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 | | America: A Narrative History (6th Edition, Volume One) by George Brown Tindall, David E. Shi ISBN-10: 9780393924268 ISBN-10: 0-393-92426-2 ISBN-13: 9780393924268 ISBN-13: 978-0-393-92426-8 Paperback 2003-07 W. W. Norton & Co Inc Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description With nearly a million copies sold over five editions, America: A Narrative History is distinguished by its clear, colorful narrative and balanced incorporation of political history with social, cultural, and economic events. Retaining these classic strengths, the Sixth Edition introduces a new theme—the role of work in American life—and explores its social, political, and cultural dimensions. With an updated ancillary package that includes the new Norton Map Workbook in American History, America remains a superb choice for the US history survey. | ||
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History at its best I purchased this book for backup information as I prepared to take the US History I CLEP exam. It was used in conjunction with Barron's EZ 101 American History to 1877 and REA CLEP US History I. This book is far better than any other text book that I considered simply because it addressed all of the important topics and is so well written that I often forgot I was reading a "text book". Because I needed to take the exam ASAP for my RN-MSN program, I did not have time to read this book cover to cover but now that the exam is over, I will be reading it from beginning to end just for the sheer enjoyment of it. It is truly history at its best. | ||
One of the few required readings that I enjoyed I'm a student at BSU and although I'm a history major I recognize that not all aspects of history are exciting or involving, but I was really taken aback by how much I enjoyed this book. The word "Narrative" is the key here, textbooks just don't have the same storytelling approach that books like this have. You'll laugh (a lot) and you'll cry with this book, but more importantly you'll learn a lot and gain an appreciation for what our founding fathers, the Natives, and the other world powers went through during this time. Buy this book, you won't be disappointed, but try and buy a used copy and save yourself a lot of money. To compliment this book I highly reccomend "Patriots, The Men who Started the Revolutionary War". | ||
outstanding I first encountered the Tindall/Shi American history books while a student in college. As a history major, I found that it was almost a requirement for history books to be boring. That is just not the case with this one. I would be lying if I said that there weren't parts of this book that drag, but there are parts of American history that just aren't too terribly interesting. By and large, this narrative reads like a good novel. You are intrigued by the characters and events that shaped U.S. history, much as you would be by any number of fictional characters. And yet the narrative still manages to be detailed without overwhelming the reader too often, a nearly impossible task for history books. The Volume One that I own is the Third Edition, and covers America's pre-colonial beginnings up through Reconstruction. I have found it to be a handy resource over the years with its recountings, not to mention the various charts and documents contained within the appendix. I doubt much has changed in subsequent editions, since the history of that era is pretty well established. | ||