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America: The Essential Learning Edition

by David E. Shi

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David Shi's rich storytelling style fills America's celebrated narrative with colorful biographical sketches and vivid first-person quotations. The latest edition welcomes more diverse voices with new coverage of the Latino/a experience as well as on-going enhanced coverage of women and gender, African American, Native American, immigration, and LGBTQ history. The Essential Learning Edition surrounds these stories with a framework that guides reading and develops the skills required for show more analyzing primary and secondary sources. show less

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David E. Shi is the president of Furman University, where he is also a professor of history.

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Genres: History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 973 — History & geography History of North America United States
LCC: E178.1 — History of the United States United States History General
BISAC: HIS HISTORY United States General

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Published: 2015
Genres: History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
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