Organized by thematic chapters, American Eras Primary Sources: Westward Expansion (1800-1860) is a student-friendly reference that's patterned after Gale's award-winning American Decades: Primary Sources series. This volume covers full or excerpted primary sources representing a diversity of views that provide insight into the seminal issues, themes, movements, and events of Manifest Destiny and the westward expansion of the United States. Also included with each primary source is concise contextual information, notes about the author, further resources, and full-color photos and...

Organized by thematic chapters, American Eras Primary Sources: Reform Era & Eastern U.S. Development (1815-1850) is a student-friendly reference that's patterned after Gale's award-winning American Decades: Primary Sources series. This volume reproduces full text or excerpts of primary sources] representing a diversity of views that provide insight into the seminal issues, themes, movements, and events of the Reform era and the urbanization and economic growth of the eastern United States. Also included with each primary source is concise contextual information, notes about the author,...

American Eras: Primary Sources is a fascinating, student-friendly reference that's patterned after the Gale's award-winning American Decades: Primary Sources series. Like its predecessor, each volume of American Eras: Primary Sources offers full or excerpted primary sources representing a diversity of views that provide insight into the seminal issues, themes, movements, and events from each era. Also included are concise contextual information, notes about the author, further resources, and full color photos and illustrations. The following eras are covered: Early American Civilization,...

Vol. 1 has cover title of Industrial development of the United States (1878-1899).

American Eras: Primary Sources is a fascinating, student-friendly reference that's patterned after the Gale's award-winning American Decades: Primary Sources series. Like its predecessor, each volume of American Eras: Primary Sources offers full or excerpted primary sources representing a diversity of views that provide insight into the seminal issues, themes, movements, and events from each era. Also included are concise contextual information, notes about the author, further resources, and full color photos and illustrations. The following eras are covered: Early American Civilization,...