was written by six history professors from various colleges throughout the United States. (Please note that there are six newer editions as of August 2018). This Volume One discusses the period from the beginnings of America, the First Americans (Chapter 1), through to the Crisis of Reconstruction, 1865-1877 (Chapter 16), and all periods in-between including Colonial America, the Revolution, the New Republic, the Transformation of American Society, the Old South and Slavery, and the Civil War. The book is amply illustrated throughout with photos of people, art and artifacts, charts, graphs, and maps. This 1996 Third Edition ISBN is 0-669-39772-5.

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