The American Promise A Compact History, Combined Version 4th Edition by James L. Roark
ISBN-10: 031253406X
ISBN-13: 9780312534066
From the beginning, readers have proclaimed this textbook
a visual feast, richly illustrated in ways that extend and
reinforce the narrative. The fourth edition offers almost 500
contemporaneous illustrations. In our effort to make history tangible, we include over 200 artifacts? from boots
and political buttons to guns and sewing machines ? that
emphasize the importance of material culture in the study of
the past and enrich the historical account. Comprehensive
captions for the illustrations in the book entice students to
delve deeper into the text itself.
Our highly regarded map program, with 170 maps in all,
rests on the old truth that ?History is not intelligible without
geography.? Each chapter offers, on average, three full-size
maps showing major developments in the narrative and two
or three spot maps embedded in the narrative that emphasize
detail from the discussion. To help students think critically
about the role of geography in American history, we include
one critical-thinking map exercise per chapter. New maps in
the fourth edition highlight such topics as the Treaty of Fort
Stanwix, Zululand and Cape Colony in 1878, major sources
of oil in 1980, the recent conflict in Iraq, and the election
of 2008.
