American Identities: An Introductory TextbookISBN: 978-0-631-23432-6
Paperback
386 pages
August 2005, Wiley-Blackwell
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American Identities is a dazzling array of primary documents
and critical essays culled from American history, literature,
memoir, and popular culture that explore major currents and trends
in American history from 1945 to the present.
- Charts the rich multiplicity of American identities through the
different lenses of race, class, and gender, and shaped by common
historical social processes such as migration, families, work, and
war.
- Includes editorial introductions for the volume and for each
reading, and study questions for each selection.
- Enables students to engage in the history-making process while
developing the skills crucial to interpreting rich and enduring
cultural texts.
- Accompanied by an instructor's guide containing reading, viewing, and listening exercises, interview questions, bibliographies, time-lines, and sample excerpts of students' family histories for course use.
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