" The American Journey, a cornerstone series for the U.S. History market, successfully blends the coverage of political and social histories of our great nation throughout the series. With this focus, the authors show that our attempt to live up to our American ideals is an ongoing journey. This journey, while still a work in progress, is increasingly more inclusive of different groups and ideas. Â The path that led the ..."
"For one and two-semester, freshman/sophomore-level U.S. History Survey courses. Written in a clear, engaging style with a straightforward chronological organization, The American Journey introduces students to the key features of American political, social, and economic history. It gives prominent coverage to the West and South and highlights the importance of religion in American history. It makes American history accessible with an a ..."
"The Brief Edition of The American Journey was created by rewriting and cutting to condense text, and by using fewer photographs, maps, and charts to illustrate the text. The Brief Edition is about half as long as the original text. The Combined Version introduces students to the key features of American political, social, and economic history. Written in a clear, engaging style with a straightforward chronological organization, it provi ..."
"Through analyses of the process of migration and settlement and of the symbolic meaning that participants attached to their experiences, the book tells the story of New England's origins as one of dynamism and change. Focusing on the lives of nearly 700 emigrants, the narrative examines such topics as the settlers' motives for leaving England, their experience of the voyage, their patterns of settlement in the New World, and their searc ..."
Creatures of Empire(1st Edition) How Domestic Animals Transformed Early America by VirginiaDejohnAnderson Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2006 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-530446-6, ISBN: 0-19-530446-2
"When we think of the key figures of early American history, we think of explorers, or pilgrims, or Native Americans―not cattle, or goats, or swine. But as Virginia DeJohn Anderson reveals in this brilliantly original account of colonists in New England and the Chesapeake region, livestock played a vitally important role in the settling of the New World. Livestock, Anderson writes, were a central factor in the cultural clash be ..."
The American Journey(6th Edition) A History of the United States by Anderson Goldfield Abbott Hardcover, 947 Pages, Published 2011 by Pearson ISBN-13: 978-0-13-249867-8, ISBN: 0-13-249867-7