The Brief Edition of A PEOPLE AND A NATION preserves the text's approach to American history as a story of all American people. Known for a number of strengths, including its well-respected author team and engaging narrative, the book emphasizes social history, giving particular attention to race an[...]

Challenges students to think about the meaning of American history. Covering the lives of everyday people, cultural diversity, work, and popular culture, this title approaches American history as a story of the American people. It maintains the emphasis on the social history of the United States.[...]

The 1960s continue to be the subject of passionate debate and political controversy, a touchstone in struggles over the meaning of the American past and the direction of the American future. Amid the polemics and the myths, making sense of the Sixties and its legacies presents a challenge. This book[...]