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For the Record: A Documentary History of America : From Contact Through Reconstruction

by David E. Shi

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"For the Record : A Documentary History of America, sixth edition, by David E. Shi and Holly A. Mayer is an American history reader. The reader's contents are made up of primary source documents which include dairies, journals, newspaper articles, speeches, government documents and novels"--Provided by publisher.

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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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Published: 1999
Genres: Nonfiction, History
DDC/MDS: 973
LCC: E173 .S487

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