added the one of the most popular features of 'The American People': the two-page feature entitled 'Recovering the Past.' Every chapter now includes this feature. The "RTPs," as the authors affectionately call them, introduce students to the fascinating variety of evidence--ranging from novels, political cartoons, and diaries, to houses and popular music--that historians have learned to employ in reconstructing the past. Each RTP gives basic information about the source and its use by historians and then raises questions--called "Reflecting on the Past"--for students to consider as they study the example reproduced for their inspection.

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