Reading the American Past, Volume I: To 1877: Selected Historical Documents

This two-volume primary-source collection provides a diverse selection of voices from the nation’s past while emphasizing the important social, political, and economic themes of a U.S. history survey course. Edited by one of the authors of The American Promise and designed to complement the textbook, Reading the American Past features over 150 documents, each accompanied by a headnote and questions for discussion to encourage students’ understanding of the sources.

• The American Promise, Volume I: To 1877: A History of the United States
• The American Promise, Volume I: To 1877: A History of the United States
• Discovering the American Past, Brief Edition
• Understanding the American Promise: A History, Volume I: To 1877: A History of the United States
• "Myne Owne Ground": Race and Freedom on Virginia's Eastern Shore, 1640-1676
• America's History, Volume I
• Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
• Reading the American Past, Volume II: From 1865: Selected Historical Documents
• The American Promise, Value Edition, Volume 1: A History of the United States