanism" 9: Patrick A. Carey: "American Catholics and the First Amendment" 10: Jan Lewis: "The Republican Wife" 11: Eldon L. Johnson: "The Dartmouth College Case" 12: Ronald N. Satz: "Indian Policy in the Jacksonian Era" 13: Thomas Dublin: "Women, Work, and Protest in the Early Lowell Mills" 14: Robert Maddox: "Fifty-four Forty or Fight!" 15: Joseph Conan Thompson: "Florida's Slave Codes" 16: Nell Irvin Painter: "Race, Class, Gender in the Slave South" 17: Paul Finkelman: "Slavery, the 'More Perfect Union,' and the Prairie State" 18: Williamson Murray: "What Took the North So Long?" 19: Eric Foner: "Reconstruction: A Reinterpretation"